SOCIETY
Two arrested with drugs in Rautahat
Two arrested with drugs in Rautahat
RAUTAHAT, Oct 28: Police have arrested two people from Sarlahi along with a large quantity of drugs. Among the arrested are Rose Mohammad, 22, of Ishwarpur Municipality-5, Pokhara and Devendra Das, 37, of the same municipality-2.
Oct 28, 2021
WORLD
India rejects net zero carbon emissions target, says pathway more important
India rejects net zero carbon emissions target, says pathway...
NEW DELHI, Oct 28: India on Wednesday rejected calls to announce a net zero carbon emissions target and said it was more important for the world to lay out a pathway to reduce such emissions and avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures.
Oct 28, 2021
ECONOMY
Sale of substandard sweets rampant in Valley as Tihar festival approaches
Sale of substandard sweets rampant in Valley as Tihar festiv...
KATHMANDU, Oct 28: The sale of substandard sweets is rampant in the Kathmandu Valley as Tihar festival is round the corner.
Oct 28, 2021
OPINION
Climate Change Scenario of Nepal
Climate Change Scenario of Nepal
In Nepal, the majority of people affected by climate change are women who are disproportionality at risk, whether from floods, in which more women drown than men or through working in agriculture, where women carry out most of the additional labor required to cope with the lack of water and the new...
Oct 28, 2021
ECONOMY
USD 60 million Nurturing Excellence in Higher Education Program launched
USD 60 million Nurturing Excellence in Higher Education Prog...
KATHMANDU, Oct 28: The government in association with the World Bank (WB) has launched the Nurturing Excellence in Higher Education Program (NEHEP). USD 60 million has been allocated for the program.
Oct 28, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepal records Rs 500 billion foreign trade in first three months of current FY
Nepal records Rs 500 billion foreign trade in first three mo...
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The foreign trade of the country has increased by 68.13 per cent in the first three months of the current fiscal year. It was worth Rs 323 billion 315 million 953 thousand in the first three months of the last fiscal year.
Oct 27, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt lowers electricity tariff rate by an average of 1.04 percent
Govt lowers electricity tariff rate by an average of 1.04 pe...
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The government has reduced the electricity tariff rate by an average of 1.04 percent, which will come into an effect from November 17.
Oct 27, 2021
POLITICS
Pandey stakes claim for new Chief Minister
Pandey stakes claim for new Chief Minister
MAKAWANPUR, Oct 27: Rajendra Prasad Pandey of the CPN (Unified Socialist) has claimed for the post of new Chief Minister of Bagmati Province before Bagmati Province Chief, Yadav Chandra Sharma.
Oct 27, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse gains 18 points in choppy trading session
Nepse gains 18 points in choppy trading session
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The equity market opened in a positive note on Wednesday trading session. However, the index fell more than 30 points in the first minutes of trading. A sharp recovery pushed the index in green but again failed to maintain and then traded in red. However, the market succeeded to r...
Oct 27, 2021
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Bibeksheel Sajha party members stage demonstration at Maitighar to support independent jud...
Bibeksheel Sajha party members stage demonstration at Maitig...
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: Members of the Bibeksheel Sajha Party staged a demonstration in Maitighar, Kathmandu, today following the controversy surrounding Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana.
Oct 27, 2021