Friday, February 6th, 2026

Home Secretary, APF Chief in quarantine after Minister Bhattarai diagnosed COVID-19 positive



KATHMANDU: Home Secretary and Chief of the Armed Police Force (APF) are in quarantine after Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai diagnosed coronavirus positive.

Minister for Tourism Bhattarai, Home Secretary Maheshwar Neupane, APF IGP Shailendra Khanal and Chief of the National Investigation Department Ganesh Adhikari were present at the inauguration of the APF Border out Post (BOP) at Olangchung Gola in Taplejung on Wednesday.

All of them are currently in quarantine.

It should be noted that they had flayed the government’s health protocols to wear a mask and maintain social distance.

Through a Facebook post on Saturday evening, Minister Bhattarai had confirmed that he had been diagnosed positive for the pandemic virus.

He added that he had a mild fever only and had requested those who have come in contact with him in the last few days to be vigilant and go for tests if symptoms appear.

Publish Date : 11 October 2020 10:17 AM

HoR polls: Women outnumber men among youth candidates on PR closed list

KATHMANDU: Women outnumber men among youth candidates included in the

Supreme Court upholds Pradeep Adhikari’s detention order

KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the detention order

Energy production must be increased for prosperous Nepal: Kulman Ghising

SAPTARI: Ujyalo Nepal Party Chairman Kulman Ghising has said that

UML Chair Oli claims UML victory certain in Jhapa

JHAPA: Chairman of the CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli has claimed

1.3 million ballot papers being printed daily for HoR election

KATHMANDU: Janak Education Materials Centre Limited (JEMCL), Sanothimi, is printing