Butwal / January 2: Minister for Industry Som Prasad Pandey said the government was preparing to establish one big industrial estate in each of the seven provincial states. In an interaction organized by Butwal Chamber of Commerce and Industry here, Minister Pandey said the government was in course of identifying and searching for at least […]
Kathmandu / January 1: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the state-owned power utility, is gearing up to import additional 90 megawatt (MW) of electricity from India by January end in view of easing off the power outage in the country. The installation of Dhalkebar-Mujjafarpur inter-country transmission line is due in a month and technical test […]
Kathmandu / December 18: The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has voiced its concern over the burgeoning black marketeering of essential goods in the country, including fuel, following the India-imposed economic embargo. The umbrella organization of the Nepalese private sector, at a press conference here today, urged the concerned authority to […]
Kathmandu / December 17: The Agriculture and Water Resources Committee of the Legislature-Parliament today heard that 2,429 MW electricity could be produced within the fiscal year 2074/075 BS if the government ensured necessary coordination and provided the required quantity of fuel to the projects. A statistics presented by the Energy Ministry at the committee’s meeting […]
Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: It’s been almost two months that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and China National United Oil Corporation (PetroChina) to supply petroleum products to Nepal. This was a late but inevitable step taken by the country to diversify fuel trade and end the four-decade […]
Kathmandu / December 15: The Nepalese Army (NA) is going to invest in hydropower production for the first time. The NA was ready to invest in 12.25 MW Madikhola Hydropower Project in Rolpa. The budget programme of the current fiscal year and the white paper recently issued by Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Poudel, have incorporated […]
Kathmandu / December 14: Five journalists covering the agricultural issues in media were honoured in the capital city today. Agriculture Development Multipurpose Cooperatives Limited felicitated the media persons with Rs 10,000 each for promoting the farmers by writing news stories. On the occasion, Suvash Karki of BBC Nepali Service, Laxmi Sapkota of Rajdhani Daily, Prakash […]
Kathmandu / December 11: Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel has called on the business community not to get frustrated by the ongoing economic blockade suffering the country at the hands of neighour. “The blockade has caused an irreparable loss due to the blockade. Let’s take patience for more few days and not to be panicked by […]
Ilam / December 10: The Kanchanjunga Organic Tea Estate based in Sankhejung-7, which has been continuously producing organic tea for the past three years, has exported 1,300-kg readymade organic tea this year. The branded organic tea produced by local farmers, cooperative groups and industries have been exported to Taiwan, Japan and Russia. They have exported […]
Kathmandu / December 8: Vice-Chairman of the National Planning Commission, Dr Yubraj Khatiwada, has said the first installment of the grants to be provided to the earthquake survivors for house construction is going to be released through the District Natural Disaster Rescue and Relief Committee. In today’s meeting of the Social Justice and Human Rights […]
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