Editorial: Hassles continue The public should know when the supply of these essential commodities will be normal and what the government is doing about it It has been almost three weeks since the Nepal Oil Corporation started distributing fuel to the private vehicles, both the... 04 Mar, 2016
First �Silk Road� train arrives in Tehran Tehran, February 15 The first train to connect China and Iran arrived in Tehran today loaded with Chinese goods, reviving the ancient Silk Road, the Iranian railway company said. The train, carrying 32 containers of commercial products from... 16 Feb, 2016
Thousands to protest against relaxing trade defences London, February 8 Members of troubled European industries including steel and aluminium will descend on Brussels in their thousands next Monday to protest against proposed measures to give China greater access to EU markets, and call for action on... 09 Feb, 2016
Li hopes EU fulfils WTO promises Beijing, January 21 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang today urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to push European Union to abide by its World Trade Organisation (WTO) promises to Beijing, amid debate in Europe over whether to grant China market economy... 22 Jan, 2016
Timure Customs Office meets annual target in 40 days RASUWA: The Timure Customs Office has been able to collect the annual target of revenue collection within 40 days. The Office collected Rs 396.3 million revenue against this year's target of Rs 396 million. The Office achieved the success... 30 Dec, 2015
18 more tankers reach Kyirong to bring petrol from China RASUWA: Nepal Oil Corporation has sent 18 more tankers to Kyirong of China to bring petrol provided by China as a grant. The tankers left Dhunche of Rasuwa this morning. Likewise, different Chinese goods being imported to Nepal have reached... 06 Nov, 2015
Xi says China's economy should grow 6.5 percent annually BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China needs at least 6.5 percent economic growth in coming years to become "moderately prosperous." The ruling Communist Party also announced plans to let the country's tightly controlled currency... 03 Nov, 2015
EDITORIAL: Some satisfaction Nepal has done reasonably well in meeting the MDGs on many targets and if things turn out well it would be doing even better with the SDGs The progress made by Nepal in meeting the highly-ambitious Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) should be... 02 Oct, 2015
�Disturbance in transport means it will create shortage of goods and hit customers hard� In the aftermath of the April/May earthquakes, Nepal has been facing low supply of Chinese goods for the last four months. With the festive season approaching, business people are in urgent need to increase the volume of imports at a time when both... 31 Aug, 2015
Gold, silver at multi-week high Kathmandu, August 2 Gold price went up to a five-week high today and was traded at Rs 50,200 per tola. The last time the precious yellow metal was traded at a similar rate was on July 16. Gold price started to rise after Chinese investors... 21 Aug, 2015
Nepal to benefit from yuan devaluation Kathmandu, August 11 The Chinese authority’s surprising decision to devalue the yuan by 1.9 per cent is expected to make China-made goods, such as clothes, shoes and toys, cheaper in Nepal — albeit consumers here may not be able to reap its... 12 Aug, 2015
China July exports, imports dropped Shanghai, August 8 China’s foreign trade performance worsened in July with both exports and imports falling on an annual basis, customs said today, spelling more worry for the world’s second largest economy. Exports plunged 8.3 per cent... 09 Aug, 2015
