KATHMANDU, April 11: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Member of Parliament (MP) Sobita Gautam has proposed not to allow the sale and registration of vehicles imported under customs duty exemption for 20 years.

KATHMANDU, July 9: Nepal imports Rs 18 billion worth of furniture and furnishing products annually, according to Nepal Furniture and Furnishing Association.

PARSA, Feb 21: Petroleum products worth over Rs 42.25 billion has been imported via Birgunj check point in seven months of current fiscal year 2017/18.

More Nepalis eating imported chocolate

February 8, 2018 06:50 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Tejashwi Shrestha, 7, came for grocery shopping with her parents at the Tripureshwar branch of Bhat-Bhateni Supermarket Wednesday afternoon. She briskly walked across the supermarket floor, but her feet stopped as she entered the aisle for candies and chocolates, and asked her mother to get her sweets. Among the plethora of chocolates in the store, those that the seven-year-old preferred were Kinder Joy, Gems and Dairy Milk, all imported chocolate brands.

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Around 300 thousand garlands have been imported from India for this Tihar festival. These garlands are only for use in Bhai Tika.

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Flower traders have imported marigold garlands worth around Rs 9 million for the Tihar festival.

BIRATNAGAR, Oct 12: Traders in Morang alone have imported apples worth fifty million rupees targeting the upcoming Tihar and Chhat festivals.

JHAPA, Sept 27: The government’s plan to test all edible stuff entering the country from India everyday at the eastern border point is yet to be implemented. Food test machines have been stranded at Kakkarbhitta and Birtamod, and the authorities are blaming the lack of human resources for not being able to make the best use of them.

KATHMANDU August 24: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is on a state visit to India, and his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi has jointly inaugurated Raksaul-Parwanipur and Kusha-Kataiya inter-country transmission lines.

BIRGUNJ, Aug 13: The composite fiber LPG cylinders, imported in Nepal after a delay of four years since the government issued a related policy, is now facing problems of distribution.

KATHMANDU, August 5: Nepal imports gold worth Rs 30 billion annually, according to Kathmandu Gold Silver Dealers Association KGSDA.

KATHMANDU, April 4: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has shared that power worth Rs 15 billion would be imported to liberate the country from load-shedding.

BIRATNAGAR, Oct 31: Majority of the Marigold used during Tihar festival here are imported from neighboring India.

LALITPUR, Oct 24: Nepal is set to import around 200,000 units of marigold garlands worth around Rs 5 million for the Tihar festival after domestic production failed to meet the market demand.

KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Nepal imported live animals worth around Rs 3.59 billion in the Fiscal Year 2015/16.

32,000 goats being imported from India

September 27, 2016 00:10 am

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Livestock traders have initiated the process to import 32,000 goats from India for the Dashain festival.