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Lohani flags six bottlenecks to investment in Nepal

Kathmandu, Dec. 22 -- Chancellor of the University of Nepal Bindu Nath Lohani on Sunday flagged six major bottlenecks hindering investment in Nepal, calling for a shift in the government's role from g... Read More


India-New Zealand FTA agreement announcement likely this year

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- India and New Zealand are expected to formally announce the conclusion of a bilateral free trade agreement before the current calendar year ends, which will make it the third FTA... Read More


UML does not have a culture of generational power transfer

Nepal, Dec. 22 -- time prime minister KP Sharma Oli was re-elected to the post of CPN-UML's chair through the party's 11th general convention last week. Of the 19 officebearers voted in by more than 2... Read More


India's proposed securities market code holds promise but Sebi should be strengthened further

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Last week, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Securities Markets Code Bill of 2025 in Parliament, aimed at building a new legislative scaffolding for India's secu... Read More


Kisan Trust confers Chaudhary Charan Singh Awards 2025 in Delhi

India, Dec. 22 -- The second edition of the Chaudhary Charan Singh Awards 2025, organised by the Kisan Trust in New Delhi on Saturday, brought together senior ministers, farmers, and representatives f... Read More


No option to timely polls

Nepal, Dec. 22 -- Former lawmakers of the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, the first and second biggest parties in the dissolved House of Representatives, are lobbying for the House restoration. In th... Read More


Sector 31 Group Home: Move to house EWS candidates at senior citizens' home raises hackles

Chandigarh, Dec. 22 -- In the twilight of his life, 64-year-old Jagdish Singh, who works as a security guard on a meagre salary, has only one worry in life. A single parent to a 34-year-old with menta... Read More


Swadeshi push: Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini asks youth to become job creators

Chandigarh, Dec. 22 -- Haryana chief minister (CM) Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said the state government's aim is to establish Ambala's scientific instruments, Panipat's handlooms, and Rewari's brass ... Read More


Verify if DMK voters removed from electoral rolls under SIR, Stalin tells party men

Chennai, Dec. 22 -- Tamil Nadu will never fear an "invasion from Delhi", chief minister and DMK president MK Stalin said on Sunday at a meeting with district secretaries to discuss the party's respons... Read More


Interim government preparing crucial bills for incoming parliament

Kathmandu, Dec. 22 -- Amid failures by successive governments to enact laws necessary for full-fledged implementation of the Constitution of Nepal, the interim government has announced that it is work... Read More