ECONOMY
Revenue of Rs 50 million raised through passport camp in Portugal
Revenue of Rs 50 million raised through passport camp in Por...
LISBON, May 18: Revenue amounting to Rs 52.2 million has been collected from the passport service camp that was operated targeting Nepali immigrants facing passport related problems in Portugal.
May 18, 2023
ECONOMY
Investors urge PM Dahal to provide license for new stock exchange as soon as possible
Investors urge PM Dahal to provide license for new stock exc...
KATHMANDU, May 18: Investors have requested not to delay the licensing of the new stock exchange.
May 18, 2023
WORLD
UN wants $100 bn to boost digitization in poor countries
UN wants $100 bn to boost digitization in poor countries
GENEVA, May 18: The United Nations on Wednesday demanded a tripling of pledges aimed at filling the global digitization gap, asking countries and the private sector to hike the funding to $100 billion by 2026. Around 2.7 billion people around the world were offline in 2022, according to data from th...
May 18, 2023
ECONOMY
NRB issues circular on loan restructuring and rescheduling
NRB issues circular on loan restructuring and rescheduling
KATHMANDU, May 17: The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has issued a circular to the banks and financial institutions about the arrangements related to loan restructuring and rescheduling which was brought into effect through the third review of the monetary policy of the current fiscal year 2079/80.
May 18, 2023
POLITICS
Question and Answer session with PM in parliament today
Question and Answer session with PM in parliament today
KATHMANDU, May 18: The House of Representatives meeting under the Federal Parliament is being held today.
May 18, 2023
WORLD
COVID-19 leads over half of Bangladesh's poor people into poverty in 2022
COVID-19 leads over half of Bangladesh's poor people into po...
DHAKA, May 18: The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed 51 percent of the Bangladeshi poor people into poverty in 2022, said the country's leading think tank Wednesday.
May 18, 2023
SOCIETY
Mountaineer Sherpa dies while returning from summit of Mt Everest
Mountaineer Sherpa dies while returning from summit of Mt Ev...
KATHMANDU, May 17: Phurwa Sherpa, a resident of Sankhuwasabha, who was involved in the Nepal Army's Clean Mountain Campaign, 2023, died on the way back to the base camp after reaching atop the Sagarmatha (Mount Everest).
May 18, 2023
ECONOMY, Republica Watch
Setting Examples through Entrepreneurship and Startups
Setting Examples through Entrepreneurship and Startups
The decision for Nepali youths to pursue higher education or employment opportunities abroad is a prevalent and compelling phenomenon. Driven by a myriad of motivations, including the aspiration for quality education, promising career prospects, lucrative scholarships, enhanced skills and certificat...
May 18, 2023
POLITICS
We will take the fake Bhutanese refugee scam to a logical end on the basis of available ev...
We will take the fake Bhutanese refugee scam to a logical en...
KATHMANDU, May 18: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has expressed commitment to take the ongoing investigation into the fake Bhutanese refugee scam to a logical end based on available facts and evidence.
May 18, 2023
Editorial
NUP Must Respect the Rule of Law
NUP Must Respect the Rule of Law
The latest developments surrounding Resham Chaudhary and his political party, the Nagrik Unmukti Party (NUP), have exposed a clear contradiction between their statements and actions. Chaudhary, currently serving a life term for his involvement in the heinous 'Tikapur massacre,' claims to accept the...
May 18, 2023