KATHMANDU, May 3: The construction of 87 MW Seti River-3 Hydropower Project is estimated to cost around Rs 17.89 billion.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: The estimated cost of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project (UTHP) has been projected to increase by an additional Rs 3 billion this year due to delays in the completion of the 456 MW hydropower project caused by the impact of lockdown and coronavirus, timely availability of related equipment and dilly-dallying by the contractor.

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: The price of gold continues setting a new record in the domestic market.

KATHMANDU, June 26: The price of gold climbed reached a record high of Rs 65,500 per tola (11.664 grams) in the Nepali market on Tuesday. The yellow metal was traded at Rs 65,000 per tola a day earlier.

TOKYO, Oct 18: Asian stocks were capped and the dollar rose to a one week-high in early Thursday trade after the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting showed broad agreement among board members on the need to raise borrowing costs further.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: Prospective Nepali migrant workers to Malaysia might not have to bear hefty departure amount if a draft agreement between Nepal and Malaysia is to be inked. The draft agreement agrees that Malaysian employer will bear all the costs of going on employment to Malaysia, a popular destination of Nepali migrant workers.

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KATHMANDU, July 30: Tourist motor vehicle service providers are increasing vehicle rental costs from October 1.

KATHMANDU, June 13: End of transportation syndicates was expected to promote fair competition among truck and transport operators, bringing down transportation cost. But this has not happened, industrialists say.

KATHMANDU, April 25: The National Economic Census is conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics will cost approximately Rs 400 million.

Education in Nepal is a struggle in every step. From enrolling in the primary school to deciding the career for lifetime, there are hurdles everywhere

KATHMANDU, April 19: The World Bank has estimated that the transition costs of restructuring the government in the new federal set up would be at 3-4 percent of GDP per year over the next four years.

KATHMANDU, April 19: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) did not submit the details of around Rs 10 million spent in travel by two teams led by the then minister Gopal Man Shreshta and then secretary Shanta Bahadur Shrestha respectively.

WASHINGTON, April 6: China vowed on Friday to fight the U.S. "at any cost" after President Donald Trump proposed slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods in an escalating trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.

When people in poor countries go hungry, it’s often because food is unaffordable. A report from the World Food Programme (WFP) analyzed the glaring gap in food costs around the world, finding that in many cases, people living in poor countries have to spend the bulk of their wages on basic nourishment.

KATHMANDU, March 18: The project cost of the much-awaited Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower project is estimated to reach close to Rs 50 billion. This will mean a cost increased of Rs 14 billion.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased the price of petroleum products on Thursday citing the rise in the price of crude oil in the international market.

MORANG, Feb 1: The government has allocated 70 million rupees for the repair and maintenance of the office buildings to be used by the top officials of Province No 1.

DHARAN, Jan 22:  The construction of Maternity Child Health (MCH) Center building at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) is being carried out without carrying out 'proper' cost estimation.

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: The Election Commission (EC) has published the election operation cost of Provincial Assembly and House of Representatives held in two phases on November 26 and December 7.

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: The cost of operation of all the seven provincial parliament secretariats is estimated to be around Rs. 2.55 billion annually, according to a study carried out by the Legislature-Parliament Secretariat.

KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Lal Babu Pandit, the CPN-UML leader who was recently elected to parliament from Morang-6, has wound up all his  poll campaign activities, spending only about half the amount that the Election Commission (EC) allows per candidate.

KATHMANDU, Dec 18: A committee formed by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to produce estimated cost to construct Budhi Gandaki Hydro Power submitted its draft report to the government. The team, led by Swarnim Wagle submitted the report to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Kamal Thapa today.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Expenditures for the two houses of parliament and the provincial assemblies will be  at least three times that  of the previous constituent assembly-turned parliament. The annual expenditure of the 601-member parliament was  around Rs 1.40 billion, and this expenditure will now soar to Rs 4.25 billion, according to a study of all legislatures and their secretariats prepared  in July by the parliament secretariat.

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: A preliminary study of a crossborder 100-km railway connecting Kathmandu and Tibet's Kerung has put the total cost of the project at around Rs 275 billion.

The first lady Dr. Arju Rana Deuba is buying house at Dhangadhi, cost thirty million. she is buying that house to avoid the blame of opposition party's of being tourist candidate.  Candidate of the constituency-5 for House of Representative from Nepali Congress is in the election campaign having to counter of tourist candidate.  After giving the loud voice as tourist candidate by Opposition party, she decides to buy that house.

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: Upcoming elections are likely to cost between Rs. 20 to 25 billion, former Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Shanta Raj Subedi said.

KATHMANDU, Oct 14: The reconstruction of the heritages, devastated by the 2015 earthquake, is not gaining momentum in a satisfactory manner.

BAJHANG, Sept 12: The price of tomato has been increasing exponentially in the local market of Bajhang. Citing low production by the farmers, vendors are selling tomatoes at Rs 180 per kg these days.

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: Local representatives from across the country have joined hands to press the government to provide at least three cars to each local unit. The four-wheelers were demanded for chief, deputy chief and secretary of each municipality and rural municipality, according to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD).

KATHMANDU, September 10: The transport entrepreneurs have decided to open advance booking counters for Dashain from Tuesday.

BAGLUNG, Sept 6: In what we call a blatant negligence on the infrastructure development, the blacktop applied along the three kilometer-road has come off immediately after one and a half months in the district.

CHARIKOT, Aug 20: Monsoon rain coupled with other factors have affected the construction works of Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project.

KATHMANDU, August 9: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has determined the new tariff for the electricity that is being imported from India.

HUMLA, August 9: A pick-up jeep was airlifted by a helicopter to Simikot, the district headquarters of Humla, after it was not possible to take the jeep through the road which has opened recently. It took Rs 1 million to airlift the jeep from Surkhet.

CHITWAN, August 7: The newly elected Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Renu Dahal, on Sunday announced a decision on making the tickets to Out – Patient Department (OPD) services at state – run hospitals for women and elderly citizens cost – free

BIRATNAGAR, July 31: Stakeholders have opined that if the current trend of Nepali youths going for overseas employment continues for 10 more years, it will have a negative impact on the social, economic and cultural aspects of the country.

KATHMANDU, July 11: Government employees have spent over a billion rupees on foreign visits in the last two months. The bill includes over 1,400 trips of civil servants since May 18 this year. Some of the visits are scheduled to take place in the next few weeks.

KATHMANDU, July 10: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) had initially estimated the security costs of holding the local elections at around Rs 7.5 billion. However, circumstances changed on April 26 when the government announced to hold the elections in two phases. The government decided to hold the first round of elections in provinces 3, 4 and 6 on May 14 and the second round of elections in provinces 1, 2, 5 and 7 on June 14. Following the government's decision, MoHA on May 22 decided to demand an additional amount of Rs 2.69 billion from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) citing the extended tenure of security personnel and officers deployed for the elections.

ILAM, July 5: A few days before the second phase of local polls, Nepali Congress" (NC) Ilam district Secretary Khagendra Dewan claimed that his party would sweep all ten local units of the district. His prediction didn't materialize as the result was exactly the opposite of what they were expecting.

KATHMANDU, May 24: Nepal Credit and Commerce (NCC) Bank Ltd has said that would provide Applications Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) service to its customers free of cost.

URLABARI, April 19: Minister for Information and Communications and Government spokesperson Surendra Bahadur Karki has said that the government is focused on holding the local-level elections on May 14.

KATHMANDU, April 19: The meeting between five major parties concluded that the local level elections should be conducted on May 14 at any cost.

DANG, April 18: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs Kamal Thapa has said that talks were ongoing to bring all political parties on board the local level elections.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has finally fulfilled his long-held ambition to expand his powers after Sunday's referendum handed him the reins of his country's governance. But success did not come without a cost.

KATHMANDU, April 17: Two ruling parties --Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Center) - have reached  an informal understanding to hold the local level election on the stipulated date even if the agitating parties united under the Federal Alliance (FA) do not come on board.

KATHMANDU, March 31: The Department of Archeology (DoA) has estimated the reconstruction of the Dharahara landmark at Rs 2.8 billion.

MORANG, March 31: Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, has said that the local poll will not be postponed under any pretext.

Chitwan, March 30: CPN (UML) senior leader and former Prime Minister Jhalnath Khanal has said that the local poll will not be postponed under any pretext.