ECONOMY
After HBL, NIBL calls AGM to endorse merger of two banks
After HBL, NIBL calls AGM to endorse merger of two banks
KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Nepal Investment Bank Limited (NIBL) has scheduled its special annual general meeting (AGM) for January 18 to expedite its plan to merge with Himalayan Bank Limited (HBL).
Dec 30, 2021
OPINION
Taking Nepal forward with MCC
Taking Nepal forward with MCC
In a situation where we seek enhanced international investment, a big question that also arises is - is it in our favor to lose the USD 500 million grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to upgrade our power grid? I feel, it is not.
Dec 30, 2021
Coronavirus
Nepal records 220 new cases, 253 recoveries and two deaths on Wednesday
Nepal records 220 new cases, 253 recoveries and two deaths o...
DECEMBER, 29: Nepal recorded 220 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, along with 253 recoveries and two deaths, according to the latest information by the Ministry of Health and Population.
Dec 29, 2021
POLITICS
Nepal is likely to meet Sikkim’s fate if monarchy is not reinstated: RPP Chairman Lingden
Nepal is likely to meet Sikkim’s fate if monarchy is not rei...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has stressed that there is a need for reinstating the monarchy now more than ever. Giving the example of Sikkim’s annexation, Chairman Lingden claimed that Nepal is likely to meet a similar fate as there is no monarchy now...
Dec 29, 2021
SOCIETY
Development assessment team sent by PM Deuba to Sudurpaschim begins work
Development assessment team sent by PM Deuba to Sudurpaschim...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has sent a team headed by National Planning Commission (NPC) Vice-Chairman Dr Bishwa Poudel to the Sudurpaschim Province for preparing a draft of a greater development project for the Province.
Dec 29, 2021
POLITICS
Decision on MCC should be taken on basis of national consensus: Chairman Yadav
Decision on MCC should be taken on basis of national consens...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Chairman of the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, Upendra Yadav has said that the MCC should be taken forward in a manner that is conducive in the interest of the nation and through consensus among the major political parties.
Dec 29, 2021
SOCIETY
Nepal launches SDGs on Mithila Postal Stamp
Nepal launches SDGs on Mithila Postal Stamp
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: For the first time in the history of Philatic and Postal Stamp Management, the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, issued 17 postal stamps portraying the SDGs on Mithila paintings on Wednesday.
Dec 29, 2021
SOCIETY
Minister Khand calls for raising awareness on earthquake safety everyday
Minister Khand calls for raising awareness on earthquake saf...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand has stressed the need for raising awareness on earthquake safety every day rather than raising them for just one day.
Dec 29, 2021
ECONOMY
Minister Regmi urges China to extend further support to poor and destitute people in Nepal
Minister Regmi urges China to extend further support to poor...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Uma Regmi has urged China to extend further support to help poor and destitute people in Nepal.
Dec 29, 2021
SOCIETY
King Birendra’s bust reinstalled at Birendra Chowk after 16 years
King Birendra’s bust reinstalled at Birendra Chowk after 16...
SURKHET, Dec 29: The bust of late King Birendra Shah has been reinstalled at Birendra Chowk of Birendranagar, Surkhet after 16 years. The late king’s bust at the same place was demolished by protestors during the 2006 People’s Movement
Dec 29, 2021