Lockdown measures will not be lifted immediately, says PM Oli

Published On: April 11, 2020 06:43 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 11: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday said that lockdown measures will not be lifted immediately.

ROLPA, April 11: Targeting the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) examinees, some youths of Rolpa have initiated a distance learning program.

KATHMANDU, April 11: The Teku-based Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Control Hospital is planning to discharge COVID-19 patients in a few days.

Farmers find it hard to sell their products

Published On: April 11, 2020 02:57 PM NPT By: Giriraj Baskota

PANCHTHAR, April 11: Chudamani Kafle, a farmer from Phidim-2, Samdi was found to have been working at his vegetable field. He was desperate to sell his cabbages, which are ready to be harvested. But finding a customer for sale has been difficult for him these days due to lockdown enforced nationwide as an attempt to control the spread of global pandemic of novel coronavirus.

KATHMANDU, April 11: Rajan Bhattarai, the foreign affairs advisor to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, is currently undergoing treatment at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre in Kathmandu.

ARGHAKHANCHI, April 11: Wood smugglers have stepped up their activities in Arghakhanchi at a time when the ongoing lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus has ground life to a halt for most people across the country.

UN peacekeeping funds in doubt, Nepal stands to lose

Published On: April 11, 2020 11:52 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, April 11: The inflow of remittance has begun to witness a sharp plunge. The tourism industry faces the biggest catastrophe in Nepal's recent history. And there is only a slim chance for the country's exports to grow any further.

Procurement office begins process to blacklist Omni Group

Published On: April 11, 2020 10:20 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 11: The Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) has started the process to blacklist Omni Group, the company accused of being involved in financial irregularities while procuring essential medical supplies required to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

Locals return rotten rice distributed as lockdown relief

Published On: April 11, 2020 08:00 AM NPT By: GANESH BISHU

BIRENDRANAGAR, April 11: Stating that the rice distributed by the local government is not edible, some locals in Birendranagar have returned it. Birendranagar Municipality – 10 had recently distributed rice, salt, oil and pulses to over a dozen families in Manikapur block of the ward. According to the beneficiaries, the rice was rotten and stinking.

KATHMANDU, April 11: The government's much-talked-about identity card distribution for the poor was stuck in limbo for over eight years and now they are without proper grass-roots data for distributing edibles as relief to the needy.