Friday, February 6th, 2026

Vaccination is first priority: State Minister for Health Shrestha



KATHMANDU: Newly-appointed Minister of State for Health Umesh Shrestha has said his first priority was vaccinating all citizen against the coronavirus.

Health State Minister Shrestha said so after the swearing-in ceremony at Singha Durbar Sunday.

He said he would work proactively to fight the third wave of COVID-19. The state minister added he would prepare to develop and make the health sector robust and well-equipped.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba gave Shrestha the charge of the Health Ministry as Minister of State by keeping the ministry with himself.

Publish Date : 25 July 2021 20:53 PM

Coal mine explosion in India kills 18, including two Nepalis

KHOTANG: Two Nepali youths were killed in a coal mine

Kathmandu records 6.3°C minimum temperature this morning

KATHMANDU: The minimum temperature in Kathmandu was measured at 6.3

HoR election: Ballot printing completed in 60 districts

KATHMANDU: The Election Commission (EC) has announced that the printing

Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party in disarray ahead of elections

KATHMANDU: The Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party (PLP), formed by leaders breaking

Digital crime, paper justice: Pakistan’s cyber complaints surge as enforcement lags

Pakistan’s cybercrime landscape reached an inflection point in 2025, not