First impressions are important and for businesses that first impression is often made by their names. It is this first impression that will set the stage for future interactions or, in this case, make someone decide whether or not they want to step into a store or a restaurant. Keeping this in mind many business ventures today seem to prefer quirky Nepali words like Chuplag, Alchi, or Sinka over clichéd English phrases and words for their startups.

CHITWAN, Aug 5: Prabhat Didibahini Savings and Credits Co-operative of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-12 was robbed on July 29. Head of the co-operative Saraswati Kalita Shah said that Rs 548,660 in cash was looted from a metal safe in the co-operative office.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The stocks of up to 60 drug varieties and medical items at the government's  regional drugs storages are currently nil. However, the government is yet to make the drugs purchases for this year. Last fiscal year, the Department of Public Health Services (DoPHS) procured drugs worth only Rs 490 million out of the Rs 1.10 billion allocated for the purpose.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: The hoax calls made to the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday have been tracked down to New Road-based Arshi Photo Studio and Swayambhu Medical Stores.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Bluest of skies, spring time, seasons that blossoms flower, warm homecoming of relatives and aroma of delicacies are certain to give us a sense of Dashain. As we never fail to mention, Dashain is the grandest of all the festivals we celebrate in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: Traders of the upscale Durbar Marg area of Kathmandu have resumed their businesses after closing down since Thursday to protest the sealing of some stores by the government.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Traders have shut down their businesses in Durbar Marg for an ‘indefinite period’ to protest the government’s raid conducted on some of the outlets on Monday and Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 5: The Ministry of Supplies has sealed four shops selling branded items in Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, on Monday. Issuing a statement, the ministry said an inspection team led by the Minister for Supplies Shiva Kumar Mandal found the shops conning consumers.

KATHMANDU, Jan 29: After the release of ‘Koshi ko Pani’ and ‘Rama Rama’ from the 10th album on YouTube, Nepathya has now released the third single on leading digital music stores.

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: Several drug stores across the country are running without registration for years. However, the government has not worked significantly to bring them under the book.

KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Department of Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health and Population will soon carry out field inspections of drug stores and pharmacies in major four cities - Kathmandu, Pokhara, Nepalgunj and Biratnagar - in the first phase.

KATHMANDU, July 10: A government monitoring committee today sealed two drug stores at Chhetrapati in the capital for not cooperating with a team that was there for inspection.

KATHMANDU, July 5: Pinnacle Brands has opened two international franchise stores -- Amrapali Jewels and Planet Fashion -- on the ground floor of Civil Mall, Sundhara. Amrapali is a leading global brand with stores in USA, UK Japan and India.