ECONOMY
Nepal Investment Summit 2019
Nepal Investment Summit 2019
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The government is organizing second investment summit in March next year.
Dec 28, 2018
WORLD
Indonesia raises alert, widens danger zone around volcano
Indonesia raises alert, widens danger zone around volcano
CARITA, Dec 28: Indonesia raised the danger level for an island volcano that triggered a tsunami on the weekend, killing at least 430 people in Sumatra and Java, and widened its no-go zone.
Dec 28, 2018
POLITICS
SC annuls action against Social Science Baha
SC annuls action against Social Science Baha
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The Supreme Court (SC) has scrapped the actions taken by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and the District Administration Office (DAO), Lalitpur, against Social Science Baha, a research organization established a few years ago.
Dec 28, 2018
POLITICS
Bid to endorse political report blocked
Bid to endorse political report blocked
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The bid to endorse the joint political report prepared by Nepal Communist Party (NCP) chairman duo KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal hit a snag on Thursday after the dissident leaders of the party opposed it saying the document had failed to accommodate their concerns.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Part-time teachers obstruct candidacy filing process at TUTA convention
Part-time teachers obstruct candidacy filing process at TUTA...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: At the ongoing three-day general convention of the Tribhuvan University Teachers’ Association (TUTA), the teachers working on contract basis at the university prevented candidates vying for office bearer positions from filing their candidacies.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Kin of 4 who ‘disappeared’ from Bomjom’s ashram file police complaints
Kin of 4 who ‘disappeared’ from Bomjom’s ashram file police...
MAKAWANPUR, Dec 28: Two women and two men allegedly went missing from the ashram of Ram Bahadur Bomjon, known as ‘Little Buddha’ around five years ago, according to complaints filed with police by the kin of the missing against Bomjon.
Dec 28, 2018
ECONOMY
Construction of new Dharahara begins
Construction of new Dharahara begins
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Prime Minister KP Oli on Thursday laid the foundation stone for Dharahara, the iconic tower in Kathmandu that was destroyed in the devastating earthquake of 2015. a.
Dec 28, 2018
ECONOMY, POLITICS
SC issues short-term stay to let Sumargi withdraw USD 7m blocked by NRB
SC issues short-term stay to let Sumargi withdraw USD 7m blo...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) not to bar businessman Ajeya Raj Sumargi from withdrawing the USD 7 million that he had brought from foreign banks and has been blocked at the central bank for lack of clear sources for the money.
Dec 28, 2018
POLITICS
Serious allegations against CJ nominee Rana at hearings committee
Serious allegations against CJ nominee Rana at hearings comm...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Serious allegations have been registered against Chief Justice-nominee Cholendra Sumsher Rana at the Parliamentary Hearings Committee (PHC) ahead of his confirmation hearings.
Dec 28, 2018
ECONOMY
Trade deficit balloons to Rs 569 billion in first five months
Trade deficit balloons to Rs 569 billion in first five month...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Nepal's trade deficit widened by 36.11 percent to Rs 569.49 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal year 2018/19 compared to same period of the last fiscal year 2017/18 as exports growth fail to catch up the rapidly surging imports bill.
Dec 28, 2018