Coronavirus
Delayed COVID-19 test reports pose high risk of outbreak in community
Delayed COVID-19 test reports pose high risk of outbreak in...
DHANGADI / BAITADI, June 21: Even though migrant workers and others returning to Nepal via different Indo-Nepal border points are quarantined for 14 days, the risk of COVID-19 outbreak is still high due to delayed PCR test reports.
Jun 21, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Nepal hopes India and China will settle disputes peacefully for bilateral, regional and wo...
Nepal hopes India and China will settle disputes peacefully...
KATHMANDU, June 21: Amid the ongoing India-China border tension that has already claimed the lives of 20 Indian army personnel, Nepal has expressed confidence that ‘friendly neighbors’ India and China will be able to resolve their mutual differences through peaceful means in favor of bilateral, regi...
Jun 21, 2020
POLITICS
Appointment of judges to be halted until lifting of lockdown
Appointment of judges to be halted until lifting of lockdown
KATHMANDU, June 21: Even though some posts of judges are lying vacant in the three-tier judiciary, no appointments will be made until the ongoing lockdown enforced to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is lifted completely, highly-placed government sources said.
Jun 21, 2020
Coronavirus
Zimbabwe’s health minister charged in COVID-19 graft case
Zimbabwe’s health minister charged in COVID-19 graft case
HARARE, Zimbabwe, June 20: Zimbabwe’s health minister on Saturday was charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, accused of illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contract for COVID-19 testing kits, drugs and personal protective equipment to a shadowy company.
Jun 20, 2020
POLITICS
Barring of land fragmentation increases corruption: CIAA
Barring of land fragmentation increases corruption: CIAA
KATHMANDU, June 20: The government-enforced barring of land fragmentation has not helped control the divisions of cultivable land, rather it has contributed to the corruption in the sector, said the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).
Jun 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
176 patients of COVID-19 recover today
176 patients of COVID-19 recover today
KATHMANDU, June 20: As many as 176 patients of COVID-19 were discharged from various hospitals across the country on Saturday. With this, the national COVID-19 recovery tally has reached 1,578 of which 141 are females and 1,437 are males.
Jun 20, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Renowned educationist Angur Baba Joshi passes away
Renowned educationist Angur Baba Joshi passes away
KATHMANDU, June 20: Renowned educationist and social activist Angur Baba Joshi passed away on Saturday. She was 89.
Jun 20, 2020
POLITICS
Chand-led NCP demands Nepali youths be barred from joining Gorkha Regiment
Chand-led NCP demands Nepali youths be barred from joining G...
KATHMANDU, June 20: The outlawed Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Saturday demanded that the Nepali youths be barred from joining the Gorkha Regiment (Indian Army).
Jun 20, 2020
Coronavirus
Ministry of Health reports 331 new cases of coronavirus
Ministry of Health reports 331 new cases of coronavirus
KATHMANDU, June 20: The Ministry of Health and Population said on Saturday that 331 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the past 24 hours.
Jun 20, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Brazil passes 1 million coronavirus cases with no end in sight
Brazil passes 1 million coronavirus cases with no end in sig...
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 20: Brazil passed 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday and approached 50,000 deaths, a new nadir for the world’s second worst-hit country as it struggles with a tense political climate and worsening economic outlook.
Jun 20, 2020