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Nepse falls marginally by 5.87 points on Thursday

July 21, 2022 16:05 pm

KATHMANDU, July 21: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) on Thursday shed 5.87 points to close at 2,044.72 points

Gold price drops below Rs 97,000 per tola, lowest in the past two and a half months

May 15, 2022 18:54 pm

KATHMANDU, May 15: The price of gold, on Sunday, dropped by Rs 1,300 per tola (11.664 grams), taking down the price of the precious metal below Rs 97,000 per tola - the lowest price in the past two and a half months.

Nepse loses 30.36 points on Wednesday

March 9, 2022 17:36 pm

KATHMANDU, March 9: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) plunged 30.36 points to close at 2,514.58 points on Wednesday.

Nepse inches up by 1.55 points to close at 2,544.94 points on Monday

March 7, 2022 16:56 pm

KATHMANDU, March 7: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) inched up by 1.55 points to close at 2,544.94 points on Monday.

Nepse plunges 19.84 points on Wednesday

February 16, 2022 17:55 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) fell 19.84 points on Wednesday due to the political uncertainty created by the government’s failure to table the US-funded Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact agreement at parliament for ratification.

Nepse loses 16.3 points despite announcement of date for local polls

February 8, 2022 17:46 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) on Tuesday fell 16.3 points despite the investors’ expectation that the government announcement of the date for local elections would take the share market in an upward graph.

Nepse falls 14.5 points on last transaction day of this week

February 3, 2022 16:06 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) fell 14.5 points to close at 2,876.74 points on Thursday after the investors rushed to book the profit.

Nepal’s paddy production down by around 500,000 tons this year due to torrential rain

January 1, 2022 17:40 pm

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Nepal’s paddy production this year has declined by around 500,000 tons, mainly due to massive floods triggered by the torrential rainfall in October, last year.

Nepal received 6.3 percent less remittance during mid-July and mid-September of current FY

October 25, 2021 19:00 pm

KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Nepal’s earnings from remittance declined by 6.3 percent to Rs 155.37 billion during the first two months of the current fiscal year.

NT’s net profit fell 23.5 percent in FY 2020/21

August 16, 2021 06:30 am

KATHMANDU, August 16: Nepal Telecom (NT) made an annual net profit of Rs 7.45 billion in the last fiscal year, a straight fall of 23.5 percent compared to that of the previous year.

Tourist spending, stay falls further

May 28, 2019 09:20 am

KATHMANDU, May 28: Tourism is a priority sector of the government. But outcomes of the sector in recent year have been below expectations.

When Rain Falls For Dust

May 26, 2019 13:36 pm

Dear dust, Let's become what human, Wish to be with their loved one Two souls in a body.

Five including groom's father killed as jeep carrying wedding procession falls off cliff

April 30, 2019 04:00 am

PALPA, April 30: Five people were killed when a jeep carrying a wedding procession veered off a cliff in Nisdi Rural Municipality-7 of Palpa on Monday.

Nepse falls for third straight day

July 20, 2018 00:30 am

KATHMANDU, July 20: Stocks fell sharply over the first trading hour of Thursday's session. Despite staging a partial comeback mid-session, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index continued its downfall toward the end. At the close, the index stood at 1,193.39 points – a drop of 5.38 points, or 0.45 percent, compared to Wednesday.

Ginger price falls even after India allows unhindered export

July 15, 2018 07:49 am

KATHMANDU, July 15: Hike in ginger price was expected after India opened unhindered supply of Nepali fresh ginger effective from July 2. But price of this staple spice has seen a slight fall instead.

One dead, two severely injured of a same family after tree falls

July 3, 2018 12:29 pm

TANAHUN, July 2: A school student died, and two other sustained injuries when a tree suddenly fell down on their way to school at Sekhatar in Byas municipality-6.

Woman falls off bamboo bush, dies

June 13, 2018 10:10 am

NAWALPARASI, June 13 : A woman has died after falling off the bamboo bush following a strong wind coupled with rainfall occurred on Tuesday evening in West Nawalparasi.

Nigeria falls to Czech Republic in World Cup warmup

June 7, 2018 09:15 am

AUSTRIA, June 7: Nigeria will go into the World Cup on a five-match winless streak after losing its final warmup game to Czech Republic 1-0 on Wednesday.

NOC ups fuel price while int’l price falls marginally

June 5, 2018 07:06 am

KATHMANDU, June 5: Nepal Oil Corporation has hiked fuel prices regularly under an automatic pricing mechanism in the last seven months. The steady price hike has impacted the price of daily commodities, and airfares are also to increase by Tuesday. NOC’s latest price hike comes against a fall in international prices.

NEPSE falls by double digit

May 14, 2018 17:44 pm

KATHMANDU, May 14: The Nepal Stock Exchange index continued to tumble with the market that today dipped 10.28 points to close at 1,338. The market saw a dip of 100 points in the past month.

Nepse index falls 17 points after two weeks of gains |

April 15, 2018 08:41 am

KATHMMANDU, April 15: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index plunged 17.1 points to close at 1,277.55 points on Thursday, the last day of the week.

Import of cement falls, clinker rises

March 1, 2018 08:08 am

KATHMANDU, Mar 1: Import of cement has been on a decreasing trend, at a time when talks about the country becoming self-reliant on cement are going on. Cement imports decreased by about 24 percent in the first half of the current fiscal year.

Suspicious transaction reporting by financial institutions falls

February 28, 2018 08:34 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The number of suspicious transaction reporting (STR) by financial and other reporting institutions has declined significantly in the last fiscal year -- FY2016/17.

NEPSE index falls 26.92 points on weekend day today

February 24, 2018 17:47 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 24 (RSS): The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index dipped 26.92 points to sit at 1,386.98 points on the last day of the week's trading on Saturday.

Nepse falls 19 points owing to high interest rates

February 10, 2018 07:55 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index fell 19.48 points this week to close at 1,391.03 points on Thursday -- the last trading day of the week. The stocks have again gone into correction course after recovering some of the lost value in the last two weeks.

Man falls to death from cliff

February 4, 2018 10:52 am

RUKUM, Feb 4: A person died falling from a cliff at Kalakharka of Bafikot rural municipality in the district last night. He is Kali Bahadur Khatri, 45, of Peepal of the rural municipality.

Minibus falls into sea near Shanghai, killing 7 people

January 1, 2018 10:15 am

BEIJING, Jan 1: A Chinese state news agency says seven people were killed when a minibus fell into the sea in a city north of Shanghai.

33 killed as bus falls into river in western India

December 23, 2017 16:58 pm

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: At least 33 people were killed on Saturday after a passenger bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, police said.

Nepse falls 10 points as left alliance emerges victorious

December 16, 2017 09:32 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index fell 10.34 points to close at 1,520.15 points on Thursday -- the last trading day of the week. The stocks have slumped amid counting of votes of the recently held elections of federal parliament and provincial assemblies, which is likely to hand over nearly two-third majority to the 'left alliance'.

Export growth to China rises, India falls

November 20, 2017 08:28 am

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Nepal’s export to China has seen a sizable growth in the first three months of Fiscal Year 2017/18, while export growth to India remains slow.

With noted leaders in fray, Kathmandu -5 falls in spotlight

November 8, 2017 06:05 am

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: With the polls date just a few weeks away, Kathmandu constituency-5 looks set for a keen three-party race.

Share market falls 8.12 points

October 9, 2017 17:48 pm

KATHMANDU, Oct 9: The domestic share market has experienced the fall by 8.12 points today.

Inflation falls to 12-year low of 4.5 percent

August 22, 2017 02:39 am

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Annual average inflation fell to 4.5 percent in the last Fiscal Year 2016/17. According to the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the pace of price rise nearly halved in the last fiscal year from a near double-digit level in 2015/16.

Nepse falls a further 13 points after tarai floods

August 19, 2017 07:59 am

KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index fell 12.98 points this week to close at 1,629.75 points on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.

NEA lowers power generation, imports as demand falls

August 14, 2017 09:38 am

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Nepal Electricity Authority is producing electricity below the capacity of the power plants because of lowered demand or halted supply in the urban centers of the eastern and central regions of the country.

Bus falls into gorge in north Indian hill state, killing 28

July 20, 2017 18:39 pm

NEW DELHI, July 20: An inter-city bus plunged into a deep gorge in a northern Indian hill state on Thursday, killing 28 people and injuring 10 others, officials said.

Inflation falls further to 2.8%

July 19, 2017 10:32 am

KATHMANDU, July 18: Inflation plunged to 2.8 percent in the eleventh month of the last fiscal year 2016/17 compared to 11.1 percent of price rise in the same period of the previous fiscal year 2015/16.

Ginger price falls as export to India decreases

July 13, 2017 08:53 am

KATHMANDU, July 12: The wholesale price of ginger has gone down in the Nepali market as its supply has swollen due to decreasing export to India since 2015.

UK unemployment rate falls to 42-year low

July 12, 2017 15:12 pm

LONDON, July 12: Official figures show that unemployment in Britain has fallen once again as the labor market shows resilience to a slowdown in the wider economy.

Child falls to death

July 9, 2017 10:33 am

BAGLUNG, July 8: A 14-year-old boy, who had gone missing from a nearby forest where he had gone to pluck Padamchal (a sour type of herb) at Sano Ghumte in Baglung on Friday, was found dead on Saturday.

Fire guts one – story house, man falls to death from telecom tower

June 21, 2017 10:32 am

LAHAN, June 21: A short circuit triggered fire at Lahan Municipality – 1 has gutted properties worth Rs 100,000.

Bank lending continues to rise, deposit base falls

May 10, 2017 01:00 am

KATHMANDU, May 10: Banks are struggling to attract deposits despite rise in demands for loans.

One girl killed as tree falls down

May 1, 2017 11:51 am

MUGU, May 1: One girl was killed at 6 am on Sunday as a tree fell down following long-lasting downpours and strong wind.

Subsidized housing loan scheme for quake survivors falls flat

May 1, 2017 00:30 am

KATHMANDU, May 1: Of the around 800,000 people who lost their homes in the devastating earthquakes of 2015, only 264 households have acquired loans from bank and financial institutions (BFIs) so far at a subsidized interest rate.

Man falls to death from a cliff in Palpa

April 28, 2017 10:24 am

PALPA, April 28: One old man died in Rainadevi Rural Municipality on Thursday after falling off a cliff.

Registration of personal vehicles falls as banks tighten lending

April 22, 2017 10:22 am

KATHMANDU, April 22: Registration of personal vehicles saw a drastic drop in the seventh and eighth of current fiscal year, thanks to tightening bank loans.

Two killed after jeep falls off road

April 20, 2017 10:30 am

SINDHULI, April 19: Two people died on the spot when a jeep carrying passengers met with an accident at Pipal Bhanyang of Sindhuli along the BP Highway on Wednesday.

44 dead as bus falls into gorge in northern India

April 19, 2017 15:50 pm

NEW DELHI, April 19 A senior government official says 44 people have been killed after a bus swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India's Himachal Pradesh state.