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Gold price plunges Rs 6,800 per tola in a week
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Investors earn capital gains of Rs 59 billion as NEPSE ...
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Nepse ends last trading day of the week unchanged
Nepse ends last trading day of the week unchanged
KATHMANDU: Local stocks witnessed choppy trading in the last trading session of the week and wavered along the opening level throughout the day. Thursday’s session, hence, was marked by a relatively low volatility with the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index closing the day with a marginal gain of 0....
Oct 18, 2019
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94 per cent physical works completed at Gautam Budhha Int’l Airport
94 per cent physical works completed at Gautam Budhha Int’l...
BHAIRAHAWA, Oct 17: Gautam Buddha International Airport at Bhairahawa, which is currently under construction, has witnessed the overall completion of 82 per cent works. It counts 82 per cent of the physical set-up and 18 per cent of electromechanical works of the project.
Oct 17, 2019
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Food management, not famine, challenge for Nepal: Minister
Food management, not famine, challenge for Nepal: Minister
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Chakrapani Khanal has said that for Nepal, like other South Asian countries, food management has been the real challenge, not famine.
Oct 17, 2019
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Labor minister discusses welfare of Nepali workers in the UAE
Labor minister discusses welfare of Nepali workers in the UA...
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Minister for Labor, Employment, and Social Security Gokarna Bista has raised the issue of Nepali workers’ welfare in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), meeting his counterpart Nasser Bin Thani AI Hamali, Minister for Human Resource and Emiratization of the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
Oct 17, 2019
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Amlekhgunj depot starts supplying diesel to Bhairahawa, Biratnagar
Amlekhgunj depot starts supplying diesel to Bhairahawa, Bira...
BARA, Oct 17: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has started supplying diesel to sellers in Bhairahawa and Biratnagar from its Amlekhgunj depot, following the operation of the Motihari-Amlekhgunj petroleum pipeline.
Oct 17, 2019
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Koshi Corridor: New hopes for north-south highway
Koshi Corridor: New hopes for north-south highway
DHARAN, Oct 17: It has already been more than a decade since the government started constructing the Koshi Highway connecting Jogbani in the southern border to Kimathanka in the northern border. But there has been no sign of progress so far.
Oct 17, 2019
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61 percent Nepalis have bank accounts
61 percent Nepalis have bank accounts
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: At least 61% of Nepali citizens have bank accounts, according to a financial report recently released by Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of Nepal.
Oct 17, 2019
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Nepse posts modest drop in thin Wednesday trading
Nepse posts modest drop in thin Wednesday trading
KATHMANDU: Local stocks struggled since the beginning of Wednesday's session and continued to see weakness throughout the day. The Nepal Stock Exchange dropped around three points in the initial trading hour and traded flat in the afternoon. Following a slight dip in the final trading hours, the ben...
Oct 17, 2019
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Only a handful hotels in Pokhara have good occupancy
Only a handful hotels in Pokhara have good occupancy
POKHARA, Oct 16: The 68-room Temple Tree Resort has 95% booking for the month of October. The daily occupancy for the resort averages to 95%. With the onset of tourist season, the hotel does not have to bother about occupancy. It already has 70% pre-booking for November, and expects it to go up to 9...
Oct 16, 2019
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Nepal is a green field for investment: Finance minister
Nepal is a green field for investment: Finance minister
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada, calling investments from non-resident Nepalis (NRNs), said Nepal was a greenfield for investment.
Oct 16, 2019