ECONOMY
Stocks surge as investors eye scrips of BFIs
Stocks surge as investors eye scrips of BFIs
KATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index posted gain in the morning session on Wednesday, but pulled back roughly to its opening level by mid-session. However, following a considerable buying pressure seen mainly in bank and financial institutions (BFIs), the latter half of the day was marked b...
Jan 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Small blast in capital, Chand’s hand suspected
Small blast in capital, Chand’s hand suspected
KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA): An unidentified group on Wednesday evening detonated an improvised explosive device at the house of Shobha Kant Dhakal, an alleged mastermind of the Lalita Niwas land scam, in the Swayambhu area in Kathmandu.
Jan 16, 2020
My City, Lifestyle, Health
Make the most out of your life
Make the most out of your life
Life is an adventurous journey. Keep setting yourself to new tasks and strive to achieve them. When you look back at the time you challenged yourself and took risks for the better, you will definitely be proud of yourself.
Jan 16, 2020
Editorial
Nepali Congress, Unite
Nepali Congress, Unite
The main opposition Nepali Congress has become a divided house once again. This is happening at a time when the country needs a united voice in the opposition front to check the government’s wrongdoings and to play the role of a constructive opposition. Division in Congress is troubling for both for...
Jan 16, 2020
OPINION
Making foreign policy dynamic
Making foreign policy dynamic
People and policies are important underpinnings of any organization. Policies are important frameworks because they contain organization’s visions. It is important, therefore, that policies are sound, realistic, time-suited and reflective of the ideals and objectives organizations stand for.
Jan 16, 2020
OPINION
As the trade war continues
As the trade war continues
In its recent economic and fiscal outlook, International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the two greatest potential dangers to global growth in 2019 were a no-deal Brexit and an escalation of trade war between the US and China. The first looks unlikely but the second has brought the whole world into...
Jan 16, 2020
OPINION
Dilemma of Central Banking
Dilemma of Central Banking
BEIJING – Low interest rates—both nominal and real—have been a persistent feature of advanced economies since the 1980s. How long, many now wonder, can the trend last?
Jan 16, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
New deal may bring up to US $50m under Green Climate Fund
New deal may bring up to US $50m under Green Climate Fund
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) has signed the Accreditation Master Agreement with UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) for accessing financing for climate change related-projects and programs in Nepal.
Jan 16, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
HRW raps govt over failures in transitional justice, freedom of expression
HRW raps govt over failures in transitional justice, freedom...
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Human Rights Watch, a New York-based international human rights watchdog, has rapped the government led by KP Oli for failing to deliver transitional justice to conflict victims and introducing a slew of measures to curtail freedom of expression.
Jan 16, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Dahal says he’s responsible for killing 5,000, not 17,000
Dahal says he’s responsible for killing 5,000, not 17,000
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Chairman of ruling Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who led the decade-long Maoist armed insurgency, said on Wednesday that as the leader of the rebel group he would take responsibility for the killings of 5,000 people during that conflict, but not 17,000.
Jan 16, 2020