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ATM cash withdrawal limit raised to Rs 100,000 per day

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KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has raised the daily limit of cash withdrawal from bank ATMs.
Jan 03, 2020
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Bitter struggle behind sweet sugar

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KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Sugarcane is crushed to make sugar that sweetens our mouth. But the difficulties that sugarcane farmers in Nepal have had these last few years speak in volumes about their bitter struggle.
Jan 03, 2020
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Problems of sugarcane farmers, sugar mills would be addresse...

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KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Lekhraj Bhatta has said the problems of the sugar mills and the sugarcane farmers would be resolved by the third week of this month.
Jan 02, 2020
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Visit Nepal campaign fails to enthuse remote Karnali distric...

Visit Nepal campaign fails to enthuse remote Karnali districts
SURKHET/ JUMLA, Jan 2: Karnali Province inaugurated Visit Nepal Year (VNY) 2020 campaign on Wednesday at provincial capital Birendranagar with great fanfare and rejoicing.
Jan 02, 2020
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Trade deficit down but government struggles to meet revenue...

Trade deficit down but government struggles to meet revenue target
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: The government's efforts to narrow down trade deficit have yielded some positive results. However, it has hit the target of import tax collection, putting the government authority in pressure to manage financial resources from alternative sectors.
Jan 02, 2020
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Fuel prices up by Rs 2 per liter

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KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased the prices of petroleum products again in less than half month.
Jan 02, 2020
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Stocks begin 2020 on a positive footing

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KATHMANDU Jan 2: Stocks remained little changed on the first trading day of 2020. After trading essentially flat in the first half of the trading session, stocks gained some ground and pushed the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index slightly higher. Nepse eventually closed the day 3.47 points higher a...
Jan 02, 2020
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Visit Nepal Year 2020 formally kicks off (with photos)

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KATHMANDU, Jan 1: The much-awaited and ambitious campaign in Nepal's tourism sector Visit Nepal Year (VNY) 2020 has been formally inaugurated by the President Bidya Devi Bhandari amidst a grand function organized at the Dasharath Stadium, Tripureshwor in the capital on Wednesday.
Jan 01, 2020
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VIDEO: Opening ceremony of Visit Nepal Year 2020

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VIDEO: Opening ceremony of Visit Nepal Year 2020
Jan 01, 2020
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Employees against splitting CAAN

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KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Leaders of trade unions at the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) have warned of padlocking the offices of the aviation regulator if the decision to split CAAN to two entities is not rolled back.
Jan 01, 2020