ECONOMY
Nepse surges breaking 4-day losing streak
Nepse surges breaking 4-day losing streak
KATHMANDU, July 3: Local stocks continued to witness slow trading till Tuesday afternoon. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index wavered along the opening level in the initial trading hours but a surge towards the session's end saw the benchmark index register a gain of 11.02 points on the day. Neps...
Jul 03, 2019
ECONOMY
FinMin warns of growing risks posed by tech-driven financial services
FinMin warns of growing risks posed by tech-driven financial...
KATHMANDU, July 3: Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada has warned about the growing risks posed by the new and disruptive technologies in financial sector like fintech, artificial intelligence and technology-driven financial services.
Jul 03, 2019
ECONOMY
1,573 tons of coffee cherries produced in 973 hectares
1,573 tons of coffee cherries produced in 973 hectares
KATHMANDU, July 3: A total of 1,573 metric tons of fresh coffee cherries are produced annually in 32 districts where commercial coffee farming is done, according to the report of Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released on Tuesday.
Jul 03, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Petroleum exploration going on in Dailekh
Petroleum exploration going on in Dailekh
DAILEKH, July 3: The Department of Mines and Geology (DoMG) has said that it would keep progress made in mining of petroleum products in Panchakoshi of Dailekh secret.
Jul 03, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
41 enterprises receive FDI as one- stop service center comes into operation
41 enterprises receive FDI as one- stop service center comes...
KATHMANDU, July 3: After the establishment of one-stop service center at the Department of Industry, foreign direct investment (FDI) of Rs 7.92 billion has been approved for 41 industries from the information technology (IT), manufacturing, services and tourism sectors.
Jul 03, 2019
Editorial
Mr Prime Minister, heed your comrades
Mr Prime Minister, heed your comrades
For the last few months, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and his cabinet colleagues have been dismissing public criticisms—even those made with the honest intentions of making the government accountable to its prime duty to rule of law and good governance—by calling them biased and politically motivat...
Jul 03, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Mend your ways
Mend your ways
Oli made satirical remarks, talked big about projects, two-digit economic growth and prosperity in 2016 too but people did not call him a joker then because they trusted him
Jul 03, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Are we a happy nation?
Are we a happy nation?
Will prosperous Nepal make happy Nepali? Or will happy Nepali make prosperous Nepal?
Jul 03, 2019
OPINION
Money can’t buy love
Money can’t buy love
Palestinians still cling to the hope that demographic trends mean time is on their side. But, in the meantime, prospects for peace in the region seem vanishingly slim
Jul 03, 2019
Infographic
Infographics: Japan's first commercial whale hunt in more than 30 years
Infographics: Japan's first commercial whale hunt in more th...
Japan has resumed commercial hunting for the first time in more than three decades, following Tokyo’s controversial decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
Jul 03, 2019