OPINION
World is changing
World is changing
The casualty figures show no sign of stopping anytime soon. With the number of COVID-19 infected and deceased going up by the day, governments across Europe and North America are scrambling to put measures in place. At the same time, talks of how the world will look like after the containment of the...
Apr 07, 2020
Coronavirus
UK's Johnson fights worsening coronavirus symptoms in intensive care
UK's Johnson fights worsening coronavirus symptoms in intens...
LONDON, April 7: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was being treated for worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday, with his foreign minister deputizing for him as the nation tackles the COVID-19 crisis.
Apr 07, 2020
Editorial
Slow, unsteady
Slow, unsteady
Nepal’s response to the threat of coronavirus has been too slow from the very beginning. Come to think of it, the threat of alarm about this deadly virus was raised as early as late December, 2019 when cases appeared in China. By January, it was known to everyone in Nepal and the world about the rap...
Apr 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Payment gateway bought for Rs 250 million dumped to promote eSewa
Payment gateway bought for Rs 250 million dumped to promote...
KATHMANDU, April 7: It has been learnt that Prime Minister's Information Technology Consultant Asgar Ali has been promoting his private company -- eSewa -- by stopping the operation of a payment gateway system purchased earlier by the government for Rs 250 million.
Apr 07, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
PM to address the nation at 11 am today
PM to address the nation at 11 am today
KATHMANDU, April 7: Amid concerns over Prime Minister K P Oli's silence over the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, he is scheduled to address the nation at 11 am on Tuesday.
Apr 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Rapid Diagnostic Test not reliable: WHO Nepal Office
Rapid Diagnostic Test not reliable: WHO Nepal Office
KATHMANDU, April 7: As Nepal braces for employing Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits to detect Covid-19 cases in three districts, the World Health Organization (WHO) Nepal office has said that these kits are not reliable for the confirmation of the disease.
Apr 07, 2020
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Adhikari is new NRB Governor
Adhikari is new NRB Governor
KATHMANDU, April 7: The government has appointed Maha Prasad Adhikari, who is currently the CEO of the Investment Board of Nepal, as the 17th governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).
Apr 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Writ petition filed at SC seeking financial support for media
Writ petition filed at SC seeking financial support for medi...
KATHMANDU, April 7: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court seeking its intervention to avail government support to media, farmers and students at a time when they are facing crisis due to the lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nepal.
Apr 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Officials kept mum about machine that could test 140 samples daily
Officials kept mum about machine that could test 140 samples...
POKHARA, April 7: It has come to the fore that officials at Pokhara Hospital and Research Center kept mum over an efficient machine at the hospital which is capable of testing 140 samples for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). It has been speculated that they acted ignorant over the machine in orde...
Apr 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
IN PICS: Utilizing lockdown period judiciously, DoR expedites road repair works in capital
IN PICS: Utilizing lockdown period judiciously, DoR expedite...
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KATHMANDU, April 6: With the traffic being minimal in the capital due to the ongoing lockdown, the Department of Roads is accelerating road repair works in some parts of the capital.
Apr 06, 2020