The Health Ministry has directed all state-run hospitals to allocate 50% of their beds for Covid-19 patients. It has also instructed the hospitals to provide free treatment to Covid-19 patients, run fever clinics and collect swab samples for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. The ministry has also asked hospitals not to trouble patients by referring […]
In the initial days of Khatiwada’s appointment as the finance minister, there certainly were high hopes all around, as he is known as a person well-versed on economy, finance and development issues, according to businesspersons and economists. His past experience as governor and vice-chair of the planning commission meant he knew the sources of ills […]
Considered one of the most prestigious schools in the country, St. Mary’s, former and current students say, reeks of toxicity, with many having had to go through years of harassment, queerphobia, and public humiliation. In the past few days, many former and present students of St. Mary’s School have shared the disturbing experiences they have […]
Ticket counters of Gongabu New Bus-Park will be closed for some time from 14 April 2021 as necessary infrastructure has to be constructed to operate the bus counters at the international level ticket counters. The company has made arrangements to book tickets via a computer system for the convenience of the passenger. Passengers can pay […]
Altogether 19 persons were injured in the Bisket Jatra, a chariot pulling festival that began in Bhaktapur on Saturday. Some were injured after falling off the chariot while some were injured in clashes that took place among the revellers. At around 1:00 am, the clash took place among the groups involved in pulling the chariot. […]
Ghode Jatra is a public holiday in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, observed on the new moon of Chaitra Sukla Pakshya in the Eastern Lunar calendar, which means it usually falls in March or April in the western calendar. This holiday is a popular horse festival that takes place in Kathmandu. Legend has it that a demon […]
The Development and Technology Parliamentary Committee is presenting the report of the controversial Information Technology Bill passed by a majority of lawmakers from CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) in the meeting for discussion today. Committee’s Chairperson Kalyani Kumari Khadka will present the report, said Dr Bharat Raj Gautam, the General Secretary at the Federal Parliament […]
The Ministry of Health has also urged the concerned health offices and local levels to increase contact tracing to identify coronavirus infections and increase antigen and PCR tests as required for case investigation. Similarly, the ministry has urged the concerned agencies to tighten the traffic in those places if more than 500 active people are […]
The first step is understanding where racism comes from — the underlying psychological and cognitive functions that lead us to see and categorize people by color, Babies as young as three months can distinguish faces by color, and 3-year-olds are fully capable of understanding racial categories, and even the hierarchies that come with them. The trick […]
