Kathmandu / November 24: The government has issued a White Paper, making public the current situation of nation’s economy, problems created after agitation and strikes in the southern plains and unannounced blockade continued for some months, and its (government’s) future course. The Paper has painted a bleak picture of nation’s economy with government’s estimation of […]
Kathmandu / November 24: Minister for Finance, Bishnu Poudel, has said that the government is serious regarding the impact on private sector due to the continuous Madhes banda for the past three months and the unannounced border blockade imposed by India. Receiving suggestions of a joint team of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce […]
Kathmandu / November 23: Minister for Industry Som Prasad Pandey on Monday stressed the need for ushering the country forward on a path of self-dependence. At an interaction on ‘Condition of Nepal’s industries during blockade’ held by Media International here in the capital city, Minister Pandey insisted on introducing new views and planning in agriculture […]
Mustang / November 23: Farmers in Mustang district have made a good transaction of Rs 290 million from the apple sale this season The apple production this season has gone down by seven per cent in comparison to the last in Mustang – considered to be the pocket area for apple yields. Farmers, however, have […]
Ramesh Lamsal / Kathmandu: Although Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli recently announced to rid the country of power outage within one year, the statement is in question considering that many under-construction hydropower projects across the country have been affected due to the blockade imposed by India and ongoing agitations in the southern plains. Besides, construction […]
Kathmandu / November 19: The government on Friday is sending a high-level delegation to China to sign a trade deal with the PetroChina. The seven-member delegation from the Ministry of Commerce and Supply is heading towards the northern neighbour to strike the deal. Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce and Supply Shambhu Ghimire is […]
Birgunj / November 17: The Birgunj dry port has waived the parking fees of containers and warehouses for the imported goods. Himalayan Terminals, the dry port operator, announced to waive the parking fees of 40 days for the importers stating that the good suppliers were unable to supply the commodities due to an indefinite strike […]
Kathmandu / November 15: Nepal’s Ambassador to China, Dr Mahesh Maskey, has today met with Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun at the Office of the Vice President at Bahadur Bhawan. During the meeting, Ambassador Maskey briefed Vice President Pun that final preparation of signing a trade agreement was underway as the agreement in principle was already […]
Kathmandu / November 14: A delegation of the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has left here for Bangladesh on Saturday to carryout study on feasibility for importing petroleum products. The NOC, which has been searching different alternatives due to fuel crisis in the country following unannounced border blockade by India, send the team to Bangladesh for […]
Mustang / November 13: At a time when foreign tourist flow has reportedly declined, following devastating April 25 earthquakes and frequent agitations in Nepal, Mustang is not likely to suffer from this incident with the flow of domestic tourists increasing in the tourist destination area lately. Khagendra Tulachan, chairman of the Mustang Chamber of Commerce […]