ECONOMY
Nepse ends losing streak, up by 5 points on Wednesday
Nepse ends losing streak, up by 5 points on Wednesday
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) finally found some footing on Wednesday with the index trading in green throughout the session. The index shot up by around 20 points at mid-day to test the 2,650 mark. However, the market failed to sustain morning gains and pulled back slightly in...
Dec 01, 2021
WORLD
U.S. tightens travel rules as more countries secure borders to quell Omicron
U.S. tightens travel rules as more countries secure borders...
WASHINGTON/TOKYO, Dec 1: Air travelers to the United States will face tougher COVID-19 testing rules and other countries tightened border controls on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the Omicron variant that Nigeria said had been circulating weeks earlier than thought.
Dec 01, 2021
ECONOMY
IRD scraps excise duty permits of Cristal Bottlers and Mount Everest Distillery on charge...
IRD scraps excise duty permits of Cristal Bottlers and Mount...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The government has scrapped the excise duty permits of two distilleries on the charge of revenue leakage by using fake stickers of excise duty.
Dec 01, 2021
POLITICS
Political parties should work together to prevent country from moving toward regression: N...
Political parties should work together to prevent country fr...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has urged the Rastriya Prajatantra Party not to slow down or push back the development of Nepal.
Dec 01, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Nepal records 316 new cases, 259 recoveries and three deaths on Wednesday
Nepal records 316 new cases, 259 recoveries and three deaths...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Nepal recorded 316 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday along with 259 recoveries and three deaths, according to the latest information released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Dec 01, 2021
SOCIETY
Health Ministry urges people to avoid travel abroad unless absolutely necessary
Health Ministry urges people to avoid travel abroad unless a...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has urged all people not to make foreign visits unless it is absolutely necessary to travel abroad.
Dec 01, 2021
ECONOMY
FinMin Sharma for production of mobile phones in country
FinMin Sharma for production of mobile phones in country
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has urged mobile phone entrepreneurs to produce mobile phones within the country.
Dec 01, 2021
SOCIETY
Families displaced during expansion of SNP await justice for over two decades
Families displaced during expansion of SNP await justice for...
MAHENDRANAGER, Dec 1: As many as 2,473 families displaced during the expansion of the Shuklaphanta National Park (SNP) in Kanchanpur district have been waiting for a permanent solution to their pressing problem - lack of legally registered houses.
Dec 01, 2021
ECONOMY, POLITICS
PM Deuba assures security to national and foreign investors
PM Deuba assures security to national and foreign investors
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured that the government will facilitate both national and foreign investors to invest their money in Nepal.
Dec 01, 2021
WORLD
Three dead, eight wounded in US high school shooting
Three dead, eight wounded in US high school shooting
OXFORD, Dec 1: A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three teenagers and wounding eight other people before surrendering to police, authorities said, in what was the deadliest US school shooting so far this year.
Dec 01, 2021