POLITICS
Madhesh Province NC PP leader election to be held on Thursday
Madhesh Province NC PP leader election to be held on Thursda...
JANAKPUR, Dec 28: Nepali Congress (NC) is holding the party’s Parliamentary Party (PP) leader election to pick PP leader in Madhesh Provincial Assembly.
Dec 28, 2022
SOCIETY
An elderly woman dies in house fire
An elderly woman dies in house fire
LAHAN, Dec 28: An elderly woman died after a fire broke out in a shed in Bode Barsain Rural Municipality-4, Silhat village of Saptari on Tuesday night.
Dec 28, 2022
SOCIETY
Baglung experiences multiple tremors of earthquake
Baglung experiences multiple tremors of earthquake
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Tremors of earthquake were felt in different places in Baglung district.
Dec 28, 2022
ECONOMY
Govt extends timeline for banks to use 80 percent of local govts’ reserve funds in their C...
Govt extends timeline for banks to use 80 percent of local g...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The government has extended the timeline allowing banks to consider up to 80 percent of the reserve funds of local governments in their deposit for another six months, citing the liquidity crisis prevailing in the banking system.
Dec 28, 2022
ECONOMY
Chinese team arrives in Kathmandu to conduct feasibility study of Nepal-China cross-border...
Chinese team arrives in Kathmandu to conduct feasibility stu...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A high-level team of Chinese experts arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday to conduct a feasibility study and survey of the Kathmandu-Kerung railway with the grant from China. This comes a day after newly-elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal assumed office.
Dec 28, 2022
POLITICS
Federal parliament suspends NC lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung
Federal parliament suspends NC lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Nepali Congress lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung, who was elected to the House of Representatives from Manang in the November 20 election, has been suspended from his post. He was suspended as a corruption case is pending against him.
Dec 28, 2022
OPINION
Nepal: Sliding Slowly into the Slippery Slope of Hyperinflation!
Nepal: Sliding Slowly into the Slippery Slope of Hyperinflat...
The Debt to GDP ratio has reached 41.5% and the debt figure amounted to NRs 2 trillion this year. So, the amortization schedule shows that we are required to pay almost 10 percent of our total revenue for debt repayment. If the creditors hesitate to fund sufficient loans, once we reach an unsustaina...
Dec 28, 2022
ECONOMY
China ends 31-month long unannounced blockade, allows entry of Nepali goods from Rasuwagad...
China ends 31-month long unannounced blockade, allows entry...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: China on Tuesday permitted a notable number of Nepal’s cargo trucks carrying exportable goods to move across the border at the Rasuwagadhi-Kerung checkpoint, ending a 31-month long unannounced blockade.
Dec 28, 2022
POLITICS
President Bhandari summons first meeting of the House of Representatives on January 9
President Bhandari summons first meeting of the House of Rep...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has summoned the first meeting of the newly-elected House of Representatives (HoR) on January 9.
Dec 28, 2022
WORLD
Markets rise after China ends travel quarantine
Markets rise after China ends travel quarantine
PARIS, Dec 28: European and Asian markets advanced on Tuesday after China said it would end quarantines for overseas arrivals, spurring hopes for the revival of the world's second-largest economy.
Dec 28, 2022