SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Kathmandu breathes relaxed as lockdown improves air-quality
Kathmandu breathes relaxed as lockdown improves air-quality
KATHMAMNDU, March 31: Nearly a week after the government imposed a temporary lockdown across the nation to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Kathmandu Valley and other major cities have started to witness a significant improvement in their Air Quality Index (AQI). On Monday, Kath...
Mar 31, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
SC orders govt to provide food to the poor
SC orders govt to provide food to the poor
KATHMANDU, March 31: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the authorities — the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Home Affairs — to provide relief packages to the needy who are the hardest hit by the COVID-19 lockdown in Nepal.
Mar 31, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Returnees are under our watch: Rasuwa CDO
Returnees are under our watch: Rasuwa CDO
RASUWA, March 31: A young girl returned to her home in Kalika Rural Municipality of Rasuwa district from Dubai on March 16. As usual, she started meeting her friends and visiting market areas. So far, she looks fine. But, on Saturday, her brother had a fever. This alarmed everyone at her home. Her b...
Mar 31, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
U.S. coronavirus death toll rises past 3,000 on the deadliest day
U.S. coronavirus death toll rises past 3,000 on the deadlies...
NEW YORK, March 31: The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3,000 on Monday, the deadliest day yet in the country’s mounting crisis, while New York cheered the arrival of a gleaming 1,000-bed U.S. Navy hospital ship as a sign of hope in the city’s desperate fight.
Mar 31, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Omni Group involved in price gouging of medical supplies from China has a long history
Omni Group involved in price gouging of medical supplies fro...
KATHMANDU, March 31: The Omni Group which was awarded the contract to supply various medical equipment and logistics to control the coronavirus (COVID-19) by the government at exorbitantly higher prices is found to have been involved in similar controversial procurement deals with the Election Commi...
Mar 31, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Rs 207 million collected in corona control fund
Rs 207 million collected in corona control fund
KATHMANDU, March 31: A total of Rs 207.31 million has been collected in a fund set up by the government to combat the spread of COVID-19
Mar 31, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepali migrant workers stuck on Indian border denied entry
Nepali migrant workers stuck on Indian border denied entry
KATHMANDU, March 31: Hundreds of Nepali migrant workers returning home from India are stranded in Dharchula on the Indian side of the Nepal-India border since the last few days after the Darchula district administration barred them from entering Nepal citing the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.
Mar 31, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
'The society made me infected, I was not'
'The society made me infected, I was not'
DANG, March 31: After a girl who returned from France to Nepal recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the government sought the whereabouts and conditions of others who came in the same flight. This included a young woman from Dang, Laxmi Oli. As the name was also revealed, she soon bec...
Mar 31, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Govt bans imports of high-end cars, expensive edibles
Govt bans imports of high-end cars, expensive edibles
KATHMANDU, March 31: The government has barred import of luxury vehicles and a number of expensive edibles to avoid possible fall in foreign currency reserve of the country as economic activities come to a halt due to COVID-19 outbreak.
Mar 31, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
8,500 lockdown flouters faced action in a week
8,500 lockdown flouters faced action in a week
KATHMANDU, March 31: Police briefly detained as many as 8,500 individuals for wandering outside their homes against the government order during the first week of nationwide lockdown.
Mar 31, 2020