Kathmandu / Dec 18: US President Barack Obama, on December 15, proclaimed to implement Nepal Trade Preference Programme which is incorporated in Trade Facilitation and Trade Preference Act (TFTEA) of 2015. The enforcement of the TFTEA officially provides duty-free treatment for 66 types of imports including carpets, shawls, travel blankets and bags from Nepal to […]
Bhaktapur / Dec 14: The Bhaktapur International Trade Fair recorded transactions of over Rs 160 million. The trade fair started on December 9 and concluded today. It was organised at Sallaghari of Bhaktapur. More than 130 thousand people observed the fair and transactions exceeding Rs 160 million were carried out, said Raju Mrigendra Joshi, the […]
Kathmandu / Dec 13: Speakers at a programme here today stressed on promoting amiable relations between the owners and workers for creating a healthy industrial environment in the country. Speaking in the two-day seminar on ‘Industrial Relations and Labour Policy’ jointly organised by Nepal Trade Union Congress and Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF) here today, […]
Makawanpur / Dec 11: Industry Minister Nabindra Raj Joshi has said the government was committed to providing subsidy to investors from private sector in establishing industry for economic prosperity of the country. Speaking at a programme organised to mark 31st anniversary of Hetauda Cement Industry here today, Minister Joshi said the state had to suffer […]
Parbat / Dec 11: The under construction Kaligandaki corridor 20 KV capacity transmission line work has been disrupted by local villagers. The locals of Dhairing VDC located at the northern part of Parbat have created hurdles in construction work protesting that the transmission line cannot be expanded through Phant area of Salyan, which falls under […]
Jhapa / Dec 10: A new gas industry has come into operation from today in Jhapa district. The industry was set up at an investment of Rs 150 million. The Pathibhara Gas Industry has been operated at Charpane, Birtamod Municipality -2. The Industry’s managing director Laya Bhandari said the industry has been set up to […]
Kathmandu / Dec 9: The government is to organise the International Investment Conference on March 2 and 3. Minister for Industry Nabindra Raj Joshi, who is also the chairman at the conference directive committee, said the conference was aimed at reassuring the foreign investors to invest in Nepal as safe place for investment. The meeting […]
Kathmandu / Dec 2: The Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide US dollar 120 million loan equivalent to Rs 13,111 million for the implementation of School Sector Development Plan (SSDP). More, the ADB is to provide technical assistance worth Rs 54.5 million for the capacity development technical assistance project, supporting policies and implementation in […]
Kathmandu / Nov 30: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has expressed the belief that the door to economic prosperity would be opened with the enforcement of the constitution. Inaugurating the 19th Founding Day of the Society of Economic Journalists – Nepal (SEJON) here today, Vice President Pun said although the economic growth rate dipped to […]
Kathmandu / Nov 30: The Development Committee under the Legislature-Parliament has issued instructions to the Investment Board to brief the Committee about the pressing investment policy challenges in the country. Today’s meeting of the Committee has asked the Board to provide all the necessary information about the challenges at the legal and policy level in […]