ECONOMY
Nepse returns to winning ways
Nepse returns to winning ways
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index gained 8.09 points to close at 1,249.93 points on Wednesday. Though the market lacked vigor till afternoon, a surge in the final trading hour pushed the benchmark index to green penultimate trading day of the week.
Oct 25, 2018
ECONOMY
Cable stringing work on Upper Trishuli-Matatirtha transmission line begins
Cable stringing work on Upper Trishuli-Matatirtha transmissi...
NUWAKOT, Oct 25: Stringing work on Upper Trishuli-Matatirtha (Kathmandu) of 220 KVA transmission line started from Wednesday.
Oct 25, 2018
ECONOMY
Rasuwagadhi customs mobilizes Rs 2.32 billion in revenue in Q1
Rasuwagadhi customs mobilizes Rs 2.32 billion in revenue in...
RASUWA, Oct 25: Rasuwagadhi Customs Office has surpassed revenue target for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2018/19. The customs office along Nepal-China border collected Rs 2.32 billion between mid-July and mid-October. The collection is 3.87 percent higher than the targeted Rs 2.2 billion.
Oct 25, 2018
POLITICS
Ruling party's name yet to be accepted by EC
Ruling party's name yet to be accepted by EC
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Six months after the unification of the then CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) to form the new Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the Election Commission has yet to formally register the party.
Oct 25, 2018
SOCIETY
Families of conflict victims greatly miss slain relatives during Dashain
Families of conflict victims greatly miss slain relatives du...
NEPALGUNJ, Oct 25: Then Maoist rebels had kidnapped Chandra Bahadur BC of Sisne Rural Municipality-7, Rukumkot, in December 1999 when the armed insurgency was at its peak. The rebels had also kidnapped his wife Gyanu and their eight-month old son. The family was held captive for three months.
Oct 25, 2018
SOCIETY
NAST without VC for two months
NAST without VC for two months
The Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) has been running without a vice chancellor for about two months due to wrangling among the ruling parties each of which wanted to appoint their own candidate to the post.
Oct 25, 2018
SOCIETY
Health Secretary Dr Chaudhari transferred to PMO
Health Secretary Dr Chaudhari transferred to PMO
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Dr Pushpa Chaudhari, who had fallen into controversy related to the Kathmandu National Medical College, has been transferred to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Dr Chaudhari has been accused of playing a supportive role...
Oct 25, 2018
POLITICS
SC freed five detainees during Dashain holidays
SC freed five detainees during Dashain holidays
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: The Supreme Court has released five detainees during the Dashain holidays. “Five detainees were released after their detention was found illegal,” Nagendra Prasad Kalakheti, spokesperson of the Supreme Court, told Republica on Wednesday.
Oct 25, 2018
POLITICS, SOCIETY
East Nepal’s second immigration office to be set up at Pashupatinagar
East Nepal’s second immigration office to be set up at Pashu...
ILAM, Oct 25: The government is working to set up an immigration office at the Pashupatinagar checkpoint in Ilam district to allow foreign tourists to enter Nepal through the checkpoint. Local entrepreneurs said the checkpoint would hugely benefit the tourism sector in eastern Nepal.
Oct 25, 2018
POLITICS
Govt plans to relocate ministers' quarters to Bhaisepati
Govt plans to relocate ministers' quarters to Bhaisepati
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: The government plans to relocate the ministers' quarters from Pulchowk to Bhaisepati, on land that was acquired for building living quarters for lawmakers.
Oct 25, 2018