SOCIETY
Scholarship of Rs 500,000 to students in remote area
Scholarship of Rs 500,000 to students in remote area
SALYAN, Dec 10: Some 120 students pursuing their school education in the remote parts of Salyan district have received scholarship.
Dec 10, 2016
SOCIETY
92-year-old citizen repairing road
92-year-old citizen repairing road
SOLUKHUMBU, Dec 10: Bhim Bahadur Basnet, 92, of Chaulakharka-8, Solukhumbu has toiled for the maintenance and clean-up of five-kilometre trail road from the amount he received as social security allowance.
Dec 10, 2016
SOCIETY
Anti-human rights incidents rife in Baitadi
Anti-human rights incidents rife in Baitadi
BAITADI, Dec 10: Baitadi district has witnessed 30 anti-human rights incidents during the past six months when the country is gearing to mark the 68th International Human Rights Day today with fanfare.
Dec 10, 2016
ECONOMY
Changes felt in daily life
Changes felt in daily life
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: No load-shedding for a month has had a number of positive impacts in the lives of people, and industries and businesses have also felt relief from having to spend about three times more on diesel-produced electricity.
Dec 10, 2016
ECONOMY
Punish heads of projects that fail to spend: Development committee
Punish heads of projects that fail to spend: Development com...
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: A parliamentary committee has directed the government to punish the heads of development projects that fail to adequately spend their budgets.
Dec 10, 2016
ECONOMY
Finance minister urges govt-owned banks to lend in rural areas
Finance minister urges govt-owned banks to lend in rural are...
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Minister for Finance Krishna Bahadur Mahara has urged government-owned banks to increase their lending in rural parts of the country.
Dec 10, 2016
ECONOMY
Govt cuts chemical fertilizer prices
Govt cuts chemical fertilizer prices
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: The government has reduced the price of chemical fertilizers. According to the Ministry of Agriculture Development (MoAD), the government cut the price of urea and diammonium phosphate (DAP) to provide farmers some relief.
Dec 10, 2016
SOCIETY
Four including driver killed in Bara road mishap
Four including driver killed in Bara road mishap
RAUTAHAT, Dec 10: Four people including driver were killed in a bus accident at Adhabar in Bara district on Saturday morning.
Dec 10, 2016
ECONOMY
NIC Asia starts interbank payment through internet banking
NIC Asia starts interbank payment through internet banking
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: NIC Asia said Friday that its clients will get to transfer funds to other directly to accounts in other financial institutions using its internet banking services.
Dec 10, 2016
ECONOMY
Everest Bank adds features to Indo-Nepal Remit
Everest Bank adds features to Indo-Nepal Remit
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Everest Bank Ltd (EBL) has added features to its Indo-Nepal Remit. The new features allow the bank’s clients to remit funds online through their mobile devices without visiting a Punjab National Bank (PNB) or EBL branch, the bank said in a statement issued on Friday.
Dec 10, 2016