Published: by . Leave a Comment on Tax authorities give Ncell seven days to pay Rs39 billion in dues.
The Large Taxpayers Office on Tuesday set the capital gains tax for Ncell and Axiata at Rs62.63 billion and gave the company seven days to clear the dues. The order from the tax office comes a week after the Supreme Court released the full text of its February verdict that Ncell and Axiata, the parent company of […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on 1 dead, 1 hurt as motorbike hits parked truck in Chitwan.
BHAKTAPUR: A person died and another sustained critical injury after the motorcycle they were riding and hit a stationary truck in Bharatpur Metropolis-1 of Chitwan district last night. The decreased has been identified as pillion rider Saroj Bhujel (16) of Pokhara Metropolis-3 in Kaski district and the injured as Maheswor Kandel (41) of Devghat Rural Municipality […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on Man is arrested with foreign currencies equivalent to Rs 2.5m.
The Metropolitan Police Airport Security Office has confiscated undeclared foreign currency from a Nepali family who was waiting to board a flight to Bangkok. Subash Shrestha, 48, was arrested on Friday with undeclared foreign currency of Thailand, the United States, China and Europe. Subash was about to fly to Bangkok on a Thai Air flight […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on 50 percent of personal residences have been reconstructed.
HETAUDA: Nearly 50 percent of personal residences damaged by the mega earthquake of 2015 in Makawanpur district have been reconstructed. According to Chief at the District Programme Implementation Unit of the National Reconstruction Authority, Somraj Timalsina, grant agreement was signed with 27,352 earthquake affected beneficiaries, out of which 13,422 (49.07%) have received the third instalment of […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on Marsyangdi-Kathmandu transmission line in final stage.
GORKHA: The construction of 230-KV Marsyangdi-Kathmandu transmission line has come to its final stage. Almost 90 percent works along the 33-kilometre transmission line has so far been completed. Construction of the transmission line had started around two-and-a-half years ago. The task of installing high-tension towers along the area towards Gorkha is close to completion, shared project […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on The govt is heading towards socialism : PM Oli.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli says his government is heading towards socialism. He dismisses charges by the main opposition Nepali Congress that it is heading towards authoritarianism. Speaking at a meeting of the National Development Council in Kathmandu on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said rumours were created about the authoritarian move of the government unnecessarily. […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on Journalist Adhikari arrested.
Kaski : Police arrested Rajendra Adhikari, former Vice-Chair of Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Kaski chapter and its central council member this morning. Kaski police arrested journalist Adhikari when he reached Prithvi Narayan Campus gate in Pokhara Metropolitan City this morning for reporting demonstration of Biplav-close ANNIFSU, informed FNJ Kaski Chair Dipendra Shrestha. Police arrested […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on Another larger terminal to be built at Bhairahawa airport.
Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa is preparing to invite bids to build a new international terminal following concerns that the previously designed terminal, which is nearing completion, may not be large enough to accommodate forecasted passenger traffic growth. Project officials said that tenders for the construction of a 35,000-square metre terminal—nearly as large as […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on 12 Nepali women rescued from New Delhi, India.
Kathmandhu: Twelve Nepali women being trafficked to various Gulf countries have been rescued from New Delhi in India. A joint team of New Delhi Women Commission, Nepali embassy in New Delhi and KI Nepal raided two places in Bihar and rescued them on Saturday night. Eight of the women were rescued from a room in […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on Govt developing disaster information management system.
Kathmandu : The Ministry of Home Affairs is working to develop a comprehensive and integrated Disaster Information Management System for the purpose of information-based disaster risk reduction and response. According to the MoHA, the DIMS will help all agencies coordinate with one another to carry out disaster management activities in a faster, easier and more effective […]
