SPORTS
NSVC to host age group volleyball tournaments
NSVC to host age group volleyball tournaments
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: Nepal School Volleyball Commission (NSVC) is organizing 1st Pabson-School Commission U-18 Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Tournament from Sunday.
Oct 28, 2017
SPORTS
22-player squad announced for Women’s T20
22-player squad announced for Women’s T20
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: A squad of 22 players has been announced for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 Qualifiers Asian Region Tournament under the captaincy of Rubina Chhetry Belbase.
Oct 28, 2017
SPORTS
ANLTA to organize U-14 Ranking Tournament
ANLTA to organize U-14 Ranking Tournament
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: All Nepal Lawn Tennis Association (ANLTA), in collaboration with Asian Tennis Federation (ATF), is set to organize the second Kesha Group ANLTA U-14 Ranking Tournament from Monday.
Oct 28, 2017
ECONOMY
Farmers worried as lack of fertilizers delays cultivation
Farmers worried as lack of fertilizers delays cultivation
DHANGADHI, Oct 27: Ram Gulabi Chaudhary is worried these days after irrigating the land that he had leased to cultivate barley and mustard. It has already been a while after irrigating the land, but he cannot sow the seeds in lack of fertilizers. Now he fears the land will dry and he has to spend mo...
Oct 28, 2017
ECONOMY
Germany’s KfW partners with Om Dev Bank for rural investment
Germany’s KfW partners with Om Dev Bank for rural investment
POKHARA, Oct 27: Om Development Bank has partnered with a bank from Germany to provide loans at cheaper interest rates for small- and medium-scale enterprises to uplift the income of rural communities.
Oct 28, 2017
ECONOMY
TBI Holdings gets license, but government may get nothing
TBI Holdings gets license, but government may get nothing
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: Several domestic and international firms were eying to build Tamakoshi-3, a hydroelectricity project of 650 MW capacity. They were hopeful for a call for competitive bidding, but a sudden move by Energy Secretary Anup Kumar Upadhyaya to award the project’s license to TBI Holdings...
Oct 28, 2017
ECONOMY
Inland Revenue Department meets revenue collection target in Q1
Inland Revenue Department meets revenue collection target in...
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The Inland Revenue Department has succeeded in meeting its target of revenue collection in the first quarter of the current fiscal year -- FY2017/18.
Oct 28, 2017
ECONOMY
Private sector body flays ‘excessive’ holidays
Private sector body flays ‘excessive’ holidays
KATHMANDU: Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) has demanded the opening of economic and financial institutions even during holidays. Issuing a statement on Friday, the umbrella organization of businessmen and merchants, said that it was concerned that numerous holidays by the government to celebrate fes...
Oct 28, 2017
ECONOMY
TAAN announces candidates for executive body poll
TAAN announces candidates for executive body poll
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has published the list of candidates for its election of central executive committee scheduled on October 29, 2017.
Oct 28, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Elections yet to excite Doti locals
Elections yet to excite Doti locals
DOTI, Oct 27: News about the upcoming elections is on air all the time. Television and radio stations have hardly been talking about anything else. However, the people in the villages and towns of Doti are least excited. In fact, they question the credibility of the news about elections saying no on...
Oct 28, 2017