SOCIETY, Latest Updates
SC orders govt to submit details of medical institutions ignoring Covid-19 care
SC orders govt to submit details of medical institutions ign...
KATHMANDU, April 4: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the government authorities to submit the details of the medical institutions refusing medical services to suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.
Apr 04, 2020
OPINION
Think big and bold
Think big and bold
Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, shared in his recent story for The Washington Post that while the epicenters of COVID 19 will remain Europe and the US for the next few months, it will surely expand to places like Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, and Monrovia. Kathmandu may be add...
Apr 04, 2020
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Govt urges public to fill correct info in COVID-19 app
Govt urges public to fill correct info in COVID-19 app
KATHMANDU, April 4: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Friday urged the public to fill correct information about themselves in a newly-launched mobile application on COVID-19, after finding that the information – addresses, phone numbers, names – entered by many people were incorrect.
Apr 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Under fire over expressway consultancy process, Army changes letter's subject
Under fire over expressway consultancy process, Army changes...
KATHMANDU, April 4: In what appears to be an admission of a mistake in the process of picking a South Korean joint venture firm as consultant for the Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track (Expressway) project, the Nepal Army has corrected its previous letter to the firm as 'Letter of Information'. The letter s...
Apr 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Panic spikes as PM's IT guru Ali has access to people's private data
Panic spikes as PM's IT guru Ali has access to people's priv...
KATHMANDU, April 4: ExtensoData, the prime minister's IT consultant Asgar Ali's data company, has many senior government officials worried over 'possible misuse of government data'. ExtensoData, established in 2018, is one of many subsidiaries of F1Soft International, where Ali is vice president. It...
Apr 04, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NC leader Koirala urges PM to sack Ali
NC leader Koirala urges PM to sack Ali
KATHMANDU, April 4: A senior leader of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), Shekhar Koirala has asked Prime Minister KP Oli to immediately sack his IT consultant Asgar Ali as the latter has courted a serious controversy for his alleged involvement in removing of news content from a Kathm...
Apr 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Govt does U-turn to let INGOs hand out medical supplies, food, cash directly
Govt does U-turn to let INGOs hand out medical supplies, foo...
KATHMANDU, April 4: After International Non-Government Organizations (INGOs) working in Nepal snubbed a call for financial contributions to its COVID-19 pandemic response fund, the government has decided to allow them to distribute relief materials or medical equipment directly-- a move that goes ag...
Apr 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
AI-Nepal urges govt to protect migrant workers and marginalized
AI-Nepal urges govt to protect migrant workers and marginali...
KATHMANDU, April 4: Amnesty International Nepal has urged the government to ensure that basic needs of migrant workers, daily wagers, refugees and people living in poverty are ensured while implementing measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Apr 04, 2020
POLITICS, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Govt decision to let army procure medical supplies stirs controversy
Govt decision to let army procure medical supplies stirs con...
KATHMANDU, April 4: Nepal Army (NA) has been dragged into a controversy again. It is not because of the national army's own doings, though.
Apr 04, 2020
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Police rescue 21 Indonesians after protests amid COVID-19 fears
Police rescue 21 Indonesians after protests amid COVID-19 fe...
KATHMANDU, April 4: Police have rescued 21 Indonesian Muslim pilgrims after locals protested over suspicions of coronavirus infection wherever they were taken for food and shelter.
Apr 04, 2020