ECONOMY
NRB enforces stringent policy for companies receiving loan from abroad
NRB enforces stringent policy for companies receiving loan f...
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has put a curb on the firms receiving loan in foreign currency from lending institutions abroad.
Jan 15, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt misses revenue collection target for first half of current FY by 11 percent
Govt misses revenue collection target for first half of curr...
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Revenue collection in the first half of the current fiscal year has fallen around 11 percent short of the target, imposing pressure on the government to manage its financial resources.
Jan 15, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Guidelines being prepared to mobilize volunteers in disaster management
Guidelines being prepared to mobilize volunteers in disaster...
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The government is to mobilize volunteers for mitigating the damage caused by disasters.
Jan 14, 2021
My City, Lifestyle
‘At 6 p.m., life stops’: Europe uses curfews to fight virus
‘At 6 p.m., life stops’: Europe uses curfews to fight virus
As the wan winter sun sets over France’s Champagne region, the countdown clock kicks in. Laborers stop pruning the vines as the light fades at about 4:30 p.m., leaving them 90 minutes to come in from the cold, change out of their work clothes, hop in their cars and zoom home before a 6 p.m. coronavi...
Jan 14, 2021
POLITICS
PM Oli directs leaders close to him to expedite election campaign at village level
PM Oli directs leaders close to him to expedite election cam...
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Prime Minister K P Oli-led faction of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has concluded that their faction had the overwhelming support of people at the grass-root level.
Jan 14, 2021
SOCIETY, Infographic, VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX, Latest Updates
Kathmandu Valley’s pollution level recorded at 242µg/m3 on Thursday
Kathmandu Valley’s pollution level recorded at 242µg/m3 on T...
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu on Thursday recorded a PM2.5 reading of 242 μg/m³. The data was recorded in the morning between 7 and 8.
Jan 14, 2021
WORLD
India to treat homegrown COVID-19 vaccine same as AstraZeneca's
India to treat homegrown COVID-19 vaccine same as AstraZenec...
NEW DELHI, Jan 14: India will treat a domestic COVID-19 vaccine “equally” with a prominent global one, even though the homegrown drug’s efficacy has not been proven, and people will have no choice which they one they get, a top government vaccine official told Reuters.
Jan 14, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police arrest job scam fraudster
Police arrest job scam fraudster
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: In a case of cyber crime, police have arrested an individual on the charge of defrauding unemployed youths through online platforms.
Jan 14, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
One dies, two injured as witch doctors burn their body parts
One dies, two injured as witch doctors burn their body parts
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: A person died and two others were injured as witch doctors burnt their body parts during a “traditional treatment” in Gulmi district on Wednesday.
Jan 14, 2021
SOCIETY
Sunar elected president of ‘Kriyashil Dalit Patrakar Sangh’ for a second term
Sunar elected president of ‘Kriyashil Dalit Patrakar Sangh’...
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Journalist Pabitra Sunar has been elected as the president of ‘Kriyasheel Dalit Patrakar Sangh’ for a second term.
Jan 14, 2021