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55-year-old arrested on charge of setting fire to UML flag

bishnu | 11 hours ago
KATHMANDU: Police have arrested one person on the charge of burning the flag of CPN-UML during an event organized by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Dang on Thursday. District Police Office, Dang, on Friday arrested Buddhi Bahadur Basnet (55), a resident of Kalakahola in Tulsipur–7, on Friday.

Trade deficit widens further as imports surge 13.6%

bishnu | 15 hours ago
KATHMANDU: Total trade deficit over the first seven months of 2025/26 widened by 10.91% to Rs 955.34 billion, thanks to slow export growth. Foreign trade data over the first seven months of the current fiscal year, released by the Department of Customs on Friday, show Nepal imported goods worth Rs 1,123.

No resources shortfall for March 5 polls: Khanal

bishnu | 19 hours ago
KATHMANDU: Minister for Finance Rameshore Prasad Khanal has reiterated that there will be no resource shortfall for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. Speaking at the “Nepal Tourism Seminar” in Lalitpur on Friday, the finance minister said the government’s focus is on ensuring the successful completion of the elections.

Over two-thirds of non-life insurance funds parked in bank fixed deposits

bishnu | 19 hours ago
KATHMANDU: More than two-thirds of total investments of non-life insurance companies by the second quarter of the current fiscal year 2025/26 are concentrated in fixed deposit accounts of banks and financial institutions (BFIs). According to data released by the Nepal Insurance Authority, the 14 non-life insurance companies in operation had total investments of Rs 64.

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