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EU to share 200 million vaccines by 2021
Photo: UNICEF NEPALThe European Union has renewed its committment to sharing more than 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines with low and…
Vaccines, variants and a third wave
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIFor the first time in weeks, Nepal recorded more than 3,000 new cases on 20 July. There were 25 deaths. The country is on…
Nepal-Bhutan vaccine appeal to European Commission
A group of European, Nepali and Bhutanese personalities have sent an open letter to the European Commission, asking it to allow member states to…
Vaccines too little, too late for Nepal?
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThere is breaking news every other day: the United States donates 2 million Moderna shots to Bangladesh and Pakistan.…
Aid pours into Nepal, but where be vaccines?
Swiss Ambassador Elisabeth von Capeller (centre) handing over the consignment to Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi on Saturday at Kathmandu…
Aid pours into Nepal, but where be vaccines?
Swiss Ambassador Elisabeth von Capeller (centre) handing over the consignment to Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi on Saturday at Kathmandu…
UNICEF urges G7 to dispatch vaccines
All photos: UNICEF NEPALUNICEF has made an urgent appeal ahead of a G7 summit next month to ask developed countries to release some of their…
UNICEF urges G7 to dispatch vaccines
All photos: UNICEF NEPALUNICEF has made an urgent appeal ahead of a G7 summit next month to ask developed countries to release some of their…
Vaccine geo-politics and Sputnik-V
While Western countries were busy with their own vaccination campaigns, Russia has filled the leadership vacuum in developing countries. This…
Vaccine geo-politics and Sputnik-V
While Western countries were busy with their own vaccination campaigns, Russia has filled the leadership vacuum in developing countries. This…
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…
1st signs of the 2nd wave in Nepal
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASINepalis had started to heave a sigh of relief with the start of the vaccine drive in January, but the latest surge in…
Despite doubts, Nepal sticks with AstraZeneca jabs
A health worker in Jumla administers Covidshield AstraZeneca vaccine to an elderly this week. Photo: LAXMI NGAKHUSI/UNICEF NEPALOver 1.6 million…
New UK job options for Nepalis
There are nearly 2,000 Nepali nurses registered with the NHS in the UK, and the country needs more health workers.Santosh Shah, the now famous…
New UK job options for Nepalis
There are nearly 2,000 Nepali nurses registered with the NHS in the UK, and the country needs more health workers.Santosh Shah, the now famous…
EU, UNICEF support child nutrition during lockdown
A mother in Kalikot District measures arm of her child using a MUAC tape after receiving a short orientation on family MUAC NTThe European Union…
‘Once upon a time there was an America…’
In the last few months we have witnessed the continued unraveling of the United States. Many might attribute the dismantling of what once was…
WHO and US
Trump exits the World Health Organisation, but the global order survives
€75 million EU aid to Nepal for COVID-19
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThe European Union has offered a €75million aid package to Nepal to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its impact. The…
When garlands are offered to male colleagues, and not to the woman ambassador
Photo: EU IN NEPALT he European Union Ambassador to Nepal Veronica Cody spoke to Nepali Times on International Women’s Day. Excerpts:Nepali…
"Unusual appointment … extraordinary tasks"
Photo: IKRISHNA PAUDELYogesh Bhattarai is Nepal’s 37th Tourism Minister in 41 years. He has taken the place of Rabindra Adhikari, who was killed…
Hail to the chiefs
WE SWEAR: Out of 11 new ministers who took their oath of office last week, six were Khas-Arya, 3 Janjati, 1 Madhesi and 1 Dalit. Half the full…
Baburam's U-turn
The EU election mission’s report this week that Nepal’s Khas-Arya community should not have quotas for proportional representation has set off a…