NEPALGUNJ, July 3: Goods are easily smuggled through the Nepalgunj border in western Nepal, which is connected to India. The smugglers have effectively engaged the customs officials, security personnel and others to smuggle large quantities of goods.

KATHMANDU, July 19: The central bank's announcement to set countercyclical buffer requirement for commercial banks, as part of implementing the Basel III standard, at a maximum of 2.5 percent has left the bankers worried.

MoF reimburses Rs 3.96b to NEA

Published On: July 19, 2016 01:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 19: Ministry of Finance (MoF) has reimbursed Rs 3.96 billion to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to compensate for the loss that the latter incurred while distributing energy imported from India.

KATHMANDU, July 19: The government has begun preparation to install 'burst test' facility to test quality of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas cylinders circulated in the market.

Samsung Galaxy J2 gets facelift

Published On: July 19, 2016 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 18: Samsung on Monday launched Galaxy J2 2016 -- an upgraded version of Galaxy J2 launched last year -- with two new innovations namely Turbo Speed Technology (TST) and Smart Glow.

Hyundai announces winners

Published On: July 18, 2016 08:24 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 18: Laxmi Intercontinental, the authorized distributor of Hyundai motors in Nepal, has distributed prizes to the winners of Euro Cup Prediction Game organized by the company.

New offer on Sprite

Published On: July 18, 2016 08:13 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 18: Coca-Cola Nepal has launched a new promotion for its soft drink brand Sprite.

KATHMANDU, July 18: Bankers have taken exception over a new measure in the monetary policy for Fiscal Year 2016/17 that requires them to directly lend 2 percent of their total loans in the deprived sector.

Change in leadership might affect MCC projects

Published On: July 18, 2016 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 18: Nepal's development assistance absorptive capacity is low, project management is weak and delays are common. If early indications are anything to go by, implementation of projects to be funded by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of US government won't be any different.

KATHMANDU, July 18: Ending Nepal Oil Corporation's monopoly in petroleum trading, the government has issued permanent license to 11 private companies which allows them to do petroleum business in Nepal.

Nepse begins four-hour trading

Published On: July 18, 2016 01:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 17: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) extended trading hours to four hours a day from Sunday, up from regular three-hour trading till last week.