SEOUL : South Korea's birth rate rose last year for the first time in a decade, official data showed on Wednesday, bucking a trend for a country battling a demographic crisis. The country has one of the world's longest life expectancies and lowest birth rates, a combination that...

Biratnagar : CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said the party's ongoing awakening campaign centered on the East-West Postal Highway Area has helped the party understand citizens' issues.   Speaking at a press meet organised by the Morang cha...

Kathmandu : Nepal Rastra Bank has made public the bi-annual review of the monetary policy for the current fiscal year 2081/82. Following the review, the central bank has kept the existing policy rate and deposit collection rate set for banks and financial institutions unchanged. Similarly, s...

Kathmandu : The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has come up with a new arrangement for Employees Provident Fund, Citizen Investment Fund and Social Security Fund and institutions issuing loans for higher purchase on alleviating financial investment in money laundering and terrorist activities. ...

Waling : Kaligandaki Rural Municipality of Syangja has been producing handicraft items from banana fiber.   The rural municipality has been manufacturing handicraft items in partnership with Gandaki province through a project related to commercial utilization of local raw materials u...

Kathmandu : Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has said the government would get rid of 'grey list' within in the set timeframe. Finance Minister Paudel said it after the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) included Nepal in the 'grey list'. "We fac...

Kathmandu : Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, has paid a courtesy call on Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Deepak Khadka. The meeting held in Singha Durbar on Friday dwelt on issues relating to Nepal-India energy cooperation. Minister Khadka extended thanks t...

Kathmandu : Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Dipak Khadka, and Indian Minister for Jal Shakti, CR Patil, held meeting in New Delhi today. Energy Minister Khadka is in New Delhi to attend 'India Energy Week-2025'.  During the meeting, an agreement was reached to fo...