A pigeon struck a Turkish Airlines aircraft during landing, damaging a nose landing gear light and delaying flight operations while the runway was cleared.
The border office collected Rs26.73 billion in revenue from mid-September to mid-October, exceeding its target of Rs26.46 billion as imports rose ahead of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath.
Investment Board Nepal decides to facilitate construction of the 900MW project after repeated deadline extensions, court challenges, and prolonged uncertainty over financial closure.
The country imported cards worth Rs51.8 million in the first two months of the current fiscal year, generating Rs31.1 million in customs revenue.
China supplies most of Nepal’s imported apples, leaving the market exposed to rising freight costs even as domestic production grows.
The state-owned corporation plans to expand sales, open new outlets and diversify products to improve cash flow and ensure timely payments to farmers.
Customers will be able to make basic transactions at designated branches, with most banks planning to operate for two to three hours a day except on the day of Tika.
Nepse rose 1.63 percent before Dashain as banking and insurance shares attracted buyers. Analysts point to expected earnings, dividends and margin lending as potential drivers, but say turnover must rise to sustain the rally.
Here is a snapshot of what happened at the stock market this week.
Police recovered money for only 10 percent of online fraud victims who filed complaints. Thousands of sellers operate online, but just 384 e-commerce businesses have registered with the government.
The project in Dolakha district is supplying electricity to the national grid during a 15-day testing period before commercial operations begin.
Traders who brought goats and Himalayan goats from western Nepal had hoped for brisk business, but buyers have been slower to arrive than expected.
Bankers say rising import costs, festive demand and currency depreciation, not a broad-based economic recovery, are driving much of the increase.
Police accuse them of collecting an unauthorised biomedical fee from migrant workers, while labour ministry officials say a bilateral technical committee had approved the charge. The foreign ministry had urged a diplomatic solution.
Veterinary teams have inspected 6,800 goats, 1,500 mountain goats, 100 buffaloes, and 41 tonnes of fish over three days. Healthy animals get green markings, and sick ones get red.
Nepal Rastra Bank’s consumer price index shows that food inflation has accelerated significantly from a year earlier.
The WFP has flown around eight tonnes of vegetables from flood-isolated Aamachhodingmo to Bidur, helping growers salvage part of their harvest.
Integration with Visa Direct will enable transfers through participating partners to supported bank accounts and eSewa wallets in Nepal.
The ongoing Dashain campaign offers 18 Yamaha motorcycles, 18 scooters and a Proton car as the grand prize.
NATTA says travellers risk losing money on flights and hotel bookings paid for before visa approval, and warns it may redirect customers to other destinations if the problems persist.
