January 27, 2022 18:30 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Sugar producers have raised the price of sugar by up to Rs 14 per kg citing an increase in sugarcane price by the government.
September 23, 2021 18:45 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 23: The government has cautioned traders not to create artificial shortages to hike sugar prices ahead of the upcoming festivals.
May 8, 2021 19:15 pm
KATHMANDU, May 6: In yet another ‘unfair move’, sugar mills have raised the price of sugar, taking advantage of a ‘shortage’ in the local market.
February 6, 2021 15:17 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Sugar mills have raised the factory price of sugar by Rs 2 per kg, arguing that the government recently revised the floor price of sugarcane for the farmers.
July 27, 2020 15:10 pm
KATHMANDU, July 27: Through an ‘unfair move’ once again, sugar traders have hiked the price of sugar by up to Rs 15 per kg with this year’s festival season just round the corner.
April 10, 2019 02:00 am
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli made a rather worrying statement on Monday.
October 14, 2018 12:16 pm
KATHMANDU, Oct 14: Salt Trading Corporation (STC) sold sugar at Rs 82 per kg at this time last year. Retail price of the sweetener is more or less the same at department stores and retailers at present even though sugar price has come down by about 40 percent in international market.
October 7, 2018 03:30 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Government in the past allowed Salt Trading Corporation (STC) to import sugar at subsidized custom rates and supply it in a bit to regulate sugar prices in the market.
October 6, 2018 09:15 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Minister for Industry, Commerce, and Supplies Matrika Yadav has said that the directive from the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to cap the price of sugar at Rs 63 per kilogram cannot be implemented.