January 16:  The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has cut the fuel prices from Monday midnight. Issuing a press statement on Monday, the NOC said that the price of petrol, diesel and kerosene had decreased by Rs 1 per litre. 

According to the NOC, the price of petrol is fixed Rs 163.5 per litre in Charali, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Amlekhgunj, Bhalbari, Nepalgunj, Dhangadhi and Birgunj and Rs 153.5 per litre to diesel and kerosene in those depots.

Likewise, the price of per litre petrol is fixed Rs 165 in Dang and Surkhet, and Rs 166 in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Dipayal. The NOC said that the price of petroleum products was slashed as per the new price list received from the Indian Oil Corporation(IOC).