World Bank to provide $80 mn loans to Nepal for agro sector

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Kathmandu: The Government of Nepal and the World Bank has signed a $80 million project today to bolster Nepal’s agriculture sector by strengthening rural market linkages and promoting entrepreneurship while creating jobs to support post-COVID-19 recovery. The Rural Enterprise and Economic Development Project (REED) project was signed by Finance Secretary Sishir Kumar Dhungana on behalf… Continue reading World Bank to provide $80 mn loans to Nepal for agro sector

Nepse dropped by 97 points

Kathmandu: After the government dissolved the House of Representatives, the stock market measure Nepse has come down sharply. The stock market plunged after President Bidhya devi Bhandari presented a proposal by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to dissolve the House of Representatives. The index has been fluctuating since the market opened on Sunday. The Nepse… Continue reading Nepse dropped by 97 points

“Concept of two-day leave to celebrate 2021 as internal tourism year”

File photo Photo Courtesy: Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai addressing inauguration ceremony of Security Guard Building on November 17, 2020. Photo Courtesy: Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation.

Kathmandu: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has said that 2021 will be celebrated as the year of domestic tourism. He mentioned that the concept of two days public holiday has been introduced for the same reason. Addressing an event on ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism and Future Directions’ organized by the… Continue reading “Concept of two-day leave to celebrate 2021 as internal tourism year”

Govt spent Rs 1.40 billion from Corona Fund

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Kathmandu: The Corona Infection Prevention and Treatment Fund has so far accumulated Rs 1.7882 billion. The income and expenditure details made public by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General show that amount as income. Similarly, the expenditure was Rs 1.40 billion, according to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. A total… Continue reading Govt spent Rs 1.40 billion from Corona Fund

Positive situation has been created in the economy: Ministry of Finance

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Finance has analyzed that the positive situation in the economy has been created due to the recent movement in the midst of the corona virus epidemic. The Ministry has made such analysis by making public the review details of the first four months of the current Fiscal Year 2020/2021. According to… Continue reading Positive situation has been created in the economy: Ministry of Finance

Pandemic threatens India’s children with child labor rising

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 11, 2013, file photo, a bonded child laborer rests on a school desk in a safe house after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save Childhood Movement, at a garments factory in New Delhi, India. With classrooms shuttered and parents losing their jobs, many children are working in farms, illegal factories, brick kilns and roadside stalls, reversing decades of progress to stop child labor. In rural India, a nationwide lockdown imposed in March, 2020, pushed millions of people into poverty, encouraging trafficking of children from villages into cities for cheap labor.

LUCKNOW, India (AP): A boy who cried out when he was beaten for complaining of stomach pains drew attention from a passerby, who alerted police in the central Indian city of Agra. Officers broke a padlock on the gate of the illegal shoe factory where the boy was working and found a dozen children, aged… Continue reading Pandemic threatens India’s children with child labor rising

Government decides to borrow Rs 14.15 billion from World Bank and ADB

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Kathmandu: Nepal Government has decided to take concessional loan of around Rs 14 billion from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. According to government spokesperson and Information and Communication Technology Minister Parbat Gurung, the cabinet meeting on November 28 decided to take a concessional loan of $40 million from the Asian Development Bank for… Continue reading Government decides to borrow Rs 14.15 billion from World Bank and ADB

Russia willing to invest in Nepal’s hydropower

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Kathmandu: Russia has expressed interest in building a large investment hydropower project in Nepal. A team led by the Russian Ambassador to Nepal Aleksei Novikov met Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Barshaman Pun at the Ministry on Tuesday and expressed interest in investing in hydropower. Russia’s two largest banks, Lanta and Moscow Industrial… Continue reading Russia willing to invest in Nepal’s hydropower

BMW sales begin in Nepal

Kathmandu: Laxmi Premium Motors, the sole official importer of BMW Motors for Nepal, has started the official sale of the BMW brand from a grand showroom of 10,165 square feet in Tinkune, Kathmandu. Lakshmi Premium has collaborated with BMW Asia and BMW Bangladesh to establish and market the German brand BMW in the Nepali market.… Continue reading BMW sales begin in Nepal