Kathmandu, April 13
Nepal is celebrating the New Year on Monday as the Bikram Sambat 2077 begins. Customarily, various government officials and political leaders have issued their greetings statements on the occasion.
As the entire world is fighting against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and its impact on various dimensions of life, the leaders in their messages have wished that the country would be able to control the outbreak and return to normalcy as soon as possible.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari wished that the New Year would give the citizens energy to prevent the infection and subsequent crisis. Likewise, Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun hoped that the global crisis would end at the beginning of the year.
Stating that the county was welcoming the New Year in a difficult situation, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli also announced to contribute his salary to the country’s Covid-19 response.
Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota, the ruling Nepal Communist Party’s chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the main opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and former king Gyanendra Shah among others have issued their statements on the occasion.
