My City, Entertainment
Three producers out at Ellen DeGeneres TV show amid backstage turmoil
Three producers out at Ellen DeGeneres TV show amid backstag...
Three top producers on the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” have exited the popular television talk show, Warner. Bros said on Monday, after an internal investigation into complaints of bullying, racism and sexual misconduct against them.
Aug 18, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
NEA makes an annual profit of Rs 11.6 billion
NEA makes an annual profit of Rs 11.6 billion
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has managed to earn a profit of Rs 11.6 billion in the last fiscal year 2019/20, according to the financial statement made public on the occasion of its 35th anniversary.
Aug 18, 2020
My City, Entertainment
In ‘The 24th,’ police brutality and unrest, 103 years ago
In ‘The 24th,’ police brutality and unrest, 103 years ago
The sole photograph related to the Houston Riot of 1917 shows 64 Black soldiers sitting with arms folded and legs crossed behind a rope.
Aug 18, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Three career diplomats picked as Nepal’s envoys to Belgium, Pakistan and Germany
Three career diplomats picked as Nepal’s envoys to Belgium,...
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The government has decided to appoint three joint secretaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Nepal’s ambassadors to three different countries.
Aug 18, 2020
ECONOMY, WORLD, Latest Updates
AIIB approves $100 million loan to Uzbekistan to fight COVID-19
AIIB approves $100 million loan to Uzbekistan to fight COVID...
BEIJING, Aug 18: Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Tuesday it would lend $100 million to Uzbekistan to help the country deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and future public health disasters.
Aug 18, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
It's still possible to control the Covid-19 threats
It's still possible to control the Covid-19 threats
Covid-19 has inflicted casualty not only on human beings but all other sectors—economic, social and psychological—with immense fear of uncertainty in everyone’s mind. No one knows when it will end. Experts predict that the entire world would suffer. Poor countries like Nepal will surely suffer the m...
Aug 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal Ventilator Bank is providing ventilator machines in the midst of the pandemic
Nepal Ventilator Bank is providing ventilator machines in th...
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: When the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, Nepal had only 600 life-saving ventilator machines – a crucial medical equipment for keeping critical coronavirus patients alive. Of the 600 machines, 25 percent of the machines were defunct.
Aug 18, 2020
OPINION, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Forget remdesivir, GS-441524 presents a unique opportunity for Nepal
Forget remdesivir, GS-441524 presents a unique opportunity f...
SARS-CoV-2 has emerged as a worldwide public health crisis and embattled not only the countries that are at the frontiers of medicine and research, but also developing countries like Nepal. With no effective vaccine against the virus developed to date, experts expect the toll of the COVID-19 pandemi...
Aug 18, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Bankers’ Association urges public to avoid visiting banks
Bankers’ Association urges public to avoid visiting banks
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Nepal Bankers’ Association (NBA) has appealed the public to avoid visiting bank branches except for urgent cases.
Aug 18, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
How to combat internalized racism?
How to combat internalized racism?
In today’s social climate, discussions on the topic of discrimination are becoming more and more common as we examine ourselves and the world we live in more closely. Discrimination between different groups of people is a popular focus, but oftentimes discrimination within marginalized groups is ove...
Aug 18, 2020