POLITICS
Govt decides to close down border with India until Nov 15 to contain the spread of COVID-1...
Govt decides to close down border with India until Nov 15 to...
KATHMANDU, Oct 13: The government has decided to close Nepal’s international border with India until November 15 in view of the growing threat of the spread of COVID-19.
Oct 13, 2020
OPINION
Are you an Indian? ‘No, I’m a Nepali’
Are you an Indian? ‘No, I’m a Nepali’
We Nepalis like to immediately size each other up according to our last names. The one category universally hated, however, is to be perceived as an Indian.
Oct 13, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Republica Morning Brief: Oct 13
Republica Morning Brief: Oct 13
In case you missed them, here are some of the major developments that took place in the past 24 hours.
Oct 13, 2020
OPINION
What's next for the global economy?
What's next for the global economy?
The US and China are now on a collision course in all dimensions and this will continue, to some extent, even if Joe Biden wins next month’s presidential election.
Oct 13, 2020
ECONOMY
Canyoning resumes in Pokhara after seven months
Canyoning resumes in Pokhara after seven months
POKHARA, Oct 12: Canyoning activities in Pokhara that were suspended since the nationwide lockdown in March have resumed after a hiatus of seven months.
Oct 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
All govt hospitals in Valley to be turned into COVID hospitals
All govt hospitals in Valley to be turned into COVID hospita...
KATHMANDU, Oct 12: The government has decided to convert all the government hospitals in the Kathmandu Valley into COVID-19 hospitals.
Oct 12, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Travellers suffer as contractors continue to delay maintenance of Putalisadak and Chabahil...
Travellers suffer as contractors continue to delay maintenan...
KATHMANDU, Oct 12: Travellers have been suffering because of the sorry state of the major road segments in the Putalisadak and Chabahil-Jorpati-Sankhu areas of Kathmandu. The roads in these areas have remained pathetic for months now, posing serious problems to commuters.
Oct 12, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Daily Commentary: Stocks recoup morning losses to end flat
Daily Commentary: Stocks recoup morning losses to end flat
Nepse benchmark index up by 1.74 points
Oct 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
All hospitals in Kathmandu together can hold only 195 COVID-19 patients in ICUs and 88 on...
All hospitals in Kathmandu together can hold only 195 COVID-...
54 percent of ICU beds and 47 percent ventilators are already occupied
Oct 12, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Sharp rise in natural disasters in last 20 years, Asia hardest hit: U.N.
Sharp rise in natural disasters in last 20 years, Asia harde...
GENEVA, Oct 12: There has been a dramatic increase in extreme weather events in the past 20 years, which are taking a heavy human and economic toll worldwide and are on track to expand further, and Asia has been hardest-hit, the United Nations said on Monday.
Oct 12, 2020