ECONOMY
'NEA will also benefit from the cross-border transmission line'
'NEA will also benefit from the cross-border transmission li...
An agreement has already been signed between Nepal and India to jointly construct two additional 400 KV cross-border transmission lines—Inaruwa-Poornia and Dododhara-Bareilly.
Nov 07, 2025
WORLD
Trump hails Central Asia's 'unbelievable potential' at summit
Trump hails Central Asia's 'unbelievable potential' at summi...
The West has upped its interest with the resource-rich region, where Moscow's traditional influence has been questioned since the Kremlin's Ukraine invasion and where China is also a major player.
Nov 07, 2025
POLITICS
Pokhrel preparing to challenge Oli for UML chairmanship
Pokhrel preparing to challenge Oli for UML chairmanship
Pokhrel, who had already said during the 10th Convention that he “deserved” to contest for the top position, has now signaled that he will run for chair with support from the Bidya Devi Bhandari faction.
Nov 07, 2025
ECONOMY
Heavy taxes hit telecom operators as revenues plummet
Heavy taxes hit telecom operators as revenues plummet
The fall in revenue has squeezed profits and weakened investment capacity. Sector experts say the lack of new revenue streams in recent years has pushed the telecom industry towards crisis. Without urgent policy reforms, they warn, the sector may face severe challenges. Due to shrinking income and p...
Nov 07, 2025
ECONOMY
CIAA files graft case in Rs 12.36 million VAT embezzlement
CIAA files graft case in Rs 12.36 million VAT embezzlement
According to the CIAA, the accused are Tilak Ale, former tax officer at the Inland Revenue Office in Dharan, and Santosh Kumar Basnet, managing director of Swaminarayan Nirman Services Pvt Ltd. The anti-graft body has sought recovery of the embezzled amount, an equivalent fine, and jail terms for bo...
Nov 07, 2025
WORLD
Elon Musk to receive $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
Elon Musk to receive $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareho...
About 75% of votes backed the plan during the company’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas, where Musk received loud applause and later danced on stage to chants of his name.
Nov 07, 2025
WORLD
COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction
COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction
Trump, who has opted out of attending the summit, recently dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.”
Nov 07, 2025
ECONOMY
NEA–industrialist tariff row eases as ten firms begin paying dues
NEA–industrialist tariff row eases as ten firms begin paying...
The NEA confirmed that electricity supply to these firms has been restored after partial payment.
Nov 07, 2025
SOCIETY
Weather to remain mainly fair
Weather to remain mainly fair
According to the Weather Forecasting Division, there is a possibility of light rain or snowfall at one or two places in the mountainous regions of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces.
Nov 07, 2025
SOCIETY
Melamchi water flow to Kathmandu Valley dries up again — this time by local protest
Melamchi water flow to Kathmandu Valley dries up again — thi...
According to locals, a group of around 50 people reached the project’s remote headworks site at Ambathan—where water from the Melamchi River is diverted into the main tunnel—and redirected the river to its natural route on Thursday. The move has stopped the flow of Melamchi water t...
Nov 07, 2025