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Nepal logged 3, 175 new Covid-19 cases and 14 deaths on Thursday. 

With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,095,063. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,778. 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 10,026 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 2,742 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 579 people underwent antigen tests, of which 422 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 8,723 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 63,296 active cases in the country. 

The Ministry said that 887,443 infected people have recovered from the disease so far.

The Ministry said that 61,862 people are staying in home isolation while 1, 434 are in institutionalized isolation.

Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 1,509 new cases today.

According to the Ministry, 1,249 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 183 in Lalitpur and 77 in Bhaktapur.

CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that it is difficult to take an immediate decision on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Addressing a meeting of the party’s Karnali Province virtually on Thursday, he said that it is hard to take the decision on the MCC in this situation.

“It is difficult to take an immediate decision on the MCC. Many leaders have differences over some of the provisions of the MCC. We will take the decision on the issue only by holding discussions with the leaders,” he said.

Chairman Dahal said that the leaders in the ruling coalition are holding discussions on a daily basis about the provisions to be amended in the MCC.

Meanwhile, he claimed that the ruling coalition will not fall apart at any cost.

During the meeting, Chairman Dahal directed the party leaders and cadres to start preparations for the upcoming local level elections.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, however, is in favour of the parliamentary ratification of the MCC.

The exams of the Public Service Commission (PSC), which were postponed in view of the third wave of Covid-19, will resume from February 18.

A meeting of the PSC held on Thursday made the decision to this effect.

The PSC said that the written exams of undersecretary, section officer and 7th, 8th and 9th levels of health service among others will be conducted from February 18.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 14.60 points to close at 2,876.74 points on Thursday.

Similarly, the sensitive dropped by 3.25 points to close at 539. 65 points.

A total of 15,780,713 units of the shares of 224 companies were traded for Rs 8.61 billion.

Meanwhile, Wean Nepal Laghubittiya Sanstha Limited was the top gainer today with its price surging by 10 percent. Likewise, RMDC Laghubittiya Sanstha Limited was the top loser with its price dropped by 3.49 percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalisation stood at Rs 4.06 trillion.

Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has enquired with Chief District Officers about the situation of law and order in the districts.

He telephoned the chief district officers of 14 districts this morning to know the security situation of the districts.

On the occasion, Home Minister Khand had enquired about the COVID-19 situation, peace and security, public service delivery, employees’ details, need for deployment of extra employees and regularity of district security committee meetings.

The Home Minister talked to the CDOs of Sunsari, Morang, Jhapa, Bara, Nawalparasi-West, Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Kailali, Banke, Bardiya, Dang, Parsa and Kanchanpur and Assistant CDO of Nawalparasi-East.

Kanchancpur CDO Ram Prasad Pandey said that the follow-up and monitoring of the Home Minister has cautioned the district security bodies to keep the information updated in a systematic manner.

Likewise, Parsa CDO Umesh Kumar Dhakal said the home minister's telephone on his own had encouraged them to carry out their works in the districts. RSS

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged Democratic Socialist Party Chairman Mahantha Thakur to help him endorse the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) from the Parliament.

During a meeting held at the PM’s official residence in Baluwatar on Thursday, Deuba and Thakur discussed contemporary political issues along with the MCC.

It has been learnt that the Prime Minister told Thakur that the role of Democratic Socialist Party will be important to pass the MCC from the Parliament.

In response, Thakur said that his party is positive towards the parliamentary ratification of the MCC.

On top of that, Prime Minister Deuba also said that the alternative of Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota will also be sought if he expressed his reluctance to table the MCC in the Parliament.

He also urged Thakur to help him if the situation demands to remove the Speaker.

Meanwhile, Thakur said that the government should take the decision on the MCC at the earliest. He further said that the party will make its position clear on the MCC after the government takes decision on the issue.

A massive fire broke out at the SS Shoe factory at Bhurmeli Tole in Kakadbhitta of Mechinagar-6, Jhapa on Thursday. 

The fire that broke out at the factory of Shyam Tamang has not been taken under control yet. 

A team under the command of DSP of the Area Police Office, Kakadbhitta has been deployed to extinguish the fire. 

The fire engines from Birtamod and Bhadrapur Municipality are helping the police personnel to douse the flame. 

DSP Basanta Pathak of the District Police Office, Jhapa said that the reason behind the fire is yet to be established.

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The cafe is ensconced inside the charming premises of a building that evokes traditional Nepali and European design sensibilities.

And if you happen to be a quiet, bookish type, you can always pick a book or magazine from the cafe bookshelf and enjoy it with a hot cup of coffee.

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