ECONOMY
Loans from banks and financial institutions to private sector increases by Rs 192.64 billi...
Loans from banks and financial institutions to private secto...

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The loans extended by banks and financial institutions to the private sector increased by 4.9 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal year, according to the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).
Feb 07, 2024

Editorial
Govt’s laudable to move to integrate emergency services
Govt’s laudable to move to integrate emergency services

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) has formed a task force with the aim of creating an integrated information system capable of promptly relaying emergency texts sent by individuals through mobile or landline phones to a proposed central information hub to ensure...
Feb 07, 2024

SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Hotel Square’s managing director arrested over five months after tragic electrocution inci...
Hotel Square’s managing director arrested over five months a...

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: After over five months since Sajil Man Shakya was electrocuted in the pool of a Lalitpur-based hotel, the Managing Director of Hotel Square, Romi Aryal, was apprehended by the police on Monday.
Feb 06, 2024

ECONOMY
Bagmati Province govt ensures budget of Rs 525 million for Gautam Buddha Intl Cricket Stad...
Bagmati Province govt ensures budget of Rs 525 million for G...

HETAUDA, Feb 6: The Bagmati Province government has allocated a budget of Rs 525 million for the construction of the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium in Chitwan.
Feb 06, 2024

ECONOMY
NAC invites international tenders for leasing two aircraft
NAC invites international tenders for leasing two aircraft

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has called for international tenders bids for leasing two narrow-body aircraft.
Feb 06, 2024

ECONOMY
Inflation moderated to 5.26 percent last month due to decline in price hike of edibles
Inflation moderated to 5.26 percent last month due to declin...
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The consumer price inflation moderated to 5.26 percent as of mid-January, compared to 7.26 percent a year ago.
Feb 06, 2024
ECONOMY
Hetauda Cement Industry resumes production
Hetauda Cement Industry resumes production

MAKWANPUR, Feb 6: Hetauda Cement Industry has resumed production of cement after a gap of three and a half months. The industry had stopped production due to the lack of coal required for cement production.
Feb 06, 2024

ECONOMY
Foreign exchange reserves exceeds Rs 1.8 trillion
Foreign exchange reserves exceeds Rs 1.8 trillion

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The country's foreign exchange reserves have exceeded Rs 1.816 trillion
Feb 06, 2024

POLITICS
President appoints Padma Prasad Pandey as general secretary of Federal Parliament
President appoints Padma Prasad Pandey as general secretary...
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The president has appointed Padma Prasad Pandey as the general secretary of the Federal Parliament.
Feb 06, 2024
SOCIETY
FNJ conducts training on “Media and Information Literacy for Journalists” in Dang
FNJ conducts training on “Media and Information Literacy for...

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: With the aim of equipping working journalists with techniques to critically evaluate content and avoid manipulated information, the Lumbini Province Committee of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) organized training on Media and Information Literacy for Journalists in Dang.
Feb 06, 2024
