Nepse sheds 45 points

Published On: February 25, 2021 07:50 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Following a small recovery in Wednesday, the Nepalese equity market extended its correction on Thursday. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index witnessed constant pressure in the session. After trading unchanged for about half an hour, the benchmark saw a steady decline eventually finishing at 2,554.14 – down 44.94 points against the session earlier.

Over 1,600 Nepali migrant workers died in a decade in Qatar

Published On: February 25, 2021 05:35 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: A total of 1,641 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar in the past one decade since Qatar speeded up the construction work to host the Football World Cup 2022.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The construction of Nepal’s largest solar power plant with A.C. capacity of 10 MW, developed in Dhalkebar district in Province 2, has been completed in a record duration of seven months despite the Covid 19 lockdown.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Onion price that had remained stable for the past two months has started to rise again in the domestic market amid soaring price of the agricultural product in India, the main import source country for Nepal.

Nepse posts modest gain to close near 2,600

Published On: February 24, 2021 07:33 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: The equity market opened Wednesday’s session in green but a minor correction pulled the Nepse index towards red in the morning. Nonetheless, stocks recovered after mid-day and traded in green throughout the latter trading hours. At the close, Nepse stood 12.56 points higher to finish at 2,599.08.

SINDHULI, Feb 24: The under construction Dharan-Chatara-Sindhuli-Hetauda road section of Madan Bhandari Highway has reached the final stage.

Nepse recoups intraday losses but close 21 points lower

Published On: February 24, 2021 07:29 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The equity market came under significant selling pressure and dropped around 50 points in the morning before staging a small rebound. However, the stock market continued to struggle in the afternoon with the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index dropping as much as 90 points. A recovery in the final closing hours saw the benchmark end Tuesday’s session with a 21.16 point’s decline at 2,586.51.

New Copyright Act sought to curb growing misuse of creations

Published On: February 24, 2021 07:15 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: Artists on Tuesday demanded that the government enact a new Copyright Act, stating that the existing two decades old Act cannot address the increasing challenges of the expanding use of digitization systems.

Marasini appointed Nepal Bank Chairman

Published On: February 23, 2021 06:26 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Madhu Kumar Marasini has been appointed as the chairman Nepal Bank Limited (NBL).

Gold price up by Rs 1,100 per tola

Published On: February 23, 2021 01:23 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The price of gold has gone up by Rs 1,100 per tola (11.66 grams) in the domestic market today.