ECONOMY, Latest Updates
100 plus migrant workers’ dead bodies await repatriation
100 plus migrant workers’ dead bodies await repatriation
KATHMANDU, June 29: More than 100 dead bodies of Nepali migrant workers have been stuck abroad as the government has failed to bring them home at the earliest. At the same time, the government’s decision of providing Rs 50,000 to the family of dead ones if they opt to cremate the dead bodies in the...
Jun 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Kabir was ready to take Annapurna home. Then a pandemic hit
Kabir was ready to take Annapurna home. Then a pandemic hit
When her neighbors had introduced Annapurna to Republica five months ago, she 'was a woman who had not smiled for over a decade.' The neighbors told us that Annapurna's husband, Kabir, needs to be held responsible for her situation and that action must be taken against him. To the volley of charges...
Jun 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Another COVID-19 patient dies in Lalitpur
Another COVID-19 patient dies in Lalitpur
KATHMANDU, June 29: Nepal has reported one more death due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease.
Jun 29, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Can the new PCR kits purchased by the Army still be used? Yes!
Can the new PCR kits purchased by the Army still be used? Ye...
Nepal has been under lockdown for more than three month now due to the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19. Nepal has taken lockdown as a major strategy to control pandemic due to lack of resources and test kits. The government of Nepal has been trying to get enough test kits required to control the pandem...
Jun 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Khotang's Halesi Tuwachung Municipality recognizes three more languages as official ones
Khotang's Halesi Tuwachung Municipality recognizes three mor...
KHOTANG, June 28: Halesi Tuwachung Municipality in Khotang district has decided to recognize the Chamling, Bambule and Tilung languages as the official ones through its policy and programs for the fiscal year 2020/21.
Jun 29, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Share market reopening today; investors fear stock market rout
Share market reopening today; investors fear stock market ro...
KATHMANDU, June 29: The stock market is reopening today. Following a directive from the Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon), Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) is reopening the secondary market from Monday after one and a half months due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Jun 29, 2020
SPORTS
Clever Benzema assist helps Real Madrid go clear at the top
Clever Benzema assist helps Real Madrid go clear at the top
BARCELONA, June 29: Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema produced an audacious back-heeled assist for Casemiro to score as they beat Espanyol 1-0 away on Sunday to capitalise on Barcelona’s slip-up a day earlier and move two points clear at the top of La Liga.
Jun 29, 2020
SPORTS
Barkley strike sends Chelsea into FA Cup semis
Barkley strike sends Chelsea into FA Cup semis
LEICESTER, June 29: Eight-times FA Cup winners Chelsea reached the semi-finals on Sunday as midfielder Ross Barkley came off the bench to secure a deserved 1-0 victory at faltering Leicester City.
Jun 29, 2020
ECONOMY
Fall in imports following nationwide lockdown reduces Nepal’s trade deficit by 16.43%
Fall in imports following nationwide lockdown reduces Nepal’...
KATHMANDU, June 29: Nepal’s trade deficit in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year has narrowed down by 16.43 percent, compared to the same period in 2019/20.
Jun 29, 2020
ECONOMY
Little damage to crops by locusts in Nepal: Ministry
Little damage to crops by locusts in Nepal: Ministry
KATHMANDU, June 29: The government has said the swarms of locusts that entered Nepal on Saturday have not caused any big damage to the country’s crops.
Jun 29, 2020