Int’l webinar on water and sustainable economic development held

KATHMANDU: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Japan and the School of Engineering, Pokhara University, Nepal jointly organised an International Webinar on ‘Water and Sustainable Economic Development – Findings...

Fifth TIFA council meeting held

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 18 The United States-Nepal Council on Trade and Investment, under the United States-Nepal Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), held its fifth meeting virtually recently to promote expanded bilateral trade and investment in...

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine gets U.S. authorization, second in eight days

Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID-19 death toll of...

Prime Minister Oli visits Dahal

KATHMANDU: Co-chair of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has paid a visit to the party’s other co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The meeting is presently being carried out at Dahal’s residence...

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...