ECONOMY
Nepal and India holding trade and commerce talks on Thursday
Nepal and India holding trade and commerce talks on Thursday
According to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS), the two neighboring countries will be conducting the Nepal-India Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) meeting on January 9-10.
Jan 07, 2025
SOCIETY
Govt preparing to ensure free treatment for brain hemorrhage
Govt preparing to ensure free treatment for brain hemorrhage
Speaking at a programme on the 63rd anniversary of Kanti Children's Hospital on Monday, Minister Paudel shared the ministry's recent efforts, noting that the hospital has already started providing free treatment for child cancer.
Jan 07, 2025
ECONOMY
Startup enterprise loans: 1,314 projects selected in first phase
Startup enterprise loans: 1,314 projects selected in first p...
The Industrial Enterprise Development Institute (IEDI) has issued a notice stating that it has selected 1,314 projects for startup enterprise loans in the first phase. The Institute released the list of these 1,314 selected projects on January 3.
Jan 07, 2025
ECONOMY
Chaku demand increases ahead of Maghe Sankranti, Tokha Bazaar accelerates production
Chaku demand increases ahead of Maghe Sankranti, Tokha Bazaa...
As the Maghe Sankranti festival is just around the corner, this ancient town holding historic, religious, and archaeological value is busy preparing Chaku.
Jan 07, 2025
ECONOMY
Govt explores alternative financing amid revenue shortfall to meet recurrent expenditure
Govt explores alternative financing amid revenue shortfall t...
The government is looking for alternative sources for financial management as it faces a severe crunch of funds to finance its immediate liabilities.
Jan 07, 2025
POLITICS
PM Oli hints at ‘uneasy’ relations with India amid preparations of his New Delhi visit
PM Oli hints at ‘uneasy’ relations with India amid preparati...
Even as he is publicly stating that his next official foreign visit would be India, CPN-UML Chairman and Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has hinted at strained relations between Kathmandu and New Delhi in recent days.
Jan 07, 2025
POLITICS
Maoists not to forge pre-election alliance with NC and UML
Maoists not to forge pre-election alliance with NC and UML
A political proposal submitted by Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal says that the party will contest the upcoming elections by allying with small left and progressive forces, and not with the NC and the UML.
Jan 06, 2025
SOCIETY
Intercaste teenage couple found dead after a week of disappearance
Intercaste teenage couple found dead after a week of disappe...
Two seventeen-year-old lovebirds, a boy from the Dalit community and a girl from the Chhetri community, who had gone missing for a week, were found dead in a forest nearby their home on Sunday.
Jan 06, 2025
SOCIETY
Nawalparasi West prison overcrowded with three times the inmate capacity
Nawalparasi West prison overcrowded with three times the inm...
Bikal Shrestha, the jailor, said that although the prison has the capacity to accommodate 175 prisoners, currently there are 565 jailbirds.
Jan 06, 2025
SOCIETY
SC orders statement from Pratik Thapa
SC orders statement from Pratik Thapa
Pratik Thapa, the son of former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, had filed a petition at the SC challenging the decisions of the Patan High Court and the Kathmandu District Court to send him to pre-trial detention.
Jan 06, 2025