OPINION
Labor migration post-COVID-19
Labor migration post-COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting society, economy and politics in almost all parts of the world. Every country is likely to bear the brunt of such upheaval. Nepal is no exception. In this article, we look into its potential impact on foreign labor migration and its trickle-down effects on the mac...
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Hoteliers join hands to provide free food to stranded tourists facing financial hardships
Hoteliers join hands to provide free food to stranded touris...
KATHMANDU, April 12: Each morning at 11 am, Rameen Masumi and Arsalon Somanyan head for Hotel Northfield in Thamel to collect free food that the hotel has been distributing to foreigners stranded in the area as a result of the nationwide lockdown enforced by the government to contain the spread of t...
Apr 12, 2020
Editorial
Comedy of errors
Comedy of errors
Prime Minister’s office sometimes make such egregious mistakes that people wonder who actually run his office, if those who are inside his office even possess the basic minimum common sense and, more than that, if the prime minister himself even cares about how these activities are earning bad name...
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
COVID-19 testing starts at Bir Hospital
COVID-19 testing starts at Bir Hospital
KATHMANDU, April 12: The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the Kathmandu-based Bir Hospital has started testing of swab samples of COVID-19 suspects from Saturday.
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
I am tired of giving clarifications: Miya
I am tired of giving clarifications: Miya
KATHMANDU, April 12: Various India media reported on Friday that about 200 COVID-19 infected Muslim people are set to enter the India State of Bihar through Nepal's border with the ill intention of spreading the virus in the country under a plot from Pakistan.
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nepali laborers in India facing food crisis amid lockdown
Nepali laborers in India facing food crisis amid lockdown
DOTI, April 12: Twenty two families from Dipayal Silgadhi Municipality-8 of Doti district are currently stranded in Haliyal, Banglore of India due to the lockdown, imposed by both India and Nepal. Neither are they able to return home, nor do they have enough money and food left to survive in an alie...
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
PM Oli hints at extending lockdown
PM Oli hints at extending lockdown
KATHMANDU, April 12: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has hinted at not lifting the lockdown anytime soon, saying that cases of coronavirus have just begun to rise in India which shares a porous border with Nepal and people from both the countries can cross the border points without any restriction.
Apr 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
After spending Rs 700 million to identify the poor, Nepal still doesn't have their databas...
After spending Rs 700 million to identify the poor, Nepal st...
KATHMANDU, April 12: As the country is in its third week of lockdown to stave off the Covid-19 outbreak, it is the poor as well as the daily-wage earners and those working in the informal sector who are facing the brunt of the lockdown badly. For them, lockdown means a grinding halt in their bid to...
Apr 12, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
U.S. coronavirus deaths highest in world exceeding Italy
U.S. coronavirus deaths highest in world exceeding Italy
WASHINGTON, April 11: U.S. deaths due to the coronavirus surpassed 19,600 on Saturday, the highest reported number in the world, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs the pandemic might be nearing a peak.
Apr 11, 2020
Coronavirus
UK's COVID-19 death toll nears 10,000 as PM Johnson makes "very good progress"
UK's COVID-19 death toll nears 10,000 as PM Johnson makes "v...
LONDON, April 11: Britain’s COVID-19 death toll neared 10,000 on Saturday after health officials reported another 917 hospital deaths, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson continued to make “very good progress” in his recovery from the virus.
Apr 11, 2020