SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Health workers at quarantine facilities themselves at risk
Health workers at quarantine facilities themselves at risk
TIKAPUR, April 3: Health workers deployed at several quarantine facilities set up by the government in the western region have complained of the lack of minimum protective equipment. As they have to handle even people potentially infected with the novel coronavirus, which is highly contagious, the l...
Apr 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Army to bring COVID-19 medical supplies from China under G2G process
Army to bring COVID-19 medical supplies from China under G2G...
KATHMANDU, April 3: Following allegation of irregularities in procurement of medical kits from China through a private company, the government has decided to entrust the Nepal Army for the supply of essential medical equipment at a time when the country is facing threat from the coronavirus pandemic...
Apr 03, 2020
SOCIETY, The Week, Latest Updates
What's keeping you sane?
What's keeping you sane?
Once upon a time, there was so much we wanted to do but not enough time to do it all. Now most of us are in a quandary as to what to do with all the free time on our hands. Life went from one extreme to another. When she first heard the news about the nationwide lockdown, Shrija Shres- tha was horri...
Apr 03, 2020
ECONOMY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Concerns over safety of public money, data after F1Soft's intrusion in news website
Concerns over safety of public money, data after F1Soft's in...
As eSewa has over 2.1 million customers who park their billions of rupees in the digital wallet, its founder and owner's alleged involvement in unethical 'hacking' of the news website has many people worried about their sensitive data and cash parked in the platform.
Apr 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Concerns over safety of public money, data after F1Soft's intrusion in news website
Concerns over safety of public money, data after F1Soft's in...
KATHMANDU, April 3: The alleged involvement of Asgar Ali, the founder of F1Soft International which owns eSewa, in unauthorized infiltration and removal of a news content from a news website, www.kathmandupress.com, has raised concerns over the safety of money as well as sensitive private data of th...
Apr 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Infographic, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Of 6 COVID-19 patients, 3 shared same flight
Of 6 COVID-19 patients, 3 shared same flight
KATHMANDU, April 2: Coronavirus infections in Nepal have climbed to six today after a woman tested positive for COVID-19.
Apr 03, 2020
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
NAC's aircraft brings second batch of medical supplies from China
NAC's aircraft brings second batch of medical supplies from...
KATHMANDU, April 3: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) operated a chartered flight on Thursday to bring C from Guangzhou, China.
Apr 03, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Dealers seek compensation for losses due to revision in fuel prices
Dealers seek compensation for losses due to revision in fuel...
KATHMANDU, April 3: Petroleum dealers have sought compensation from the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), stating that the petroleum monopoly's decision to cut petroleum prices significantly will inflict huge loss on them.
Apr 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Editors take strong exception to unauthorized removal of online news content
Editors take strong exception to unauthorized removal of onl...
KATHMANDU, April 2: KATHMANDU, April 2: Editors of various national dailies and online news portals have strongly condemned the unauthorized removal of a news item from a Kathmandu-based online portal.
Apr 02, 2020
SOCIETY
COVID-19 testing lab launched in Bhaktapur
COVID-19 testing lab launched in Bhaktapur
BHAKTAPUR, April 2: The Nepal-Korea Friendship Municipality Hospital in Madhyapur Thimi has officially launched coronavirus tests on Thursday. The testing lab with a polymerase chain reaction machine at the hospital was set up two weeks ago. A molecular laboratory and a histology laboratory have als...
Apr 02, 2020