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US national dies after falling off cliff

Manang, Oct 6: A US citizen died after falling off cliff while visiting Manang, a mountainous district. The victim is 69-year-old Charles Keith Davis. He was going to Chame from Lamjung in a jeep (Ba 6 Cha 756) on Wednesday night. He was together with …

67 Navy personnel leave Dhaka to join UN peacekeeping

A total of 67 members of Bangladesh Navy left here today to join Bangladesh Navy’s Force Marine Unit-9 in UN peacekeeping mission, South Sudan.The contingent has been entrusted with ensuring the safe movement of the UN’s essential fuel, food, medicine…

3.50pc margin to be added with SMART:BB

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has informed that banks can now add 3.50 percent with the reference lending rate which is also known as SMART rate.Earlier, it was 3 percent.For pre-shipment export and agriculture loans, banks can add 2.5 percent with SMART rate …

Govt puts emphasis on yielding more crops in short time: Razzaque

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque today said that the government is emphasizing on producing more crops in less time to ensure sustainable food security as the arable land across the country is decreasing gradually.”We are emphasizing on yielding…

NRB removes margin lending of Rs 120 million

Amending the Integrated Guidelines 2080 BS, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has increased the margin lending. With this, the cap of upper limit of Rs 120 million for margin lending is removed.As per the new decision, the margin lending is fixed at Rs 150 …

World Bank Projects a Rebound in Nepal’s Economic Growth

The World Bank (WB) has estimated expansion of Nepal’s economic growth in the coming fiscal year.Making public the South Asian Development Update and Nepal Development Update 2023 in Kathmandu on Thursday, the World Bank said Nepal’s economy is expect…

Officials of Language Commission submit memo to PM Dahal

Office-bearers including the Chairperson of the Language Commission met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ today.In the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar, they submitted a recommendatio…