ECONOMY
Lack of quality tourists worries Pokhara entrepreneurs
Lack of quality tourists worries Pokhara entrepreneurs
POKHARA, Nov 12: Tourism entrepreneurs in Pokhara are concerned with the inflow of more budget tourists who ‘haggle’ too much, together with shortening stay of tourists in the top tourist destination of the country in recent years. To their dismay, high-end tourists are visiting in less numbers thes...
Nov 12, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepse down 17 points
Nepse down 17 points
KATHMANDU: The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index struggled throughout Sunday’s trading session. The index fell sharply in the initial trading hours and shed more than 14 points by mid-session. Though the selling pressure eased slightly in the final trading hours, Nepse still posted a nota...
Nov 12, 2018
SOCIETY
25 injured in Gaidakot road accident
25 injured in Gaidakot road accident
KAWASWOTI, Nov 12: A child is one of the three passengers who was critically injured after a passenger bus lost control and met in an accident at around 2 AM at Nawalparasi East. Twenty two others others sustained injuries.
Nov 12, 2018
ECONOMY
Bankers fret at prolonged shortage of loanable funds
Bankers fret at prolonged shortage of loanable funds
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Bankers are worried over their worsening capacity to lend due to a prolonged shortage of loanable fund in the banking system. They say that the mismatch in deposit and loan growths for a lengthy spell could dampen the current economic growth momentum.
Nov 12, 2018
POLITICS
Unification of RPP breakaway forces spoiled
Unification of RPP breakaway forces spoiled
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Another unification bid initiated by the three breakaway factions of the right-wing Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) was spoiled following differences over the unified party’s election symbol and political stand over the issue of monarchy.
Nov 12, 2018
POLITICS
Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai’s US visit courts controversy
Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai’s US visit courts controversy
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The visit of Province 1 Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai to the United States of America following his medical checkup in Thailand has courted controversy back home after he was found not receiving due permission from the federal government for the visits.
Nov 12, 2018
SOCIETY
Nepal to host sub-regional training in management of conventional ammunition
Nepal to host sub-regional training in management of convent...
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in collaboration with its Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, is organizing sub-regional training courses in Nepal to engage stat...
Nov 12, 2018
SOCIETY
LPG bullet crushes mother and daughter to death in Dhading
LPG bullet crushes mother and daughter to death in Dhading
DHADING, Nov 12: A Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bullet crushed a mother and a daughter to death in Benighat Rorang Municipality-5, of Dhading on Sunday.
Nov 12, 2018
POLITICS
Nilamber Acharya picked as envoy to India
Nilamber Acharya picked as envoy to India
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The government has nominated constitutional expert and a member of Nepal-India Eminent Persons Group Nilamber Acharya as Nepalese ambassador to India.
Nov 12, 2018
SOCIETY
Dr KC warns of another hunger strike
Dr KC warns of another hunger strike
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Miffed at the government's repeated failure to implement the agreements reached with him on various issues related to medical education reforms, Dr Govinda KC has decided to launch a fresh hunger strike if his ultimatum to implement the deals is ignored.Close aides of Dr KC, senio...
Nov 12, 2018