POLITICS
Six organizations permitted to observe by-elections
Six organizations permitted to observe by-elections
KATHMANDU, April 12: The Election Commission has issued permission to six organizations for the election observation of the by-election going to be held on coming April 23 for the member of House of Representatives (HoR).
Apr 12, 2023
ECONOMY
Merchandise export declines in eight months of FY 2022/23
Merchandise export declines in eight months of FY 2022/23
KATHMANDU, April 12: During the first eight months of Fiscal Year 2022/23, merchandise exports decreased 29.1 percent to Rs 104.80 billion against an increase of 82.9 percent in the same period of the previous year.
Apr 12, 2023
SOCIETY
Kanchanpur to ban use, sale of plastic bags
Kanchanpur to ban use, sale of plastic bags
KANCHANPUR, April 12: The Kanchanpur District Administration Office is going to ban plastic bags in the district from April 14.
Apr 12, 2023
SOCIETY
Govt decides to test level of pesticides in imported food items
Govt decides to test level of pesticides in imported food it...
KATHMANDU, April 12: A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Tuesday approved a proposal received from the infrastructure committee of the Council of Ministers on testing the level of pesticides in all imported food items.
Apr 12, 2023
SOCIETY
Sindhuli car accident: Indian victims identified
Sindhuli car accident: Indian victims identified
SINDHULI, April 12: The identity of all the four people killed in an accident involving a car bearing an Indian number plate in Sindhuli on Tuesday has been established. They are from Bhagawatisthan 9, Mandipursari Mastipur Warisnagar, Bihar, India.
Apr 12, 2023
ECONOMY
Interest rates on bank deposits below 10% from Friday
Interest rates on bank deposits below 10% from Friday
Kathmandu, April 12: Bankers have decided to reduce the interest rates on bank deposits so that they are below 10 per cent, to be effective from Friday, the Nepali New Year.
Apr 12, 2023
POLITICS
Cabinet yet to get full shape due to NC’s internal conflict
Cabinet yet to get full shape due to NC’s internal conflict
KATHMANDU, April 12: Due to internal tensions within the Nepali Congress (NC), the government led by the Chairman of the Maoist Center, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has not yet been able to get full shape. The Council of Ministers could not be completed because the NC leaders, who had come together to break...
Apr 12, 2023
SOCIETY
Nuwakot police arrest woman on charge of forcing girls into flesh trade
Nuwakot police arrest woman on charge of forcing girls into...
NUWAKOT, April 12: The Nuwakot police arrested a woman on the charge of forcing Nepali women into flesh trade in India. A team from the Nuwakot District Police Office, acting on a tip-off from a victim, held Hering Dolma Tamang, known as Sonam, from Bidur, the district headquarters.
Apr 12, 2023
SOCIETY
Huge piles of garbage collected on Singha Durbar premises
Huge piles of garbage collected on Singha Durbar premises
KATHMANDU, April 12: Garbage has not been cleared from the main administrative center of the country, Singha Durbar, for four days. There is a foul stench inside the main administrative center of the country because of the daily accumulation of around five tons of garbage which hasn’t been picked up...
Apr 12, 2023
POLITICS
Efforts to be made for consensus on amendment to TJ bill
Efforts to be made for consensus on amendment to TJ bill
KATHMANDU, April 12: The major political parties are trying to agree on an amendment to the Transitional Justice (TJ) Act.
Apr 12, 2023