Kathmandu / Dec. 16: Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has assured to address the problems faced by Nepali migrant workers in the countries of destination. At a meeting with the Nepali Congress (NC) general convention representatives arriving from different countries and office bearers of the Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA), Minister Khand said that the government […]
Kathmandu / Dec. 16: The Nepal Telecom (NTC) will provide telecom and broadband internet service to all government offices at local levels across the country. To this effect, an agreement has been reached between Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration Dr Gobinda Krishna Khanal and the NTC general director Dilliram […]
Kathmandu / Dec. 16: With 160 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 825,176. In 7,230 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 160 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its […]
Kathmandu / Dec 15: The Government of Nepal and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a polytechnic institute for construction workforce development in Province 2. The Government of Korea will spend US dollars 8.6 million (equivalent to Rs 1.03 billion) to undertake the […]
Kathmandu / Dec 15: Consumer price inflation surged to 5.32 percent during the one month period from mid-October to mid-November this year compared to 4.05 percent during the same period last year. The four months’ report on ‘Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal’ released by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Wednesday, shows that […]
Kathmandu / Dec. 15: As many as 252 people have been found infected with the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 252 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 were detected in 9,212 PCR tests conducted in the period. Similarly, 28 people were found infected with the virus […]
Ilam / Dec. 14: Tea farmers in Ilam have urged the government to fix the support price of green leaves as the selling price is lower than the production cost. Stating that the future of tea is getting uncertain every year due to the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, the farmers said that the […]
Ajay Chhetri / Kathmandu, Dec. 14: Amid dwindling deposits, Bank and Financial Institutions have demanded a refinance facility. According to the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), BFIs have demanded Rs. 56 billion as a refinancing facility. BFIs have resorted to a refinancing facility in the wake of rising loan demand against the shrinking deposit. The lending […]
Kathmandu / Dec. 14: With 229 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 824,764. In 9,392 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 229 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its […]
Prem Adhikari / Ilam, Dec. 13: Suryodaya Municipality in Ilam district has brought boat service into operation in Antu Pond, a popular tourist destination. The boat operation, which had gone out of business for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been reopened from the municipality’s own initiative. In the past, the […]