ECONOMY
Dedicated and trunk line tariff dispute remains unresolved
Dedicated and trunk line tariff dispute remains unresolved
KATHMANDU, July 20: Attempts by the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to resolve the tariff dispute over the use of dedicated and trunk lines have failed this time as well. Although the NEA has announced an installment plan to pay the arrears to resolve the long-standing tariff dispute between some...
Jul 20, 2021
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Third petition filed at SC to revoke appointments made in various constitutional bodies
Third petition filed at SC to revoke appointments made in va...
KATHMANDU, July 20: A supplementary petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Monday stating that hearing of the writ petition filed earlier seeking the annulment of the appointment made to the constitutional bodies by the KP Sharma Oli-led government by bringing an ordinance, has not taken pl...
Jul 20, 2021
SOCIETY
Tamankhola Rural Municipality in Baglung prepares local curriculum
Tamankhola Rural Municipality in Baglung prepares local curr...
GALKOT, July 20: Tamankhola Rural Municipality of Baglung has prepared a local curriculum for the first time in the district. The books based on the local curriculum have been sent to all schools in the rural municipality.
Jul 20, 2021
SPORTS
Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads in Japan
Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads in Japan
TOKYO, July 20: Toyota won’t be airing any Olympic-themed advertisements on Japanese television during the Tokyo Games despite being one of the IOC’s top corporate sponsors.
Jul 20, 2021
SOCIETY
Public transportation resumes, roads still blocked in Gulmi
Public transportation resumes, roads still blocked in Gulmi
GALESHWOR, July 20: With the lockdown eased in the wake of a declining number of cases of coronavirus in Gulmi district, the local administration decided to resume public transportation. However, the roadways blocked and damaged by the landslides and floods are yet to open.
Jul 20, 2021
WORLD
Suicide attack in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 35, wounds dozens -sources
Suicide attack in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 35, wounds...
BAGHDAD, July 20: A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and hospital sources said.
Jul 20, 2021
ECONOMY
CDS and Clearing revises EDIS app to facilitate stocks transactions in the new capital gai...
CDS and Clearing revises EDIS app to facilitate stocks trans...
KATHMANDU, July 20: The CDS and Clearing Limited (CDSC), a subsidiary of Nepal Stock Exchange, has revised its stocks trading app EDIS (electronic deposit instruction slip) to facilitate investors to trade in the line of the new capital gains tax rule enforced by the government.
Jul 20, 2021
POLITICS
Nepal appeals to all vaccines manufacturing countries to provide COVID-19 vaccines on gran...
Nepal appeals to all vaccines manufacturing countries to pro...
KATHMANDU, July 19: Nepal has appealed to all vaccine manufacturing countries to provide additional amount of COVID-19 vacines either on grant or for procurement.
Jul 19, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse up marginally after Sunday’s rally
Nepse up marginally after Sunday’s rally
KATHMANDU, July 19: Stocks opened firmly higher before profit booking in almost all of the sectors pulled the index sharply towards the opening level. However, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index managed to maintain positive bias throughout the latter trading hours. The index traded more than 30...
Jul 19, 2021
SOCIETY
KMC cautions schools against taking admission before publication of SEE results
KMC cautions schools against taking admission before publica...
KATHMANDU, July 19: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has asked all higher secondary schools not to take admission in Grade XI before the results of Secondary Education Examinations (SEE) are announced.
Jul 19, 2021