Returnee migrants prioritise tourism and agriculture

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 18 A recent study has revealed that a large number of returnee migrant workers are willing to work in the tourism and agriculture sectors. The study conducted by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)...

IBN urged to pave way to attract more FDI

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 18 Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) has requested the Investment Board Nepal (IBN) to sort out the existing issues of industries that have been established through foreign direct investment (FDI) to...

Stakeholders stress need to brand co-ops

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 18 Stakeholders have stressed on the need to brand cooperatives. During an interaction titled ‘Branding Cooperatives’ organised by Nepal Cooperative Journalists Society today, stakeholders stated that government is not serious about branding cooperatives in...

Slash stockbrokers’ commission: FinMin

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 18 Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has directed concerned authorities to slash broker commission taking into consideration various aspects of capital market. During a discussion at the ministry today, Minister Paudel instructed them to...

India says ready to soon start voluntary COVID-19 vaccination

NEW DELHI: India’s government said on Friday it could soon start voluntary inoculation against the COVID-19 disease as it considers emergency use authorization for three vaccine candidates including those from AstraZeneca and Pfizer. Indian company...

Farmers’ cooperatives express solidarity with sugarcane farmers

BARA, DECEMBER 18 Small Farmers Agriculture Cooperatives Association Limited, Bara, has expressed its solidarity with sugarcane farmers’ agitation in the district headquarters Kalaiya. Small Farmers Agriculture Cooperatives Association Limited, Bara stages protest rally to expressed its...

COVID-19 resurfaces in Manang district

MANANG, DECEMBER 18 A COVID-19 case has resurfaced in Manang district as a man is confirmed to have contracted the infection. Of the 282 suspected people who underwent PCR tests, 10 tested positive for the...

Missing five-year-old boy’s body found

RAJBIRAJ, DECEMBER 18 The body of a five-year-old boy, who had gone missing yesterday, was found in Sakarpura of Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality-3, Saptari, this morning. The body was found covered with haystack, mango leaves and...