August 2020

COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 29,645 Recovery: 17,964 Death: 126

Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 566,220 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 11,532 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj, […]

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The Politics of Indifference: A Slow Poison for Democracy

By Sanjit Shrestha The argument for a democratic government in its most simplistic form is that it allows check and balance in governance whereby political leaders are incentivized for appeasing the public in the fear of being held accountable during elections. This entails maintaining their public image through their actions and words. A monarch on

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Netizens flood high-level government officials’ social media feed with #JusticeForNirmala

As netizens flooded social media demanding justice for 13-year-old Nirmala Pant, who was raped and subsequently murdered in July 2018, with the hashtag #JusticeForNirmala and #JusticeForNirmalaPanta, the issue has drawn the attention of Nepal Police. In the last couple of days, social media users are persistently commenting #JusticeForNirmala in the social media posts of high

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28 bodies recovered in Lidi; Six killed in Achham; 19 succumb in Sudurpaschim and Karnali

The bodies of 28 out of the 39 people who had gone missing from 13 houses after a landslide in Jugal rural Municipality-2, of Lidi have been found as of Thursday morning. According to the Sindhupalchowk District Police Office, identities of all recovered bodies have been ascertained. Earlier, the bodies of 24 people were recovered

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COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 28,938 Recovery: 17,700 Death: 120

Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 554,388 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 11,522 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,

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Six dead, dozens missing in Achham flood; Two dead, two missing in Bajura landslides

At least six people died while a dozen others went missing after the flooded Kailash Khola entered several settlements of Ramaroshan Rural Municipality in Achham on Tuesday. Four dead bodies were recovered from Koseda area in Darna of Bannigadi Jayagad Rural Municipality while two other bodies were found at Lamatna and Seri of Mangalsen Municipality,

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Australia touts vaccine deal as virus flare-up subsides; plans to roll out cost-free to citizens

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A fresh outbreak of infections in Australia’s coronavirus hot zone of Victoria eased further on Wednesday, while the country agreed a deal to secure a potential COVID-19 vaccine that it plans to roll out cost-free to citizens. Australia has signed a deal with British drugmaker AstraZeneca to produce and distribute

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Prohibitory orders in three districts of Kathmandu Valley effective from midnight

Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur on Tuesday decided to issue prohibitory orders in the three districts of the valley. The restrictions in movement of people and vehicles will come into effect from midnight Wednesday and are aimed at discouraging unwarranted people’s movement in order to control the increasing spread of COVID-19 in

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COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 28,257 Recovery: 17,580 Death: 114

Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 542,866 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 13,461 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,

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Details of government expenditure and revenue under wraps for over a month

The government has stopped making public the details of its daily expenditure and revenue collection. Earlier, real time details were made public by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG). However, OAG has stopped publishing the details of daily expenditure from the very first day of the current fiscal year. Officials at OAG informed that

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