SOCIETY
Bus passengers reel under lack of tickets for Dashain
Bus passengers reel under lack of tickets for Dashain
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: With the Dashain festival just three days away, some 90 percent of ticket bookings for buses leaving Kathmandu Valley have already been completed.
Sep 29, 2016
ECONOMY
Loan growth surpasses deposit mobilization
Loan growth surpasses deposit mobilization
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Commercial banks have added Rs 53 billion in deposits in the current fiscal year so far, while they extended Rs 60 billion in loans during the period.
Sep 29, 2016
SOCIETY
Police intercept 21 children from Nepal-India border in Baitadi
Police intercept 21 children from Nepal-India border in Bait...
BAITADI, Sept 29: Police in Baitadi this week have intercepted 21 children who were heading for India for employment without informing their family members.
Sep 29, 2016
ECONOMY
EPF, NT to have equity shares in Bidyut Utpadan Co Ltd
EPF, NT to have equity shares in Bidyut Utpadan Co Ltd
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: As part of the plan to unbundle Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Minister for Energy Janardan Sharma has taken initiative to set up a company focused solely on power generation.
Sep 29, 2016
ECONOMY
Nimbus to sell Chinese seeds
Nimbus to sell Chinese seeds
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Nimbus, one of the leading agro enterprises in the country, is distributing seeds produced by Chinese company Wuhan Comega Seed in the Nepali market.
Sep 29, 2016
ECONOMY
Govt told to ensure smooth supply of petro products
Govt told to ensure smooth supply of petro products
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: A parliamentary committee has directed the government to prepare a strategy for diversification of petroleum products including liquified petroleum (LP) gas.
Sep 29, 2016
ECONOMY
Nepal trade information portal launched
Nepal trade information portal launched
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: The government has launched an online trade information portal to help support investment and trade facilitation.
Sep 29, 2016
POLITICS
Govt calls taxi drivers' demands irrational
Govt calls taxi drivers' demands irrational
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Even as taxi drivers in the Kathmandu Valley intensified their protest against police crackdown for discouraging meter fraud and overcharging, the government authorities continued to maintain that they would not bow to the irrational demands raised by the drivers.
Sep 29, 2016
POLITICS
Implementing previous govt's deals with China is my priority: Poudyal
Implementing previous govt's deals with China is my priority...
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Former Chief Secretary Leela Mani Poudyal, who has been recommended as Nepal's ambassador to China, said he accepted the position mainly with a commitment to implement the bilateral agreements reached between Nepal and China earlier this year.
Sep 29, 2016
Editorial
Safe together
Safe together
An air crash, anywhere in Nepal, is big news, for the sheer spectacle of it. There are few things that garner people’s attention more than an air-crash site: the pulverized main body that has been ploughed into the ground, debris everywhere; the mystery of what went wrong up there, the search for th...
Sep 29, 2016