ECONOMY
Inquiry committee commences work to resolve trunk line and dedicated tariff dispute after...
Inquiry committee commences work to resolve trunk line and d...
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The inquiry committee formed to resolve the dedicated feeder and trunk line tariff dispute has started its work 15 days late. The Council of Ministers had formed an inquiry committee under the leadership of former Supreme Court Justice Girish Chandra Lal on January 9.
Feb 06, 2024
ECONOMY
25 people including the advisor to the communication minister competing for the post of NT...
25 people including the advisor to the communication ministe...
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Twenty-five people are in the fray to become the chairman of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA). High-profile individuals as well as controversial figures from Bhupendra Bhandari, the advisor to Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma, to Dolindra P...
Feb 06, 2024
SOCIETY
Vehicular movement along Koshi Highway resumes after two days
Vehicular movement along Koshi Highway resumes after two day...
KIMATHANKA (Sankhuwasabha), Feb 6: Vehicular movement along Koshi Highway has resumed after two days.
Feb 06, 2024
SOCIETY
Westerly winds influence Nepal's weather
Westerly winds influence Nepal's weather
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: There is a partial influence of westerly winds in Nepal at present, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
Feb 06, 2024
SOCIETY
Bansbari Land Grab Scam: Three accused including Arun Chaudhary remanded to custody for tw...
Bansbari Land Grab Scam: Three accused including Arun Chaudh...
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Kathmandu District Court on Monday extended remand of businessman Arun Kumar Chaudhary and two others for two more days. They were arrested in connection with the embezzlement of land belonging to the Bansbari Leather and Shoes Factory.
Feb 06, 2024
POLITICS
NC leader Budhathoki pass away
NC leader Budhathoki pass away
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Former Minister of General Administration and Central Member of Nepali Congress (NC) Keshav Kumar Budhathoki passed away.
Feb 06, 2024
ECONOMY
Govt cautions CSCEC to speed up upgrading the strategic Narayanghat-Butwal road segment
Govt cautions CSCEC to speed up upgrading the strategic Nara...
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The government has cautioned China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCEC), the company which has been awarded the contract for the expansion of the Narayanghat-Butwal road segment, to complete the work within the stipulated time.
Feb 06, 2024
OPINION
Reform in reservation is necessary
Reform in reservation is necessary
On January 18, 2024, six National Commissions (Women, Dalit, Madhesi, Muslim, Indigenous Tribes, and Tharu) held a press conference to discuss the report of the National Inclusion Commission. They pointed out that despite the commission's study report, published a year ago stating that reservations...
Feb 06, 2024
WORLD
Two killed in Bangladesh as fighting rages on Myanmar border: police
Two killed in Bangladesh as fighting rages on Myanmar border...
TUMBRU, Bangladesh, Feb 6: At least two people were killed in Bangladesh Monday after mortar shells fired from Myanmar during clashes there landed in a village across the border, police said.
Feb 06, 2024
ECONOMY
NRB’s target to expand private sector lending of 11.5 percent this year likely to fall sho...
NRB’s target to expand private sector lending of 11.5 percen...
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) seems to have fallen behind in meeting its target of the banks’ lending for the private sector due to slow growth seen in the segment in over six months of the current fiscal year.
Feb 06, 2024