KATHMANDU : The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index opened trading on Monday where it lost a modest 5.45 points. However, the local stock market saw considerable strength in the latter three trading days of the week. The benchmark climbed 32.14 points on Tuesday followed by a gain of 43.37 points on Wednesday. The buying momentum […]
KATHMANDU : Laxman Humagain has been appointed as the chairperson of the Advertisement Board. A cabinet meeting held on Friday morning took a decision to this effect, according to a source privy to this development. The Advertisement Board, which was formed last year in accordance with the Advertisement (Regulation) Act 2019, aims to regulate, monitor […]
KATHMANDU : The thick smog that blanketed the Kathmandu Valley for almost a week is now cleared following the rainfalls starting Wednesday. The level of air pollution has also decreased even though the air quality still remains ‘unhealthy’ for breathing. The air quality index (AQI) that had exceeded 400 earlier at Bhaisepati in the capital […]
KATHMANDU : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the officials of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to prepare a master plan for the overall development of the education sector and use of human resources. At a program organized at the official residence of the Prime Minister to hand over the report with […]
NEW DELHI : U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will hold talks with Indian leaders during an Asian tour starting on Thursday in an effort to narrow differences on climate change goals to slow global warming. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is facing calls from the United States and Britain to commit India, the world’s third […]
KATHMANDU : Ten roads built using Indian grant assistance of Rs 800 crores were inaugurated on Wednesday. Amid a program held at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport in Singha Durbar, Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Basant Kumar Nembang jointly inaugurated the b10 roads. According […]
KATHMANDU : The government has decided to vaccinate people aged between 40 to 59 years with the ‘Vero Cell’ vaccine donated by the Chinese government. At a regular press conference organized by the Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday, Spokesperson Dr Jageshwor Gautam informed that the meeting of the Incident Command System held on […]
KATHMANDU : Stocks opened in green on Wednesday and continued to trade in green throughout the trading session. After climbing over 2,600 line, the Nepse index hovered around 2,610 in the afternoon. However, a surge in the final trading hour, saw the index close with a gain of 43.36 points to settle at 2,619.03. The […]
KATHMANDU : A group of students affiliated to the All Nepal National Independent Students Union (ANNISU Revolutionary) staged a protest in Kathmandu against Myanmar military coup and genocide on Wednesday. The protest was staged in front of the Embassy of Myanmar at Bhaisepati in Kathmandu. The students chanted slogans and demonstrated with placards against the […]
KATHMANDU : Seven young girls who had gone missing after leaving their homes for the collection of green fodder have been rescued from Sitamarhi of India. The girls, aged between 10 to 18 years, from Dharmapur, Bhangaha Municipality-8 in Mahottari district, were contactless since Tuesday. Acting on the information that the girls were spotted at […]