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NEA moves to lower premium tariff for commercial users
NEA moves to lower premium tariff for commercial users
KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has stepped up to slash the premium tariff of electricity supplied to industrial enterprises through dedicated feeders and trunk lines.
Nov 04, 2019
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Govt grant expediting private housing reconstruction
Govt grant expediting private housing reconstruction
DHULIKHEL, Nov 4: Krishna Prasad Dhital, 48 of Dhulikhel municipality with his family is preparing to move into his newly-constructed home within this week. He has constructed the two-room home with an investment of Rs 1 million of which, Rs 300,000 was provided by the government as subsidy. “Had it...
Nov 04, 2019
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Truckers’ syndicate against mandatory VAT
Truckers’ syndicate against mandatory VAT
BUTWAL, Nov 4: Truck entrepreneurs of Province 5 have made it clear that they won't allow the government to add value-added tax (VAT) on freight transport cost.
Nov 04, 2019
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Over 29,000 tourists enter Nepal from Rasuwagadhi in 10 months
Over 29,000 tourists enter Nepal from Rasuwagadhi in 10 mont...
RASUWA, Nov 4: Over 29,000 tourists from China and other countries have entered Nepal via Rasuwagadhi customs point in the past 10 months.
Nov 04, 2019
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Stocks inch lower in thin trading
Stocks inch lower in thin trading
KATHMANDU: Local stocks began week's trading on a feeble footing as the bourse traded in red throughout Sunday's trading session. After trading flat in the morning, the equity market came under some pressure and witnessed a slight decline in the latter trading hours. The index ended the day down 6.8...
Nov 04, 2019
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Kathmandu wonders if Delhi's pollution comes to haunt it
Kathmandu wonders if Delhi's pollution comes to haunt it
KATHMANDU, Nov 4: In view of the worsening air quality in Delhi, environmentalists in the country have urged the stakeholders for timely measures to prevent a similar level of pollution in Kathmandu.
Nov 04, 2019
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Province 1 spends just four percent of development budget in 1st quarter
Province 1 spends just four percent of development budget in...
BIRATNAGAR, Nov 4: The capital expenditure of Province 1 in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (2076/2077) stood at only around four percent, according to the Office of the Financial Comptroller General (OFCG), Biratnagar.
Nov 04, 2019
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Paschimanchal Campus to start tunnel engineering course
Paschimanchal Campus to start tunnel engineering course
POKHARA, Nov 4: Pokhara-based Paschimanchal Campus is preparing to start a course on tunnel engineering.
Nov 04, 2019
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District court may decide on Mahara's fate today
District court may decide on Mahara's fate today
KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Kathmandu District Court is likely to decide on whether to send former lower house speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara to jail or to release him on Monday after concluding hearing on charges of attempted rape of a female staffer at the parliament secretariat.
Nov 04, 2019
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Children working on road project implemented by Nepal Army
Children working on road project implemented by Nepal Army
GORKHA, Nov 4: Nepal Army, known for opening track at the toughest sites in the country has taken the responsibility of constructing the Benighat–Larke road track near the Nepal-China border. While the army is busy blasting rocks and leveling the track for further construction, children are also see...
Nov 04, 2019