State 3 govt to organise conference to attract investment

Published On: April 8, 2019 05:00 PM NPT By: Republica

HETAUDA, April 8: State 3 government is to organise a conference to attract investors of the country. The State government is going to request the entrepreneurs of private sector for investment by gathering them to encourage them to invest in different sectors of the state.

PM says sugar mill owners fostered black market

Published On: April 8, 2019 02:37 PM NPT By: Sagar Ghimire

KATHMANDU, April 8: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli expressed dissatisfaction about how local middlemen escalated sugar prices after the government announced a ban on sugar import to promote local industries and farmers.

AMMAN, April 8: Participants in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) 2019 concluded on Sunday, calling on stakeholders to increase collaboration on social, economic and climate issues to address regional challenges.

KATHMANDU, April 8: Kuwait is planning a massive crackdown on undocumented workers in a move which is likely to affect thousands of expat workers in what has been seen as the beginning of a series of efforts to reduce migrant workers.

Upper Naugarh to start power generation by mid-May

Published On: April 8, 2019 08:00 AM NPT By: PREM CHUNARA

DARCHULA, April 8: Upper Naugarh Gad Small Hydroelectric Project (8 MW) of Darchula is starting power generation by mid-May.

Work resumes in Koshi Corridor

Published On: April 8, 2019 07:34 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 8: Work on Koshi Corridor Transmission Line has resumed after the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has resolved differences with the locals of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City. According to officials of the power utility, the local unit now has no objection over building transmission line on the route finalized by the NEA.

RASUWA, April 7: A group of 21 Nepali citizens have left for Tibet to scale the Mt. Everest from the Chinese side.

KATHMANDU, April 7: At a time when almost all major development projects are plagued by persistent delays, the story of Bheri-Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project is going to be somewhat different.

TAPLEJUNG, April 7: The falling price of black cardamom has been frustrating for farmers and traders in the eastern part of the country. Though a brief price rise after a continuous fall for the past four months came as a respite for them, the recovery did not last more than a couple days.

KATHMANDU, April 6:  David R. Malpass has been picked as the new president of the World Bank Group for a five-year term beginning on Tuesday, the World Bank Group said.