SOCIETY
71st International Everest Day being celebrated with special programs
71st International Everest Day being celebrated with special...
KATHMANDU, May 29: The 71st International Everest Day is being celebrated today with various special programs.
May 29, 2024
ECONOMY
Numbers of youths seeking foreign employment opportunities surge
Numbers of youths seeking foreign employment opportunities s...
KATHMANDU, May 27: The number of youths going abroad for foreign employment exceeded 771,000 in the last fiscal year 2022/23.
May 29, 2024
POLITICS
NC ends parliament obstruction after 4-pt deal to probe cooperatives including Lamichhane-...
NC ends parliament obstruction after 4-pt deal to probe coop...
KATHMANDU, May 29: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has lifted its parliamentary obstruction following an agreement among major parties to form a parliamentary probe committee to address the problems of cooperatives across the country.
May 29, 2024
ECONOMY
Govt estimates to spend Rs 1.530 trillion in current FY, less by Rs 221 billion than annou...
Govt estimates to spend Rs 1.530 trillion in current FY, les...
KATHMANDU, May 29: The government has estimated to utilize only Rs 1.530 trillion of the budget compared to the announced expenditure for the current fiscal year. Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun said the revised estimation of recurrent expenditure stands at Rs 1.067 trillion, while those on capital...
May 29, 2024
SOCIETY
Drug addiction surges as authorities fail to curb drug trafficking
Drug addiction surges as authorities fail to curb drug traff...
BHAIRAHAWA, May 29: Drug addiction is on the rise as authorities fail to control drug trafficking.
May 29, 2024
ECONOMY
Govt unveils budget of Rs 1.860 trillion for the FY 2024/25, 6.2 percent more than the bud...
Govt unveils budget of Rs 1.860 trillion for the FY 2024/25,...
KATHMANDU, May 29: The government has announced a total budget of Rs 1.860 trillion for the fiscal year 2024/25.
May 29, 2024
POLITICS
Budget cannot address key economic issues facing the country: NC
Budget cannot address key economic issues facing the country...
KATHMANDU, May 29: The main opposition, Nepali Congress (NC), has said that the budget is ritualistic and fails to address the key economic issues facing the country.
May 29, 2024
Editorial
Republicans must mend their ways to save republican system
Republicans must mend their ways to save republican system
A republic is a political system in which governance is conducted by elected representatives from the local to the central level. Nepal adopted this system on May 28, 2008, replacing the monarchy. The republic was born out of a combination of the Maoist armed rebellion, the aspirations of major poli...
May 29, 2024
ECONOMY
Ncell requests 5-year renewal, urges installment plan for Rs 4 billion
Ncell requests 5-year renewal, urges installment plan for Rs...
KATHMANDU, May 28: Nepal’s leading private telecom services provider, Ncell, has submitted an application for a 5-year renewal of its operating license, set to expire in August this year.
May 29, 2024
ECONOMY
Israeli women delegation in Kathmandu to explore business opportunities
Israeli women delegation in Kathmandu to explore business op...
KATHMANDU, May 29: A delegation of Israel-Asia Chamber of Commerce arrived in Kathmandu to explore business opportunities in Nepal.
May 29, 2024