ECONOMY
5,794 farmers get Rs 6.46b in subsidized loans
5,794 farmers get Rs 6.46b in subsidized loans
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Bank and financial institutions (BFIs) have extended a total of Rs 6.46 billion in loans to farmers with the government-subsidized interest.
Dec 26, 2017
My City
Small Japan in Nepal
Small Japan in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Among many restaurants in Thamel, there lies a cozy eatery—Tokyo Izakaya—that serves you traditional Japanese dishes. Tokyo Izakaya also serves different Chinese, continental dishes and is planning to soon launch Korean cuisines. The interiors and playlists at Tokyo Izakaya have Japanese...
Dec 26, 2017
SOCIETY
Rural Municipality chief constructs 2 kms road on personal expenses
Rural Municipality chief constructs 2 kms road on personal e...
MYAGDI,Dec 26: Chairman of Raghuganga Rural Municipality in Myagdi Bhaba Bahadur Bhandari has invested his personal budget for the construction of two kilometers long rural road from Phooldanda to Aul in Raghuganga.
Dec 26, 2017
ECONOMY
Goodwill Finance launches ‘IamMba’ campaign
Goodwill Finance launches ‘IamMba’ campaign
KATHMANDU, Dec26: Goodwill Finance Company Ltd (GFCL) has launched 'IamMba' campaign, or I am Master of Bachat and Arjan (I am master of saving and income), amid a ceremony held in the capital on Monday.
Dec 26, 2017
My City
Insomnia
Insomnia
To sleep is to recharge but my body’s still not dead,
My brain is running but my body’s striving for bed.
Just one thought running wild in my head,
I need to sleep, I want to sleep, but a scar in his heart is embedded.
Dec 26, 2017
ECONOMY
Ilam’s ‘orange capital’ becoming history
Ilam’s ‘orange capital’ becoming history
ILAM, Dec 26: Salakpur in Rong Rural Municipality Ward 6 of Ilam district was considered to be hub for orange farming. But not even one decade after the village started farming oranges, 90 percent of the orange trees have dried out.
Dec 26, 2017
ECONOMY
Dozens of airlines yet to pay TIA Rs 1.35b
Dozens of airlines yet to pay TIA Rs 1.35b
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Around a dozen international airlines operating flights to Nepal owe the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) around Rs 1.35 billion in various services including passengers service charge, air development fee, landing, parking and the fees involving the use of navigational eq...
Dec 26, 2017
ECONOMY
Smart Cell opens Smart Centre in Kumaripati
Smart Cell opens Smart Centre in Kumaripati
KATHMANDU,Dec 26: Smart Telecom has established a new customer service center named Smart Centre at Kumaripati, Lalitpur.
Dec 26, 2017
My City
Weight becomes identity
Weight becomes identity
In this world people are judged on the basis of the numbers they gain on a weighing machine. If I have to say about myself, I am slightly overweight, that’s what my BMI says about me. Keeping all external comments in exception, I don’t mind my fats at all but my insecurities get triggered due to oth...
Dec 26, 2017
My City
Single step for A thousand-mile journey
Single step for A thousand-mile journey
Kathmandu is a city that’s as developed as it gets from a typical Nepali’s perspective. There are people working at every street, running after money while responsibilities are continuously piling up on them as the days go by. And there are outliers, women, preferably married, in some parts of the v...
Dec 26, 2017