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
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Activists running food distribution campaign in Valley amid lockdown
Activists running food distribution campaign in Valley amid...
KATHMANDU, April 27: A group of social activists has provided food and relief materials to people hit hard by the ongoing nationwide lockdown.
Apr 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Infographic, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Former secy Upadhyay’s arrest shows govt hell-bent on silencing critics
Former secy Upadhyay’s arrest shows govt hell-bent on silenc...
KATHMANDU, April 27: The recent arrest of former secretary Bhim Upadhyay by the police on the charge of cybercrime has been largely perceived as the government's deliberate attempt to stifle critical voices.
Apr 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Berger Paint Nepal providing financial help to its painters
Berger Paint Nepal providing financial help to its painters
KATHMANDU, April 27: Berger Paint Nepal has started providing monetary support to painters associated with the company amid the lockdown imposed by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Apr 27, 2020
OPINION
Go digital on diplomacy
Go digital on diplomacy
The outbreak of COVID-19 has badly hit diplomacy. Several international diplomatic conclaves, conferences, and high-level diplomatic trips are on pause. Diplomats are being asked to stay at home. Meeting rooms in the Foreign Ministries and Embassies see no human presence. Most of the international o...
Apr 27, 2020
OPINION
What COVID-19 reveals about the US and China
What COVID-19 reveals about the US and China
HONG KONG – There is nothing like a pandemic to expose systemic differences. For China and the United States, which were locked in an ideologically driven competition even before the COVID-19 crisis, those differences are stark. But the two countries have at least one thing in common: when this is a...
Apr 27, 2020
WORLD
South Korean officials call for caution amid reports that North Korean leader Kim is ill
South Korean officials call for caution amid reports that No...
SEOUL, April 27: South Korean officials are calling for caution amid reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be ill or is being isolated because of coronavirus concerns, emphasising that they have detected no unusual movements in North Korea.
Apr 27, 2020
My City, Entertainment
There have been misunderstandings, misinformation: Kanika Kapoor on COVID-19 battle
There have been misunderstandings, misinformation: Kanika Ka...
More than a month after testing positive for the coronavirus, singer Kanika Kapoor on Sunday said there have been several "wrong exchanges of information" regarding her travel timeline and battle with the disease.
Apr 27, 2020
My City, Entertainment
When Kate Winslet was recognised as Rose from Titanic' in Himalayas
When Kate Winslet was recognised as Rose from Titanic' in Hi...
Hollywood star Kate Winslet says she was overwhelmed when an old man in the Himalayas recognized her as Rose from Titanic during her trip to India.
Apr 27, 2020