SOCIETY, Latest Updates
DSP Lamsal relieved from duty over his alleged involvement in beating up doctors at TUTH
DSP Lamsal relieved from duty over his alleged involvement i...
KATHMANDU, April 16: Metropolitan Police Office has decided to relieve Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Umesh Lamsal, who headed Metropolitan Police Circle Office, Maharajgunj, from his duty over his alleged involvement in beating up three doctors at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital,...
Apr 16, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Former minister Gokul Baskota rages against top leaders
Former minister Gokul Baskota rages against top leaders
KATHMANDU, April 16: Gokul Prasad Baskota, who placed himself at the center of a non-stop media storm for several weeks until February 20 when he was serving as the information minister and government spokesperson in the Oli-led government, is active on Twitter these days.
Apr 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
E-pass for vehicles involved in essential services in Kaski
E-pass for vehicles involved in essential services in Kaski
KASKI, April 16: The District Administration Office, Kaski, has made an arrangement of e-pass for vehicles involved in essential services from today.
Apr 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Police investigating beating of doctors
Police investigating beating of doctors
KATHMANDU, April 16: Police went out of their way to beat doctors returning home after finishing their duty on Wednesday evening at TUTH, Maharajgunj. Resident doctors at the TUTH Shambhu Khanal, Tej Prakash Shah and Bikash Shah were on their way home after dinner.
Apr 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Fourth Nepali dies of coronavirus in US
Fourth Nepali dies of coronavirus in US
UNITED STATES, April 16: Pawan Kumar Malla, former assistant sub-inspector of Nepal Police, died of the coronavirus in New York on Thursday.
Apr 16, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
China sees drop in imported coronavirus cases but local infections rise
China sees drop in imported coronavirus cases but local infe...
BEIJING, April 16: China reported on Thursday fewer new coronavirus cases involving travellers arriving from overseas, but locally transmitted infections rose, with the Chinese capital seeing new local cases for the first time in more than three weeks.
Apr 16, 2020
OPINION
What we gained, what we lost
What we gained, what we lost
It was early in the afternoon of April 9 30 years ago, when the news reached Washington that King Birendra had agreed to replace Panchayat with multi-party democracy, the long-held demand of democracy activists in the country. Prior to the King’s surrender of absolute authority, tens of thousands of...
Apr 16, 2020
Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal to evacuate its citizens working in UN agencies in Afghanistan
Nepal to evacuate its citizens working in UN agencies in Afg...
KATHMANDU, April 16: Amid coronavirus outbreak, the government has decided to evacuate its citizens working for UN agencies in Afghanistan, officials said.
Apr 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Coronavirus
4.6 million Nepalis are food-insecure, and 10% have severe need
4.6 million Nepalis are food-insecure, and 10% have severe n...
KATHMANDU, April 16: As the country is in the fourth week of lockdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus (Covid 19), with two more weeks extension from Tuesday, a UN agency has warned that a widespread food insecurity is likely.
Apr 16, 2020
OPINION
Blaming China is a dangerous distraction
Blaming China is a dangerous distraction
LONDON – As the COVID-19 crisis roars on, so have debates about China’s role in it. Based on what is known, it is clear that some Chinese officials made a major error in late December and early January when they tried to prevent disclosures of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, even silencing health...
Apr 16, 2020