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Nepal reported 110 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Friday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 752 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 60 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 075 people underwent antigen tests, of which 50 were tested positive. The Ministry said that 126 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 2, 062 active cases in the country.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City demolished illegal structures in the New Baneshwor area, Kathmandu on Friday. The KMC said that they were compelled to use a dozer to remove the illegal structures after the people ignored the notice issued earlier. Some house owners stage the protest when the dozer was clearing the structures built illegally. The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has been dismantling illegal structures in various places of Kathmandu for the past few days.

The government has made training mandatory for the Nepali workers going to European countries as domestic help. The Department of Foreign Employment has made orientation training mandatory for such workers after it was found that some manpower companies were sending workers to Cyprus, Romania among other countries without imparting them the orientation. The Guidelines on Sending Domestic Workers in Foreign Employment, 2072 has provisions requiring that the workers to be sent for this purpose should be imparted at least 30 days' training before going abroad for employment. The Department has also directed the listed manpower companies to make arrangements for sending the workers on foreign employment only after compulsorily providing them the training in accordance with the Work Procedures on Domestic Workers Orientation Training, 2070.

Nepal Telecom is going to distribute e-SIM to its customers starting today. The state-owned Telecom Company is going to distribute free e-SIM from its counter in Sundhara, Kathmandu. Postpaid and prepaid customers of the company who are currently using 'physical' SIMs can be changed to e-SIMs for free, said NT spokesperson Shovan Adhikari. Customers will however need a mobile set that support e-SIM. Existing customers of Telecom who have mobile sets that support e-SIM will have to fill and submit the required form to get the e-SIM. Apart from mobile sets, e-SIM can be used in other wearable devices like smart watches.