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Collective efforts needed to improve quality of education: DPM Singh

Kathmandu : Deputy Prime Minister and Urban Development Minister, Prakash Man Singh, has stressed the need of collective efforts to increase quality of education. In the 29th International Conference of Nepal English Language Teachers' Association organized in Lalitpu...

Government issues Citizens Savings Bond and Foreign Employment Saving Bond

Kathmandu :The Public Debt Management Office has issued Citizens Savings Bonds worth Rs 3 billion and Foreign Employment Savings Bonds worth Rs 500 million. The Office announced this through a notice today. Both bonds have tenure of five years, with an interest rate of 7% for...

South Korea birth rate rose last year, first time in a decade

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...

Awakening Campaign helpful for perceiving public issues: Maoist Centre Chair Dahal

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...

Bi-annual Review of Monetary Policy

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...

NRB issues directive for agencies including Employees Provident Fund

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. ...

Handicraft items from banana fiber in Kaligandaki

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...

We get rid of 'grey list' soon: Finance Minister

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...