NAC to manage cargo shipments for NEA

Published On: January 3, 2022 02:50 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: An agreement has been reached between the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and the Nepal Airlines Corporation to transport the NEA’s cargo and employees.

Gold price drops by Rs 300 per tola

Published On: January 3, 2022 02:26 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The price of gold in the Nepali market dropped by Rs 300 per tola on Monday. The price of the yellow metal in the domestic market has been fixed at Rs 93,100 per tola.

Nepal welcomes 150,962 tourists in 2021

Published On: January 3, 2022 02:23 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: A total of 150,962 tourists have visited Nepal in 2021. The number is 34.4 percent less as compared to the tourist arrival data of 2020. Nepal welcomed 230,085 tourists in the year 2020.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The government has raised its hands saying that it won’t be able to ensure adequate supply of fertilizers this year too, leaving farmers in a lurch.

Nepse begins 2022 on a high

Published On: January 2, 2022 10:26 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Stocks began this year’s trading on an upbeat note and traded in green throughout Sunday’s session. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index climbed above 2,550 mark by mid-day, further extending its advance in the afternoon trading hours. At the close, Nepse was up 60.41 points to settle at 2,584.91.

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: The National Cooperative Bank Limited (NCBL) is mulling to increase its share capital more than two and a half folds to Rs 8 billion, in order to increase its lending capacity to the cooperatives.

Secondary market investors affected by high volatility in 2021

Published On: January 1, 2022 07:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) observed high volatility during 2021, with the market observing a large range of fluctuations in its various indices throughout the year.

A silver lining around dark clouds

Published On: January 1, 2022 06:08 PM NPT By: Muna Sunuwar

They say ‘every cloud has a silver lining’. The saying turned out to be true about the COVID-19 pandemic as well. Due to global travel restrictions, not many international visitors came to Nepal in 2021 but the domestic tourists kept the tourism industry alive, showing a new glimmer of hope.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Nepal’s paddy production this year has declined by around 500,000 tons, mainly due to massive floods triggered by the torrential rainfall in October, last year.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has said that homework is being done to purchase an aircraft.