SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
NADA urges govt to ease lockdown measures
NADA urges govt to ease lockdown measures
KATHMANDU, April 29: Nepal Automobiles Dealers Association (NADA) has urged the government to ease lockdown measures imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Apr 29, 2020
OPINION
Reimagining governance
Reimagining governance
Many countries have implemented lockdown hoping to reverse epidemic growth by decreasing infection numbers to low levels by social distancing the entire population as coronavirus continues to spread globally. As a result, the global economy faces the worst recession since the Great Depression. This...
Apr 29, 2020
WORLD
It's a boy: British PM Johnson and fiancee 'thrilled' by birth of a son
It's a boy: British PM Johnson and fiancee 'thrilled' by bir...
LONDON, April 29: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancee, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday at a London hospital, slightly earlier than had been expected.
Apr 29, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Govt preparing to call budget session
Govt preparing to call budget session
KATHMANDU, April 29: The government is preparing to summon the budget session of the federal legislative.
Apr 29, 2020
WORLD
Bomb blast kills 40 people in Syrian town of Afrin, Turkey says
Bomb blast kills 40 people in Syrian town of Afrin, Turkey s...
ANKARA, April 29: At least 40 civilians were killed, including 11 children, when a bomb detonated in the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Tuesday, the Turkish Defence Ministry said, blaming the attack on the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.
Apr 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
126 Nepali workers infected by COVID-19 in Bahrain
126 Nepali workers infected by COVID-19 in Bahrain
KATHMANDU, April 29: The number of Nepali migrant workers infected by coronavirus in Bahrain has climbed to 126 as of Wednesday, the Nepal Embassy in Manama said.
Apr 29, 2020
OPINION
The Coming Greater Depression of the 2020s
The Coming Greater Depression of the 2020s
NEW YORK – After the 2007-09 financial crisis, the imbalances and risks pervading the global economy were exacerbated by policy mistakes. So, rather than address the structural problems that the financial collapse and ensuing recession revealed, governments mostly kicked the can down the road, creat...
Apr 29, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
NRB directs BFIs to provide 2% discount on interest
NRB directs BFIs to provide 2% discount on interest
KATHMANDU, April 29: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has directed the banks and financial institutions to provide a two percent discount on the interest rate to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on borrowers.
Apr 29, 2020
SOCIETY
Relief provided to disadvantaged people in Jumla only recently
Relief provided to disadvantaged people in Jumla only recent...
JUMLA, April 29: The local governments in Jumla district have started distributing relief to the disadvantaged people including the daily wage earners and poor only after the extension of the lockdown to prevent COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 29, 2020
SOCIETY
Police further active in implementing lockdown
Police further active in implementing lockdown
KATHMANDU, April 29: Nepal Police has been strictly implementing the lockdown enforced by the government to contain the outbreak of COVID-19. The security agency tightened the noose against the rule breakers after the instruction of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Apr 29, 2020