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Pakistan's Akmal banned for breaching anti-corruption code
Pakistan's Akmal banned for breaching anti-corruption code
LAHORE, April 27: Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned from all cricket for three years after a disciplinary panel on Monday found him guilty of breaking his country’s anti-corruption codes.
Apr 27, 2020
POLITICS, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Radio Nepal deletes former PM Bhattarai's interview critical of PM Oli. Here is the full i...
Radio Nepal deletes former PM Bhattarai's interview critical...
KATHMANDU, April 27: Radio Nepal, the state-owned radio station, on Monday removed an interview with former Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai from its online archive, apparently under pressure from the government.
Apr 27, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NC, RPP and People's Socialist Party demand legal action against those involved in 'kidnap...
NC, RPP and People's Socialist Party demand legal action aga...
KATHMANDU, April 27: Three political parties -- Nepali Congress, People's Socialist Party, Nepal, and Rastriya Prajatantra Party-- represented in the federal parliament have demanded legal action against those involved in the 'kidnapping' of lawmaker Dr. Surendra Yadav.
Apr 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
EU announces Rs 9.8 billion aid package to help Nepal fight COVID-19
EU announces Rs 9.8 billion aid package to help Nepal fight...
KATHMANDU, April 27: The European Union (EU) has announced an aid package of Rs 9.8 billion (Euro 75 million) for Nepal to tackle the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and mitigate its impact. The support combines redirected existing commitments with new funds, granted in the form of budget suppo...
Apr 27, 2020
SOCIETY
Home Ministry instructs its bodies to tighten lockdown
Home Ministry instructs its bodies to tighten lockdown
KATHMANDU, April 27: The Home Ministry has instructed its subordinate bodies to ensure effective implementation of lockdown against the global pandemic of coronavirus. Issuing a circular to all district administration offices today, the Ministry has asked them to ban the movement of vehicles sans ea...
Apr 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Muslim workers forced to leave jobs in Rupandehi
Muslim workers forced to leave jobs in Rupandehi
BHAIRAHAWA, April 27: Laborers have been expelled from industry in Rupandehi citing the coronavirus infection fears.
Apr 27, 2020
SOCIETY
67 Indians tested negative in RDT in Banke
67 Indians tested negative in RDT in Banke
KOHALPUR, April 27: The Rapid Diagnostic Test ( RDT) reports of 67 Indians, who are being quarantined at the Kohalpur-based Hawaldar Ram Secondary School, have come negative.
Apr 27, 2020
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Lockdown creating opportunity for vegetable farmers in Karnali
Lockdown creating opportunity for vegetable farmers in Karna...
SURKHET, April 27: Dinesh Rawal, a resident of Sidhhakumakh Rural Municipality in Salyan district runs an agriculture farm in Panchapuri Municipality-9, Bijuma in the western part of Surkhet. A 10+2 graduate, Rawal has taken 40 ropanis of land on lease for vegetable farming. Eighteen local people ha...
Apr 27, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Kathmandu District Court orders police to release ex-secretary Bhim Upadhyay on Rs 25,000...
Kathmandu District Court orders police to release ex-secreta...
KATHMANDU, April 27: The District Court, Kathmandu, has ordered the police to release former government secretary Bhim Upadhyay on Rs 25,000 bail.
Apr 27, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Bangladesh restarts some garment factories, India debates an easing of restrictions
Bangladesh restarts some garment factories, India debates an...
NEW DELHI/DHAKA, April 27: More than 500 garment factories in Bangladesh that supply to global brands reopened on Monday after a month-long shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while in India calls grew for an easing of its lockdown which has caused deep economic pain.
Apr 27, 2020