ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Daily Commentary: Stocks trim previous day losses
Daily Commentary: Stocks trim previous day losses
KATHMANDU, Aug 17: After opening slightly higher in the morning, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index pulled back towards the red to trade over 6 points lower at mid-day. However, the latter trading hours saw the index make a steady recovery to hover flat in the afternoon. A last hour surge finall...
Aug 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Young doctors working at government hospitals outside Kathmandu sense a doomsday scenario
Young doctors working at government hospitals outside Kathma...
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Jharana Gurung is an ophthalmology student who is not yet a frontline professional to handle the COVID-19 cases. She will soon be joining on the frontlines of our battle against the virus, and she is nervous. She says she cannot even imagine wearing personal protective equipment (...
Aug 18, 2020
OPINION, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
How my teacher abused me, and how I got out of the depression that followed
How my teacher abused me, and how I got out of the depressio...
This incident traumatized her, and affected EVERY part of her life. She started showing signs of clinical depression. It did not help when her best friend judged her for playing the victim. That was the last straw for her. She decided that no one could be trusted and she needed to keep shut.
Aug 18, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Explainer: How the coronavirus changed U.S. political conventions, perhaps forever
Explainer: How the coronavirus changed U.S. political conven...
WASHINGTON, Aug 17: The U.S. political convention, a presidential campaign ritual dating to the 1830s, is being reinvented on the fly after being short-circuited by the coronavirus pandemic - much like the campaign itself.
Aug 17, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
One more dies of COVID-19 in Morang district
One more dies of COVID-19 in Morang district
BIRATNAGAR, Aug 17: One more person succumbed to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Morang district on Monday.
Aug 17, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Farmers wait for chemical fertilizers weeks after rice plantation is over
Farmers wait for chemical fertilizers weeks after rice plant...
KATHMANDU, Aug 17: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) has pledged yet another time that it will avail the urea fertilizer to the farmers in the next one week. The assurance comes at a time when farmers have almost completed rice plantation, and are at the stage of top dres...
Aug 17, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
NEA to launch programs to increase domestic consumption of electricity
NEA to launch programs to increase domestic consumption of e...
KATHMANDU, Aug 17: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barshaman Pun has said that the Nepal Electricity Authority’s (NEA) success has also added challenges.
Aug 17, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Fifth phase of repatriation flight that began Monday cancelled until further notice
Fifth phase of repatriation flight that began Monday cancell...
CCMC took the decision saying adequate arrangement of quarantine facility was yet to be made
Aug 17, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
SEE results published
SEE results published
KATHMANDU, Augu 17; The National Examination Board (NEB) has published the results of Secondary Education Examination (SEE) today.
Aug 17, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepalis flood social media accounts with '#JusticeforNirmalaPanta' to bring Nirmala's over...
Nepalis flood social media accounts with '#JusticeforNirmala...
KATHMANDU, August 17: Social media accounts of notable personalities, especially politicians and government officials, are gradually being flooded with the '#JusticeforNirmala' tag for the last few days. People have flooded the social media accounts of personalities like Home Minister Ram Bahadur Th...
Aug 17, 2020