KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that minimum monthly wage of workers should be determined at Rs 15,000 and promised to take the necessary step towards that end.

Nepse sheds 53 points in a week

Published On: December 31, 2017 08:22 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index nosedived 52.9 points this week to close at 1,414.78 points on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Record economic growth of 7.5 percent, end of load-shedding, and successful conduction of three elections have been some of the key achievements for the country’s economic sector in 2017.

Solar boats can be operated in Fewa Lake: Experts

Published On: December 31, 2017 08:10 AM NPT By: Santosh Pokharel

POKHARA, Dec 31: Instead of depending on the muscular force to row boats, boat entrepreneurs in Fewa Lake of Kaski district can harness solar energy to operate their boats in a more convenient manner without harming the surrounding environment, according to experts who concluded their feasibility experiments on Thursday.

CNI team meets member of UK’s House of Lords

Published On: December 30, 2017 10:42 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 30: A team from Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) has met with Baroness Verma, a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom on Friday.

Call to operate Rangeli border

Published On: December 30, 2017 10:38 AM NPT By: Binod Subedi

BIRATNAGAR, Dec 30: Rangeli Municipality has asked the government to operate Rangeli border of Morang as an alternative border point of the district.

Battery import dwindles as load-shedding ends

Published On: December 30, 2017 10:27 AM NPT By: Ayam Shrestha

KATHMANDU, Dec 30: The import of dry-cell batteries has plummeted since the launch of the 'Ujyalo Nepal Project' of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) in October 2016.

NRB sets 6-month cooling period for CEOs to join another bank

Published On: December 30, 2017 10:22 AM NPT By: Sagar Ghimire

Cooling period aimed to regulate unhealthy practices among BFIs

Cow farming project in Jumla collapses

Published On: December 30, 2017 09:41 AM NPT By: DB Buda

JUMLA, Dec 29: A farmer from Chandan Nath Municipality of Jumla, Til Bahadur Giri, had set up a cow farming industry in collaboration with few other people six years ago. But his hopes of earning a handsome share of money from the business have gone in vain.

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, a 27-year-old mountain guide from remote Rolwaling valley of Dolakha, has become the first woman from South Asia to be an internationally-certified mountain guide.