SOCIETY, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates
Youths demonstrate at Naxal against govt's lackluster response to COVID-19 (with photos an...
Youths demonstrate at Naxal against govt's lackluster respon...
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KATHMANDU, June 11: A group of independent youths staged demonstration at Naxal in Kathmandu, on Thursday afternoon asking the government to scrap the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement signed with US government and expand the scope of Polymerase Chain Reaction tests (PCR) for coronavi...
Jun 11, 2020
OPINION
For Dalits, love is forbidden
For Dalits, love is forbidden
Have you ever heard a Brahmin man murdered for marrying a Dalit woman? At least, I have not. Love is blind, it is said. But I say love has eyes of caste, race, ethnicity, religion, sex, wealth, and geography. The provision of the constitution that all adults, irrespective of their gender and caste,...
Jun 11, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 600 in Kapilvastu
Number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 600 in Kapilvastu
KAPILVASTU, June 11: As many as 616 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Kapilvastu district so far.
Jun 11, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
VIDEO: Finance Minister Khatiwada at National Assembly
VIDEO: Finance Minister Khatiwada at National Assembly
KATHMANDU, June 11: Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada responded to the queries raised by National Assembly (NA) members during an NA meeting held at the New Baneshwor-based federal parliament building.
Jun 11, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Oli must go, but what’s the alternative?
Oli must go, but what’s the alternative?
After weeks of anger and frustration, a group of young people took to the streets of Baluwatar to demand accountability from this government. The COVID-19 response from this government has been dismal: testing rates are low, RDTs reign over PCR tests, quarantines are poorly managed – hotbeds for dis...
Jun 11, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Govt eases lockdown; businesses and industries to open, private vehicles to operate on odd...
Govt eases lockdown; businesses and industries to open, priv...
KATHMANDU, June 11: Amid mounting pressure from all the quarters, the government has decided to ease the ongoing nationwide lockdown that it enforced on March 24 to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Jun 11, 2020
OPINION, Coronavirus
Why diagnostic testing is important to control possible complications from coronavirus
Why diagnostic testing is important to control possible comp...
In the month of December 2019, a unique and mysterious disease outbreak in the Wuhan city of China caused respiratory illness. It has since then spread globally, resulting in the pandemic. COVID-19 is a highly contagious cause of coronavirus. The infected patients have reported mild to severe acut...
Jun 11, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Govt decides not to hold SEE, internal assessment to be recognized
Govt decides not to hold SEE, internal assessment to be reco...
KATHMANDU, June 11: Putting an end to the prolonged uncertainty about holding the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) of Grade X, the government on Wednesday decided not to conduct this board examination in view of the serious health risk that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to pose...
Jun 11, 2020
SOCIETY
Two health workers including a medical doctor arrested for stealing medical equipment
Two health workers including a medical doctor arrested for s...
KATHMANDU, June 10: Police on Wednesday arrested two individuals including a medical doctor for their alleged involvement in stealing health equipment from the Lagankhel-based Patan Hospital.
Jun 10, 2020
POLITICS
NC draws govt's attention to lessen impact of COVID-19
NC draws govt's attention to lessen impact of COVID-19
KATHMANDU, June 10: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress has drawn the attention of the government to the steps it should take to lessen the immediate and long-term impact of COVID-19 pandemic and address the common concerns of the people.
Jun 10, 2020