Coronavirus
Journalists’ working conditions hit hard by coronavirus across the globe
Journalists’ working conditions hit hard by coronavirus acro...
BRUSSELS, April 30: The working conditions of news reporters around the globe have deteriorated during the coronavirus pandemic amid job losses and attacks on media freedom, according to a survey published Thursday by the International Federation of Journalists.
Apr 30, 2020
OPINION
Food for all
Food for all
Many uncertainties haunt the world’s campaign to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing is now sure: Global economic activity will suffer greatly, with large-scale consequences for the incomes and welfare of all, but especially for the most vulnerable food import-dependent countries.
Apr 30, 2020
WORLD
Trump told Saudis: Cut oil supply or lose U.S. military support - sources
Trump told Saudis: Cut oil supply or lose U.S. military supp...
WASHINGTON/LONDON/DUBAI, April 30: As the United States pressed Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, President Donald Trump gave Saudi leaders an ultimatum.
Apr 30, 2020
SOCIETY
Three injured in gas cylinder explosion
Three injured in gas cylinder explosion
KATHMANDU, April 30: Three persons were injured when a gas cylinder exploded near the Deurali Club of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Ward No 31.
Apr 30, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Janata Samajbadi Party lawmaker Yadav knocks NHRC door, accusing NCP lawmakers and ex-IGP...
Janata Samajbadi Party lawmaker Yadav knocks NHRC door, accu...
KATHMANDU, April 30: Janta Samajbadi Party lawmaker Surendra Yadav on Thursday registered a complaint at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), demanding action against those involved in his 'abduction' earlier this month.
Apr 30, 2020
OPINION
Worst is yet to come
Worst is yet to come
Until April 20, when the government issued two infamous ordinances to change the existing laws regarding political parties and the constitutional council, before the alleged “abduction” of a lawmaker to break a fringe party apart became public, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli still had something to fa...
Apr 30, 2020
OPINION
Local solutions for education
Local solutions for education
According to UNESCO, globally about 1.6 billion children, which account for 91 percent of all learners, are currently affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nepal’s over 7 million school-going children and additional university students have also been severely affected by the closure of educational inst...
Apr 30, 2020
POLITICS, Coronavirus
NC wants govt to scrap Constituency Development Fund and divert money to tackle COVID-19 p...
NC wants govt to scrap Constituency Development Fund and div...
KATHMANDU, April 30: Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, has demanded that the government scrap the Constituency Development Fund and divert the money to the ongoing efforts to tackle the coronavirus.
Apr 30, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
India has 1,000 coronavirus deaths but expert says no exponential rise
India has 1,000 coronavirus deaths but expert says no expone...
NEW DELHI, April 30: India has recorded its 1,000th novel coronavirus death, but the head of a government think-tank said on Wednesday that its 1.3 billion people, strained from weeks of lockdown, were not experiencing the feared exponential surge in infections.
Apr 30, 2020
SOCIETY
Some 2,000 Nepalis stranded in India returning home
Some 2,000 Nepalis stranded in India returning home
BAITADI, April 30: Nepali migrant workers, who were stranded in various border towns in India due to the lockdown, are returning home today after one month.
Apr 30, 2020