गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Education Minister tested positive for coronavirus Nepal Education Minister tested positive for coronavirus KathmanduPati October 11, 2020 KATHMANDU : Minister for Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokharel has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Minister Pokharel’s personal assistant Puran KC. Minister Pokharel is the second federal Minister to be infected with the deadly virus. Earlier on Saturday, Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai had been found infected. Minister Pokharel has urged all those who came in close contact with him to remain alert. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Kathmandu’s air quality slightly improves but still unhealthy KMC’s skill fair gets 10,000 plus applications for vocational training Nepal-India border in Siraha to be closed for Loksabha polls Kathmandu again ranked world’s most polluted city with AQI 162 ‘Nepal will lend full-fledged support to enable UN’ Lalitpur forest fire: Another injured also dies Top Headlines Nepal, India sign long-term agreement on electricity export, materializing MoU reached during PM’s visit1 NC, Maoist Centre discuss about NA election2 1.3 kilos of gold confiscated from TIA3 Govt. forms former-judge Poudel led probe commission to investigate Balkumari incident4 Dhakal recommended as SC chief registrar5 Manpower agency owner arrested for cheating more than Rs 1.9 million6 President expresses concern over ’emptying’ villages for lack of employment opportunities7 PM Dahal stresses on developing innovative agricultural system8 TRENDING Once on the Margins, Women Diplomats Are Now Making Their Mark in Nepal’s Foreign Service Sector Army Day : Five facts about Nepal’s ‘blue helmets’ in UN-peacekeeping missions Federal Parliament Secretariat returns badge pins to manufacturer Why US Indo-Pacific strategy will fail Nepal Army vows to complete Kathmandu-Terai Fast Track project in time Money laundering case worth millions filed against gangster ‘Bale’ Interview with Nepal’s first female paragliding pilot on World Tourism Day Indian RAW Chief Goel meets Prime Minister Oli after coming to Nepal from Bhutan