BIZ BRIEFS Oil prices ease LONDON: Oil prices eased on Monday after crude hit $40 per barrel in New York last week for the first time in more than 13 years on fears of terrorist strikes in the Middle East and US petrol shortages. The price of benchmark Brent... 10 May, 2004
Nepal’s GDP growth rate projected at 3.5 per cent Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, April 16: Nepal’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow by 3.5 per cent during the fiscal year 2004, as economy recovered and grew by 2.4 per cent in 2003, following a marginal contraction during the... 16 Apr, 2004
Rastriya Samachar Samiti Biratnagar, April 11A price rise of over four per cent in all the goods of daily use in Morang in the last nine months of the current fiscal year due to the scarcity of petroleum products has hit the customers hard. The price increase is caused due to... 11 Apr, 2004
Nepal flays attacks on Indian interests Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 7:A day after the Indian government lambasted the Maoist attacks on Indian interests in Nepal, the Foreign Ministry here responded yesterday with a similar condemnation of the insurgents."The government strongly... Travel 08 Apr, 2004
Indian petroleum product exports rise by 40 per cent Himalayan News ServiceNew Delhi, April 6:The hardening of the rupee against the dollar has helped Indian refineries take advantage of the global volatility in crude and petroleum products to register a 40 per cent growth in exports. “The appreciation... 06 Apr, 2004
Maoist sanction hits Pokhara hard Himalayan News ServicePokhara, March 16:The Pokhara locals have been hit hard by the embargo imposed by the Maoists. Hospitals here are short of oxygen cylinders because of this. Cooking gas or LPG is also out of stock. Kalidas Baral, a gas depot owner... Travel 17 Mar, 2004
Fuel shortage hits Tanahun Himalayan News ServiceTanahun, March 14:The Maoist-imposed sanction has created shortage of petroleum products in the district. Kerosene, diesel and petrol at petrol pumps in Damauli have run out of stock and the tankers which were to fetch the fossil... Travel 15 Mar, 2004
Price disparity results in heavy loss to NOC Indra GurungKathmandu, March 9:Due to the widening disparity between domestic and international prices of petroleum products, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has been suffering a monthly loss of over Rs 300 million, for the last three months. "NOC has to... 09 Mar, 2004
Ginger exports to India start Rastriya Samachar SamitiNepalgunj, February 2Ginger worth a total of Rs 82.9 million has been exported to India through the Nepalgunj transit point during the first six months of the current fiscal year.Altogether 8,291 metric tonnes of ginger was... 02 Feb, 2004
17 per cent food products with fault in the valley Radha Krishna Shrestha a local from Baneshwor has a habit of buying a hefty amount of fresh green vegetables as he returns home from office. Another housewife in the same market chooses her brand of cooking oil by checking the smell. However, many... Travel 25 Apr, 2002
17 per cent food products with fault in the valley Radha Krishna Shrestha a local from Baneshwor has a habit of buying a hefty amount of fresh green vegetables as he returns home from office. Another housewife in the same market chooses her brand of cooking oil by checking the smell. However, many... Horoscopes 25 Apr, 2002
