Published On: March 18, 2021 08:55 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 18: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country’s central bank, released a total of Rs 82.29 billion under refinance schemes in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.
Published On: March 18, 2021 07:50 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 18: Child marriage spiked in humanitarian crises triggered by the COVID-19 in a number of South Asian countries, mainly in Nepal and Bangladesh, says a report of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP).
Published On: March 17, 2021 07:02 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: Nepal Investment Bank Ltd. (NIBL) has announced the launch of its digital wallet service, “Thaili”.
Published On: March 17, 2021 06:12 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: The Parliamentary Joint Hearing Committee has initiated the public hearing process of two high court judges proposed as Supreme Court justices.
Published On: March 17, 2021 05:25 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: A Nepali woman was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in the Indian capital New Delhi on Wednesday morning.
Published On: March 17, 2021 05:00 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: Amid growing intraparty rift within the party, the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the CPN-UML has decided to boycott the parliamentary party meeting called by the party.
Published On: March 17, 2021 04:38 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: Chairperson of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist, KP Sharma Oli, who is also the prime minister, has called the party's parliamentary party meeting on Thursday.
Published On: March 17, 2021 03:55 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: The general convention of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has been scheduled for April 7.
Published On: March 17, 2021 01:45 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: Amid deepening rift within the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the Madhav Nepal-led faction of the party is holding a two-day national gathering beginning today.
Published On: March 17, 2021 01:15 PM NPT By: Republica
KARNALI, March 17: Body of seven-year-old Rajani Baduwal of Nimail in Aathbis Municipality-3 in Dailekh district, who allegedly jumped into the Karnali river along with her mother and three other family members, was recovered along the river banks near Asaraghat in Achham district.
Published On: March 17, 2021 01:05 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: Nepali Congress (NC) leader and former minister Nabindra Raj Joshi, who is undergoing treatment for brain hemorrhage at Norvic International Hospital in the capital, is in critical condition, the hospital stated in a press release on Wednesday morning.
Published On: March 17, 2021 11:42 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has yet again increased the prices of petroleum products. The price of petrol, diesel and kerosene has been increased by Rs 2 per liter each with effect from Wednesday.
Published On: March 17, 2021 08:30 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 17: Consumer inflation stood at 2.70 percent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year, almost one-third of the rate in the same period last year.
Published On: March 16, 2021 10:38 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 16: The ruling CPN-UML that was revived by the Supreme Court verdict earlier last week is set to see a formal split with the party's establishment faction issuing threat to take disciplinary action against those attending the national gathering being organized by Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction in the party.
Published On: March 16, 2021 07:45 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 16: The equity market opened in green and traded slightly higher in the first trading hour. A rally saw the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index climb above 2,400 points at mid-day, but a firm correction pulled the index towards red in the afternoon. Following a late afternoon recovery, the index ended the day with a modest 2.56 point’s gain at 2,391.74.
Published On: March 16, 2021 06:55 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 16: A key leader of the ruling CPN-UML Bamdev Gautam has accused the party’s Chairman KP Sharma Oli of trying to split the party.
Published On: March 16, 2021 06:20 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 16: Three former prime ministers have boycotted an all-party meeting called by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
Published On: March 16, 2021 04:55 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 16: The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist Leninist) has accused party chairperson KP Sharma Oli of trying to divide the party.
Published On: March 16, 2021 04:10 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 16: The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) has picked its Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal as its parliamentary party leader.
Published On: March 16, 2021 02:32 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 16: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the leaders and cadres of his party, the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), not to join in the ‘factional national gathering’ being organized by the party’s rival faction led by senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.