THT 10 YEARS AGO: Petroleum crisis gets inflammatory Kathmandu, February 13, 2008 As the petroleum crisis deepens, the State seems to be twiddling its thumb. State-run Nepal Oil Corporation informed this daily today that merely 13 oil tankers (165 kilolitres), including four for the capital, were... 14 Feb, 2018
Govt to allow NTL to start petro trade with China Kathmandu, November 6 The government is preparing to allow government enterprise, National Trading Ltd (NTL), to enter into petroleum trading with China by making NTL a subsidiary institution of state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC). The... 07 Nov, 2016
Minister told to ease petroleum supply Kathmandu, August 22 Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has directed the Minister of Supplies to ease petroleum supply. In a telephonic talk today, Prime Minister Dahal directed Minister for Supplies Deepak Bohora to immediately avert the... Horoscopes 23 Aug, 2016
Power cuts blow valley denizens' fuse Kathmandu, December 9 The head office of Nepal Electricity Authority at Ratnapark has lately started receiving unusual number of people. “Yesterday, an entire bus filled with people arrived here from Bhaktapur,” said Ram Chandra Pandey,... Travel 10 Dec, 2015
Envoys brief PM on impact of petroleum crisis Kathmandu, December 9 The United Nations and several embassies based in Kathmandu today drew the attention of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to the humanitarian crisis resulting due to shortages of fuel, medicines and other essential... Horoscopes 10 Dec, 2015
Prolonged petroleum crisis worries Japan Kathmandu, November 18 The Government of Japan has expressed deep concern about the current fuel crisis and shortage of essential goods in Nepal. Issuing a statement today, Japanese embassy in Kathmandu stated that the shortages of petroleum... Horoscopes 19 Nov, 2015
Fuel crisis induced high demand for bicycles in Pokhara Pokhara, October 28 As petroleum crisis deepens, the demand for bicycles has shot up in Pokhara. Bicycle shop owners said they have run out of stock as the demand for bicycles has shot up owing to crisis of petroleum products. According to... Travel 29 Oct, 2015
Chitwan schools to remain shut till Chitwan, October 28 Owing to the petroleum crisis, private schools in Chitwan on Wednesday decided to resume classes only after the Chhath festival. Many of the schools, which were supposed to resume classes from Wednesday, said they were forced... Travel 29 Oct, 2015
Chitwan milk producers suffer as petroleum crisis deepens Chitwan, October 27 Dairy farmers in Chitwan are having a difficult time as collection centres have stopped collecting milk citing the fuel crisis. The district produces approximately 225,000 litres of milk everyday, but these collection centres... Travel 28 Oct, 2015
Petroleum crisis hits private banks hard Nawalparasi, October 16 Banking transactions in Nawalparasi have been affected badly due to the ongoing fuel crisis in the country. Fuel crisis has hit private banks the hardest. Almost all private banks in Nawalpur area have halted services... Travel 17 Oct, 2015
'... ask what you can do for your country' Our readers share that every drop counts, so loving one’s country doesn’t mean that one has to do great or big deeds. Actions like keeping the city clean, being courteous to one another, helping each other ... these all help a nation in the path of... 11 Oct, 2015
Most pvt schools to close from next week Kathmandu, October 8 Most of the private schools in the Kathmandu Valley have decided to close from next week for Dashain festival amid deepening shortage of petroleum products. The country is reeling under acute shortage of petroleum... Horoscopes 09 Oct, 2015
