ECONOMY, Latest Updates
India lifts ban on medicine export to Nepal
India lifts ban on medicine export to Nepal
KATHMANDU, April 12: Nepal can now import necessary drugs from India, with the southern neighbor lifting the ban on medicine that had been imposed for the past one month, following an increasing threat of COVID-19.
Apr 12, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Construction works at Bheri-Babai continues despite lockdown
Construction works at Bheri-Babai continues despite lockdown
SURKHET, April 12: The lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 has affected development projects in the country but national pride project, Bheri-Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project has been able to carry out construction works even during the lockdown period.
Apr 12, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project receives 60 tons of cement after 17 days
Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project receives 60 tons of cement af...
KATHMANDU, April 12: 60 tons of cement that were stranded for 17 days due to the lockdown has reached Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project site in Rasuwa district. The construction works had been halted since the last two weeks due to the lockdown. The cement had been transported to Ramche of Rasuwa distr...
Apr 12, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
N.Korea calls for tougher virus curbs, but leader wears no mask in photographs
N.Korea calls for tougher virus curbs, but leader wears no m...
SEOUL, April 12: North Korea called for tougher and more thorough countermeasures to keep citizens safe from the fast-spreading coronavirus at a meeting where leader Kim Jong Un presided, state media said on Sunday.
Apr 12, 2020
OPINION
A Global COVID-19 Exit Strategy
A Global COVID-19 Exit Strategy
OXFORD – The world that emerges from the coronavirus pandemic may be a warring collection of
countries that are more closed off and nationalistic than before. But without rapid and effective global cooperation, the world may not exit this crisis safely at all.
Apr 12, 2020
OPINION
Labor migration post-COVID-19
Labor migration post-COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting society, economy and politics in almost all parts of the world. Every country is likely to bear the brunt of such upheaval. Nepal is no exception. In this article, we look into its potential impact on foreign labor migration and its trickle-down effects on the mac...
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Hoteliers join hands to provide free food to stranded tourists facing financial hardships
Hoteliers join hands to provide free food to stranded touris...
KATHMANDU, April 12: Each morning at 11 am, Rameen Masumi and Arsalon Somanyan head for Hotel Northfield in Thamel to collect free food that the hotel has been distributing to foreigners stranded in the area as a result of the nationwide lockdown enforced by the government to contain the spread of t...
Apr 12, 2020
Editorial
Comedy of errors
Comedy of errors
Prime Minister’s office sometimes make such egregious mistakes that people wonder who actually run his office, if those who are inside his office even possess the basic minimum common sense and, more than that, if the prime minister himself even cares about how these activities are earning bad name...
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
COVID-19 testing starts at Bir Hospital
COVID-19 testing starts at Bir Hospital
KATHMANDU, April 12: The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the Kathmandu-based Bir Hospital has started testing of swab samples of COVID-19 suspects from Saturday.
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
I am tired of giving clarifications: Miya
I am tired of giving clarifications: Miya
KATHMANDU, April 12: Various India media reported on Friday that about 200 COVID-19 infected Muslim people are set to enter the India State of Bihar through Nepal's border with the ill intention of spreading the virus in the country under a plot from Pakistan.
Apr 12, 2020