32 people missing in China landslides following typhoon
- by Associated Press
BEIJING, Sept 29: At least 32 people were reported missing Thursday after rain-saturated hillsides collapsed onto villages in southeastern China following a typhoon.
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Minor missing for 8 days found dead
- by Republica
PACHTHAR, Sept 29: An eight-year-old boy missing for eight days has been found dead at Lumughat, Syabrumba-8 in Pachthar district on Wednesday.
Greenovation Startup Challenge targets green business ideas
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Budding entrepreneurs with eco-minded startup ideas can now apply for the Greenovation Startup Challenge (GSC).
Sajha Yatayat to operate buses to Baglung and Gorkha
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Sajha Yatayat is going to operate its bus services to two new routes outside the Kathmandu Valley in view of increasing mobility of public for upcoming Dashain festival.
Introducing Nepali startups to foreign investors
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Rockstart Impact, a Kathmandu based startup accelerator, has opened application for its third accelerator program to prepare Nepali companies attract foreign impact investors.
Bring time-bound plan on elections: MPs
- by Sangeet Sangroula
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Lawmakers have asked the government to immediately come up with a time-bound plan for holding elections for all the three levels--local, provincial and federal--under the new federal setup.
Route permit relaxed to ease travel
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: The government on Wednesday backpedaled from its own commitment of strictly implementing the ban on public vehicles plying without route permit.
With end of syndicate, new era of transport dawns in Dang
- by Devendra Basnet
DANG, Sept 28: Small-sized short-route buses were not catering to the growing needs and expectation of Dang’s residents.
Nepal for SAARC summit as scheduled
- by Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Nepal, the current chair of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), has said that it is for holding the 19th SAARC Summit as per the plan, in Islamabad in November.
Bus passengers reel under lack of tickets for Dashain
- by Ram Saran Tamang
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: With the Dashain festival just three days away, some 90 percent of ticket bookings for buses leaving Kathmandu Valley have already been completed.
Loan growth surpasses deposit mobilization
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Commercial banks have added Rs 53 billion in deposits in the current fiscal year so far, while they extended Rs 60 billion in loans during the period.
Police intercept 21 children from Nepal-India border in Baitadi
- by Bira Gadal
BAITADI, Sept 29: Police in Baitadi this week have intercepted 21 children who were heading for India for employment without informing their family members.
EPF, NT to have equity shares in Bidyut Utpadan Co Ltd
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: As part of the plan to unbundle Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Minister for Energy Janardan Sharma has taken initiative to set up a company focused solely on power generation.
Nimbus to sell Chinese seeds
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Nimbus, one of the leading agro enterprises in the country, is distributing seeds produced by Chinese company Wuhan Comega Seed in the Nepali market.
Govt told to ensure smooth supply of petro products
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: A parliamentary committee has directed the government to prepare a strategy for diversification of petroleum products including liquified petroleum (LP) gas.
Nepal trade information portal launched
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: The government has launched an online trade information portal to help support investment and trade facilitation.
Govt calls taxi drivers' demands irrational
- by Kamal Pariyar
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Even as taxi drivers in the Kathmandu Valley intensified their protest against police crackdown for discouraging meter fraud and overcharging, the government authorities continued to maintain that they would not bow to the irrational demands raised by the drivers.
Implementing previous govt's deals with China is my priority: Poudyal
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Former Chief Secretary Leela Mani Poudyal, who has been recommended as Nepal's ambassador to China, said he accepted the position mainly with a commitment to implement the bilateral agreements reached between Nepal and China earlier this year.
Safe together
- by Republica
An air crash, anywhere in Nepal, is big news, for the sheer spectacle of it. There are few things that garner people’s attention more than an air-crash site: the pulverized main body that has been ploughed into the ground, debris everywhere; the mystery of what went wrong up there, the search for the enigmatic black box down here. The few human casualties, as a result, are deeply mourned, and the personal details of the deceased instantly enter public consciousness.
SC paves the way for construction of Chilime transmission facilities
- by Nirajan Paudel
RASUWA, Sept 29: The Supreme Court has quashed a writ petition filed against Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), paving the way for construction of a key transmission line project in the Trishuli River basin.