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Finance Minister claims budget intends to tackle pandemic

Kathmandu / May 30: The government has tried to establish its rationale behind the presentation of a full budget as being constitutional and feasible for implementation, despite the budget facing widespread criticism for being a ‘populist and distributive’ one enforced by a caretaker government. Speaking at a press meet organized by the Ministry of Finance […]


HoR dissolution: next date of hearing fixed for Tuesday

Kathmandu / May 30: The hearing on the writ petitions filed at the Supreme Court (SC) against the House of Representatives (HoR) dissolution could not enter into the theoretical issue on Sunday as well but ended the hearing amid the disputes on formation of bench. The next date of hearing on HoR dissolution has been […]


Govt. unveils budget for 2021/22 (Major highlights)

Kathmandu / May 29: Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel on Saturday unveiled a budget of Rs 1.647 trillion (Rs 1,647,570,000,000) for the upcoming fiscal year 2021/22. Of the total amount of the budget, Rs 678.610 billion has been earmarked for recurrent expenditure while Rs 347 billion for capital expenditure by the federal government. Similarly, Rs 279.7 […]


4,487 new cases of COVID-19, 6,080 recoveries and 116 fatalities in 24 hours

Kathmandu / May 29: With 4,487 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 553,422. In 14,006 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 4,487 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily update. […]


People should be made judge in settling Political Disputes-PM

Narayan Dhungana, Kathmandu, May 29: The government has marked the 14th republic day today amidst a special function commemorating the occasion when Nepal was proclaimed a federal democratic republic country. The celebration was made at the Nepal Army Headquarters in the presence of President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Also present on the occasion were Vice-President Nanda […]


Remarkable economic progress made despite adverse situation: PM Oli

Kathmandu / May 28: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the government has been able to make remarkable economic progress despite adverse situation. The Prime Minster said so in his address to the national today. He said the country was recommended for being elevated to a developing country from the status of the […]


Record 9,841 COVID-19 Recoveries In 24 Hours, 6,855 New Infections, 96 Fatalities

Kathmandu / May 28: With 6,855 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 549,111. In 19,313 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 6,855 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily update. […]


Achieving targeted economic growth rate is challenging: Finance Minister

Kathmandu, May 28: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said it would be difficult to achieve the economic growth target determined for the current fiscal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Finance Minister said this while launching the Economic Survey at the Ministry of Finance this afternoon. He shared on the occasion that it […]


SC refuses to issue interim order; cases to be tested in Constitutional Court

Kathmandu / May 27: The hearing on all the writ petitions relating to the dissolution of the House of Representatives registered at the Supreme Court is to be held in the Constitutional Bench. A single bench of Chief Justsice Cholendra Shamsher JB Rana that looked into the 19 petitions relating to the HoR dissolution in […]


6,731 new cases of COVID-19, 7,226 recoveries and 106 fatalities in 24 hours

Kathmandu / May 27: With 6,731 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 542,256. In 20,414 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 6,731 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily update. […]




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