Editorial
Smells fishy
Smells fishy
Every country around the world is struggling to provide medical tools to health professionals to treat patients infected with the coronavirus. Every country has faced an acute shortage of masks, hand sanitizers, personal protective equipment (PPE) among other items because no country is in a positi...
Mar 30, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Medical suppliers accuse Health Ministry of bypassing competitive bidding process to favor...
Medical suppliers accuse Health Ministry of bypassing compet...
KATHMANDU, March 30: Although officials at Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) claimed that they decided to procure medical supplies without following competitive bidding process, medical suppliers in the country have dismissed the claim, saying that sealed quotation invited by the ministry was...
Mar 30, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Govt announces economic relief measures to support poor, businesses hit by Covid-19
Govt announces economic relief measures to support poor, bus...
KATHMANDU, March 30: The government has come up with a relief measures that aims to extend support to poor and vulnerable hit by the Covid-19 and government lockdown as well as measures to support the businesses and economy from the impact of the pandemic.
Mar 30, 2020
OPINION
Waging War on COVID-19
Waging War on COVID-19
HONG KONG – The world is at war. The enemy is resilient, ruthless, and unpredictable, with no regard for race, nationality, ideology, or wealth. Already, it has killed more than 26,000 people and infected over 560,000, from ordinary workers to the United Kingdom’s prime minister and crown prince. It...
Mar 30, 2020
OPINION
COVID-19 and New World Order
COVID-19 and New World Order
My maternal grandfather who is 96 never misses to talk about the Second World War whenever I go and visit him. Elaborated anecdotes of the brave Gorkha soldiers fighting in the Burmese front under the Allied Command quickly change to more subdued references to the genocide, massacres, mass bombings...
Mar 30, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Govt to take strict action against hospitals not attending to patients
Govt to take strict action against hospitals not attending t...
KATHMANDU, March 30: After several news reports emerged that patients with coronavirus-like symptoms were not attended by medics, the government on Sunday directed hospitals across the country to provide proper health care service to patients needing urgent health assistance.
Mar 30, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
New York state surpasses 1,000 coronavirus deaths
New York state surpasses 1,000 coronavirus deaths
NEW YORK, March 30: New York state’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak climbed Sunday above 1,000, less than a month after the first known infection in the state.
Mar 30, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Modi seeks 'forgiveness' from India's poor over coronavirus lockdown
Modi seeks 'forgiveness' from India's poor over coronavirus...
MUMBAI, March 29: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic and human toll from his 21-day nationwide lockdown deepens and criticism mounts about a lack of adequate planning ahead of the decision.
Mar 30, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Govt extends lockdown by a week, borders to remain sealed
Govt extends lockdown by a week, borders to remain sealed
KATHMANDU, March 30: The government has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown for the second week until next Tuesday as the country continues to record new cases of coronavirus.
Mar 30, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Eight Nepalis in Australia, two more in UAE test positive for coronavirus
Eight Nepalis in Australia, two more in UAE test positive fo...
KATHMANDU, March 30: Eight Nepali students in Australia have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Embassy of Nepal in Canberra said on Sunday.
Mar 30, 2020