SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Suicide cases alarmingly up in Sudur Paschim
Suicide cases alarmingly up in Sudur Paschim
DHANGADHI, Jan 24: The number of suicide cases has been increasing at an alarming rate in Sudur Paschim Province.
Jan 24, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Sunkoshi-Marin project gets national pride status
Sunkoshi-Marin project gets national pride status
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The government has decided to enlist Sunkoshi-Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project as a ‘national pride project’.
Jan 24, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Himalaya Airlines starts direct flight to Chongqing
Himalaya Airlines starts direct flight to Chongqing
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Himalaya Airlines started scheduled flights to Chongqing – a provincial-level municipality in southwest China – on Thursday.
Jan 24, 2020
ECONOMY
Nepse down as profit booking continues
Nepse down as profit booking continues
KATHMANDU: The market witnessed considerable selling pressure in the last trading day of the week saw. Despite climbing higher in the morning, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index pulled back after hitting 1,320-point mark. The benchmark index plateaued around 1,310 points in the afternoon but gav...
Jan 24, 2020
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Fear of floods looms large for locals of Saptari
Fear of floods looms large for locals of Saptari
RAJBIRAJ, Jan 24: Water is hardly seen in Khado River except during the monsoon. During rainy days, it swells and floods wreak havoc in the nearby villages time and again. The river flows through several parts of Saptari district in Nepal, and it also touches villages of Bihar, India. It is the resp...
Jan 24, 2020
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Nepal still among most corrupt countries
Nepal still among most corrupt countries
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Even as the government commitment to overcome pervasive corruption in the country remains unfulfilled, Nepal has made some progress in its fight against corruption, Transparency International (TI) said in its annual report on Thursday. But Nepal still remains among the most corrup...
Jan 24, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NCP sweeps upper house elections
NCP sweeps upper house elections
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The ruling Nepal Communist Party clean swept the election for 18-member upper house elections Thursday.
Jan 24, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Govt may probe ill-gotten gains stashed in foreign lands
Govt may probe ill-gotten gains stashed in foreign lands
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The government has stepped up moves for amending the Prevention of Corruption Act to allow its anti-corruption agency to investigate property held in foreign countries and retrieve it if it is found to have been acquired through corrupt means.
Jan 24, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Search for missing trekkers to resume in March
Search for missing trekkers to resume in March
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The government suspended the search for the missing trekkers in the Annapurna region on Thursday citing renewed snowfall and difficulties in digging through the hardened avalanche debris. Officials said the search will resume possibly in March. The rescuers have already identified...
Jan 24, 2020
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Govt asks Sajha to return Rs 3b meant for buying 300 electric buses
Govt asks Sajha to return Rs 3b meant for buying 300 electri...
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The government has decided to retrieve the Rs 3 billion it had provided to Sajha Yatayat six months ago to purchase 300 electric buses.
Jan 24, 2020