Spend 30 per cent of budget within a month, says FinMin

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 17Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has directed all ministries to spend 30 per cent of their budget within one month.Stating that the lack of capital expenditur...

Nepal retains its position in Seventh Annual Human Freedom Index

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 17Nepal retains its position in the Seventh Annual Human Freedom Index co-published by the Cato Institute and the Fraser Institute in Canada yesterday.The HFI r...

Saptari farmers left in lurch

RAJBIRAJ, DECEMBER 17Farmers in Saptari have been left distraught for want of chemical fertiliser even when the wheat cultivation season is giving way.Unable to get the commodity m...

'Spider-Man: No Way Home' snags eye-popping $50M in previews

NEW YORK, DECEMBER 18For the first time since the pandemic began, the box office is booming. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" grossed $50 million in Thursday previews alone, a stunning start for a movie set...

'Spider-Man: No Way Home' snags eye-popping $50M in previews

NEW YORK, DECEMBER 18For the first time since the pandemic began, the box office is booming. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" grossed $50 million in Thursday previews alone, a stunning st...

32 per cent children in Nepal chronically malnourished'

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 17Multidimensional poverty, vulnerability to shocks, including the economic slowdown from COVID-19 and weak infrastructure, impede the progress towards reducing under-nutrition, a report states.According to the National Planning Commission's study, thirty two per...

Government forms team to receive $14 million

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 17The government has decided to form a team to receive 14 million US dollars in grant provided by the World Bank under the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Healt...

Seven of 13 NC office bearers from Deuba camp

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 17The establishment faction of the Nepali Congress led by party President Sher Bahadur Deuba has retained majority in the 13-member office bearers' body, a...