ECONOMY
Nepse climbs for three straight weeks
Nepse climbs for three straight weeks
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The sole stock market of the country came under pressure in the initial trading sessions of the week. On Sunday, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index posted a loss of more than 10 points followed by a drop of over 8 points on Monday. However, the index staged a recovery mid-wee...
Sep 15, 2018
ECONOMY
Government waits before raising gold import quota
Government waits before raising gold import quota
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS) has been delaying to increase the quota of gold import, exacerbating shortage of the yellow metal in the market. The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) had written the ministry six months ago proposing to raise the daily import quota t...
Sep 15, 2018
ECONOMY
Menu of services along Manaslu trekking route set
Menu of services along Manaslu trekking route set
GORKHA, Sept 15: Following complaints from trekking guides and porters of discriminating rates based on personal acquaintance, lodges and restaurants along the Manaslu trekking route have decided that they will charge them uniform rates from now onwards. Likewise, they will also charge the trekkers...
Sep 15, 2018
SOCIETY
Negligence by Pappu and Kancharam makes Rajbiraj-Kunauli road miserable
Negligence by Pappu and Kancharam makes Rajbiraj-Kunauli roa...
SAPTARI, Sept 15: The construction of a bridge over the Khando River along the Rajbiraj-Kunauli road section, the only route to connect the district headquarters Rajbiraj with the southern part, started more than four years ago.
Sep 15, 2018
SOCIETY
Students deprived of higher education due to lack of citizenship
Students deprived of higher education due to lack of citizen...
RUPANDEHI, Sept 15: Manisha Gupta recently passed her 10+2 exams from Kanti Higher Secondary School (KHSS), Butwal. She wanted to claim a scholarship for her further education as her family will not be able to afford it. Unfortunately, she could not do so as she doesn't have the citizenship certific...
Sep 15, 2018
SOCIETY
Kanchanpur worried about protests losing steam
Kanchanpur worried about protests losing steam
KANCHANPUR, Sept 14: Local women right activists have expressed serious concerns over the Nirmala Panta rape case after the parents of the raped and murdered teenager moved to Kathmandu instead of mounting pressure on local investigators. They have warned that this move could cause a serious backlas...
Sep 15, 2018
POLITICS
PM Oli scolds VC, rector of AFU for controversial proposals at senate
PM Oli scolds VC, rector of AFU for controversial proposals...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Prime Minister KP Oli who is also the chancellor of Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) scolded the vice-chancellor (VC), rector and registrar of the university over the controversy surrounding the affiliations issued to private colleges and for tabling 'controversial' prop...
Sep 15, 2018
POLITICS
Bishwakarma arrested again
Bishwakarma arrested again
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Nepal police has rearrested Khadga Bahadur Bishwokarma aka Prakanda from the Supreme Court premises on Friday right after the apex court ordered the authorities to release him. Apex court officials confirmed that this was the fourth time Bishwakarma was arrested immediately after...
Sep 15, 2018
SOCIETY
Three girls missing since 10 days
Three girls missing since 10 days
NUWAKOT, Sept 15: The whereabouts of three girls of Tadi Rural Municipality-1 of Nuwakot who went missing ten days ago is still unknown.
Sep 15, 2018
SOCIETY
Teenage students ‘study’ alternative to petrol
Teenage students ‘study’ alternative to petrol
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: India’s undeclared economic blockade on Nepal in 2015 which completely obstructed the passage for petroleum products and other essentials to Nepal inspired three eighteen-year-olds to conduct a test in search of an alternative to petrol.
Sep 15, 2018