Expiry date of LPG cylinders lacks monitoring

Published On: January 6, 2018 08:56 AM NPT By: Kushal Basnet.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: The government’s monitoring agencies have not been inspecting the expiry date of LPG cylinders -- the household cooking gas cylinders -- in the market, which is an obligatory safety practice for such cylinders, it has been learned.

Nepse breaks losing streak of three weeks

Published On: January 6, 2018 08:46 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index bounced back 33.25 points this week to close at 1,423.83 points on Thursday-the last trading day of the week. The rise of the benchmark index marks the end of continuous slump of stocks in the market.

LPG supply halted in Biratnagar

Published On: January 6, 2018 08:43 AM NPT By: Binod Subedi

BIRATNAGAR, Jan 6: Supply of domestic cooking gas, LP gas, has been halted in Biratnagar due to protest of gas distributors.

Turkish Airlines announces its targets for 2018

Published On: January 6, 2018 08:34 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Turkish Airlines has announced its for the year, 2018. Issuing a statement on Friday, the airline said that it aimed to carry a total of 74 million passengers, including 33 million passengers in domestic routes and 41 million in international routes.

NRB preparing to introduce national payment gateway

Published On: January 5, 2018 07:42 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Nepal Rastra Bank is preparing to introduce a national payment gateway in a bid to conduct a regular monitoring of the digital payment system.

TBM pulls huge crowd to Bheri-Babai project site

Published On: January 5, 2018 08:35 AM NPT By: Kalendra Sejuwal

SURKHET, Jan 5: Rabin Khadka of Ganeshpur, Nepalgunj, a Nepal Police personnel, is on holiday. Having heard that a machine is digging the tunnel in Bheri-Babai Project, he went to the project site at Hattikhal, Surkhet, on his motorbike.

TBM pulls huge crowd to Bheri-Babai project site

Published On: January 5, 2018 12:30 AM NPT By: Kalendra Sejuwal

SURKHET, Jan 5: Rabin Khadka of Ganeshpur, Nepalgunj, a Nepal Police personnel, is on holiday. Having heard that a machine is digging the tunnel in Bheri-Babai Project, he went to the project site at Hattikhal, Surkhet, on his motorbike.

Nepal welcomed record 940,000 visitors in 2017

Published On: January 4, 2018 09:12 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: The country missed the target of welcoming one million tourists in a calendar year by a whisker.

LTO publishes public notice asking Telia to settle CGT dues

Published On: January 4, 2018 08:02 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: Large Taxpayers Office (LTO) under the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has asked Telia Company (Telia Sonera Group) - the former owner of Ncell --- to pay outstanding tax dues worth Rs 65.4 billion, including interest, within 15 days.

Two-thirds of FDI in reserve or loans, shows NRB study

Published On: January 4, 2018 07:56 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: Only a third of the total outstanding stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) is on paid-up capital while the remaining portion is held in reserve or debt, according to a study conducted by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).