Coronavirus

UNFPA hands over 1,200 PPE kits to Nepal to contain coronavirus

UNFPA hands over 1,200 PPE kits to Nepal to contain coronavirus

KATHMANDU, April 20: The United Nations Population Fund on Monday handed over 1,200 Personal Protective Equipment kits w...

KATHMANDU, April 20: The United Nations Population Fund on Monday handed over 1,200 Personal Protective Equipment kits w...

Apr 20, 2020

OPINION

The Nepal we need in post-COVID-19

The Nepal we need in post-COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Nepalis to rethink the path of development. We are entering a new reality of frequen...

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Nepalis to rethink the path of development. We are entering a new reality of frequen...

Apr 21, 2020

Coronavirus

110 Russians evacuated from Nepal

110 Russians evacuated from Nepal

KATHMANDU, April 20: The Russian government on Monday evacuated its 110 citizens from Kathmandu, who were stranded here...

KATHMANDU, April 20: The Russian government on Monday evacuated its 110 citizens from Kathmandu, who were stranded here...

Apr 20, 2020

Coronavirus

India's death toll due to COVID-19 climbs to 543

India's death toll due to COVID-19 climbs to 543

KATHMANDU, April 20: The death toll from novel coronavirus climbed to 543 in India on Monday, media reports said.

KATHMANDU, April 20: The death toll from novel coronavirus climbed to 543 in India on Monday, media reports said.

Apr 20, 2020

POLITICS

We will restart economic activities once the situation is under control: PM Oli

We will restart economic activities once the situation is under control: PM Oli

Here is the edited version of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s interview with Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) about COVID-1...

Here is the edited version of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s interview with Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) about COVID-1...

Apr 20, 2020

WORLD

New Zealand extends lockdown by a week, to ease measures on April 27

New Zealand extends lockdown by a week, to ease measures on April 27

WELLINGTON, April 20:  New Zealand will extend the lockdown measures in place to beat the coronavirus by a week, after w...

WELLINGTON, April 20:  New Zealand will extend the lockdown measures in place to beat the coronavirus by a week, after w...

Apr 20, 2020

DIASPORA

NRNA calls for enabling environment for repatriation of stranded Nepalis abroad

NRNA calls for enabling environment for repatriation of stranded Nepalis abroad

KATHMANDU, April 20: The Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) has called on the government to immediately create an e...

KATHMANDU, April 20: The Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) has called on the government to immediately create an e...

Apr 20, 2020

WORLD

China's agriculture faces key disease challenges this year

China's agriculture faces key disease challenges this year

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, April 20: China’s farm production and market operations face grave challenges this year as it grapples...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, April 20: China’s farm production and market operations face grave challenges this year as it grapples...

Apr 20, 2020

WORLD

16 killed in a shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history

16 killed in a shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history

TORONTO, April 20: A gunman disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires in a rampage across t...

TORONTO, April 20: A gunman disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires in a rampage across t...

Apr 20, 2020

Coronavirus

Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content

Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, April 20: Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Au...

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, April 20: Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Au...

Apr 20, 2020