Flowing river Standing on the sand I wanted to live a time But it vanished Like the shapes on sand by the river

You never know when you glow Stiffen up that little shoulder And rise from the low You have been in the cave of your ‘self’

KATHMANDU, April 29: Lending of bank and financial institutions (BFIs) to service industries jumped by 14 percent in the first eight months of the current Fiscal Year 2017/18.

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: Credit growth of the BFIs toward agriculture sector nearly doubled in the first half of FY2017/18, a recent data of Nepal Rastra Bank shows.

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flow in the first six months of FY2017/18 nearly doubled to Rs 14.33 billion compared to Rs 7.9 billion in the first half of the last fiscal year, a recent data of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) shows.

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Credit flow of bank and financial institutions (BFIs) to non-productive sectors accounted for 41.6 percent of their total outstanding loans in the first six months of FY 2017/18.

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Agricultural loans disbursed to flower and fruits cultivation, bee-keeping and poultry sectors provided by banks and financial institutions throughout the nation have increased substantially in the last fiscal year.

CHITWAN, Aug 20: Tourism in Sauraha, which was battered by last week's floods, is gradually returning back to normalcy.

CHITWAN: Nepal is a country that unabashedly boasts a huge influx of tourists who come here to witness pure nature and a lifestyle rich in culture. However, the massive Gorkha Earthquake of 2015 rattled the national tourism sector to such an extent that tourists changed their preferred months to visit here.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Completing the Dhalkebar substation to import more power and bringing the Kulekhani III plant into generation are two major tasks planned by Nepal Electricity Authority for continuous energy supply in the coming dry season.

JHAPA, June 2: The number of foreign tourists entering into the country through the eastern border point of Kakarbhitta is on the rise.

KATHMANDU, March 22: At a time when the government is prodding the banking industry to increase lending to productive sector, loan flow toward agriculture sector over the first seven months of 2016/17 grew by only 8.1 percent.

KATHMANDU, Mar 17: The government is fully committed to combating the flow of dirty money that propagates financial crime, a central bank official said on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, March 15: In what appears to be an indication of the revival of service sector, credits from bank and financial institutions (BFIs) to this sector in the first half of Fiscal Year 2016/17 jumped by 11.9 percent.

CHITWAN, Oct 3: Preparations including maintenance of road, installation of parapets, arrangement for security forces for check-ups and escorting of the vehicles and clearance of disturbances along the roadside at Narayangadh-Muglin road section are in full swing to ensure smooth traffic flow in view of the Dashain festival.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: The tourism industry of Chitwan, which was hit hard by last year's earthquake and India's economic blockade, is gradually picking up.

DHAKA, Sept 14: Pouring rain coupled with animal sacrifices all over the city have created a strange and disturbing scene.

KATHMANDU, Sept 7: Visual cards have been around for a long time and no doubt it enjoys a broad spectrum of use.

ITAHARI, July 27: The water flow in Saptakoshi River has started receding. The water flow at the river was measured 238,510 cusec on Wednesday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, July 14 In a bid to tighten the flow of finance from the banking sector to the stock market, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised the policy to float loans of banks and financial institutions (BFIs) against the shares pledge. Issuing the monetary policy for the fiscal year 2016/17 today, NRB Governor Chiranjibi Nepal announced the revision on the valuation of the shares which banks accept as collateral to float their loans.