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Electricity export exceeds 1 billion units, NEA earns around Rs 8 billion

Kathmandu / Oct. 12: Electricity export to India has exceeded 1 billion units. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) started selling excess monsoon electricity in the country through competition in the day-ahead market of the Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX) from June 2. Since then till Tuesday i.e. till 11th of October, 1.3 billion units of electricity […]


57 parties taking part in HoR, PA elections: EC

Kathmandu / Oct. 12: 57 political parties have filed nominations towards the first-past-the-post system under the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Province Assembly (PA). The voting for the twin elections is taking place on coming November 20 in a single phase. Earlier 86 political parties registered at the Election Commission for […]


Nepal to receive first lot of 30,000 tons of chemical fertilizers from India

Kathmandu / Oct. 12: Nepal will be receiving 30,000 tons of chemical fertilizers being imported through a G2G agreement with India by mid-November. Like every year, farmers struggled to get the fertilizers during the main rice plantation season this year too. The imported fertilizers will be distributed to farmers for their production of wheat and […]


57 political parties file nomination towards FPTP for HoR election: EC

Kathmandu / Oct. 11: Fifty-seven political parties have filed their candidacies towards the first-past-the-post (FPTP) election for the House of Representatives election scheduled for November 20. These political parties have fielded 1,433 men and 150 women candidates for the HoR election. As per the data published by the Election Commission, a total of 943 candidates—858 […]


Govt. committed to provide citizenship to NRNs, Home Minister says

Kathmandu / Oct. 11: Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has said the incumbent government was committed to providing citizenship to the Non Resident Nepalis (NRNs) as per the constitutional provision. At a programme organised by the Non Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) on the occasion of its establishment here today, Home Minister Khand recalled that the […]


Vitamin A capsules, deworming tablets to be administered to children on October 19 and 20

Kathmandu / Oct. 11: The government has prepared to give vitamin ‘A’ capsules and deworming tablets to children under five years of age. The Family Welfare Division under the Department of Health Services has announced that vitamin A capsules and de-worming tablets will be distributed on October 19 and October 20. Vitamin A capsules will […]


FPTP candidates for federal, provincial polls register nominations across country

Kathmandu / Oct. 09: Candidates from various political parties as well as independent aspirants are filing their candidacy under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category as the Election Commission slated candidacy nominations for Sunday. Candidates are filing their nominations for the 165 seats of the House of Representatives and 330 of the provincial assemblies. Top leaders of […]


US dollar becomes further stronger

Kathmandu / Oct. 9: The value of the US dollar is gradually skyrocketing thus making the Nepali currency weaker. According to the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) foreign exchange rate for today, the purchasing rate of the US dollar is Rs 132.42 while the selling rate is Rs 132.02 per unit. The rising value of the […]


Unseasonal rains cause widespread damage

Myagdi / Oct. 9: Unprecedented rainfall has caused significant damage to a hydropower project, roads and agriculture in Myagdi district. Incessant rainfall since the past few days have led to floods and landslides have occurred in many places, affected the locals celebrating the Dasain festival. Meanwhile, power supply has been interrupted after the floods damaged […]


WB estimates Nepali economy will grow by 5.1 percent in 2022/23

Kathmandu / Oct 8: The World Bank (WB) has estimated Nepal’s economic growth rate to reach 5.1 percent in the fiscal year 2022/23, which is way higher than the projection of 4.7 percent made by the Asian Development Bank. Unveiling the report entitled ‘Latest Macroeconomic Update,’ the WB has estimated the higher economic growth rate […]




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