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48 LPG industries operating without NS certification

Kathmandu, March 14 : Forty eight out of the 55 LPG industries operating in the country have not yet taken the Nepal Standard certification. Although the government has made the NS certification mark mandatory to all the LPG industries, these 48 companies have not heeded to the government’s...

Janakpur-Birgunj Railway, Nijgadh International Airport in top priority

Rautahat, March 12 : CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that he faced a big challenge to award Nepal Army for the construction of Kathmandu-Tarai Fast-Track. Inaugurating the Chandrapur Mahotsav in Rautahat on Monday, the former prime minister said that Janakpur-Birgunj Railway and...

Newly-appointed Finance Minister Dr Khatiwada pledges fiscal stability

Kathmandu, 26 Feb.: Newly-elected Finance Minister Dr Yubraj Khatiwada has said that the economic issues mentioned in the fundamental rights and directive principles of the state in the Constitution of Nepal would be implemented. Assuming the office today, Dr Khatiwada said, “Economic sector...

Record high achievement in ADB-supported projects

Kathmandu, 23 Feb  : Despite multiple challenges, the development projects supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have performed well in terms of contract award and disbursement in the year 2017. The contract award achievement has reached 82 percent amounting 435.9 million US dollars and...

NTB’s ex-chief Niraula sent to seven years in jail

Kathmandu,22  Feb.: The Special Court has slapped seven years jail term to former Chief Executive Officer at Nepal Tourism Board Subash Niraula, while six years imprisonment each to Chief Account Officer Anil Kumar Das and Worldwide Travel’s Proprietor Mahendra Khanal.
A division bench of...

Nepal ranks 122nd in corruption perception index

Pokhara, 22 Feb.: The Transparency International (TI) has released its corruption perception index report for the year 2017, placing Nepal in the 122nd position out of 180 countries. At a news conference organized by the Civil Society of Good Governance, Kaski in Pokhara on Thursday, the TI Nepal...

ADB provides 100 million US dollar loan assistance

Kathmandu, Feb 12 : Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide 100 million US dollar for Rural Connectivity Improvement Project. An agreement to this effect was signed and exchanged at the Ministry of Finance, Kathmandu, today. Shankar Preasd Adhikari, Secretary at the Ministry of Finance...

No dillydallying in advancing process for industries, Oli says

Kathmandu, Feb 11 : CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli today stressed the need for ending the trend of dillydallying in the process of establishing industries. Now, time has come for the test and use of a project for the development and prosperity of the country, forget the trend of wait and see, he...

Economists, federalism experts rule out economic crisis in federalism

Kathmandu, Feb 11 : Economists and federalism experts have ruled out any economic problem looms in the country merely because of the adoption of the federal setup comprising the federal, province and local levels.
Speaking at a programme organised by Reporters Club Nepal here on Saturday, the...

2nd Indo-Nepal Trade Fair and Tourism Festival begins

Bhimdattanagar, Kanchanpur, Feb 3 : The 2nd Indo-Nepal Trade Fair and Tourism Festival has begun from Friday in Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India. The fair is organised by the Kanchanpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) with the help of Ministry of Commerce and Trade and Export Promotion Centre...

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