ECONOMY
Revenue collection short of target by Rs 80 billion
Revenue collection short of target by Rs 80 billion
KATHMANDU, March 14: The government has not been able to meet the revenue collection target of the first six months of the current financial year even in eight months. By the end of eight months of the current financial year, there is a huge gap between the targeted revenue collection and actual col...
Mar 14, 2023
POLITICS
Becoming a president of all is Prez Paudel’s biggest challenge
Becoming a president of all is Prez Paudel’s biggest challen...
KATHMANDU, March 14: “I will show the difference between the head of state in a monarchy and that in a republic. I will not do anything so as to make the common people suffer.” This is what the then leader of the Nepali Congress, Ram Chandra Paudel, said while asking for votes to be elected as the t...
Mar 14, 2023
POLITICS
Japan PM congratulates newly-elected president of Nepal
Japan PM congratulates newly-elected president of Nepal
KATHMANDU, March 14: Prime Minister of Japan KISHIDA Fumio has congratulated President Ram Chandra Paudel for his election as the president of Nepal on March 13, 2023.
Mar 14, 2023
SOCIETY
Vultures on verge of extinction in Sudurpaschim
Vultures on verge of extinction in Sudurpaschim
BAITIDI, March 14: The vultures known as nature's scavengers are alarmingly on the verge of extinction with dwindling nesting habitats compounded by a host of other factors in the hill districts of Sudurpaschim including Baitadi.
Mar 14, 2023
POLITICS
Chinese official Zhang meets DPM Shrestha
Chinese official Zhang meets DPM Shrestha
KATHMANDU, March 14: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Narayan Kaji Shrestha has requested the Chinese authorities to facilitate import and export by operationalizing the Kerung and Tatopani border crossings.
Mar 14, 2023
POLITICS
Silence period for vice-presidential election begins tonight
Silence period for vice-presidential election begins tonight
KATHMANDU, March 14: The Election Commission (EC) has announced that the silence period for campaigning for the vice presidential election will be enforced from midnight today. The election to the post of vice-president is scheduled for March 17. The prohibition period comes into effect 48 hours be...
Mar 14, 2023
SOCIETY
Khakhadehara festival being marked in Kailali
Khakhadehara festival being marked in Kailali
KANCHANPUR,March 14: The Rana Tharu community in Kailali and Kanchanpur district is marking the Khakhadehara festival today.
Mar 14, 2023
POLITICS
Discussion of Maoist factions with civil leaders and intellectuals postponed
Discussion of Maoist factions with civil leaders and intelle...
KATHMANDU, March 14: Maoist factions’ discussions with civic leaders and intellectuals scheduled to be held today has been postponed. Sriram Dhakal, chief secretary of the Central Office of the Maoist Center said that the discussion program was postponed due to the inability to manage the venue.
Mar 14, 2023
POLITICS
Campaigning for FSU election begins
Campaigning for FSU election begins
KATHMANDU, March 14: The final list of candidates for the Free Students' Union (FSU) elections to be held at Tribhuvan University (TU) has been published on Monday.
Mar 14, 2023
ECONOMY
Separate desk for registering foreign investment companies set up
Separate desk for registering foreign investment companies s...
March 14: The Office of the Company Registrar has set up a separate desk responsible for registering foreign companies that have direct investment in the country. The desk has come into operation since last week.
Mar 14, 2023