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Outside visitors are banned but the elderly living in old age homes learn to adjust to the new normal
Published On: July 15, 2020 04:45 PM NPT By: Aditi Baral
KATHMANDU, July 14: A silver padlock has been hanging at the main door of Pashupati Briddhashram for the last four months. The surrounding area across the holy temple is hushed and quiet, worlds apart from the situation when the pandemic was unheard of. The first thing anyone gazing at the main gate of the Briddhashram would see is the silver padlock that has been hanging on the door since March 14, 11 days before the government imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 24. But the Briddhashram isn’t closed and inside remains 125 elderly. The place has been their home for many years.
How are public buses resuming their service amid COVID-19 pandemic in Kathmandu Valley? (With video)
Published On: July 15, 2020 03:56 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 15: After almost four months of nationwide lockdown enforced by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19, a few public transportation companies have resumed transportation services in Kathmandu Valley.
Pakistan gifts two fully-equipped ambulances to TU Teaching Hospital
Published On: July 15, 2020 03:48 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 15: The Embassy of Pakistan in Kathmandu has donated two fully-equipped ambulances to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Maharajgunj, on Wednesday.
PM Oli’s remarks on Ayodhya ‘mind-boggling’, ‘disseminated as gymnastics of a distorted mind’: Karan Singh
Published On: July 15, 2020 03:10 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 15: A senior Indian Congress leader Dr Karan Singh has said that the remarks made by Prime Minister K P Oli that Lord Ram was born in a village in East Nepal and that Ayodhya was only an artificial concept created by India was ‘mind-boggling’.
Incessant rainfall minimized effects of locust swarms in Nepal: Govt officials
Published On: July 15, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 15: Incessant rainfall across the country has contributed to minimize the effects of locust swarms that entered Nepal from India, according to agriculture officials.
China says it is not afraid of any U.S. sanctions over South China Sea
Published On: July 15, 2020 02:39 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, July 15: China said on Wednesday it was not afraid of any sanctions the United States might impose over the situation in the South China Sea, and accused Washington of stirring up trouble and destabilising the region.
Rajesh Hamal urges the public to stop bullying others on social media platforms (with video)
Published On: July 15, 2020 02:00 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 15: Nepali actor Rajesh Hamal has called on his fans and the general public to stop attacking people with insults and abusive comments on social media platforms. Hamal was indicating online trolls against Deepashree Niraula who has been dragged into a controversy over the issue of ‘Mahanayak’ – a term she says Hamal is not befitting of.
PM's aide seeks action against online news outlets running a ‘fabricated’ story that PM had deposited $5.5 million in Swiss Bank
Published On: July 15, 2020 12:49 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 15: A top aide of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has claimed that no money has been stashed away in the name of PM Oli at the Swiss Bank as published in some news outlets.
Two leaders of outlawed Chand-led outfit arrested
Published On: July 15, 2020 12:05 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 15: Central Committee member of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) has been arrested by police from Kailali district on Wednesday morning.
Jumla sees gradual decline in malnutrition rate among children
Published On: July 15, 2020 11:28 AM NPT By: RSS
JUMLA, July 15: Jumla district has witnessed a gradual decline in the malnutrition rate among children in recent years.
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