KATHMANDU : Coronavirus infection has been confirmed among 76 people in the last 24 hours. According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), out of 1548 individuals who tested for the virus, Covid-19 was confirmed in one person through PCR test out of 55 people and 75 people tested positive in antigen test. In […]
KATHMANDU : Gold hit a record high price with the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Associations (FENEGOSIDA) fixing the price of the precious yellow metal at Rs 111,800 per tola (11.663 grams) on Thursday. In the past week, the price of gold surged Rs 2,200 a tola from Rs 109,600 per tola. On […]
KATHMANDU: Tek Narayan Pandey, Secretary of the Office of the Vice President, has been allowed to be detained for three days by the District Court, Kathmandu. Pandey, who was arrested on charges of helping to take fake Bhutanese refugees to the USA, was allowed to be detained for three days by the Kathmandu District Court […]
INCHEON : Japan and South Korea held their first finance leaders’ meeting in seven years on Tuesday and agreed to resume regular dialogue as tensions in the wider region and slowing growth prod them to increase co-operation and mend strained relations. The resumption of bilateral financial discussions comes ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s […]
KATHMANDU : Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) on Monday received reduced rates of petroleum prices that it imports from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). According to the new rates it received on Monday, the IOC has slashed the price of petrol by Rs 4.33 per liter and diesel by Rs 4.11 per liter. The Indian petroleum supplier […]
KATHMANDU : The government has confirmed 19 new cases of Covid-19 and 64 recoveries on Monday. The latest bulletin issued by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) says that 19 people were infected with the virus in the last 24 hours. According to the MoHP, 375 swab samples were tested during this period. Out […]
KATHMANDU : The government’s decision to distribute Rs 200,000 to each of the disqualified former Maoist combatants has invited wide criticism from various fronts of the society. The National Youth Federation (NYF) Nepal has demanded the government to annul its decision. Launching a protest on Saturday, the sister organization affiliated to the CPN-UML, slammed the […]
KATHMANDU: Buddha Air, a private sector air service provider, has introduced a new aircraft in its fleet. The company took delivery of the 15th ATR-72 aircraft on Friday. According to Dipendra Kumar Karna, information officer of Buddha Air, the new aircraft will start commercial flights within a month after completing necessary paperwork. A statement issued […]
KATHMANDU: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has announced that it will be purchasing three additional aircraft to expand its domestic services. This decision comes after the corporation’s financial health has started to improve, and it has been able to pay its EMIs on time for the past year. There is no doubt that the expansion will […]
BIRENDRANAGAR: A team from the District Police Office, Jajarkot, has destroyed opium planted on 329 ropanis of land in two municipalities. The police team destroyed the banned plant cultivation based on a special tip-off. It is said that the illegal opium plantation was destroyed by the police in Barekot Rural Municipality, Nalgad Municipality, Junechandi Rural […]