ECONOMY
Stocks cap off week with a modest decline
Stocks cap off week with a modest decline
KATHMANDU, June 24: Despite a higher opening, the Nepalese stock market’s benchmark fell steeply in the first few minutes of trading. Stocks saw choppy trading thereafter and showed a lack of direction but traded mainly in negative territory. A surge in the afternoon pushed the index around 15 point...
Jun 24, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Cabinet members assigned additional portfolios two days after Supreme Court dismissed 20 m...
Cabinet members assigned additional portfolios two days afte...
KATHMANDU, June 24: Two days after the Supreme Court annulled the cabinet expansions following the dissolution of the lower house of federal parliament, the existing five members of the KP Sharma Oli-led Cabinet have been assigned additional ministerial portfolios.
Jun 24, 2021
POLITICS
President Bhandari summons summer session of National Assembly from July 1
President Bhandari summons summer session of National Assemb...
KATHMANDU, June 24: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called the summer session of the Upper House from July 1.
Jun 24, 2021
POLITICS
Prez Bhandari appoints 20 commissioners in various constitutional bodies
Prez Bhandari appoints 20 commissioners in various constitut...
KATHMANDU, June 24: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed 20 commissioners of various constitutional bodies including the Public Service Commission and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).
Jun 24, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
“Article 76 (5) provides discretionary right to parliamentarians to act independently”
“Article 76 (5) provides discretionary right to parliamentar...
KATHMANDU, June 24: The hearing on the writ petitions filed against dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Supreme Court on Thursday too.
Jun 24, 2021
ECONOMY
ADA joins hands with Outreach Nepal to offer data-driven marketing in Nepal
ADA joins hands with Outreach Nepal to offer data-driven mar...
KATHMANDU, June 24: ADA has joined hands with Outreach Nepal to introduce data-driven marketing practices in Nepal to both global and local brands.
Jun 24, 2021
My City, Lifestyle
Copenhagen tops Monocle's list of best cities for quality of life
Copenhagen tops Monocle's list of best cities for quality of...
Copenhagen has topped media outlet Monocle's list of the world's best cities for quality of life, the fourth time Denmark's capital has won the honour since the survey began in 2007.
Jun 24, 2021
SOCIETY
IFRC donates 100 units of oxygen concentrators to Nepal red Cross Society
IFRC donates 100 units of oxygen concentrators to Nepal red...
KATHMANDU, June 24: The International Federation of Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement (IFRC) have donated 100 units of oxygen concentrators and spare parts to the Nepal Red Cross Society at the initiative of the IFRC’s Asia Pacific Regional Office in Kuala Lumpur.
Jun 24, 2021
ECONOMY
Sebon reduces range for fluctuation of pre-open prices of shares to two percent
Sebon reduces range for fluctuation of pre-open prices of sh...
KATHMANDU, June 24: The Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) has revised the pricing range of stocks in pre-open market session in Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) in an apparent bid to check the excess rise in share prices on daily trading in the secondary market.
Jun 24, 2021
SOCIETY
Transport entrepreneurs ask government to lift restriction on public transport
Transport entrepreneurs ask government to lift restriction o...
KATHMANDU, June 24: The National Federation of Nepalese Transport Entrepreneurs has asked the government to lift the ban imposed on public vehicles to control the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
Jun 24, 2021