ECONOMY
Brokers agitated over preparations to bring banks into brokerage business
Brokers agitated over preparations to bring banks into broke...
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Stock brokers have warned to launch protest against the Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) over recent remarks of the latter's chairperson about brokerage firms.
Feb 28, 2019
WORLD
North Korea's Kim says ready to denuclearize, discussing concrete steps
North Korea's Kim says ready to denuclearize, discussing con...
HANOI, Feb 28: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Thursday he was willing to give up his nuclear weapons and he would not be holding a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam if he were not.
Feb 28, 2019
ECONOMY
Solar, battery expo begins today
Solar, battery expo begins today
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Star Exhibitions is organizing the 3rd edition of 'Solar Today Expo-LED Expo & Battery Expo 2019' in Kathmandu from Thursday. Issuing a statement, the company said that the three-day exhibition will focus on Solar, LED and battery products, technologies, innovation and the entire...
Feb 28, 2019
ECONOMY
Stocks post modest gains offsetting mid-day surge
Stocks post modest gains offsetting mid-day surge
KATHMANDU: Strength was visible in the local bourse in the initial trading hours on Wednesday. Equities began trading on a positive note as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index added more than 8 points early in the afternoon.
Feb 28, 2019
POLITICS
Nepali Congress, RPP expresses grief over Minister's demise
Nepali Congress, RPP expresses grief over Minister's demise
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The parliamentary party of main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has expressed grief over the demise of Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari in a helicopter crash in Taplejung.
Feb 28, 2019
SOCIETY
IN PICTURES: Bhaktapur witnesses snowfall after 12 years
IN PICTURES: Bhaktapur witnesses snowfall after 12 years
BHAKTAPUR, Feb 28: Bhaktapur city has witnessed snowfall after 12 years.
Feb 28, 2019
SPORTS
Three Star enters Aaha Rara final after penalty shootout win over APF
Three Star enters Aaha Rara final after penalty shootout win...
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Three Star Club has advanced into the final of the 17th Aaha Rara Gold Cup football tournament with a 4-2 win over departmental team Armed Police Force (APF) Club in Pokhara on Wednesday.
Feb 28, 2019
ECONOMY
Junar in cold storage rot in lack of market
Junar in cold storage rot in lack of market
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Junar (sweet orange) worth several hundred thousand rupees have gone bad at Ugratara Cold Storage of Amargadhi Municipality Ward 1 as the trader has been unable to sell it in the market.
Feb 28, 2019
SOCIETY
Noted tourism entrepreneur dead in Taplejung chopper crash
Noted tourism entrepreneur dead in Taplejung chopper crash
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Noted tourism entrepreneur Ang Tshering Sherpa died in a helicopter crash in Taplejung district on Wednesday afternoon.
Feb 28, 2019
SOCIETY
27-year-old pilot also dead
27-year-old pilot also dead
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Pravakar KC, 27, was the pilot of the Airbus AS350 helicopter of Air Dynasty Heli Services that met with an accident in Taplejung district on Wednesday afternoon.
Feb 28, 2019