Over 150 climbers scale Sagarmatha

Published On: May 23, 2021 12:31 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 23: Over 150 climbers successfully reached the summit of Mount Sagarmatha today.

KATHMANDU, May 21: Ncell Axiata Limited on Friday handed the first batch of over 150 oxygen concentrators to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), extending its support to the government to mitigate the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

KATHMANDU, May 22: The ongoing political wrangling has thrown the enactment of the annual national budget into uncertainty even as the constitutionally-defined date for budget announcement, May 29, is just a week away.

KATHMANDU, May 22: A rally of more than 54.29 points on Sunday helped Nepse index break its all-time high hit at mid-April. With the bourse seeing massive buyer enthusiasm, strength carried over to the latter part of the week. On Monday, the benchmark jumped 20.92 points followed by another surge of 34.59 points in Tuesday’s session. The benchmark corrected 13 points on Wednesday, the index’s first loss in 8 sessions. The last trading day of the week witnessed a modest 6.38 point’s gain. Consequently, the exchange’s gain tally for the week stood at 103.18 points or 3.84% with the benchmark ending at 2,787.19.

KATHMANDU, May 21: The Department of Customs has directed the customs offices to prioritize essential COVID related items and focus on their fast clearance.

KATHMANDU, May 21: Huawei has said that it will support South Asian countries like Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to cultivate 100,000 digital talents over the next five years.

KATHMANDU, May 21: Industries have been affected largely by a heavy fall in market demand during the second wave of COVID-19 and the government has enforced prohibitory orders despite many of them being in cushions to run their businesses compared to the impacts of the pandemic last year.

KATHMANDU, May 20: Real estate companies now cannot hold land of more than 100 ropanis as per the new regulation of the government to determine a new ceiling on the land holding.

KATHMANDU, May 20: Himalaya Airlines has claimed that it has not charged excessive fares to Indian passengers headed for Saudi Arabia.

KATHMANDU, May 20: The Supreme Court (SC) has given an interim order to the government to make arrangements for the payment of taxes only one month after the end of prohibitory orders.