ECONOMY
Govt explores alternative financing amid revenue shortfall to meet recurrent expenditure
Govt explores alternative financing amid revenue shortfall t...
The government is looking for alternative sources for financial management as it faces a severe crunch of funds to finance its immediate liabilities.
Jan 07, 2025
POLITICS
PM Oli hints at ‘uneasy’ relations with India amid preparations of his New Delhi visit
PM Oli hints at ‘uneasy’ relations with India amid preparati...
Even as he is publicly stating that his next official foreign visit would be India, CPN-UML Chairman and Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has hinted at strained relations between Kathmandu and New Delhi in recent days.
Jan 07, 2025
POLITICS
Maoists not to forge pre-election alliance with NC and UML
Maoists not to forge pre-election alliance with NC and UML
A political proposal submitted by Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal says that the party will contest the upcoming elections by allying with small left and progressive forces, and not with the NC and the UML.
Jan 06, 2025
SOCIETY
Intercaste teenage couple found dead after a week of disappearance
Intercaste teenage couple found dead after a week of disappe...
Two seventeen-year-old lovebirds, a boy from the Dalit community and a girl from the Chhetri community, who had gone missing for a week, were found dead in a forest nearby their home on Sunday.
Jan 06, 2025
SOCIETY
Nawalparasi West prison overcrowded with three times the inmate capacity
Nawalparasi West prison overcrowded with three times the inm...
Bikal Shrestha, the jailor, said that although the prison has the capacity to accommodate 175 prisoners, currently there are 565 jailbirds.
Jan 06, 2025
SOCIETY
SC orders statement from Pratik Thapa
SC orders statement from Pratik Thapa
Pratik Thapa, the son of former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, had filed a petition at the SC challenging the decisions of the Patan High Court and the Kathmandu District Court to send him to pre-trial detention.
Jan 06, 2025
Lifestyle
Panoramic photo exhibition chronicles two decades of change in Mustang
Panoramic photo exhibition chronicles two decades of change...
Kayastha, reflecting on his journey, said, “Mustang bhumi (land) is between heaven and earth. Mustang taught me where life lies, and where peace lies.”
Jan 06, 2025
POLITICS
Govt ‘serious’ about Nepali land being used by Indian side in Kanchanpur
Govt ‘serious’ about Nepali land being used by Indian side i...
Responding to a question raised by an MP during a meeting of the State Affairs Committee regarding the encroachment of land within Suklaphanta National Park, Minister Lekhak assured that the government is well aware of the issue and is addressing it with urgency.
Jan 06, 2025
WORLD
HMPV in India: Two babies test positive for the virus in Bengaluru
HMPV in India: Two babies test positive for the virus in Ben...
According to the Union Health Ministry, the Karnataka children were checked at a private hospital, not a government lab. In Ahmedabad, Dr Nirav Patel of Orange Hospital confirmed that the two-month-old was admitted with severe cold, fever, and breathing issues, and later tested positive for HMPV aft...
Jan 06, 2025
ECONOMY
Jasmine Paints Limited to issue IPO worth Rs 50 million
Jasmine Paints Limited to issue IPO worth Rs 50 million
The company plans to issue 500,000 shares, each with a face value of Rs 100, amounting to a total of Rs 50 million.
Jan 06, 2025