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नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको बेलायत शाखा गठन

लण्डन- नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ, बेलायत शाखा गठन भएको छ। महासंघको जनकपुरमा सम्पन्न बैठकले शाखा खोल्न स्वीकृति दिएसँगै युरोपको नेपालीपत्रका सम्पादक नवीन पोखरेलको संयोजकत्वमा तदर्थ समिति गठन गरिएको हो। समितिमा चिरन शर्मा, हरि गुरुङ, प्रवीन गुरुङ, नरेश खपांगी, मिलन ज्ञवाली, नारायण भण्डारी, नारायण गाउँले, श्याम लुईंटेल, सुशील सिंह, होम परिवाग, रमा लामिछाने, देवी गौतम, इश्वर रिजाल, दिनेश [...]

गोर्खा सैनिकलाई उच्च अवार्ड

काठमाडौं, जेठ २० – अफगानिस्तान युद्धमा देखाएको बहादुरीका लागि बेलायती सेनाका नेपाली कर्पोरल दीपप्रसाद पुनलाई महारानी एलिजाबेथ द्वितीयाले वीरतासम्बन्धी दोस्रो ठूलो पदक प्रदान गरेकी छन्। बकिङ्घम दरबारमा बुधबार राति आयोजित विशेष समारोहमा महारानी एलिजाबेथले पुनलाई ुकन्स्पिस्युअस ग्यालन्ट्री क्रसु अवार्डले सम्मानित गरेकी हुन्। बेलायती रक्षा मन्त्रालयका अनुसार यो अवार्ड भिक्टोरिया क्रसपछि दोस्रो ठूलो हो। उदाहरणीय बहादुरीका [...]

वेलायतको नयाँ नियमले २५ हजार नेपाली प्रभावित हुने

लन्डन, चैत १९ – वेलायत सरकारले २१ अप्रिलदेखि लागू गर्न लागेको नयाँ नियमले करिब १५ हजार विद्यार्थी र तिनका १० हजार ुडिपेन्डेन्टु प्रभावित हुने भएका छन्। नयाँ नियमले विद्यार्थी तथा तिनका ुडिपेन्डेन्टुलाई काम गर्न रोक लगाउनेछ। ३१ मार्चमा आएको नियमले अध्ययन सकेपछि व्यवसाय गर्ने अधिकार भने दिनेछ। मार्च २२ मा बेलायती गृहमन्त्री टेरेसाले विद्यार्थी एवं [...]

Asian shares pressured by Europe, Korea worries

BEIJING : Most Asian stock markets fell Wednesday amid worries about Europe’s debt problems, Korean tensions and disappointing growth in Australia. Oil prices rose above $84 a barrel amid the release of surveys showing China’s manufacturing boom accelerated in November. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was down less than 0.1 percent to 9,935.86, Hong Kong’s Hang [...]

Current account deficit widens to $17.5B high

Canada’s overall current account deficit widened by $4.6 billion to reach a high of $17.5 billion in the third quarter. On a seasonally adjusted basis, it’s the eighth consecutive quarterly deficit going back to late 2008, Statistics Canada said Monday. “A record merchandise trade gap was the main driver in the quarter, but there was [...]

Gold Declines, Trimming Weekly Advance, Amid Europe Debt Concern

Gold fell, paring gains earlier in the week, as concerns that Ireland’s debt problems will widen to Portugal and Spain weakened the euro against the dollar, curbing demand of the precious metal for an alternative investment. Immediate-delivery gold declined as much as 0.8 percent to $1,365.07 an ounce before trading at $1,370 an ounce at [...]

Putin says Russia might one day join the eurozone

BERLIN : Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday he was confident in the euro despite Europe’s debt crisis and said his country might even join the currency block itself one day. Putin also sharply criticized the dollar’s dominance as a world reserve currency. Despite the problems in some heavily indebted eurozone countries, the euro [...]

Worries over Europe debt, Korea support Treasurys

NEW YORK : Treasurys are edging higher with growing fears over Europe’s debt crisis and tensions between North and South Korea. The yield on the 10-year Treasury is trading at 2.87 percent Friday afternoon, lower than its 2.92 percent yield late Wednesday. Rising Treasury prices push bond yields down. In times of trouble, nervous investors [...]

Tensions in Europe, Koreas boost dollar

NEW YORK : The dollar jumped Friday as a major credit ratings agency downgraded the debt of Ireland’s banks and investors worried that Portugal would become the third European country to need a bailout this year. Tensions also escalated in Asia as North Korea warned that U.S. and South Korean military maneuvers put the region [...]

U.K. students protest tuition fee hikes

Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple university tuition fees, and there were sporadic scuffles with police, two weeks after a similar demonstration sparked a small riot. The Metropolitan Police said two officers were injured in London, including one with a broken arm. Three protesters were arrested. College and university students [...]

UK plans to measure national mood, alongside GDP

LONDON : British Prime Minister David Cameron set out plans on Thursday to measure the national mood and help to build a more family-friendly Britain, a potentially fraught endeavour at a time of sharp spending cuts. Cameron said the Office for National Statistics, which produces data on economic growth, unemployment and crime, would start measuring [...]

Searches for Properties in Europe on the Increase

London: According to a recent report from property portal PrimeLocation, thousands of people in the UK are scouring the European market for bargain properties. The most popular European destinations for property in are Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland and Greece with searches in these countries up 134 per cent in the last year. Buying a house [...]

Merkel Sees Troubles for Euro

BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered an unusually negative assessment of Europe’s effort to overcome its debt crisis, warning that the region’s common currency was in an “exceptionally serious situation.” The remarks, delivered in a speech to a German employers’ association, accelerated a selloff in the euro, which hit its lowest level in two months. The [...]

Nexans, Repsol, Sacyr, Standard Chartered: Europe Equity Preview

The following companies’ shares may have unusual moves in European trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are from the previous close. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced 1 percent to 266.29. The Stoxx 50 Index rose 0.9 percent to 2,526.22. The Euro Stoxx 50 Index, a benchmark for nations using the euro, gained [...]

ECB: Euro to survive crisis

make money online HELSINKI: Euro will survive the current crisis in Europe, but spreading of Ireland’s problems must be prevented, European central bank governing council member Erkki Liikanen said in a television interview yesterday. Euro will survive and euro’s position is not at all in question, Liikanen told Finnish broadcaster YLE. He added that he [...]