Kathmandu / February 16: The country’s foreign trade shrank by 29 per cent in the first six month of the current fiscal year 2015/016. The slump in the foreign trade volume is attributed to the decrease in import and export with India which constitutes two third of Nepal’s foreign trade, according to the Trade and […]
Kathmandu / February 15: Nepal is to import 80 Megawatt of electricity from India through the Dhalkebar-Mujjafpur Cross Border Transmission line. The import is being made under the government’s short-term policy of coping with the severe power outage in the country Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) signed the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) regarding this with the […]
Birgunj / February 14: The industrialists and business persons based in Birgunj have said that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has to lay emphasis on infrastructure construction during his India visit to facilitate the trades between Nepal-India. They have said that PM Oli should hold talks with India for railway line expansion in Nepal adding […]
Kathmandu / February 13: There is an increasing trend of Nepali migrants, who have gone to South Korea under the South Korean Employment Permit System (EPS), staying back illegally in the country even after the end of their job contract. Misconception among returnee migrants after completing their job contract terms that they cannot go to […]
Ramesh Lamsal / Kathmandu: Confusion remains regarding power import as no agreement has been reached from which company to purchase the power despite the completion of the construction of the Dhalkebar-Muzaffapur inter-country power transmission line. The Power Transmission Company has already informed the completion of the transmission line construction and it is to conduct a […]
Kathmandu / February 2: Lawmakers have urged the State to take a decision in a judicious manner regarding the revenue that goes to the state coffers in the process of ownership handover of the telecom service provider, Ncell. Speaking in the Public Account Committee meeting today, lawmakers acquired information on the process that Telia Sonera […]
Ilam / February 2: The Sanima Mai Hydropower Project has generated seven megawatt electricity from its cascade project based at Danabari and Chisapani VDCs in Ilam district. The project has started its test production recently by completing the entire construction works. Administrative Officer of the project, Basanta Poudel, said that the power generated from the […]
Kathmandu / January 30: The government has decided to give priority to the construction of reservoir-based projects, realising that this type of projects are more beneficial than run-of-river hydropower projects during energy crisis. The government has planned to announce energy crisis within the new few days with a special focus on the construction of big […]
Kathmandu / January 29: The government is to import 300 megawatt of electricity from India within the next one and half year. The joint standing committee meeting of energy secretaries of Nepal and India here Friday agreed on the import of 80 MW of electricity from the Dhalkebar-Mujjafpur cross-border transmission line within the next three […]
Kathmandu / January 27: The Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation is to identify the poor citizens in different 25 district and provide them identity card. The Ministry has intensified the task of identifying the poor citizens through household coordination board in the 25 districts. A social security programme will be launched after distributing the […]
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