ECONOMY
Nepse posts solid gains, rises for fifth straight day
Nepse posts solid gains, rises for fifth straight day
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: The sole equity market traded flat for the first hour of the trading session on Wednesday. However, a mid-day surge helped the Nepal Stock Exchange (Index) add more than 33 points to reach an intraday high of 1,243.61 points in the afternoon. The index fell slightly towards the se...
Sep 06, 2018
ECONOMY
Laxmi Bank, K-Lab sign agreement to launch community campaign
Laxmi Bank, K-Lab sign agreement to launch community campaig...
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: Laxmi Bank Ltd and Krown Laboratory & Referral Center (K-Lab) have signed an agreement for a community campaign named 'K-lab for Community'. The major target of the campaign is to provide quality laboratory services at reasonable cost throughout the country, a statement issued on...
Sep 06, 2018
ECONOMY
Yamaha announces 'Vijaya Yatra'
Yamaha announces 'Vijaya Yatra'
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: MAW, the authorized distributor of Yamaha motorcycles and scooter for Nepal, has announced its festive offer targeting upcoming Dashain and Tihar festivals. Under the scheme named 'Vijaya Yatra', customers of Yamaha two-wheelers can get cash discounts from Rs 7,000 up to Rs 100,0...
Sep 06, 2018
ECONOMY
Tea workers launch protest demanding implementation of minimum wage
Tea workers launch protest demanding implementation of minim...
ILAM, Sept 6: Tea workers of eastern Nepal have launched a protest against tea industries following the latter's reluctance to pay them minimum wage fixed by the government.Though the government has revised the minimum wage twice, industries are still paying farmers as per the earlier wage structure...
Sep 06, 2018
ECONOMY
Bhawan Bhatta elected NPBCL chairman
Bhawan Bhatta elected NPBCL chairman
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: Nepal Purbadhar Bikash Company Ltd, the developer of Kathmandu-Kulekhani-Hetauda Tunnel Highway Project, has elected Bhawan Bhatta as its new chairman.
Sep 06, 2018
ECONOMY
Dhalkebar substation comes into operation
Dhalkebar substation comes into operation
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: Established for electricity trade between Nepal and India, Dhalkebar substation in Nepal’s Dhanusha district has come into operation from Wednesday. It is the first interconnection between Nepal and India operating at the high voltage capacity of 220 kV.
Sep 06, 2018
ECONOMY
Work on apartment for poorer quake survivors put on hold since February
Work on apartment for poorer quake survivors put on hold sin...
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: At a time when Dhurmus Suntali Foundation has developed at least three integrated settlements in earthquake-hit districts and smoothly handed it over to needy people, the government’s plan of building apartments for landless families and quake-hit families living in extreme povert...
Sep 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Fertile lands left fallow in lack of workers
Fertile lands left fallow in lack of workers
PYUTHAN, Sept 6: Dan Bahadur KC recalls that people working hand-in-hand in fields was a common sight when he was a little boy. It is no longer true anymore. Even fertile lands in the district have been left fallow. His own Naubahini village is no exception to this.
Sep 06, 2018
POLITICS
Allowance cut affects lawmaking process in parliament
Allowance cut affects lawmaking process in parliament
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: Chairperson of the State Affairs Committee (SAC) of parliament, Mina Pandey proposed holding the committee meeting at 8 am on Thursday but she was forced to reschedule the meeting for 11 am after the staffers at parliament refused to reach office before 10 am.
Sep 06, 2018
SOCIETY
SC stresses criminal liability for serious medical negligence
SC stresses criminal liability for serious medical negligenc...
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: Issuing a final judgment in a nine-year-old case concerning medical negligence on Wednesday, the Supreme Court has stressed the need to find criminal liability if serious medical negligence during the treatment of a patient is proved.
Sep 06, 2018