POLITICS, Coronavirus
PM Oli undergoes PCR test for COVID-19
PM Oli undergoes PCR test for COVID-19
KATHMANDU, May 7: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has undergone the real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to see if he is diagnosed with the COVID-19.
May 07, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
UML’s Thapa and opposition alliance’s Devkota to vie for a vacant National Assembly seat
UML’s Thapa and opposition alliance’s Devkota to vie for a v...
KATHMANDU, May 7: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has fielded his candidacy for the upcoming by-elections for a vacant post from Bagmati Province in the National Assembly (NA).
May 07, 2021
POLITICS
Senior leader Nepal asks party leaders and cadres not to be mislead by reports of their de...
Senior leader Nepal asks party leaders and cadres not to be...
KATHMANDU, May 7: Senior leader of the ruling CPN-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that there has not been any deal with the party Chairman K P Oli even they have exercised maximum flexibility and held talks to save the party unity.
May 07, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Sudurpaschim records highest death toll as coronavirus transmission spikes
Sudurpaschim records highest death toll as coronavirus trans...
DHANGADI, May 7: The coronavirus transmission rate has spiked in Sudurpaschim Province. A total of 17 people died from the virus in the Province on Thursday alone.
May 07, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
UML fields Badal for upper house by-polls
UML fields Badal for upper house by-polls
KATHMANDU, May 7: The ruling CPN-UML has decided to field Home Minister and party leader Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal' as its candidate for upcoming by-polls for a vacant seat in the National Assembly (NA).
May 07, 2021
SOCIETY
Vaccine procurement scandal is not just a case of corruption but a ‘crime’: MP Thapa
Vaccine procurement scandal is not just a case of corruption...
KATHMANDU, May 7: One of the influential youth leaders belonging to the main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), Gagan Thapa has termed the recent COVID-19 vaccine scandal a ‘crime’.
May 07, 2021
ECONOMY
E-commerce companies’ survival at stake, urge govt to allow their operation
E-commerce companies’ survival at stake, urge govt to allow...
KATHMANDU, May 7: E-commerce and delivery companies have expanded their services since the nationwide lockdown began last year in March. The government has now refused to allow them to run their home delivery services.
May 07, 2021
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
As private hospitals turn away COVID patients, government hospitals treat them in chairs a...
As private hospitals turn away COVID patients, government ho...
KATHMANDU, May 7: The government hospitals have run out of space to treat COVID-19 patients. They are now forced to treat COVID-19 patients by placing them in corridors and chairs in the hospitals.
May 07, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Myagdi district is self-sufficient in oxygen
Myagdi district is self-sufficient in oxygen
MYAGDI, May 7: Myagdi district is self-sufficient in oxygen, a necessity for treating patients suffering from coronavirus and pulmonary complications.
May 07, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
COVID-19 spreads to rural India, villages ill-equipped to fight it
COVID-19 spreads to rural India, villages ill-equipped to fi...
INDIA, May 7: Hopes that India’s rampaging second wave of COVID-19 is peaking were set back on Thursday as record daily infections and deaths were reported and as the virus spread from cities to villages that were poorly equipped to cope.
May 07, 2021