SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police rescue 21 Indonesians after protests amid COVID-19 fears
Police rescue 21 Indonesians after protests amid COVID-19 fe...
KATHMANDU, April 4: Police have rescued 21 Indonesian Muslim pilgrims after locals protested over suspicions of coronavirus infection wherever they were taken for food and shelter.
Apr 04, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
NEA makes profit of Rs 10.67 billion
NEA makes profit of Rs 10.67 billion
KATHMANDU, April 4: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has earned a profit of Rs 10.67 billion in the fiscal year 2018/19. According to the Nepal Financial Reporting Standards (NFRS), the organization has earned the profit including Rs 855 million in comprehensive income. According to the final a...
Apr 04, 2020
SOCIETY, DIASPORA, Coronavirus
Australian PM Morrison advises foreign students to leave his country, thousands of Nepali...
Australian PM Morrison advises foreign students to leave his...
KATHMANDU, April 3: Thousands of Nepali students in Australia are likely to be affected as the country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday suggested the internationals students to go back to their home countries if they are unable to stay there owing to the worsening situation amid novel coron...
Apr 03, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Experts, activists urge govt to pay special attention to adverse impact on country's agric...
Experts, activists urge govt to pay special attention to adv...
KATHMNADU, April 3: Experts and activists on Friday drew the attention of the government over the adverse effect on the agriculture sector in the country due to nationwide lockdown imposed to stem the novel coronavirus.
Apr 03, 2020
My City, Gen-Next, Article
Republica Daily Contest Topic 1: Life lessons you are learning during lockdown
Republica Daily Contest Topic 1: Life lessons you are learni...
To engage school kids during this lockdown, Republica is organizing a Daily Contest where we have been publishing the best submission everyday in Republica. Meanwhile, here are other three top articles along with the winning article sent to us.
Apr 03, 2020
POLITICS, Coronavirus
193 international political parties including Nepal's ruling NCP oppose stigmatizing count...
193 international political parties including Nepal's ruling...
KATHMANDU, April 3: The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and more than 193 political parties from over the world have issued a joint open letter calling for a closer international cooperation to combat novel coronavirus.
Apr 03, 2020
SOCIETY
No new case of COVID-19 on Friday: Health Ministry
No new case of COVID-19 on Friday: Health Ministry
KATHMANDU, April 3: The Ministry of Health and Population has said no new case of COVID-19 was reported on Friday. Ministry Spokesperson Dr Bikas Devkota shared this information at the press conference.
Apr 03, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two
Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions s...
LONDON/WASHINGTON, April 3: Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill, according to the chair of a network of scientists providing benchmark emissions data.
Apr 03, 2020
WORLD
PM Johnson staying in coronavirus isolation with mild symptoms
PM Johnson staying in coronavirus isolation with mild sympto...
LONDON, April 3: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was remaining in isolation on Friday as he still had mild symptoms of the coronavirus including a high temperature seven days after he tested positive for the virus.
Apr 03, 2020
WORLD
Chechnya becomes first Russian region to impose coronavirus curfew
Chechnya becomes first Russian region to impose coronavirus...
MOSCOW, April 3: The southern Russian region of Chechnya on Friday became the first to introduce a night curfew to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, despite having reported only a dozen confirmed cases.
Apr 03, 2020