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Govt mum on last year's commitments but projects record high...

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KATHMANDU, May 4: The government targeted 8 percent economic growth but the projection is somewhere below 7 percent, largely driven by agriculture . Similar will be the fate of the next fiscal year starting mid-July as the growth target announced is even higher.
May 04, 2019
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Yeti Airlines says it has become Nepal’s first carbon-neutra...

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KATHMANDU, May 3: Yeti Airlines has claimed to have become the first airline in Nepal, and most probably South Asia, to successfully reduce and offset its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of 2018, replicating the United Nation’s ‘Greening the Blue’ approach to climate neutrality.
May 03, 2019
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SAARC CCI’s executive committee meeting, general assembly ki...

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KATHMANDU, May 3: The 77th meeting of the executive committee and 23rd general assembly of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SAARC CCI) has kicked off in Kathmandu. Krishna Bahadur Mahara, speaker of the Federal Parliament, inaugurated the meeting amid a ceremony held at Chandragiri Hills.
May 03, 2019
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NOC hikes petro price

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KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased the prices of petroleum products on Thursday.
May 02, 2019
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Nepali sugar finds difficult to get market

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NAWALPARASI, May 2: Domestic sugar product worth amounting to millions of rupees has been stocked for long in lack of market. Sugar mills in west Nawalparasi are struggling enough to clear their stock due to market competition, said entrepreneurs.
May 02, 2019
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Sipradi Trading wins distributor award

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KATHMANDU, May 2: Sipradi Trading Pvt Ltd, the sole distributor of Tata Motors for Nepal, has won 'Distributor of the Year 2018' award at the 'International  Distributor Meet' held recently in Dubai.
May 02, 2019
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NLIC branches out to Kohalpur

NLIC branches out to Kohalpur
KATHMANDU, May 2: National Life Insurance Company Ltd (NLIC) has opened a new branch office at Kohalpur of Banke.
May 02, 2019
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Gandaki province doling out Rs 300 million to homestays on a...

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POKHARA, May 2: The provincial government of Gandaki is distributing nearly Rs 300 million to homestays on ad hoc basis.
May 02, 2019
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Eggs selling below cost of production, farmers say

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CHITWAN, May 2: Egg price has fallen below the cost of production due to decreased consumption in the wake of recent bird flu cases in Hetauda and Kathmandu.
May 02, 2019
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Deputy PM for raising elderly allowance to Rs 5,000

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KATHMANDU, May 2: Economists say it is almost impossible to pay Rs 5,000 allowance for elderly allowance immediately and Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada is silent on the matter and may have little space for increasing that much.
May 02, 2019