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NEPSE index falls below 3,000 points as market experiences broad decline
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index closed at 2,966.33 points on Sunday after declining 34.47 points, or 1.14%, to end below the 3,000-point threshold. The index had temporaril...
Parliamentary inquiry committee questions Bipin Acharya over cooperative funds misappropriation
KATHMANDU: The special parliamentary inquiry committee investigating the misappropriation of savings funds from cooperatives has recorded a statement from Bipin Acharya, the Joint General Se...
Nepal's remittance inflows rise by 16.5% in FY 2023/24, totaling NPR 1.45 trillion
KATHMANDU: Remittance inflows to Nepal totaled NPR 1445.32 billion in the fiscal year 2023–2024, an increase of 16.5 percent over the 23.2 percent growth recorded the year before. Inflows ro...
Foreign Minister Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba begins official visit to India
KATHMANDU: On invitation from Dr. S. Jaishankar, the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Foreign Minister Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba left today for an official visit to India. With an emphasis on...
Paetongtarn Shinawatra endorsed as Thailand's youngest PM by King Maha Vajiralongkorn
KATHMANDU: Paetongtarn Shinawatra was chosen by parliament two days ago, and King Maha Vajiralongkorn has now legally recognized him as Thailand's prime minister. As the youngest prime minis...
Gosainkunda receives electricity from national grid for the first time
KATHMANDU: Gosainkunda, a revered holy site in Rasuwa district, Bagmati Province, has received power from the national transmission line for the first ti...
2 young men critically injured in sharp weapon attack in Raptisonari
KATHMANDU: Two young men were attacked with sharp weapons in Raptisonari, Banke district, on Saturday evening. The victims, Sandip Bisht and Sulabh Malla, both 28, were assaulted by masked i...
Israel airstrike kills 18 family members in Gaza
On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed at least 18 people from the same family, including Sami Jawad al-Ejlah, a local wholesaler. The strike targeted a house and an adjacent warehouse us...
Man charged with beating wife to death in Mahottari
KATHMANDU: A 45-year-old Sonukhada village resident in Mahottari named Habib Nadaf is accused of killing his 36-year-old wife, Roshana Khatun. Superintendent of Police Nakul Pokharel said th...
Israeli airstrike in Jenin kills 2 senior Hamas fighters
On Saturday, Israel conducted an airstrike in Jenin, located in the occupied West Bank, resulting in the deaths of two senior Hamas fighters, Ahmed Abu Ara and Rafet Dawasi. The Israeli authorities...
Paddy transplantation reaches 98% completion nationwide
KATHMANDU: Roughly 1.372 million hectares of the 1.4 million hectares of land eligible for agriculture have been used this year, with approximately 98 percent of paddy transplanting done thr...
Domestic tourism soars at Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve
KATHMANDU: Domestic tourists to the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, which covers the districts of Rukum East, Baglung, and Myagdi, have expanded dramatically in recent years. While outsiders have...