ECONOMY
Ncell introduces ‘Fucche Pack’
Ncell introduces ‘Fucche Pack’
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Ncell Private Limited has launched a new internet package 'Fucche Pack'. Issuing a statement on Saturday, the telecommunication company said that the new internet package comes at just Rs 5 excluding taxes (Rs 6.38 including applicable taxes). Customers can now subscribe 25 MB data...
Aug 05, 2018
ECONOMY
Import of auto-rickshaw via Birgunj up by 74 percent
Import of auto-rickshaw via Birgunj up by 74 percent
BIRGUNJ, Aug 5: Though the country has adopted a policy of using mass transit, the import of small vehicles is seen to be growing unabated.The import figure of the three-wheeler, locally known as tempo, via Birgunj jumped by 74 percent to 8,682 units in the Fiscal Year 2017/18, compared to the previ...
Aug 05, 2018
ECONOMY
About 7,000 Chinese tourists visit Nepal via Rasuwagadhi till July
About 7,000 Chinese tourists visit Nepal via Rasuwagadhi til...
RASUWA, Aug 5: A total of 6,694 Chinese Tourists have visited Nepal via the northern Rasuwagadhi Transit point from January 1 till July 16 this year. This is the third year the Chinese tourists started to come to Nepal via the route.
Aug 05, 2018
ECONOMY
Sebon approves IPO worth Rs 21b of 21 companies in FY2017/18
Sebon approves IPO worth Rs 21b of 21 companies in FY2017/18
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: The Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) approved primary shares worth Rs 20.78 billion, of 21 companies, in the last Fiscal Year 2017/18. The capital market regulator allowed the companies to issue a total 192.88 million units of share.
Aug 05, 2018
SPORTS
A lot more to do, captain Khadka says after historic ODI win
A lot more to do, captain Khadka says after historic ODI win
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Nepal cricket team captain Paras Khadka was a relieved man when his team survived a cliff-hanger match and won it by a run in the last ball against the Netherlands in VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen on Friday. It was the second and final match of the series. Nepal needed six runs to...
Aug 05, 2018
SPORTS
Maiden century in MPL propels Sagar Pun to top of the run-chart
Maiden century in MPL propels Sagar Pun to top of the run-ch...
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Nepal's all-rounder Sagar Pun, who was roped in by the Malaysian Premier League (MPL) outfit Kuala Lumpur in July, has scored his maiden century in the league in a match against Selangor on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur. Opening the batting, Pun scored 109 runs that included 12 fours an...
Aug 05, 2018
SOCIETY
Jewellery, mobile stores, co-operatives at risk of robbery
Jewellery, mobile stores, co-operatives at risk of robbery
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.
Aug 05, 2018
SOCIETY
Three students on educational tour disappear in Gokyo lake
Three students on educational tour disappear in Gokyo lake
KHOTANG, Aug 5: Three boys who were part of a school educational tour have disappeared in Gokyo lake in Solukhumbu. Pemba Dorje Sherpa, 17, Pemba Nuru Sherpa, 16, and Sunil Baraili, 16, went missing on Saturday after they dived into the lake, which is situated 5,000 meters above the sea level.
Aug 05, 2018
SOCIETY
Three children missing in Marsyangdi River
Three children missing in Marsyangdi River
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Three children who had dived into the Marsyangdi River at Besisahar Municipality-1 have gone missing. Yogendra Rimal, 15, Anjit Thapa, 16, and an unidentified child have been reported missing since Saturday after reportedly drowning in the river. They are feared dead.
Aug 05, 2018
POLITICS
NC questions PM over Joshee’s rejection as CJ
NC questions PM over Joshee’s rejection as CJ
KATHMANDU, Aug 5: The ruling parties’ move to reject the nomination of Deepak Raj Joshee as the chief justice of Supreme Court has exposed the double standard of Prime Minister K P Oli, who himself had nominated him to the post as the chair of the constitutional council, the main opposition Nepali C...
Aug 05, 2018