August 13, 2019 17:15 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Nepal Electricity Authority has earned more than Rs seven billion in the last fiscal year.
July 25, 2018 10:00 am
WASHINGTON DC, July 25: The Trump administration has extended $12 billion in emergency financial assistance to farmers negatively affected by the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, among others, Politico reported Tuesday.
July 8, 2018 08:22 am
WASHINGTON, July 8: The Trump administration on Saturday halted billions of dollars in payments to health insurers under the Obamacare healthcare law, saying that a recent federal court ruling prevents the money from being disbursed.
April 23, 2018 00:05 am
Over 1.5 million children die every year from vaccine-preventable diseases. A study shows that the lifelong return on funding vaccine programmes is far higher than other investments.
February 6, 2018 16:20 pm
Hopes the ozone layer is recovering have been dashed by new research showing it continues to decline in the most populated areas of the world.
January 19, 2018 02:35 am
MUMBAI, Jan 19: A probe by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has found that Pernod Ricard India Pvt Ltd, the Indian arm of the world's second-largest spirits maker, has allegedly evaded Customs duty of about Rs 6.13 billion in the last six years, sources told The Indian Express.
August 15, 2017 01:45 am
KATHMANDU, August 15: The government has been sitting on billions of rupees in relief funds for the victims of natural disasters even as thousands of people suffer cold and hunger in the districts affected by flooding and landslides.
June 18, 2017 15:34 pm
BHAKTAPUR, June 18: Preliminary investigation showed that the fire in the Yeti Carpet Industry in Bhaktapur was caused by short-circuits in a transformer along side the industry.
December 8, 2016 04:27 am
KATHMANDU, Dec 8 : Medical equipment worth billions of rupees is dumped in the stores of Nepal's top government hospitals when they break down. The hospitals neither repair such equipment nor auction them off. Bir Hospital, Teaching Hospital at Maharajgunj, Kanti Children's Hospital, B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Chitwan, the Regional Hospital in Pokhara and scores of others across the country have been dumping expensive equipment for years, preferring to procure new equipment rather than go for repairs.
June 15, 2016 21:41 pm
KATHMANDU, June 16:The prime Minister, other ministers and influential leaders of the opposition parties have managed to get huge funds allocated to their respective constituencies for the development of minor local roads in order to woo local voters.