SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Two police officers test positive for COVID-19; more than 200 to be sent to quarantine
Two police officers test positive for COVID-19; more than 20...
Kathmandu: Two police officers at Metropolitan Police Circle, Kalimati, have tested positive for COVID-19, confirmed Senior Superintendent of Police Shyam Gyawali.
May 20, 2020
OPINION
Reawakening in Nepal for territory
Reawakening in Nepal for territory
The government of Nepal recently endorsed a new political map of Nepal by including the Limpiadhura region. This move came days after the government of India inaugurated a road linking India to Tibet of China through Lipulek, which forms part of the Limpiadhura region.
May 20, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Heavy rains in India and Bangladesh as super cyclone bears down
Heavy rains in India and Bangladesh as super cyclone bears d...
DHAKA/KOLKATA, May 20: Heavy rains and winds lashed two eastern Indian states and parts of Bangladesh hours before a powerful cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, with rescue teams evacuating millions of villagers to higher ground in an operation complicated by the coronavirus pandemic.
May 20, 2020
OPINION
Democracies are better at managing crises
Democracies are better at managing crises
TEL AVIV – The COVID-19 crisis has become the latest front in the escalating clash of ideologies that has become a central feature of geopolitics in recent years. Representing authoritarianism is China, which has touted the success of its aggressive lockdown strategy in curbing the coronavirus’s spr...
May 20, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Govt package to revive businesses eludes private sector
Govt package to revive businesses eludes private sector
KATHMANDU, May 20: The government has been reluctant to come up with a stimulus package as demanded by the private sector leaders to help the economy regain its footing.
May 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
COVID-19 pandemic likely to unleash a long-term mental health issues in Nepal
COVID-19 pandemic likely to unleash a long-term mental healt...
KATHMANDU, May 20: To flatten the COVID-19 curve, countries have taken various measures. As nationwide lockdown extends, people across Nepal have been talking about mental health. “Lockdown has posed a serious threat to mental health and the well-being of people, which will last for a long time to c...
May 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Coronavirus
Tarai reports a scary picture
Tarai reports a scary picture
Sabina Shahi, a health worker from Dhangadi, vaccinated dozens of children below two years of age in the last three days. Nearly 140 parents came on Tuesday alone at Beli Health Center to get their children vaccinated. Some of them had recently returned from India and they did not bring vaccination...
May 20, 2020
POLITICS, Republica Watch
As tension mounts between Nepal and India over border issue, China cautions both against u...
As tension mounts between Nepal and India over border issue,...
KATHMANDU, May 20: Amid diplomatic tension that has surfaced between Nepal and India after the latter unilaterally built a link road through Lipu Lekh, a Nepali territory, China has urged both the parties not to take unilateral actions that may complicate the situation.
May 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Chandragiri Municipality sealed off till May 22
Chandragiri Municipality sealed off till May 22
Kathmandu May 20: In a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the community, Chandragiri Municipality on Tuesday has decided to seal off the area for additional two days.
May 20, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
UK COVID-19 death toll nears 43,000 as scrutiny over strategy grows
UK COVID-19 death toll nears 43,000 as scrutiny over strateg...
LONDON, May 20:The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll has reached nearly 43,000, underlining the country’s status as the worst-hit in Europe and raising more questions about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the crisis.
May 20, 2020