ECONOMY
Govt distributing subsistence allowance to unemployed citizens
Govt distributing subsistence allowance to unemployed citize...
KATHMANDU, Aug 29: The government will provide unemployment allowance to jobless people if the bill to ensure people’s right to employment is enacted by the parliament.
Aug 29, 2018
ECONOMY
FNCCI calls for collaboration with World Bank
FNCCI calls for collaboration with World Bank
KATHMANDU, Aug 29: The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has called for collaboration between the World Bank and the private sector in tourism, agriculture, education, health and infrastructure development sectors.
Aug 29, 2018
WORLD
For first time in decades, astronaut quits NASA training
For first time in decades, astronaut quits NASA training
For the first time in five decades, a NASA astronaut candidate has resigned from training, the US space agency said Tuesday.
Aug 29, 2018
WORLD
Brazil sends army to border as Venezuelans flee crisis at home
Brazil sends army to border as Venezuelans flee crisis at ho...
LIMA, Aug 29: Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area, while Peru declared a health emergency, as a regional crisis sparked by thousands of Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse escalated on Tuesday.
Aug 29, 2018
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels for August 28
Valley Pollution Levels for August 28
Valley Pollution Levels for August 28
Aug 29, 2018
POLITICS
Candidacies filed for upper house panels
Candidacies filed for upper house panels
KATHMANDU, Aug 29: With the ruling Nepal Communist Party deciding to allot the post of chief of one of the four committees under the National Assembly to the main opposition Nepali Congress, nominations were filed for the chiefs of only three committees on Tuesday.
Aug 29, 2018
ECONOMY
BIMSTEC 16th ministerial meeting convening
BIMSTEC 16th ministerial meeting convening
KATHMANDU, Aug 29: The 16th ministerial meeting of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is taking place here this morning.
Aug 29, 2018
SOCIETY
'Investigation centered on proving innocent guilty'
'Investigation centered on proving innocent guilty'
KANCHANPUR, Aug 29: On July 27, Nirmala Pant of Bhimdatta Municipality-2 had gone to her friend's house to study but she was raped and subsequently murdered. Immediately after finding her lifeless body, her family and relatives launched protests to pressurize the police and the authorities concerned...
Aug 29, 2018
POLITICS
Bill bars pensioners from receiving security allowances
Bill bars pensioners from receiving security allowances
KATHMANDU, Aug 29: The government has registered a new bill in parliament to regulate social security allowances, barring pensioners from claiming such allowance.
Aug 29, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepal-Malaysia labor agreement reaches final stage
Nepal-Malaysia labor agreement reaches final stage
KATHMANDU, Aug 29: The Labor Agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) between Malaysia and Nepal, which has been stalled for three months, has at last reached its final stage. Although the Malaysian government had been turning down previous attempts by Nepal to table an agreement, it surprisingly se...
Aug 29, 2018