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News tagged 'COVID-19 crisis'

“Forgotten and Forsaken”

Aug 30, 2020

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 30 How does it feel to live with a wound – one that is kept alive with the constant rubbing of salt by precisely the ones who should have actually treated it? The answer obviously is that it feels painful, very painful indeed. Having a loved one in the family suddenly snatched away, and not getting an answer about the where...

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SMEs, farmers benefit from over $500m in COVID-19 support in Asia-Pacific region

Aug 25, 2020

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 24 Thousands of micro, small, and medium enterprises, and millions of farmers across Asia and the Pacific stand to benefit from the first phase of COVID-19 crisis response funding from International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. As the pandemic continues to send shockwaves through the global economy,...

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Nepali migrant workers slam ‘irresponsible’ govt decision to halt repatriation

Aug 21, 2020

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 20 Thousands of migrant workers stranded in various labour destinations have slammed the recent decision of the government to halt the evacuation flights on the very first day of the fifth phase of repatriation, as ‘irresponsible’. Taking to the social media sites, the migrant workers hoping to be rescued from their w...

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Gaura, Teej celebrations restricted in Baitadi

Aug 17, 2020

Baitadi, August 16 The COVID-19 crisis management centre in Baitadi has prohibited public celebration of the major festivals of Sudurpaschim such as Gaura and Teej, the festival mainly celebrated by Hindu women, in a bid to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the community level. Baitadi CDO Mohanraj Joshi said the locals were urged not t...

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Public transportation sector most affected by lockdown: Transport Entrepreneurs

Aug 11, 2020

KATHMANDU: The plan to allow resumption of long-distance public transportation from August 17 across the country has again been cancelled. The Cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to resume flight operations from September 1 citing worsening situation due to surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country. However, decision regarding the res...

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South Asian Gastronomy Association launches ‘Savestreetfood’ campaign across SAARC countries amid COVID-19 crisis

Aug 10, 2020

KATHMANDU: The South Asian Association for Gastronomy (SAAG) has launched a campaign to ‘Savestreetfood’ across India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, among others, in a bid to save food vendors affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. SAAG, comprising of hospitality industry professionals, food scholars and policy influencers from Sout...

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Protecting the Economically Vulnerable Population

Jul 7, 2020

Kathmandu, July 7 What started as a health crisis in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic has now unfolded into a global economic and livelihood crisis. While the ubiquitous quarantines and lockdowns may have saved many lives and provided an additional benefit of  environmental improvement, their enormous consequences on people’s livelihoods...

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Lockdown tightened in Lamjung

Jul 5, 2020

LAMJUNG, JULY 4 Lamjung District COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre today decided to open essential shops and businesses besides pharmacies from 5:00am to 12:00noon. A meeting of the centre took the decision in view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the district. Lamjung CDO Krishna Prasad Adhikari said the centre had made it compulsory to adopt safet...

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Family of deceased in dire straits

Jul 3, 2020

BAJURA, JULY 2 Six members of a family, who had lived in India for the last 24 years, returned to their hometown in Badimalika Municipality, Bajura, after the COVID-19 crisis affected their lives in India. Kalamati Damai, along with her ill husband and other family members returned to Majhigaun of the municipality from India following the lockdown ...

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Kidney patients facing hard time

Jun 27, 2020

DHARAN, JUNE 26 Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, with hospitals according top priority to treatment of pandemic patients, kidney patients are at the receiving end as they have been deprived of health services. There are now over 50 kidney patients at BP Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences, who came from different places, and they have complained ab...

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