KATHMANDU, June 11: Young people in huge numbers were protesting peacefully at Naxal in Kathmandu, demanding transparency and accountability from the Oli-led government but the Nepal Police used force to disperse the crowd today.

KATHMANDU, June 11: A cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided to change the modality of lockdown in an attempt to gradually resume economic activities.

Demonstration in Pokhara demanding PM’s resignation

Published On: June 11, 2020 03:09 PM NPT By: SANDESH SHRESTHA

POKHARA, June 11: A group of independent youths has demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, staging a demonstration in Pokhara on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, June 11: As many as 299 Nepali women stranded in Kuwait were brought back to Nepal on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, June 11: A group of independent youths staged demonstration at Naxal in Kathmandu, on Thursday afternoon asking the government to scrap the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement signed with US government and expand the scope of Polymerase Chain Reaction tests (PCR) for coronavirus.

VIDEO: Finance Minister Khatiwada at National Assembly

Published On: June 11, 2020 12:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 11: Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada responded to the queries raised by National Assembly (NA) members during an NA meeting held at the New Baneshwor-based federal parliament building.

Oli must go, but what’s the alternative?

Published On: June 11, 2020 11:40 AM NPT By: Jagannath Lamichhane

After weeks of anger and frustration, a group of young people took to the streets of Baluwatar to demand accountability from this government. The COVID-19 response from this government has been dismal: testing rates are low, RDTs reign over PCR tests, quarantines are poorly managed – hotbeds for disease-- and there seems to be no real strategy to address the impending economic fallout and the long-term management of returning migrant workers. Nepali Congress MP Gagan Thapa rightly repeated what was being said all over social media the last few weeks yesterday in parliament: Where did the $1.3 billion spent on COVID-19 response go? Are the border quarantines fast becoming ‘concentration camps’? A series of failures have emerged as a result of what seems to be a reactive approach to governance.

KATHMANDU, June 11: Amid mounting pressure from all the quarters, the government has decided to ease the ongoing nationwide lockdown that it enforced on March 24 to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

KATHMANDU, June 11: Putting an end to the prolonged uncertainty about holding the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) of Grade X, the government on Wednesday decided not to conduct this board examination in view of the serious health risk that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to pose risk across the country. A cabinet meeting held on Wednesday made a decision to this effect.

KATHMANDU, June 10: The government has made it mandatory for the charter party for flights abroad to disclose the list of passengers and fare to be charged to the airlines company.