SOCIETY
IME Group Chair Dhakal tests positive for COVID-19
IME Group Chair Dhakal tests positive for COVID-19
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Vice-Chairman of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal has tested positive for the COVID-19.
Sep 28, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
NYT: Trump evaded tax for years; paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016
NYT: Trump evaded tax for years; paid $750 in federal income...
The revelation comes weeks before the November 3 presidential election, and before the first presidential debate of the year-- on Tuesday---between Donald J. Trump and Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the president of the United States.
Sep 28, 2020
ECONOMY
Nepal’s trade deficit declines by one fourth in first two months of current fiscal year
Nepal’s trade deficit declines by one fourth in first two mo...
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Nepal’s trade deficit during the period of mid-July to mid-September declined by 24.93 percent, significantly lowering the import expenses.
Sep 28, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Republica Morning Brief: Sept 28
Republica Morning Brief: Sept 28
Nepal recorded 10 more fatalities linked with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours. With this, Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll has jumped to 477--which is 0.65 percent of total coronavirus infections. According to the data maintained by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP),...
Sep 28, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Victim’s family does not wish to see her body before culprit is arrested
Victim’s family does not wish to see her body before culprit...
BAJHANG, Sept 27: Samjhana BK was a charming girl. Twelve years old BK was a sixth grader at Mashta Basic School, a public school in Mashta Rural Municipality-2, a remote village in Bajhang. But as the pandemic forced schools across the country to shut down for multiple months, BK was staying home w...
Sep 27, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
If virus doesn’t kill us, climate change will
If virus doesn’t kill us, climate change will
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 27: In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change will.
Sep 27, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Newly appointed EU envoy presents credentials to President Bhandari
Newly appointed EU envoy presents credentials to President B...
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Newly appointed Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Nepal, Nona Deprez, presented her credentials to President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on Sunday.
Sep 27, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Construction of 40 MW Upper Chameliya Hydropower project starts
Construction of 40 MW Upper Chameliya Hydropower project sta...
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: The construction of the 40 megawatt (MW) Upper Chameliya Hydropower project in Darchula district has started.
Sep 27, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
From Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Biden: 60 years of U.S. presidential debates
From Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Biden: 60 years of U.S. presiden...
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden face off on Tuesday in a televised presidential debate, part of a 60-year-old tradition marked by some of the most memorable moments of modern U.S. political history:
Sep 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll climbs to 477 with 10 more fatalities reported on Sunday
Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll climbs to 477 with 10 more fatal...
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Nepal recorded 10 more fatalities linked to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours.
Sep 27, 2020