KATHMANDU, June 19: Development Bankers Association Nepal (DBAN) has urged the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to allow 'B' class development banks to deduct loans floated to agriculture sector in excess to the regulatory requirement.......
Published On: June 19, 2019 08:25 AM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, June 19: In a tug-o-war between the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and the government over credit for withdrawal of the controversial Guthi Bill, parliament’s meeting on Tuesday couldn’t proceed.
Published On: June 19, 2019 07:40 AM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSKATHMANDU, June 19: The Public Service Commission has extended the application deadline for the 9,161 vacancies at 515 local units.
Published On: June 19, 2019 07:34 AM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 19: Locals of Banepa took to the street Tuesday against the controversial Guthi Bill. After strong protests in various places across the country, the government later on Tuesday withdrew the bill from parliament.
Published On: June 19, 2019 07:27 AM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYHUMLA/SURKHET, June 18: Ten persons have gone missing after a passenger jeep they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into the Karnali River in Humla district on Tuesday afternoon. Deputy chief of Kharpunath.......
Published On: June 19, 2019 07:10 AM NPT By: JANAK BAHADUR SHAHI and NAGENDRA UPADHYAYA |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 19: Market turned choppy on Tuesday as the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index wavered along with the opening level throughout the day.
Published On: June 19, 2019 03:00 AM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYJUMLA, June 19: The land belonging to Chandannath Bhairavnath Guthi, a religious public trust in Jumla district, has been encroached upon heavily in recent times, with the locals building motorable roads and even private.......
Published On: June 19, 2019 05:00 AM NPT By: DB BUDHA |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 19: Police on Tuesday arrested four persons including the founder of Samata Hospital, Uttam Sanjel, after a female staffer working at the hospital was found hanging inside one of the hospital rooms.
Published On: June 19, 2019 04:00 AM NPT By: Sonam Lama |SOCIETYDHARAN, June 19: Private clinics and hospitals in Dharan are taking advantage of dengue outbreak by charging exorbitant fee for tests due to the inability of the overcrowded BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS).......
Published On: June 19, 2019 04:00 AM NPT By: Rohit Rai |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 19: Bowing to mounting pressure from various quarters, including lawmakers from both the ruling and main opposition parties, the government has decided to withdraw the controversial Guthi Bill that was tabled.......
Published On: June 19, 2019 05:30 AM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSKATHMANDU, June 19: While fire safety is still an under-discussed issue among building code drafters, fire accidents killed as many as 95 lives and caused property losses worth Rs 4.88 billion across the country in the fiscal.......
Published On: June 19, 2019 05:30 AM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, June 19: Though entrepreneurs have appreciated the government's decision to give tax waiver to startups, they think that the scheme will not reach the targeted group due to lack of conceptual clarity.
Published On: June 19, 2019 04:30 AM NPT By: Nikeeta Gautam |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, June 19: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have warned that Internet prices could go up by 20 percent from the beginning of new fiscal year 2019/20 if the government decides to continue 13 percent telecommunication.......
Published On: June 19, 2019 03:30 AM NPT By: Zenith Shah |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, June 19: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has transferred Rs 84.51 million from one budget heading to another to finance foreign junkets of top-ranking functionaries and officials in the past two months alone.
Published On: June 19, 2019 06:00 AM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYSURKHET, June 19: The Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project (BBDMP) has completed preparations to distribute compensation to residents for the land it acquired.
Published On: June 19, 2019 08:05 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya |SOCIETYRoad accidents have claimed way too many lives in Nepal and yet the government authorities seem to be clueless as to how to minimize such deaths.
Published On: June 19, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica |EditorialThe more Prime Minister Oli wastes time dishing out slogans and false promises, the more he will be pushing the country to the brink
Published On: June 19, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar |OPINIONBy 2050, what if we can’t see the forests or the trees? At present rate of exploitation of our forests in Asia and the Pacific, we run that risk
Published On: June 19, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Kundhavi Kadiresan |OPINIONMoving toward a regulatory driven forced merger will be dangerous and detrimental to stability of Nepal’s banking system
Published On: June 19, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Pravesh Rijal |OPINIONGlobally, ‘World Blood Donor Day’ is observed on 14 July. This year, with the theme of ‘Safe blood for all’, the event was celebrated to show gratitude to voluntary unpaid blood donors for gifting lifesaving blood.
Published On: June 18, 2019 08:04 PM NPT By: Republica |My City