Biratnagar sub-metropolis seeks more budget

Posted on 2009-07-05
KATHMANDU: Biratnagar needs Rs 7 billion to develop it as a model city, according to Morang Society of Kathmandu (Mosoko) that has organised a programme here today in association wi-th Birat...< learn more >

CG Manipal, Campion JV

Posted on 2009-07-05
KATHMANDU: CG Manipal — a joint venture of Chaudary Group (CG) and Manipal K-12 formed — is in the process of acquiring 90 per cent shares of Campion schools and colleges with the original o...< learn more >

NDB liquidation: NRB moves to court

Posted on 2009-07-05
KATHMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) registered an application at the Patan Appellate Court on Friday seeking liquidation of crisis-ridden Nepal Development Bank (NDB). It is the first ever...< learn more >

Nepal drops JNP for Visakhapatnam port

Posted on 2009-07-04
KATHMANDU: Nepal has decided to seek Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh of India as additional transit port for catering to the Nepali west-bound transit cargos, dropping previous request ...< learn more >

Govt okays Korea labor pact renewal

Posted on 2009-07-04
KATHMANDU: The cabinet meeting held on Wednesday has given a go ahead to the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MoLTM) to renew the existing labor pact with South Korea to send Nepa...< learn more >

Air arrivals up 6 percent

Posted on 2009-07-04
KATHMANDU,: Tourist arrivals by air increased by 6 percent in June. The latest figures released by the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) reveal that 23,222 tourists visited Nepal in June against 21,...< learn more >

Don’t worry about late monsoon: Experts

Posted on 2009-07-02
KATHMANDU: Amid widespread fears of an impending drought, the monsoon covered the entire country by midnight Sunday. Unlike the sluggish progress of the monsoon seen two weeks ago, the cu...< learn more >

DRI probes bank investors´ income sources

Posted on 2009-07-02
KATHMANDU: Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has started collecting financial information on shareholders who have equity ownership worth over five million rupees in any financial in...< learn more >

Farmers make big money from fish

Posted on 2009-07-02
SURKHET: Farmers engaging in commercial fishery are earning up to Rs. 5 million per annum. Local farmers from Uttarganga, Latikoili and Vidhyapur villages last year sold 33 tons of fish r...< learn more >

Textile industry hanging by a thread

Posted on 2009-07-02
PARSA: The textile industry in Parsa is in crisis due to labour unrest, energy crisis and ambiguous government policies. According to Pitamber Munka, secretary of the Birgunj Chamber of Comm...< learn more >