KATHMANDU, April 26: The Australian government has announced major changes to the age limit and duration for applying for the Temporary Graduate (TR) visa, which is granted to foreign students upon completion of their studies in Australia.

KATHMANDU, July 17: Along with the introduction of an automated pricing system for petroleum products, the government has also reduced the fare of public vehicles. After the automatic system reduced the price of diesel and petrol, the Department of Transport Management (DoTM) also adjusted the fare rates of public transport.

KATHMANDU, June 22: In response to the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC)'s recent reduction in the price of petroleum products, airfares have been lowered across various routes.

KATHMANDU, June 3: The Department of Transport Management has reduced the fares of public transport plying the inter-province routes.

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Owing to prevailing high infection rates of the coronavirus, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised Nepal’s economic growth rate to 4.1 percent from an earlier projection of 5.1 percent in 2022.

KATHMANDU, June 15: Gandaki Province has announced a budget of Rs 30.03 billion for 2021/22, which is around Rs 4 billion less than the budget of the current fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: The Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) has revised the commission rate of stock brokers by up to 60 percent, attributing to a reduction in the operation costs of the brokerage companies due to an increasing use of online transactions.

SYDNEY, April 3: Bans handed to Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft should be reduced, the Australian cricketers' union said today, arguing the punishment was disproportionate to previous ball-tampering cases.

RUKUM, Feb 3: "Everything that I had has been spent on my treatment and all that I am left with is a fractured body," said Tara Prasad Khadka, a living martyr of Musikot Municipality-5, Solawang, who is known for his contribution to the 1990 uprising. Since the last few years, Khadka has been struggling even for managing two square meals.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The National HIV Strategic Plan 2016 – 2021: “Nepal HIVision 2020,” was launched in Kathmandu on World AIDS Day 2016; exactly a year ago. This year, the Government of Nepal has launched three more flagship documents: ‘National HIV Testing and Treatment Guidelines 2017’, 'National Community-Led HIV Testing Guidelines 2017’, and ‘National Consolidated Guidelines on Strategic Information of the HIV response in Nepal’.

KATHMANDU, Oct 13: Stock investors have demanded further reduction in brokerage commission.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The volume of all retail medicines traded across the India-Nepal border during the blockade period between September 2015 and early February 2016 decreased by 46.5 percent compared to the same months in 2014/2015, a study report revealed.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the experience and the capital earned by Nepalis working abroad is the foundation for the country's development.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Kulman Ghising, the managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), has said that NEA's system loss can be reduced significantly.

KAPILVASTU, Oct 31: Four houses were gutted by fire that broke out at Sikotwa of Kapilvastu Municipality last night in course of celebrating the Deepawali.