SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Gas bottlers asked to sell half-filled cooking gas cylinders
Gas bottlers asked to sell half-filled cooking gas cylinders
KATHMANDU, March 27: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), in a bid to ease the supply of cooking gas, has directed the gas bottling companies to sell half-filled cylinders to the customers.
Mar 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Foreign embassies start evacuating their stranded citizens
Foreign embassies start evacuating their stranded citizens
KATHMANDU, March 27: A day after the High-Level Coordination Committee formed to prevent and control the spread of coronavirus decided to facilitate concerned countries to rescue their nationals stranded in Nepal, a few foreign countries have started evacuating their citizens from various trekking t...
Mar 27, 2020
WORLD
Ten of millions face losing jobs in escalating coronavirus crisis
Ten of millions face losing jobs in escalating coronavirus c...
GENEVA/WASHINGTON, March 27: Global job losses from the coronavirus crisis could far exceed the 25 million estimated just days ago, U.N. officials said on Thursday, as U.S. jobless claims surged to record levels, starkly showing the scale of the economic disaster.
Mar 27, 2020
WORLD
Afghanistan to release 10,000 prisoners to slow spread of coronavirus
Afghanistan to release 10,000 prisoners to slow spread of co...
KABUL, March 27: Afghanistan will release at least 10,000 prisoners above the age of 55 in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, officials said on Thursday.
Mar 27, 2020
WORLD
Italy coronavirus deaths rise by 662 in a day, lifting total death toll to 8,165
Italy coronavirus deaths rise by 662 in a day, lifting total...
ROME, March 26: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has grown by 662 to 8,165, the Civil Protection Agency said on Thursday.
Mar 26, 2020
WORLD
Pandemic's U.S. death toll tops 1,000, jobless data sets record
Pandemic's U.S. death toll tops 1,000, jobless data sets rec...
NEW YORK, March 26: The U.S. coronavirus death toll surged past 1,000 on Thursday and the number of Americans seeking jobless benefits smashed records, sombre evidence of the pandemic’s human and economic devastation.
Mar 26, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Amid lockdown, vegetable market and groceries resumed in Gaur (with photos)
Amid lockdown, vegetable market and groceries resumed in Gau...
RAUTAHAT, March 27: In a bid to ease the smooth supplies of vegetables in the district headquarters, the Rautahat district administration resumed local vegetable markets on Thursday.
Mar 26, 2020
POLITICS, Coronavirus
SAARC member states agree to contain COVID-19
SAARC member states agree to contain COVID-19
KATHMANDU, March 26: The health officials of the eight SAARC member nations held a video conference in a bid to contain the novel coronavirus in South Asia.
Mar 26, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Over 700 tested negative for COVID-19: Health Ministry
Over 700 tested negative for COVID-19: Health Ministry
KATHMANDU, March 26: Over 700 suspected people that came in contact have been tested negative for coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
Mar 26, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Saudi king to G20: let's unite against coronavirus
Saudi king to G20: let's unite against coronavirus
RIYADH, March 26: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman called on Thursday for G20 leaders to boost funding for a coronavirus vaccine, resume the normal flow of goods and services as soon as possible, and help developing countries overcome the global health crisis.
Mar 26, 2020