ECONOMY
New financial reporting standards cause confusions
New financial reporting standards cause confusions
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Nepal Financial Reporting Standards (NFRS) has caused confusions among commercial banks who are publishing their financial statements as per the new standards for the first time.
Aug 10, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepal Rastra Bank paves way for commercial banks to borrow in Indian currency
Nepal Rastra Bank paves way for commercial banks to borrow i...
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has paved the way for commercial banks to make Indian currency borrowing from banking institutions of the southern neighbor.
Aug 10, 2018
ECONOMY
Stocks fall for sixth consecutive session
Stocks fall for sixth consecutive session
KATHMANDU: The stock market started trading on Thursday on a positive note. Even though the market surged around 2 points initially, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index failed to sustain in the positive side, declining throughout the remaining day. At the end of the week, the index was...
Aug 10, 2018
ECONOMY
Bangladeshi State Minister visits Chandragiri Hills
Bangladeshi State Minister visits Chandragiri Hills
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh, Nasrul Hamid, on Thursday made an unofficial visit to the Chandragiri Cable Car Project.
Aug 10, 2018
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels for August 9, 2018
Valley Pollution Levels for August 9, 2018
Valley Pollution Levels for August 9, 2018
Aug 10, 2018
SOCIETY
‘Local units performing poorly on school education’
‘Local units performing poorly on school education’
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Various stakeholders have argued that the local units have not performed well to manage school education up to Grade 12 as per the rights devolved to the local units by the federal constitution of Nepal.
Aug 10, 2018
SOCIETY
Journalists stage demonstration for Alam’s release
Journalists stage demonstration for Alam’s release
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Dozens of Nepali journalists on Thursday staged demonstration in front of the Bangladeshi Embassy in Kathmandu demanding immediate release of acclaimed Bangladesh photo journalist and social activist Shahidul Alam. Alam was arrested by Bangladeshi authorities earlier this week.
Aug 10, 2018
SOCIETY
Drug abuse up 50 percent in valley
Drug abuse up 50 percent in valley
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Records maintained by the Metropolitan Police Office (MPO), Ranipokhari, show an increase of about 50 percent in the cases of drug abuse in the valley in fiscal year 2017/18. A comparative data of three years maintained by the MPO show that the total number of criminal cases regis...
Aug 10, 2018
SOCIETY
Drug abuse declining in Tikapur
Drug abuse declining in Tikapur
TIKAPUR, Aug 10: Drug abuse in Tikapur Municipality of Kailali district has decreased in recent times, thanks to the efforts made by the local security bodies. Only one incident of drug abuse was reported in the last fiscal year, against 27 such incidents in the previous fiscal year.
Aug 10, 2018
POLITICS
Home minister promises probe into ‘police encounter’
Home minister promises probe into ‘police encounter’
KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has said that his ministry will look into the controversy over the alleged encounter this week of two individuals suspected of kidnapping and killing an 11-year-old boy, Nishan Khadka, of Kadaghari.
Aug 10, 2018