ECONOMY, Latest Updates
India temporarily allows Nepali traders to import goods without submitting original docume...
India temporarily allows Nepali traders to import goods with...
KATHMANDU, April 7: India has agreed to allow movement of Nepal-bound goods through its customs without requiring original documents, citing the hardship that the traders have been facing due to the nationwide lockdown enforced in the two countries.
Apr 07, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Poultry sector hit hard
Poultry sector hit hard
CHITWAN, April 7: The nationwide lockdown enforced by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 has caused mixed impacts on agriculture sector of Chitwan. While vegetables farming is gradually recovering after the initial setback of the lockdown, poultry sector has suffered the most.
Apr 07, 2020
OPINION
Life under lockdown
Life under lockdown
It is not an understatement to say that the COVID-19 virus has changed the world. The whole world is in panic and disorder right now. The fact that we don’t know when this will come to an end is even scarier to contemplate. The majority of the countries across the globe are in lockdown. People are t...
Apr 07, 2020
OPINION
World is changing
World is changing
The casualty figures show no sign of stopping anytime soon. With the number of COVID-19 infected and deceased going up by the day, governments across Europe and North America are scrambling to put measures in place. At the same time, talks of how the world will look like after the containment of the...
Apr 07, 2020
Coronavirus
UK's Johnson fights worsening coronavirus symptoms in intensive care
UK's Johnson fights worsening coronavirus symptoms in intens...
LONDON, April 7: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was being treated for worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday, with his foreign minister deputizing for him as the nation tackles the COVID-19 crisis.
Apr 07, 2020
Editorial
Slow, unsteady
Slow, unsteady
Nepal’s response to the threat of coronavirus has been too slow from the very beginning. Come to think of it, the threat of alarm about this deadly virus was raised as early as late December, 2019 when cases appeared in China. By January, it was known to everyone in Nepal and the world about the rap...
Apr 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Payment gateway bought for Rs 250 million dumped to promote eSewa
Payment gateway bought for Rs 250 million dumped to promote...
KATHMANDU, April 7: It has been learnt that Prime Minister's Information Technology Consultant Asgar Ali has been promoting his private company -- eSewa -- by stopping the operation of a payment gateway system purchased earlier by the government for Rs 250 million.
Apr 07, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
PM to address the nation at 11 am today
PM to address the nation at 11 am today
KATHMANDU, April 7: Amid concerns over Prime Minister K P Oli's silence over the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, he is scheduled to address the nation at 11 am on Tuesday.
Apr 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Rapid Diagnostic Test not reliable: WHO Nepal Office
Rapid Diagnostic Test not reliable: WHO Nepal Office
KATHMANDU, April 7: As Nepal braces for employing Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits to detect Covid-19 cases in three districts, the World Health Organization (WHO) Nepal office has said that these kits are not reliable for the confirmation of the disease.
Apr 07, 2020
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Adhikari is new NRB Governor
Adhikari is new NRB Governor
KATHMANDU, April 7: The government has appointed Maha Prasad Adhikari, who is currently the CEO of the Investment Board of Nepal, as the 17th governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).
Apr 07, 2020