Gandaki / Jan 25: A study carried out on the carpet and garment industries shows that child labor in these industries has been declining. The study recently done by Assistant Lecturer of Nepal Commerce Campus and researcher Dilaram Bhandari shows that the use of children below 18 years in carpet and garment industries has declined […]
Ajay Chhetri / Kathmandu, Jan. 25: The liquidity management issue has lasted longer in the bank and financial institutions (BFIs) alongside the daunting macroeconomic indicators. The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) data shows that the trend of the excess liquidity indicator fluctuated around Rs. 122.9 billion to Rs 120 billion at the beginning of the current […]
Kathmandu / Jan 25: With 9,432 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 927,880. In 18,103 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 9,432 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its […]
Kathmandu / Jan 24: Women in leadership roles in various walks of life are trekking to the Base Camp of Mt Everest to call global attention to the adverse impact of climate change. Twenty seven eminent women from various sectors of society are participating in the march to Everest Base Camp under the slogan- ‘Women […]
Narayan Neupane / Kathmandu, Jan 24: Fertiliser weighing 7,591 metric tonnes dumped at the Birgunj dry port for the past one and a half years has yet to be properly managed, thanks to negligence on the part of authorities. Repeated calls to the Ministries of Finance and Agriculture and Livestock to manage the fertiliser have […]
Kathmandu / Jan 24: With 8,054 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 918,448. In 16,654 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 8,054 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has managed to control a great deal of electricity leakage in the first five months of the current fiscal year, thanks to its consistent and effective strategic moves. According to NEA, the leakage has been reduced to 9.10 per cent. This is 2.82 per cent lesser […]
Ajay Chhetri / Kathmandu, Jan 23: Trade deficit has increased by 46.64 per cent during the first half of the current fiscal year (FY) in comparison to the same period of the previous FY. The first six month’s foreign trade statistics (FTS) released by the Customs Department recorded the trade deficit of Rs 880.4 billion […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: Nepal recorded 6,462 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday along with 1,416 recoveries and four deaths, according to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). As many as 17,437 swab samples were tested for COVID-19 on the day. Of them, 5,598 PCR and 864 antigen tests […]
Kathmandu / Jan 22: The pandemic caused by the COVID-19 pushed many governments worldwide to take measures such as lockdowns and quarantines to stop its spread. Since March 2020, Nepal has also imposed restrictions on movements and lockdowns, which inevitably led to social and economic hardships such as job loss, disruptions in public services, and […]