Published On: April 3, 2020 01:00 PM NPT By: Kamal Subedi
Coronavirus infections in Nepal rose to six on Thursday after a 65-year-old woman who returned to the country on March 17 from Belgium via Qatar transit tested positive for COVID-19.
Published On: April 3, 2020 11:35 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, April 3: 181 Nepali nationals who were left stranded at no man’s land along Nepal-India border have been kept in a temporary quarantine set up nearby the borderline.
Published On: April 3, 2020 10:00 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, April 3: Subash Sharma, F1Soft’s CEO, issued a statement yesterday at 10:04PM via his Twitter handle (@subashsharma).However, the statement raises more questions than answers about Shiran Technologies illegal hacking of Kathmandupress website. Shiran is one of many subsidiaries of F1Soft. Republica talked to IT security experts who pointed out these questions after reading Shiran’s statement.
Published On: April 3, 2020 08:48 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, April 3: One more COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Nepal on Thursday taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to six.
Published On: April 3, 2020 08:42 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, April 3: The act of Asgar Ali, an information technology advisor to Prime Minister KP Oli, to make unauthorized access to and delete a news report by Kathmandupress.com, a capital-based online news portal, is tantamount to crime against the media, experts have said.
Published On: April 3, 2020 08:33 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, April 3: While taking strong exception to the move of deleting a news report published on a news website with the direct involvement of the prime minister's aides, a group of 21 editors of major print and online media has demanded a probe into the incident and action against the guilty.
Published On: April 3, 2020 08:29 AM NPT By: Yogesh Rawal
TIKAPUR, April 3: Health workers deployed at several quarantine facilities set up by the government in the western region have complained of the lack of minimum protective equipment. As they have to handle even people potentially infected with the novel coronavirus, which is highly contagious, the lack of proper gloves, masks and thermometer guns has left them anxious.
Published On: April 3, 2020 08:13 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, April 3: Following allegation of irregularities in procurement of medical kits from China through a private company, the government has decided to entrust the Nepal Army for the supply of essential medical equipment at a time when the country is facing threat from the coronavirus pandemic.
Published On: April 3, 2020 08:06 AM NPT By: Anweiti Upadhyay
Once upon a time, there was so much we wanted to do but not enough time to do it all. Now most of us are in a quandary as to what to do with all the free time on our hands. Life went from one extreme to another. When she first heard the news about the nationwide lockdown, Shrija Shres- tha was horrified that she would have to spend all her time at home. She feared she would become anxious and bored with absolutely nothing to do for the next few weeks. Now, almost two weeks into self-isolation, Shrestha has found ways to fill her free time with a few activities she enjoys. She has taken up a couple of online courses—one on marketing and another on fashion designing, is practicing abstract art and drawing/ painting something new every day, and as the founder and sole operator of the formal wear hub Ambassador, she spends the rest of her free time connecting and communicating with her customers through the brand’s Insta- gram account.
Published On: April 3, 2020 07:22 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, April 3: The alleged involvement of Asgar Ali, the founder of F1Soft International which owns eSewa, in unauthorized infiltration and removal of a news content from a news website, www.kathmandupress.com, has raised concerns over the safety of money as well as sensitive private data of the public stored in the digital wallet.