ECONOMY
Finance Minister Dr Mahat calls for reducing impacts of climate change
Finance Minister Dr Mahat calls for reducing impacts of clim...
GANDAKI, Dec 9: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said it is imperative for Nepal to reduce climate change impacts. Inaugurating the 8th Mountain Festival organized by Nepal Mountaineering Association in Pokhara on Friday, climate change has hit the mountainous countries like Nepal and mo...
Dec 09, 2023
SOCIETY
Increasing cold affects normal life in Jumla
Increasing cold affects normal life in Jumla
JUMLA, Dec 9: With the minimum temperature dropping below zero degree centigrade, the daily life of people in Jumla has been adversely affected.
Dec 09, 2023
WORLD
UN resolution demanding immediate cease-fire in Gaza fails
UN resolution demanding immediate cease-fire in Gaza fails
The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, where Israeli troops rounded up Palestinian men in the northern part of the territory for interrogation, seeking Hamas militants.
Dec 09, 2023
ECONOMY
Govt to receive Rs 5.9 billion grant from Germany
Govt to receive Rs 5.9 billion grant from Germany
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: The government of Germany is to provide around Rs 5.9 billion grant assistance to Nepal. The government provided authority to the Finance Minister to sign the agreement in this regard.
Dec 09, 2023
WORLD
Putin says he will run for re-election in 2024
Putin says he will run for re-election in 2024
MOSCOW, Dec.9: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Friday that he would run for re-election in 2024, allowing the Kremlin leader to extend his decades-long grip on power into the 2030s.
Dec 09, 2023
SOCIETY
SC orders Ncell to appear before court on Sunday
SC orders Ncell to appear before court on Sunday
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ordered Ncell to appear before the court on Sunday.
Dec 09, 2023
OPINION
Inside-Outside the Corridors of Power
Inside-Outside the Corridors of Power
Don’t judge a book by its cover. This phrase aptly applies to Dr. Bhek Bahadur Thapa’s memoire in Nepali Rastra-Pararastra: Ektantradekhi Ganatantrasamma. My English translation will read like Internal-External: From Autocracy to Republicanism.
Dec 09, 2023
POLITICS
Parliamentary Hearing Committee approves recommendation of Sanil Nepal as Nepali envoy to...
Parliamentary Hearing Committee approves recommendation of S...
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: The Federal Parliament Hearing Committee on Friday unanimously approved the name of Sanil Nepal as Nepal's ambassador to Portugal.
Dec 09, 2023
ECONOMY
NRB reduces risk weight of real estate loans, maintains risk weight for share mortgage loa...
NRB reduces risk weight of real estate loans, maintains risk...
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has, through the first-quarter review of the monetary policy for the current fiscal year 2023/24, decided to reduce the risk weight of real estate loans and maintain the risk weight for share mortgage loans exceeding Rs 50 million at 125 percent.
Dec 09, 2023
ECONOMY
India bans onion export till March amid rising price in its domestic market
India bans onion export till March amid rising price in its...
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: India has banned export of onions amid rising prices in the domestic market.
Dec 09, 2023