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Silk industry highlighted as key to rural income, employment, and exports
Promotion of sericulture and the silk industry can be a key to boosting rural income, creating jobs, and promoting exports through coordinated development and skill-building initiatives.
Jan 10, 2026
Revised casino regulations make records mandatory for c...
Revised casino regulations make records mandatory for c...
Jan 09, 2026
Water Energy Solution to launch IPO
Water Energy Solution to launch IPO
Jan 09, 2026
Foreign Exchange Reserves rise 19.6 pc to over Rs 3.2 t...
Foreign Exchange Reserves rise 19.6 pc to over Rs 3.2 t...
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RSP and Ujyaalo Nepal merger collapses amid leadership disputes
I couldn’t save party unity despite exercising maximum flexibility: RSP chair Lamichhane
3Unity with RSP short-lived as Kulman breaks away to lead Ujyalo Nepal Party
4The world would be better if more people acted like Nepalis: US Ambassador Thompson
5Dahal announces to contest from Rukum East
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‘BRI seeks to promote free trade through enhanced connectivity’
‘BRI seeks to promote free trade through enhanced connectivi...
BEIJING, Jan 5: Brushing aside allegations that the China's Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) was aimed at colonizing smaller countries, senior Chinese scholars said that the BRI rather seeks to promote free trade through enhanced connectivity network and send its economic success to other countries.
Jan 05, 2020
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ICP delay creates chaos at Nepalgunj customs
ICP delay creates chaos at Nepalgunj customs
NEPALGUNJ, Jan 5: With delays in construction of the Integrated Check Post (ICP), the customs checkpoint has become chaotic in Nepalgunj, the main border point of western tarai.
Jan 05, 2020
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Nepal Economic Association gets new executive body under Pyakuryal
Nepal Economic Association gets new executive body under Pya...
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Nepal Economic Association (NEA), an association of national economists, has elected a new executive committee for the next three years.
Jan 05, 2020
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Call to invest in high-value crops for export benefits
Call to invest in high-value crops for export benefits
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Agriculture analysts have urged the government to facilitate the agricultural products based on comparative advantage in order to gain from trading of the agro products.
Jan 05, 2020
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Broiler parent stocks worth Rs 540 million imported in five months
Broiler parent stocks worth Rs 540 million imported in five...
BANEPA, Jan 5: The import of broiler parent stocks from foreign countries has not stopped despite the establishment of two grand-parent (GP) farms in the country meant for local production of parent stock. As a result, the outflow of millions of rupees each year has not stopped.
Jan 05, 2020
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Nepse sees modest drop, ending the week flat
Nepse sees modest drop, ending the week flat
KATHMANDU: Following some of the least volatile week, the major benchmark ended roughly where it started. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index kicked off the week's trading with a drop of 5 points on Sunday but erased all the losses on Monday closing over 5 points higher.
Jan 05, 2020
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Gas bottlers flout govt safety regulations
Gas bottlers flout govt safety regulations
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: As many as 15 bottlers of Liquefied Petroleum (LP) gas are yet to acquire the Nepal Standard (NS) certification, although the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) directed these bottlers to comply with the safety norms some three years ago.
Jan 05, 2020
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Drop in rice production likely to hit national economy
Drop in rice production likely to hit national economy
KATHMANDU, Jan 4: A noticeable fall in the rice production this year is likely to beat national economy. Experts predict that it would have its implications on the Gross Domestic Product.
Jan 04, 2020
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IBN shortlists proposals for 14 projects worth $11.88 billion showcased in Investment Summ...
IBN shortlists proposals for 14 projects worth $11.88 billio...
KATHMANDU, Jan 4: The Investment Board of Nepal (IBN) has said that it has completed prequalification process of 14 out of a total of 50 projects showcased during the Nepal Investment Summit 2019 held in March.
Jan 04, 2020
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Paddy output down 1% in current fiscal year from record high
Paddy output down 1% in current fiscal year from record high
KATHMANDU, Jan 4: Paddy production in the current Fiscal Year 2019/20 has declined by one percentage point, or 59,000 tons, to 5.55 million tons, according to a government projection.
Jan 04, 2020