SOCIETY

900 German, French and EU nationals flown back home from Nepal

900 German, French and EU nationals flown back home from Nepal

KATHMANDU, March 29: A total of 600 foreign nationals including Germans and citizens of other European Union (EU) nation...

KATHMANDU, March 29: A total of 600 foreign nationals including Germans and citizens of other European Union (EU) nation...

Mar 29, 2020

SOCIETY

Financial irregularities suspected in procurement of medical equipment from China

Financial irregularities suspected in procurement of medical equipment from China

KATHMANDU, March 29: It has been revealed that the medical equipment and other logistics that the government has procure...

KATHMANDU, March 29: It has been revealed that the medical equipment and other logistics that the government has procure...

Mar 29, 2020

SOCIETY

14 days' isolation required even after discharge from hospital: Chinese doctors

14 days' isolation required even after discharge from hospital: Chinese doctors

KATHMANDU, March 29: Amid concerns that researchers have not been able to make vaccines universally applicable to every...

KATHMANDU, March 29: Amid concerns that researchers have not been able to make vaccines universally applicable to every...

Mar 29, 2020

ECONOMY

Govt slow to protect poor, counter economic impact of Covid-19

Govt slow to protect poor, counter economic impact of Covid-19

KATHMANDU, March 29: Despite concerns over the risk of Covid-19 wreaking havoc on the economy, the government has become...

KATHMANDU, March 29: Despite concerns over the risk of Covid-19 wreaking havoc on the economy, the government has become...

Mar 29, 2020

SOCIETY

NA plane returns from China with medical equipment

NA plane returns from China with medical equipment

KATHMANDU, March 29: Nepal Airlines' Airbus 330 carrying medical items has landed at the Tribhuwan International Airport...

KATHMANDU, March 29: Nepal Airlines' Airbus 330 carrying medical items has landed at the Tribhuwan International Airport...

Mar 29, 2020

WORLD

UK coronavirus deaths top 1,000 as country steps up testing

UK coronavirus deaths top 1,000 as country steps up testing

LONDON, March 28: Medical workers in England on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic started to be tested on Satur...

LONDON, March 28: Medical workers in England on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic started to be tested on Satur...

Mar 28, 2020

WORLD

India needs at least 38 million masks to fight coronavirus - agency document

India needs at least 38 million masks to fight coronavirus - agency document

NEW DELHI, March 27: India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it...

NEW DELHI, March 27: India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it...

Mar 28, 2020

WORLD

U.S. coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 as doctors cope with medical shortages

U.S. coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 as doctors cope with medical shortages

NEW YORK, March 27: The sum of known coronavirus U.S. cases soared well past 100,000, with more than 1,600 dead, as wear...

NEW YORK, March 27: The sum of known coronavirus U.S. cases soared well past 100,000, with more than 1,600 dead, as wear...

Mar 28, 2020

SOCIETY

People leaving Kathmandu valley on foot

People leaving Kathmandu valley on foot

KATHMANDU, March 27: People have started leaving Kathmandu Valley to their home towns on foot as the government has impo...

KATHMANDU, March 27: People have started leaving Kathmandu Valley to their home towns on foot as the government has impo...

Mar 28, 2020

SOCIETY

COVID-19 sample test also begins from Dharan today

COVID-19 sample test also begins from Dharan today

KATHMANDU, March 27: Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) has started laboratory tests for COVI...

KATHMANDU, March 27: Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) has started laboratory tests for COVI...

Mar 28, 2020