OPINION, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
O Brahmaputra and Bagmati, how can you flow?
O Brahmaputra and Bagmati, how can you flow?
Pashupati Aryaghat, where Hindus cremate their dead bodies, is overcrowded, and has started cremating bodies on open grounds. Until last week, PM Oli was busy inaugurating projects, openly defying urgent pleas by his health ministry to avoid crowds and public events. He infamously urged people to ‘c...
May 05, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal records highest single-day toll of 58 COVID-19 deaths
Nepal records highest single-day toll of 58 COVID-19 deaths
KATHMANDU, May 5: As many as 58 people died of COVID-19 in Nepal in the past 24 hours. The number is so far the highest to record in a single day.
May 05, 2021
ECONOMY, Coronavirus
Hotels providing quarantine services can charge no more than Rs 3,000 per person a day
Hotels providing quarantine services can charge no more than...
KATHMANDU, May 5: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has asked the hotels designated as quarantine facilities for those traveling from India via Air Bubble service not to charge more than Rs 3,000 per person per day.
May 05, 2021
POLITICS
Army directs retired military health workers to stand ready for recall to duty as COVID-19...
Army directs retired military health workers to stand ready...
KATHMANDU, May 5: Nepal Army has asked all retired military health workers to stand ready for recall to duty.
May 05, 2021
ECONOMY, Republica Watch, Coronavirus
Private hospitals in Kathmandu charging up to Rs 50,000 per bed a day for COVID-19 treatme...
Private hospitals in Kathmandu charging up to Rs 50,000 per...
KATHMANDU, May 5: The private hospitals in the Kathmandu Valley are found charging exorbitantly high fees for COVID-19 treatment.
May 05, 2021
My City, Entertainment, Music
Billie Eilish, J Balvin, A$AP to play NY’s Gov Ball festival
Billie Eilish, J Balvin, A$AP to play NY’s Gov Ball festival
Billie Eilish completed the third stop of her massive tour, and was just two days away from headlining Madison Square Garden, before she had to cancel the trek because of the coronavirus pandemic last year.
May 05, 2021
My City, Entertainment
After years, court hands tax win to Michael Jackson heirs
After years, court hands tax win to Michael Jackson heirs
A U.S. tax court has handed a major victory to the estate of Michael Jackson in a years-long battle, finding that the IRS wildly inflated the value at the time of his death of Jackson’s assets and image, leading to an estate tax bill for his heirs that was far too high.
May 05, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Teacher dies of COVID-19 in Baitadi
Teacher dies of COVID-19 in Baitadi
BAITADI, May 5: A teacher has died after getting infected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Baitadi. According to Yogendra Prasad Batta, chief of the health office of Baitadi, the 44-years old teacher died of the disease at 9:40AM on Wednesday.
May 05, 2021
POLITICS
Oli-led govt loses majority as Maoist Center officially withdraws its support
Oli-led govt loses majority as Maoist Center officially with...
KATHMANDU, May 5: The CPN (Maoist Center) has officially withdrawn its support to the KP Oli-led government.
May 05, 2021
SPECIAL, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Coronavirus
Members of Parliament undergoing PCR test (photo feature)
Members of Parliament undergoing PCR test (photo feature)
KATHMANDU, May 5: The members of the federal parliament are undergoing Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests.
May 05, 2021