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Nepal asks India to send rapid response team to combat COVID-19

Published On: March 20, 2020 08:28 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: Amid coronavirus outbreak fears, Nepal has requested India to send a rapid response team.

US commits additional $1.8 million to Nepal to combat COVID-19

Published On: March 20, 2020 08:26 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: The US government has announced an additional $1.8 million in assistance to bolster the Government of Nepal’s novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) readiness and response.

Private sector seen stingy on social responsibility amid COVID-19 scare

Published On: March 20, 2020 08:23 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: At a time when the COVID-19 menace looms over the economic life of the country, the big corporate houses appear to be taking a back seat in the exercise of social responsibility.

Convicts sentenced to less than year to be freed on bail or without bail

Published On: March 20, 2020 08:17 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: Amid warnings from medical experts that overcrowded prisons could help the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government has decided to release on bail or without bail all convicts who were sentenced to less than a year in jail or those who have already served served half their terms.

Govt mulls complete closure of border with India

Published On: March 20, 2020 07:53 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: As the novel coronavirus spreads across the globe including South Asia, the Nepal government is thinking about closing all borders crossing points with the southern neighbor.

Amid coronavirus outbreak fears, Nepal informally requests India to send rapid response team

Published On: March 19, 2020 07:45 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: Amid coronavirus outbreak fears, Nepal has requested India to send a rapid response team.

INFOGRAPHICS: How to use mask properly?

Published On: March 19, 2020 07:25 PM NPT By: Republica

Wearing a mask is one of the safety precautions against this pandemic. Here are some basic information relating to using mask:

Amid COVID-19 fears, PSC halts scheduled exams until further notice

Published On: March 19, 2020 07:20 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: Amid novel coronavirus outbreak fear, Public Service Commission (PSC) has postponed all the scheduled written examinations of civil service, security bodies and various government bodies.

COVID-19: TU Executive Council decides to postpone university examinations until further notice

Published On: March 19, 2020 07:15 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: Tribhuvan University (TU) Executive Council has decided to postpone all the university examinations until further notice owing to possible spread of coronavirus.

Risk communication guidelines for elderly, adults and people with underlying medical conditions

Published On: March 19, 2020 07:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: The virus that causes COVID-19 infects people of all ages. However, evidence to date suggests that two groups of people are at a higher risk of getting severe COVID-19 disease.

Valley Pollution Index for March 18, 2020

Published On: March 19, 2020 12:46 PM NPT By: Republica

Valley Pollution Index for March 18, 2020

Electronic system to keep tabs on fertilizer stocks at depots

Published On: March 19, 2020 10:39 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is preparing to launch an electronic system to track distribution of chemical fertilizers in the country.

Black marketing of petroleum products rampant

Published On: March 19, 2020 10:32 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: A numbers of gasoline sellers have been found to be involved in the black marketing of the petroleum products taking undue advantage of soaring demand for essentials amid ongoing threat of COVID-19 and weak government monitoring.

Stocks extend slide but losses shrink

Published On: March 19, 2020 10:28 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU: Following a sharp loss in the morning, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index gave up almost 40 points initially and plateaued for most of the afternoon. Bulls gained control thereafter as most of the stocks trimmed losses to trade briefly in green. However, selling pressure in the final trading hour saw the index register a loss of 16.26 points to close Wednesday's trading at 1,255.80.

Local initiative

Published On: March 19, 2020 10:23 AM NPT By: Republica

As the threat of coronavirus pandemic is looming, some local governments have stepped up efforts to produce face masks and hand sanitizers of which the residents across Nepal have faced acute shortage already. It is months since these two vital items to protect oneself from possible infection stopped being available in the market. Apart from black marketing, scarcity of these items is the result of our dependence on countries like China and India wherefrom we import them. It seems things are slowly changing.

This week in history

Published On: March 19, 2020 10:00 AM NPT By: Republica

March 17, 1969: Golda Meir elected as Israel's first female prime minister

Useful shoe hacks you need to know

Published On: March 19, 2020 09:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Use tea bags in shoes to remove bad smell. Put unused tea bags in your shoes, as they’re absolutely great at absorbing unpleasant scents.

Speaker, upper house chair at odds over parliament gen secy

Published On: March 19, 2020 08:55 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: Serious dispute between Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota and Chairperson of the National Assembly (NA) Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has surfaced after the latter declining to turn at a meeting summoned by the former on Wednesday.

This year’s Ghodejatra to be low key

Published On: March 19, 2020 08:27 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: At a time when the government has urged the general public not to organize public functions and mass gatherings as a precaution against COVID-19, the Nepal Army has said that it is gearing up to celebrate the annual Ghodejatra festival with limited number of guests at the Army Pavilion in Tundikhel.

Govt postpones SEE exams to avert COVID-19 menace

Published On: March 19, 2020 08:07 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 19: Faced with the risks of a possible COVID-19 outbreak, the government on Wednesday decided to postpone the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) – scheduled to be conducted from Thursday – until further notice.