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Covid-19 recovery numbers could veil actual threat if other data are ignored Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, June 10 -- After hitting the peak of 9,317 cases a day on May 11, Nepals daily new infection count has gradually come down over the past few weeks. Amid this, the focus of late has been shifted to how many people are recovering from Covid-19 on a daily basis. Over the past week, the number of daily new coronavirus infections is hovering around 5,000 and the number of recoveries...

Wealth communism Kathmandu Post Nepal, June 10 -- Reuven Rivlin is hardly a household figure. In fact, I can bet that nearly everyone on this planet of ours would look quizzically at his name and wonder who in the world that is. Which would be very surprising, since apparently unbeknownst to us all, Rivlin, the Israeli president since 2014, has been the main interlocutor on the Israeli side dealing with three American presidents in succession, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe ...

Bangladesh, June 9 -- Bangladesh capital Dhaka has ranked the fourth least liveable city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) annual global survey.The worldwide league table ranks 140 cities on a range of factors, including political and social stability, crime, education and access to healthcare.Dhaka has been ranked 137th among 140 cities with 33.5 points. It scored 55 in stability, 16.7 in healthcare, 30.8 in...

Nepal-led faction calls Standing Committee meeting as Oli agrees to revive party committees prior to the unification with Maoist My Republica KATHMANDU, June 7 -- The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the ruling CPN-UML has called a Standing Committee meeting today to discuss the six-point unity proposal put forth by the party Chairman K P Oli, who is also the prime minister, to save the party unity. The meeting is being held after Oli expressed his commitment to revive all part...

Kathmandu, June 6 -- As Nepal geared up for its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic last March, the Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre was formed.The deputy prime minister led it.Last month the Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre was reorganised after the Covid-19 Crisis Management Ordinance was issued.A retired general of the Nepal Army has been appointed to lead it.The centre led by Balananda Sharma, a former lieutenant general, has a top Health...

Kathmandu, June 6 -- Nepal is in desperate need of Covid-19 vaccines.Given that the commodity is rare at the moment, diplomatic efforts to secure them are paramount. Appointing seasoned diplomats as Nepal's ambassadors would go a long way in helping procure vaccines.Instead, caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is busy doling out political largesse to his supporters to the detriment of the country's diplomacy.It has changed the criteria for...

Bangladesh, June 7 -- Brazil plans to produce about eight million doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, which could be exported to Latin American nations, Brazil's Ambassador to Russia Tovar da Silva Nunes told reporters on Saturday.Also read: Serum gets govt nod to produce Sputnik vaccine in India"As you know, we have already started the production of Sputnik V in Brazil, so I think we will be able to use it in Brazil to the amounts...

KATHMANDU, June 6 -- Joy Foundation Nepal assisted the handover of 100 sets of oxygen concentrators donated by Milarepa Meditation Center, Sankhu, Nepal on behalf of Taiwan LJM Charitable Foundation/Taiwan LJM Buddhist Society, Taiwan to support different government hospitals and local government health service providers.Raju Shrestha, president of Joy Foundation Nepal, in a statement said that 100 sets of oxygen concentrators were distributed...

KATHMANDU, June 6 -- As some lawyers submitted a petition at the Constitutional Bench on Sunday afternoon raising questions over 11 out of 21 justices at the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana asked them to withdraw the petition or face a contempt of court charge.As soon as the reconstituted Constitutional Bench began hearing the writ petitions demanding the reinstatement of the House of Representatives (HoR), which was...

Kathmandu, June 7 -- Nepal lock horns against the mighty Jordan with a winning ambition in their penultimate Group 'B' game of the joint qualifiers for World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City on Monday.While a victory over the West Asian country will strengthen Nepal's bid for direct qualification into the next round of Asian qualifiers, a defeat is likely to send Nepal into the playoffs for a place...