ECONOMY
Construction entrepreneurs can pay interest on loans by November 2024
Construction entrepreneurs can pay interest on loans by Nove...
KATHMANDU, July 26: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has extended the deadline for the payment of principal and interest on loans disbursed to construction entrepreneurs till November 2024.
Jul 26, 2024
ECONOMY
Monetary Policy 2024/2025: NRB lowers bank rate and deposit collection rates
Monetary Policy 2024/2025: NRB lowers bank rate and deposit...
KATHMANDU, July 26: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has unveiled the Monetary Policy for fiscal year 2024/2025. The NRB has lowered the bank rate and the deposit collection rate through the new monetary policy.
Jul 26, 2024
ECONOMY
Rs 200 million limit on share mortgage loans abolished
Rs 200 million limit on share mortgage loans abolished
KATHMANDU, July 26: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has introduced flexibility in share mortgage loans by abolishing the previous Rs 200 million limit. Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari announced this change as part of the new monetary policy on Friday.
Jul 26, 2024
POLITICS
Maoist Center quits Koshi Government, withdraws support
Maoist Center quits Koshi Government, withdraws support
BIRATNAGAR, July 26: The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) has decided to quit the Koshi Province government today. The Maoists have decided to quit the government and withdraw their support to the provincial government.
Jul 26, 2024
ECONOMY
NRB unveils monetary policy
NRB unveils monetary policy
KATHMANDU, July 26: The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) unveiled the monetary policy for the current fiscal year 2024/25 on Friday.
Jul 26, 2024
SOCIETY
Police officers awarded for heroically rescuing Captain Shakya
Police officers awarded for heroically rescuing Captain Shak...
KATHMANDU, July 26: Six police personnel have been awarded for successfully rescuing Captain Manish Ratna Shakya from a precarious situation following the Saurya Airlines plane accident at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
Jul 26, 2024
SOCIETY
UNESCO votes against enlisting Lumbini as heritage at risk
UNESCO votes against enlisting Lumbini as heritage at risk
KATHMANDU, July 26: The proposal to enlist Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, as the heritage at risk has been disapproved.
Jul 26, 2024
SOCIETY
Singer Joshi of 'Kanchhi Matyang Tyang'-fame dies
Singer Joshi of 'Kanchhi Matyang Tyang'-fame dies
JHAPA, July 26: A gifted singer of folk songs, Laxmi Prasad (LP) Joshi, has passed away. He was 88. Joshi had fallen unconscious at his house in Damak-1 on Thursday evening and was rushed to the local Lifeline Hospital where he breathed his last under treatment.
Jul 26, 2024
SOCIETY
Public Accounts Committee asks govt to provide Lal Commission's report on power tariffs
Public Accounts Committee asks govt to provide Lal Commiss...
KATHMANDU, July 26: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives on Thursday asked the government to provide the report on the power tariffs for 'dedicated and trunk lines' prepared by the probe commission formed under the leadership of former Supreme Court Justice Girish Chan...
Jul 26, 2024
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Nepal’s aviation tragedies: 108 crashes in seven decades claim 959 lives
Nepal’s aviation tragedies: 108 crashes in seven decades cl...
KATHMANDU, July 26: Nepal has a long history of air accidents, with the first recorded incident occurring on 30 August 1955, in Simara, which resulted in the deaths of two crew members. The most recent tragedy took place on July 24, 2024, when a Saurya Airlines plane crashed at Tribhuvan Internation...
Jul 26, 2024