Tag: #coronavirus lockdown
Articles tagged with #coronavirus lockdown
Readjusting to life post-Covid
Getting back to life before the pandemic may take time, and that is OK
After lockdown, we will need masks more than ever
Nepal will open its 2021 lockdown long before the country has enough vaccines to protect its citizens -- our aunts, uncles, and neighbours. We…
After lockdown, we will need masks more than ever
Nepal will open its 2021 lockdown long before the country has enough vaccines to protect its citizens -- our aunts, uncles, and neighbours. We…
The healing power of nature
Reconnecting with nature makes us rise above our troubles, appreciate life and help others
The social media contagion
Bhabindra Ghimire was admitted to Teku Hospital when his oxygen levels dropped after testing positive for Covid-19 in April. With nothing to do…
The social media contagion
Bhabindra Ghimire was admitted to Teku Hospital when his oxygen levels dropped after testing positive for Covid-19 in April. With nothing to do…
International help for Nepal picks up
Nepal’s Covid-19 crisis has figured in a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday, where members heard USAID…
International help for Nepal picks up
Nepal’s Covid-19 crisis has figured in a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday, where members heard USAID…
Lockdown 3.0
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASIWith a deadlier second wave taking root, Kathmandu Valley has enforced a a two-week long lockdown effective today. The…
Another Kathmandu exodus
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASIIn a scene reminiscent of last year, tens of thousands of people thronged Kathmandu's main bus terminals to get out of…
Cleared to land
Pokhara's much-delayed new international airport is scheduled to open early next year. Photo: Krishna Mani Baral2020 was a write-off for Nepal’s…
Too many stranded Nepalis, not enough flights
Only one-tenth of estimated 300,000 Nepali workers stranded overseas who want to return home have come back in the past six weeks because of…
Coronavirus Nepal Lockdown Month 2
After 50 days what is utterly extraordinary has come to seem normal, the unimaginable is commonplace
Nepal's future normal
Nepalis have come up with ways to cope with the COVID-19 because we are inherently laid back
How COVID-19 puts us to the test
Photos: BIKRAM RAIOne week into my US tour, Europe was being ravaged by COVID-19, and America had belatedly begun to come out of denial about…
When flowers become feed for the livestock
All photos: BIKRAM RAIThe COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc in all sectors, from tourism and hospitality to agriculture and remittance. The floral…
Nepalis stranded in the Maldives
The usually bustling beaches of the resorts in the Maldives wear a deserted look.Ninety percent of Nepal’s overseas contract workers are in West…
Back-to-School season goes remote
It is that time of the year when many children would be gearing up to join a new pre-school, and their parents, shopping for new school bags and…
Ramadan during the COVID-19 lockdown
Mohammad Jamshed Ansari and his son Mohammad Nurani Ansari pray in separate rooms on the first day of Ramadan. All photos: BIKRAM RAIMohammad…
How Nepal should plan to exit lockdown
With the COVID-19 lockdown officially ending 27 April, the government is expected to extend it but announce a partial easing of restrictions…
Nepal vs COVID-19
At 4:30 AM on a gloomy Friday morning in Frankfurt, Aman Bhattarai gets on a conference call with his colleagues to identify final technical…
A month into the COVID-19 lockdown
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAOne month into the COVID-19 lockdown, hundreds of temporary migrant workers who have run out of money or been evicted…
Long road home
Photos: BIKRAM RAIClose to a month into the lockdown, hundreds of temporary migrant workers who have run out of money or been evicted by…
Shopping Therapy
Photos: MONIKA DEUPALABhat Bhateni supermarket chain has been allowed to open all seven outlets in Kathmandu starting 18 April with strict…