SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Fourth Nepali dies of coronavirus in US
Fourth Nepali dies of coronavirus in US
UNITED STATES, April 16: Pawan Kumar Malla, former assistant sub-inspector of Nepal Police, died of the coronavirus in New York on Thursday.
Apr 16, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
China sees drop in imported coronavirus cases but local infections rise
China sees drop in imported coronavirus cases but local infe...
BEIJING, April 16: China reported on Thursday fewer new coronavirus cases involving travellers arriving from overseas, but locally transmitted infections rose, with the Chinese capital seeing new local cases for the first time in more than three weeks.
Apr 16, 2020
OPINION
What we gained, what we lost
What we gained, what we lost
It was early in the afternoon of April 9 30 years ago, when the news reached Washington that King Birendra had agreed to replace Panchayat with multi-party democracy, the long-held demand of democracy activists in the country. Prior to the King’s surrender of absolute authority, tens of thousands of...
Apr 16, 2020
Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal to evacuate its citizens working in UN agencies in Afghanistan
Nepal to evacuate its citizens working in UN agencies in Afg...
KATHMANDU, April 16: Amid coronavirus outbreak, the government has decided to evacuate its citizens working for UN agencies in Afghanistan, officials said.
Apr 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Coronavirus
4.6 million Nepalis are food-insecure, and 10% have severe need
4.6 million Nepalis are food-insecure, and 10% have severe n...
KATHMANDU, April 16: As the country is in the fourth week of lockdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus (Covid 19), with two more weeks extension from Tuesday, a UN agency has warned that a widespread food insecurity is likely.
Apr 16, 2020
OPINION
Blaming China is a dangerous distraction
Blaming China is a dangerous distraction
LONDON – As the COVID-19 crisis roars on, so have debates about China’s role in it. Based on what is known, it is clear that some Chinese officials made a major error in late December and early January when they tried to prevent disclosures of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, even silencing health...
Apr 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Ncell launches a self-assessment survey to help Govt identify COVID-19 infected
Ncell launches a self-assessment survey to help Govt identif...
KATHMANDU, April 16: Ncell Private Limited has launched a self-assessment survey through Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) medium to support the Government to identify COVID-19 infected people.
Apr 16, 2020
WORLD
WHO regrets Trump funding halt as global coronavirus cases top 2 million
WHO regrets Trump funding halt as global coronavirus cases t...
GENEVA/WASHINGTON, April 16: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday he regrets U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull funding for the agency, but that now is the time for the world to unite in its fight against the new coronavirus.
Apr 16, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
G20 countries agree debt freeze for world's poorest countries
G20 countries agree debt freeze for world's poorest countrie...
DUBAI/RIYADH/WASHINGTON, April 16: Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies agreed on Wednesday to suspend debt service payments for the world’s poorest countries through the end of the year, a move quickly matched by a group of hundreds of private creditors.
Apr 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
HLCCPCC decides to intensify tests
HLCCPCC decides to intensify tests
KATHMANDU, April 17: The High-Level Coordination Committee for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 has decided to increase the number of tests for coronavirus.
Apr 16, 2020