ECONOMY
Govt looking for alternative to 'free visa, free ticket' system
Govt looking for alternative to 'free visa, free ticket' sys...
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: The government is trying to find an alternative to the ‘free visa, free ticket’ system for foreign employment, saying neither the government nor those going abroad has been able to benefit from the system.
Dec 09, 2021
POLITICS
Deuba backtracks on his plan to add three Joint General Secretaries and 58 CWC members as...
Deuba backtracks on his plan to add three Joint General Secr...
NC President Deuba is under pressure to give space to leaders close to him in the office bearers' body. As a number of influential leaders are vying for the post of Joint General Secretaries and CWC members, Deuba had planned to introduce a proposal to add three more Joint General Secretaries and 58...
Dec 09, 2021
SOCIETY
Indian court orders authorities to compensate Durga Prasad of Ilam who spent 40 years in W...
Indian court orders authorities to compensate Durga Prasad o...
ILAM, Dec 9: The Kolkata High Court has ordered the authorities to compensate 61-year-old Durga Prasad Timsina of Ilam who was kept in Indian jails for 40 years though he was innocent.
Dec 09, 2021
SOCIETY
12 injured in road mishap
12 injured in road mishap
LAMJUNG, Dec 9: As many as 12 people were injured in a jeep accident at Kalimati, near Marsyangdi Rural Municipality-8, in Lamjung district Thursday morning.
Dec 09, 2021
SOCIETY
Over 1.4 million doses of Moderna vaccine arriving today
Over 1.4 million doses of Moderna vaccine arriving today
KATHMANDU, Sec 9: More than 1.4 million doses of Moderna vaccine against the novel coronavirus are arriving in the country on Thursday.
Dec 09, 2021
ECONOMY
Six construction companies blacklisted
Six construction companies blacklisted
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: The government has blacklisted six construction companies for one to three years for not meeting the deadlines to construct projects as per agreements.
Dec 09, 2021
ECONOMY
Voting for NADA's new leadership begins
Voting for NADA's new leadership begins
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Election for the new leadership of NADA Automobiles Association of Nepal has started.
Dec 09, 2021
SPECIAL, PHOTO FEATURE/Video
PHOTOS: Meet a youth who is trying to keep ancient printing techniques alive
PHOTOS: Meet a youth who is trying to keep ancient printing...
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: A gallery which is filled with ancient printing machines and woodcrafts in Boudha of Kathmandu is no less than a museum which hosts wood blocks that date back to the 15th century. The ancient printing technique is still on the move in this gallery.
Dec 09, 2021
POLITICS
We will select leadership by consensus to the extent possible: Deuba
We will select leadership by consensus to the extent possibl...
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the new leadership of the party will be selected by consensus at the party's 14th General Convention to the extent possible.
Dec 09, 2021
ECONOMY
Foreign investment up in current FY: Rs 30 billion FDI approved
Foreign investment up in current FY: Rs 30 billion FDI appro...
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows have increased this year after the transmission of COVID-19 declined. According to the Department of Industry (DoI), foreigners have taken permission to invest around Rs 30 billion in Nepal in the first four and a half months of the current f...
Dec 09, 2021