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Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has fixed the exchange rate of one US dollar at Rs 126.34 for Wednesday. This is a record high for the American dollar. Earlier, the exchange rate of one US dollar had reached Rs 125.72 on Thursday.In the days that followed, the dollar weakened. It had started rising again from Tuesday. Meanwhile, the US dollar set a…

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control has urged to consume processed drinking water only by looking at the DFTQC number on the label of the bottle and jar.Stating that the infection of various harmful micro-organisms of diarrhea will increase in the rainy season and there is a possibility of infection from the use of such…

Thai Smile Airways, a subsidiary of Thai Airways from Thailand is going to start regular Kathmandu-Bangkok flight.Thai Smile is going to start regular flights in Nepal for the first time from next Friday (July 1). In addition, after two years, the airline will resume direct flight to Nepal-Thailand route.The Civil Aviation Authority has…

SriLankan Airlines plans to expand flightsThe airline has been allowed to operate all seven flights per week through Tribhuvan International Airport from July 6, according to the official Zenith Travels for Nepal.The airline has been allowed to operate seven flights a week by making Colombo transit to Gulf destinations including the…

For the upcoming Fiscal Year 2022/23, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has allotted a budget of Rs 25,41 billion. Today, Deputy Mayor of KMC Sunita Dangol presented the budget during a special event.Twenty percent of the budget, or Rs 4.68 billion, has been earmarked for office expenses. Infrastructure development has been allotted Rs…

Wizz Air will also start international flights from Gautam Buddha International Airport Bhairahawa, Nepal's second largest international airport, in September.Hungary-based Ultra Low Cost  Airlines is reportedly preparing to fly from Bhairahawa to Abu Dhabi, UAE.Various international airlines have been busy to operate regular flights…

Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is being delivered to children aged 5 to 12 across the country as of today (Thursday).At a news conference on Wednesday, Basanta Adhikari, Chief of the Kathmandu District Health Office, announced that 1300 immunisation facilities had been assigned to provide the vaccine to a total of 3.9 million children.…

In the coming fiscal year, the Kathmandu metropolitan city (KMC) plans to construct an amphitheatre in the capital city.Mayor Balen Shah said on Sunday during the presentation of the policy and program for the fiscal year 2022/23 that the Kathmandu metropolitan city will build an amphitheatre shortly ."Dabalis (platforms) in the…

Nepal Oil Corporation has increased aviation fuel by Rs 19, as a result air fare (surcharge) has risen by upto Rs 1,020.Airlines have increased air fares after the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) hiked fuel prices.According to the Association of Airlines Operators, the fare from Kathmandu to Dhangadhi will be Rs 840 more. Now, the maximum…

Along with the rise in prices of petroleum products, the fare of public transport has also gone up.The Department of Transport Management has increased the fares for inter-state passenger and freight transport from 5.3 percent to a maximum of 7.7 percent.Fares on inter-state public transport have increased by 5.30 percent.Similarly,…