KATHMANDU, Aug 4: The sole equity market witnessed a lackluster trading week as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index closed between the tight range of 1,190 to 1,195 points in all five trading sessions. The index that started the week at 1,191.20 points gained over 3 points on the first trading day of the week.

KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Stocks traded mildly higher in the beginning hour of Thursday’s session. However, the market failed to hold on to the initial gains and traded mostly in the negative territory later in the session. Despite a slight pullback toward the end, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index closed 2.56 points to end the week at 1,191.31 points.

KATHMANDU, July 31: Stocks turned flat in another choppy session on Monday as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index continued to show a lack of direction. Consequently, the market has confined between a narrow range of 1,190 to 1,200 points for a sixth straight session. The index which had climbed 4 points mid-day pared all its gains to close flat at 1,194.28points, losing 0.44 points.

KATHMANDU, July 31: Stocks turned flat in another choppy session on Monday as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index continued to show a lack of direction. Consequently, the market has confined between a narrow range of 1,190 to 1,200 points for a sixth straight session. The index which had climbed 4 points mid-day pared all its gains to close flat at 1,194.28points, losing 0.44 points.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Stocks opened the week posting strong gains ahead of the start of the Fiscal Year 2018/19. On the first two trading sessions, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse), which opened the week at 1191.98 points, climbed more than 20 points. Nonetheless, the index recorded losses in all latter sessions. Consequently, Nepse added a meager 1.41 points to close the week at 1,193.39 points.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Stocks got off to a strong start in the morning session on Wednesday, managing to move 15 points higher as the session progressed. However, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index cut gains in the final trading hour to close flat. The index dropped 0.29 points to end at 1,205.64 points, recording a turnover of Rs 479 million.

KATHMANDU: The stock market got off to a positive start on Tuesday, gaining 7 points mid-session. However, the market pared its early gains in the latter session before slipping into the negative territory.

KATHMANDU, July 9: Stock market opened on a positive note on Sunday, but failed to hold gains as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index started declining after mid-day. Overall, the stock fluctuated between positive and negative territory before ending the day 0.02 percent lower at 1,224.39 points.

KATHMANDU, July 4: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index swung between gains and losses during Tuesday's trading session to end the day flat. The index, which started the session lower, recovered all its losses to close near the unchanged line. At the close, the index stood at 1,180.36 points – a rise of 0.65 points compared to Monday.

KATHMANDU, June 22: Share trading began with a modest drop on Thursday, but staged a recovery around mid-day. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index bounced back and forth across the opening level finally eking out a gain of a mere 0.62 points. At the close, the index settled at 1,218.46 points.

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.

GORKHA, Aug 25: INGOs and UN agencies have been spending liberally on rental premises and hired vehicles.

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NEPALGUNJ, Aug 8: The construction company awarded the contract of a rural hydropower project based in Khaskusma VDC of Banke district has already renewed its contract twice. Yet, it has failed to produce electricity as villages are still reeling under total darkness at night.

KATHMANDU, July 12: One of the primary objectives of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the central bank of the country, is to maintain price stability.

KATHMANDU, July 5: A $40 million nutrition project titled ‘Community Action for Nutrition Project: Sunaula Hajar Din (Golden Thousand Days)’ has been widely criticized for being ineffective in delivering results as per its set target.