Kathmandu / Nov. 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is issuing Treasury bills worth Rs. 2.1 billion on Monday. The Public Debt Management Department under the central bank is to issue bills in order to obtain internal debt on behalf of the government. The NRB is to sell 91 days’ Treasury bills worth Rs. 100 million […]
Kathmandu / Nov 3: Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising has urged the private sector to join hands with the NEA in its efforts to maintain energy efficiency effectively. Addressing a section of energy sector stakeholders in Lalitpur, Ghising said that the NEA has been working to maintain energy efficiency by […]
Hetauda / Oct 19: Province 3 government has decided to invest the construction of much-hyped Hetauda-Kathmandu tunnel. The provincial government mentioned the tunnel construction as the pride project in its first policy and programmes. However, the private company for the construction has its contract still ongoing with the federal government. The provincial government is now […]
Kathmandu / Oct 19: The Kathmandu Valley alone needs 2.5 million garlands for Tihar, the festival of light, colour, and flower. However, Nepal is importing 300 thousand garlands for the festival time. Every year, the garlands are imported from India. It has been 23 years the competitive exhibition of Godawari flower (Chrysanthemum). However, Nepal is […]
Jumla / Oct 13: Tilak Buda Thapa of Chandannath Municipality of Jumla is busy these days harvesting Italian apples grown in the land of Chandannath temple. His days are spent in cultivating apple plants, showing traders around the apple orchard, and selling them his produce. His routine changed three years ago with the introduction of […]
Kathmandu / Oct 1: Nepal and Australia have agreed to operate direct flight service. With the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on air service at Montreal, a city of Canada, Nepali aircraft are allowed to operate flights different destinations of Australia. Australia has become 40th international country for Nepal having MoU on flight service. […]
Kathmandu / Sept 26: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is operating first of its two chartered flights to Narita International Airport of Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday evening. According to an official of the national flag carrier, NAC’s Airbus A330-200 aircraft will leave Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, for Tokyo at 9:30 pm. The aircraft will return to […]
Kathmandu / Sept 25: Police have arrested 10 persons on the charge of looting cash of Rs 5.3 million from Agricultural Development Bank Limited. According to police sources, they have held 10 on the charge from Kathmandu and even outside the valley by late night on Tuesday. They were arrested as they transferred the amount […]
Kathmandu / Sept 17: Finance Minister Dr Yubraj Khatiwada has urged the financial institutions to increase investment in share market in a bid to expedite economic activities in the country. Speaking at a program to mark 58th anniversary of Employees Provident Fund in the capital on Tuesday, Minister Khatiwaa said that it is an appropriate […]
Kathmandu / Sept 13: Minister for Finance Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada has underscored the need for collective effort to advance the cause of collective leadership in women in the South Asia region. Inaugurating the two-day International Women Entrepreneurs Summit-2019 organized by the South Asian Women Development Forum in the capital on Friday, Minister Dr Khatiwada argued […]