ECONOMY
Soaltee Westend Premier named ‘Best Debut Green Hotel’
Soaltee Westend Premier named ‘Best Debut Green Hotel’
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: Soaltee Westend Premier of Nepalgunj has received 'Best Debut Green Hotel' during the 14th Hospitality India & Explore the World Annual International Travel Awards held in India last week.
Oct 11, 2018
ECONOMY
WB to provide Rs 23.5 billion for financial, energy sectors
WB to provide Rs 23.5 billion for financial, energy sectors
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The Ministry of Finance and the World Bank have signed two agreements totaling $200 million, nearly Rs 23.5 billion, as budgetary support for financial and energy sectors.
Oct 11, 2018
ECONOMY, DIASPORA
NRN experts to discuss ways to help govt’s development efforts
NRN experts to discuss ways to help govt’s development effor...
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) is organizing a three-day ‘1st NRNA Global Knowledge Convention’ with an aim to ‘mobilize the diaspora’s knowledge pool to complement the government’s development efforts’.
Oct 11, 2018
ECONOMY
Hotels brimming with foreign tourists
Hotels brimming with foreign tourists
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: Star-rated hotels across the country are having average room occupancy of more than 60 percent, according to Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN).
Oct 11, 2018
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Indian border markets chock-a-block with Nepali Dashain shoppers
Indian border markets chock-a-block with Nepali Dashain shop...
BHAIRAHAWA, Oct 11: Once again, the Indian markets are jam-packed with Nepalis. Because of the Dashain festival, people from the border areas and even remote towns and villages of Nepal are making trips to their nearest Indian market across the border. 'Low price and better quality' pulls them to th...
Oct 11, 2018
ECONOMY
Province 5 local units collecting various taxes illegally
Province 5 local units collecting various taxes illegally
DANG, Oct 11: Tulsipur sub-metropolis of Dang district is currently facing charges at High Court for imposing taxes on various export items. Businessmen and traders had filed a petition at the court challenging the sub-metropolis’ decision to hike taxes.
Oct 11, 2018
POLITICS
Defeated Gautam's election bid will bring instability: NC
Defeated Gautam's election bid will bring instability: NC
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC), has said that preparations by the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to hold by-election in Kathmandu constituency 7 in a bid to elect defeated candidate Bamdev Gautam will invite political instability.
Oct 11, 2018
POLITICS
Nepal to settle border disputes with India in 4 yrs: PMO
Nepal to settle border disputes with India in 4 yrs: PMO
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The Office of the Prime Minister has stated that the mapping of disputed areas along the Nepal-India border and repair and reconstruction of border pillars will be concluded within the next four years, settling key border dispute with the southern neighbor.
Oct 11, 2018
POLITICS
NC CWC meeting deferred due to factional dispute
NC CWC meeting deferred due to factional dispute
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: A Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) scheduled for Wednesday has been put off indefinitely due to factional dispute.
Oct 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Govt joint attorney caught taking Rs 500,000
Govt joint attorney caught taking Rs 500,000
POKHARA, Oct 11: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested Joint Attorney at Kaski District Prosecutor's Office Surendra Thapa, while taking a bribe of Rs 500,000 from a service seeker on Wednesday.
Oct 11, 2018