KATHMANDU – Dipan Chepang of Kankada, Raksirang rural municipality, has built a house worth Rs2.5 million in his village with earnings from beekeeping. He is educating his three children and has also ...

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The price hike, effective from tomorrow (6 February), follows an increase in the price of refined gold in the local market today (5 February). Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news ...

Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is going to mop an additional Rs 35 billion from the Banks and Financial Institutions (BFI) to manage liquidity.With banks struggling to increase loan investments, NRB will ...

Saudi Arabia's market share rose to a whopping 89% in December. Labour recruiters have expressed concerns as traditional job markets such as Oman, UAE and Malaysia are either shrinking or closed to ...

When brass corrodes, it can undergo dezincification, a process in which zinc is lost and copper is left behind. Mild dezincification may simply cause a cosmetic change, namely, the colour of the ...

The Ministry of Mines said in a statement: “The elimination of copper, brass, lead and zinc scraps will benefit the domestic secondary producers by reducing their costs. This will also provide a level ...

Even as families continue to search for their loved ones or mourn them, the ghats are thronging with people again. Mayank Kumar reports on the tragedy, the response, and how lessons have not been lear ...

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Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials ...

Conquering Mount Everest will cost climbers an extra $4,000 (£3,270) after Nepal hiked up fees for the first time in almost a decade. Nepal's government has announced a 36% increase in permit ...

The price to climb Mount Everest will soon increase for the first time in nearly a decade, as Nepal announces a sharp mark-up in permit fees. From September, those seeking to summit the world's ...