Florists importing roses worth Rs 10m for V-day

Published On: February 13, 2020 11:09 AM NPT By: Sujita Pradhan

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Local florists are bringing 150,000 long stem red roses worth around Rs 10 million from India for Valentine's Day.

GORKHA, Feb 13: The national pride project, Budhigandaki Hydropower Project, has distributed a total of Rs 28.18 billion to acquire private land. According to the project officials, the amount for the acquisition of 45,777 ropani of land in Gorkha and Dhading districts belonging to 21,159 households has been released.

Birgunj ICP to operate in full capacity from mid-March

Published On: February 13, 2020 10:02 AM NPT By: Ritesh Tripathi

BIRGUNJ, Feb 13: Preparations are afoot to divert all cargoes coming from Raxaul-Birgunj route to Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Sirisiya of Parsa.

Vistara inaugurates services to Kathmandu

Published On: February 13, 2020 09:59 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Vistara, an Indian airline, landed its inaugural flight in Kathmandu on Tuesday. The full-service carrier has started its daily flight between Delhi and Kathmandu, according to the press statement issued by the company on Tuesday.

Nepse extends gain for third straight day

Published On: February 13, 2020 09:56 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU: After crossing 1,350 points mark in the morning on Wednesday, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index succumbed to some selling pressure and pulled back to its opening level at around 1,141 points within the first hour. Nonetheless, the index held ground in the positive territory throughout the session to finally 4.6 points higher at 1,345.97 points.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: The government on Wednesday expressed its firm determination to achieve its target of economic growth after revising the earlier announced budget size and expected expenditures allocated for development works.

Budget resized to 90.4%; trade deficit falls by 6.1%

Published On: February 12, 2020 06:05 PM NPT By: Kamal Subedi

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Minister for Finance Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada has informed that the size of the budget of the current fiscal year has been reduced to Rs 1 trillion 385 billion and 963 million considering the fact that only 90.4 percent of the total budget is estimated to be spent.

Nepal-US potential investment areas discussed in Pokhara

Published On: February 12, 2020 12:00 PM NPT By: RSS

KASKI, Feb 12: A team from the United States (US) has arrived Pokhara to explore investment potentials in Gandaki Province. The delegates representing Washington DC-based Nepal Development Consortium (NDC) held an interaction with entrepreneurs and industrialists of Pokhara on Tuesday.

VNY off to a slow start as arrivals fall 2% in Jan

Published On: February 12, 2020 10:23 AM NPT By: Muna Sunuwar

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Tourist arrivals into the country fell by 2% in the first month of 2020 which is being celebrated as Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign.

Myagdi goat farmer earning Rs 2 million annually

Published On: February 12, 2020 10:17 AM NPT By: Republica

MYAGDI, Feb 12: Ananda Rijal of Toripani in Beni Municipality-9 of Myagdi district has been earning Rs 2 million annually after he ventured into commercial goat farming.