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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.

Govt says lack of data on poor snagging distribution of relief

Published On: April 11, 2020 07:42 AM NPT By: RAJESH KHANAL

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.

5,000 RDT kits sent to each province: Govt

Published On: April 11, 2020 07:37 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 11: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has sent 5,000 units of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits each to the seven provinces of the country.

First retweet blunder, then fake news from PM's office

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

KATHMANDU, April 11: When the Modi government in India was struggling to calm down the country's Muslim population over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) bill late in December last year, Prime Minister KP Oli's twitter handle (@PM_Nepal) “accidentally” retweeted a tweet (by Indian journalist @DilliDurAst) in which leader of the Indian Congress party Sonia Gandhi criticized Modi for crackdowns on protests. This was on December 20, 2019.