Year-on-year consumer price inflation at 5.41 percent: NRB Report The y-o-y consumer price inflation stood at 5.41 per cent in mid-January 2025 compared to 5.26 per cent a year ago, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) stated in its report, 'Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal.' Business 03 Feb, 2025
Birgunj dry port collects 12.7 billion in revenue in three months The dry port customs office at Sirsiya, Birgunj has collected revenue of Rs 12.7 billion during the three months of the current financial year. Business 19 Oct, 2024
NADA to bring 1,950 vehicles to Chobhar dry port ​​​​​​​The Federation of Nepal Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Nepal Chamber of Commerce, Confederation of Nepali Industries, Nepal Freight Forwarders Association and Nepal Truck Transport Traders Federation have held discussions with NADA Automobile Association of Nepal to bring 1,950 automobiles, including jeeps and vans, from Birgunj dry port and check posts to Chobhar dry port. Business 23 May, 2023
EDITORIAL: Anxious traders Traders are up in arms against the Indian government’s decision to ban the export and import of goods from the Land Customs Station (LCS) of Raxaul on the border and direct them through the Integrated Check Point (ICP) starting Sunday, or October 16. T Opinion 14 Oct, 2022
EDITORIAL - Rotten fertiliser At a time when farmers across the country have been reeling under an acute shortage of chemical fertilisers, more than 7,500 metric tonnes of them have been rotting under the open sky at Birgunj-based dry port for want of clearance by the concerned agencies, which imported them spending billions of rupees. Opinion 26 Jan, 2022
More than 7,000 tonnes of fertiliser rotting at Birgunj dry port Fertiliser weighing 7,591 metric tonnes dumped at Birgunj dry port for the past one-anda-half years is yet to be properly managed, thanks to the negligence of authorities. Nepal 25 Jan, 2022
EDITORIAL: The heat�s on When the country is having to import rice worth billions of rupees annually, declining output due to droughts and other reasons is worrisome With precipitation far above average across the country, this monsoon was an extremely wet one. Or so we... 22 Oct, 2020
Sugar imported by Salt Trading for festive season to arrive today KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 20 Unlike the delays that used to occur in the previous years, sugar purchased by Salt Trading Corporation (STC) is all set to arrive on Wednesday. As per STC, around 2,500 tonnes of sugar will reach Birgunj dry port on... 21 Oct, 2020
EDITORIAL: Allow self-declaration How the third gender people want to be identified in the citizenship certificate is for them to decide The parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance Committee’s decision requiring an authorised doctor’s recommendation to obtain citizenship... 21 Mar, 2019
DoC plans to instal advanced scanners Kathmandu, January 25 The Department of Customs (DoC) has said that it will buy more advanced scanner machines and instal them in major customs points of the country so that works can be carried out more effectively and efficiently. According to... 26 Jan, 2019
Govt collects Rs 206.6 billion in revenue in three months KATHMANDU: Government has collected Rs 206.6 billion in revenue so far in the current fiscal year 2018-19. The collection amounts to 27.57 per cent of this year's revenue collection target of Rs 904.5 billion. This year, so far, has recorded an... 04 Nov, 2018
Share of imports through Birgunj dry port drops to 10.5 per cent Kathmandu, August 25 The volume of imports from Bhairahawa, Biratnagar, Nepalgunj, Krishnanagar and Rasuwa customs points increased substantially in the previous fiscal year. Though Birgunj is still the major gateway, with one-third of the... 26 Aug, 2018
