KATHMANDU, Feb 24: The price of gold jumped by Rs 2,500 per tola (11.663 grams) in the domestic market on Thursday due to a soaring price in the international market backed by rising tension between Russia and Ukraine.

KATHMANDU, June 21: Nepal received commitments for foreign assistance worth Rs 202.28 billion in the first ten months of the current fiscal year, which is 35.3 percent more than the pledged amount in the same period last year.

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Nepal received a commitment of foreign assistance worth Rs 90.54 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year. Of the amount, 85.8 percent has been pledged in loan assistance.

KATHMANDU, Sept 6: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased the prices of petroleum products on Wednesday. This is the fourth price hike after KP Sharma Oli was sworn in as the country’s prime minister in Feb 2018. Now petrol is dearer by Re 1, kerosene and diesel by Rs. 3 in every liter.

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: Demand for non-budgetary spending has soared to Rs 382 billion since mid-July.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Onion price has increased by Rs 30 to Rs 115 per kg on Friday. The retail price was hovering at around Rs 85 over the week.

BANEPA, Nov 20: The cost of chicks in the market has reached its peak in the decade with Rs 100 per chick since mid-November this year.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has received an additional demand of Rs 239 billion from various ministries in the first quarter alone, though the ministries often fail to spend the amount allocated to them, particularly the budget for development projects endorsed by the parliament.

KATHMANDU, Oct 30:  Rise in import bill and slow export growth coupled with stagnation in remittances have resulted in current account deficit of Rs 17.88 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year 2017/18.

NEW YORK, Oct 23: Bitcoin surged to a record high of more than $6,000 on Friday, pushing its market capitalization to $100 billion at one point, as investors continued to bet on an asset that has a limited supply and has paved the way for a whole slew of crypto-currencies.

MUGU, June 26: With the onset of monsoon, the number of patients suffering from diarrhea has increased in the district.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: The domestic share market that had been in a continuous fall in earlier days increased by two digits Sunday thus hitting 1,466 points.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The domestic stock market that had been on a continuous bearish run in earlier days surged by two digits on the second last day of the week, today.

KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Protest has soared in the different districts of the Province 5 after the government filed the constitution amendment bill so as to take out all the hill districts from the province.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: The stock market witnessed the transactions of worth Rs around 800 million alone on Monday, the second day of the week.