Editorial, Latest Updates
Message of by-polls
Message of by-polls
The results of by-elections held for 52 vacant positions on Saturday have been out. The poll results do not show major change in the strength of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) than the mandate they had secured in the 2017 elections. But it has sen...
Dec 03, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Relevance of WTO reform
Relevance of WTO reform
Global merchandize trade has experienced slowdown after 2011 which is mainly attributed to the economic recession of 2009-10 and the drop in the prices of fuels and minerals in the ensuing years. The situation got aggravated as the US government made a big shift in its trade policy after 2016, intro...
Dec 03, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
All is not well with global economy
All is not well with global economy
NEW YORK – This past May and August, escalations in the trade and technology conflict between the United States and China rattled stock markets and pushed bond yields to historic lows. But that was then: since then, financial markets have once again become giddy. US and other equities are trending...
Dec 03, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Reclaiming our land
Reclaiming our land
The Indo-Nepal border dispute at Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani is getting intense. Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has accused Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli of giving consent to include these areas in political map of India. It is a serious allegation to the government head at a ti...
Dec 03, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Compensation for land in market areas fixed
Compensation for land in market areas fixed
DHADING, Dec 3: Compensation amount for land to be acquired in Dhading and Gorkha districts for Budhigandaki Hydropower Project have been determined.
Dec 03, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
NOC hikes petrol, diesel, kerosene prices by Rs 2 a liter
NOC hikes petrol, diesel, kerosene prices by Rs 2 a liter
KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene have gone up by Rs 2 per liter each.
Dec 03, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
DRI files cases against 50 tax evaders
DRI files cases against 50 tax evaders
KATHMANDU, Dec 3: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) filed cases against 50 firms and individuals on charge of revenue evasion over the first four months of the current fiscal year.
Dec 03, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
‘Cheaper chicken imports affecting poultry farmers’
‘Cheaper chicken imports affecting poultry farmers’
KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Poultry farmers have said that import of poultry products was affecting their business.
Dec 03, 2019
ECONOMY
Nepse unchanged in choppy trading
Nepse unchanged in choppy trading
KATHMANDU: The stock market observed a choppy session and faltered along the opening level throughout the day on Monday. The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) ended the day essentially unchanged at 1,111.99 points losing a meager 0.86 points.
Dec 03, 2019
SPORTS, Latest Updates
Mom of two Shakya totes up record points to lead Nepal’s gold barrage
Mom of two Shakya totes up record points to lead Nepal’s gol...
KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Ayesha Shakya, a mother of two, has won gold in the above 29 years age category of the individual Taekwondo Poomsae and for the team event of the same category held at Satdobato Sports Complex, Lalitpur Monday, to lead Nepal’s barrage of gold during the 13th South Asian Games (SAG)...
Dec 03, 2019