ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Dozens of Hyatt Regency employees contract COVID-19 as the hotel continues booking for wed...
Dozens of Hyatt Regency employees contract COVID-19 as the h...
KATHMANDU, May 3: Eighteen employees of the five-star hotel, Hyatt Regency in Kathmandu, which has been providing services even under the prohibitory order, have contracted COVID-19.
May 03, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Karnali Province to provide Rs 100,000 to family of those dying of COVID-19
Karnali Province to provide Rs 100,000 to family of those dy...
SURKHET, May 3: The Karnali Province government has decided to provide Rs 100,000 to the family of those dying of COVID-19.
May 03, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Sindhuli reports first death from COVID-19 second wave
Sindhuli reports first death from COVID-19 second wave
SINDHULI, May 3: An octogenarian has died of COVID-19, marking the first death in the district after the country was hit by the second wave of the pandemic. The 80-year-old woman of Tinpatan Rural Municipality-2 who was staying in home isolation following the infection died on Friday morning, confir...
May 03, 2021
POLITICS
NC Spokesperson in home isolation after testing positive for COVID-19
NC Spokesperson in home isolation after testing positive for...
KATHMANDU, May 3: Nepali Congress Spokesperson Bishwa Prakash Sharma has tested positive for COVID-19.
May 03, 2021
SOCIETY
Tokha municipality suspends all but essential services after employees test positive for C...
Tokha municipality suspends all but essential services after...
KATHMANDU, May 3: Tokha Municipality has suspended all its services except for the most essential ones after its employees and elected representatives tested positive for the COVID-19.
May 03, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
India's COVID-19 case total nears 20 million
India's COVID-19 case total nears 20 million
NEW DELHI, May 3: India on Monday reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th straight day, taking its overall caseload to just shy of 20 million, while deaths from COVID-19 rose by 3,417.
May 03, 2021
POLITICS
Nepal requests US govt to provide COVID-19 vaccines
Nepal requests US govt to provide COVID-19 vaccines
KATHMANDU, May 3: Amid sharp spike in the cases of COVID-19, Nepal has requested the US government to provide COVID-19 vaccines.
May 03, 2021
POLITICS
CPN (Maoist Center) seeks revision on the move to reappoint Pokharel as CM
CPN (Maoist Center) seeks revision on the move to reappoint...
KATHMANDU, May 3: The CPN (Maoist Center) has sought to revoke the decision to reappoint Shankar Pokharel as the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province.
May 03, 2021
POLITICS, SOCIETY
How Bangladesh’s fourth estate abandoned its people during the pandemic
How Bangladesh’s fourth estate abandoned its people during t...
The pandemic left Bangladesh's fourth estate, the very profession that demands accountability from state and society, riddled with labour law violations.
May 03, 2021
SOCIETY
Target on their backs
Target on their backs
Honest reporting in Pakistan draws the ire of powerful quarters and some journalists pay the ultimate price
May 03, 2021