ECONOMY
Lending to service sector jumps by 23 percent
Lending to service sector jumps by 23 percent
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Credit flow of bank and financial institutions (BFIs) to service industries by 23.3 percent in the last Fiscal Year 2016/17 as tourism and hospitality businesses showed signs of recovery.
Aug 31, 2017
POLITICS
PM to leave for New York on Sept 19 to address UNGA
PM to leave for New York on Sept 19 to address UNGA
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to leave for New York on September 19 to address the 72nd General Assembly of the United Nations.
Aug 31, 2017
ECONOMY
Banks jostle to offer best car loans
Banks jostle to offer best car loans
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) have introduced attractive interest rates to woo buyers looking for bank financing to buy motor vehicles at the ongoing NADA Auto Show.
Aug 31, 2017
Editorial
No to violence
No to violence
Election code violations
Aug 31, 2017
POLITICS
Minister Mandal defends the controversial land purchase deal
Minister Mandal defends the controversial land purchase deal
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: The Ministry of Supplies (MoS) appears to be reluctant to initiate investigation into the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC)'s land purchase scam despite separate calls from the Prime Minister's Office and two parliamentary committees to probe into the multi-billion deal.
Aug 31, 2017
POLITICS
3,578 polling centers for phase III local polls
3,578 polling centers for phase III local polls
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: The Election Commission (EC) has fixed 3,578 polling centers for the third phase of local polls in Province 2 scheduled for next month.
Aug 31, 2017
POLITICS
Ex-CJ Karki, Dr KC stress civic movement for change
Ex-CJ Karki, Dr KC stress civic movement for change
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has urged civil society groups to further strengthen anti-corruption movements and not to get divided along political lines.
Aug 31, 2017
OPINION
Carefully on China
Carefully on China
We should have sought to improve ties with China from a position of strength, not gone to Beijing with begging bowl when India decided to tighten the screws.
Aug 31, 2017
Interview
Nepal is doomed if the corrupt are allowed to contest elections
Nepal is doomed if the corrupt are allowed to contest electi...
Member of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee and Nepali Congress Central Committee member Dhan Raj Gurung is a strong voice against corruption. But lawmakers from his own party are looking to amend electoral laws to allow even corruption-convicts to contest elections. What does Gurung make of th...
Aug 31, 2017
Infographic
Infographics: Where people can't live without internet
Infographics: Where people can't live without internet
Where people can't live without internet.
Aug 31, 2017