SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Three Indian nationals tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal; Total cases climb to 12
Three Indian nationals tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal...
KATHMANDU, April 12: Three Indian nationals have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Nepal, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Four Nepali ambassadors in South East Asia and Pacific to contribute a month salary to gov...
Four Nepali ambassadors in South East Asia and Pacific to co...
KATHMANDU, April 12: A group of four Nepali ambassadors in South East Asia and Pacific region have decided to contribute their one month's salary to the government's fund established to prevent and contain novel coronavirus.
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
UK provides £802,000 grant to help strengthen Nepal’s response to COVID-19
UK provides £802,000 grant to help strengthen Nepal’s respon...
KATHMANDU, April 12: The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID Nepal) has provided a £802,000 grant to help strengthen Nepal’s preparedness and response to the corona virus pandemic (COVID-19), the DFID Nepal said in a press release on Sunday.
Apr 12, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
India lifts ban on medicine export to Nepal
India lifts ban on medicine export to Nepal
KATHMANDU, April 12: Nepal can now import necessary drugs from India, with the southern neighbor lifting the ban on medicine that had been imposed for the past one month, following an increasing threat of COVID-19.
Apr 12, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Construction works at Bheri-Babai continues despite lockdown
Construction works at Bheri-Babai continues despite lockdown
SURKHET, April 12: The lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 has affected development projects in the country but national pride project, Bheri-Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project has been able to carry out construction works even during the lockdown period.
Apr 12, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project receives 60 tons of cement after 17 days
Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project receives 60 tons of cement af...
KATHMANDU, April 12: 60 tons of cement that were stranded for 17 days due to the lockdown has reached Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project site in Rasuwa district. The construction works had been halted since the last two weeks due to the lockdown. The cement had been transported to Ramche of Rasuwa distr...
Apr 12, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
N.Korea calls for tougher virus curbs, but leader wears no mask in photographs
N.Korea calls for tougher virus curbs, but leader wears no m...
SEOUL, April 12: North Korea called for tougher and more thorough countermeasures to keep citizens safe from the fast-spreading coronavirus at a meeting where leader Kim Jong Un presided, state media said on Sunday.
Apr 12, 2020
OPINION
A Global COVID-19 Exit Strategy
A Global COVID-19 Exit Strategy
OXFORD – The world that emerges from the coronavirus pandemic may be a warring collection of
countries that are more closed off and nationalistic than before. But without rapid and effective global cooperation, the world may not exit this crisis safely at all.
Apr 12, 2020
OPINION
Labor migration post-COVID-19
Labor migration post-COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting society, economy and politics in almost all parts of the world. Every country is likely to bear the brunt of such upheaval. Nepal is no exception. In this article, we look into its potential impact on foreign labor migration and its trickle-down effects on the mac...
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Hoteliers join hands to provide free food to stranded tourists facing financial hardships
Hoteliers join hands to provide free food to stranded touris...
KATHMANDU, April 12: Each morning at 11 am, Rameen Masumi and Arsalon Somanyan head for Hotel Northfield in Thamel to collect free food that the hotel has been distributing to foreigners stranded in the area as a result of the nationwide lockdown enforced by the government to contain the spread of t...
Apr 12, 2020