ECONOMY
Finance Minister urges ministries to come up with programs that can be implemented in upco...
Finance Minister urges ministries to come up with programs t...
KATHMANDU, April 2: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has urged all government ministries to propose programs that can be implemented through the next fiscal year’s budget.
Apr 02, 2021
DIASPORA
US officials hand over three lost antiquities to Consulate General of Nepal in New York
US officials hand over three lost antiquities to Consulate G...
KATHMANDU, April 2: The Consulate General of Nepal in New York received three Nepali lost antiquities from the New York County District Attorney's Office in New York.
Apr 02, 2021
WORLD
Taiwan train crash kills 36 in deadliest rail tragedy in decades
Taiwan train crash kills 36 in deadliest rail tragedy in dec...
TAIPEI, April 2: At least 36 people were killed and 72 injured when a Taiwan train derailed in a tunnel on Friday after apparently hitting a truck in the island’s worst rail disaster in at least four decades.
Apr 02, 2021
WORLD
Pakistan, India peace move silences deadly Kashmir frontier
Pakistan, India peace move silences deadly Kashmir frontier
SRINAGAR, India, April 2: The machine guns peeking over parapets of small, sandbagged concrete bunkers and the heavy artillery cannons dug deep into Himalayan Kashmir’s rugged terrain have fallen silent. At least for now.
Apr 02, 2021
SOCIETY
Air pollution level of the valley falls with rainfall but still remains ‘unhealthy’
Air pollution level of the valley falls with rainfall but st...
According to Air Visual, an organization based in Switzerland that collects and processes air quality data, Kathmandu ranked seventh out of almost 100 cities in the world in terms of poor air quality and polluted cities on Thursday afternoon. Last week Kathmandu was on the top in the list.
Apr 02, 2021
SOCIETY
17th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting focuses on preparation of the 5th BIMSTEC Summit
17th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting focuses on preparation of t...
KATHMANDU, April 2: The 17th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting was held virtually on Thursday.
Apr 02, 2021
SOCIETY
Distribution of Melamchi water speeds up in Kathmandu Valley
Distribution of Melamchi water speeds up in Kathmandu Valley
KATHMANDU, April 2: The Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL), water supply authority in Kathmandu Valley, has begun distributing Melamchi water at Balaju area in Kathmandu starting Friday.
Apr 02, 2021
ECONOMY
Five new insurance companies await operating license
Five new insurance companies await operating license
KATHMANDU, April 2: Five new insurance companies have been in a race to receive operating licenses at a time when the government is looking for taking the existing insurers to merger with an aim to minimize unhealthy competition in the insurance business.
Apr 02, 2021
SOCIETY
Two minors drowned in pond in Kathmandu
Two minors drowned in pond in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, April 1: Two minors have downed to death in the course of swimming in a pond on the bank of Bagmati River in Taudaha area in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
Apr 01, 2021
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Stocks stretch advance as market advances 13 points
Stocks stretch advance as market advances 13 points
KATHMANDU, April 1: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index opened the last trading session of the week in green but profit boking in the morning dragged the benchmark towards red briefly. However, stocks found some footing after mid-day and climbed above the opening level to trade around 15 points h...
Apr 01, 2021