OPINION
Capitalism’s Triple Crisis
Capitalism’s Triple Crisis
LONDON – Capitalism is facing at least three major crises. A pandemic-induced health crisis has rapidly ignited an economic crisis with yet unknown consequences for financial stability, and all of this is playing out against the backdrop of a climate crisis that cannot be addressed by “business as u...
Apr 02, 2020
OPINION
Destigmatizing corona patients
Destigmatizing corona patients
While the discussion on the effects of Covid19 is taking place, stigmatization remains the least debated issue. Stigmatization began along with the outbreak and spread of this virus in China. People started to call it a “Chinese” disease and everything related to China became the subject of scorn. T...
Apr 02, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spiking
Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spi...
LOS ANGELES, April 2: Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths and cases in the United States soared to new daily highs for the fourth day in a row.
Apr 02, 2020
OPINION
Test, test, test
Test, test, test
On January 25, when WHO reported a total of 1,320 confirmed cases globally for disease the outbreak caused by novel Coronavirus (then named 2019-nCoV), with the majority of the cases (1,297 ) reported in China, Nepal with one confirmed case joined nine countries in the global map spotting confirmed...
Apr 02, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Govt devising standards for distribution of relief to needy people
Govt devising standards for distribution of relief to needy...
KATHMANDU, April 2: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies is forming uniform standard for local units for the distribution of food stuffs for rational distribution of relief items to the needy people at the grassroots Nepal.
Apr 02, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
NOC slashes petrol, diesel prices by Rs 10 per liter
NOC slashes petrol, diesel prices by Rs 10 per liter
KATHMANDU, April 2: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has reduced the price of petrol, diesel and kerosene by Rs 10 per liter. The new prices came into effect from Wednesday midnight.
Apr 02, 2020
Editorial
Feel some shame
Feel some shame
Actually, this should be the time when health authorities are expending all their energies for testing the suspected cases and administer treatment. This is the time for the public health authorities to receive praise from the people because of all the good works they are doing. And the ministry of...
Apr 02, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
F1 Soft’s president Dhakal and PM’s IT consultant Ali in hot water after pressuring to ill...
F1 Soft’s president Dhakal and PM’s IT consultant Ali in hot...
KATHMANDU, April 2: A software company owned by Asgar Ali, the IT Consultant to the Prime Minister, has landed into controversy after it was found to have secretly removed a news content by hacking into Kathmandupress.com, a Kathmandu-based online news portal.
Apr 02, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Army rushes to pick consultant for Expressway as nation combats coronavirus
Army rushes to pick consultant for Expressway as nation comb...
KATHMANDU, April 2: At a time when the entire country has been under a total lockdown to combat COVID-19, Nepal Army has rushed to select a bid for awarding the consultancy service worth millions of dollars for Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track (Expressway), flouting the public procurement rules.
Apr 02, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
After gathering dust for 4 years, induction stoves gifted by China flying off the shelves
After gathering dust for 4 years, induction stoves gifted by...
KATHMANDU, April 2: After gathering dust for more than four years, induction stoves gifted by the Chinese government are flying off the shelves of Food Management and Trading Company Limited (FMTCL).
Apr 02, 2020