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Govt increases tax on alcohol, cigars and construction materials

Kathmandu, May 29/ The fiscal budget has made provisions to levy tax on alcohol, cigars, sanitary, electronics and construction materials. Similarly, the budget has scrapped the provisions to impose VAT on education, health which was being imposed on the income made through providing health facilities. Meanwhile, the government has also decided to waive the over-long-due […]


Finance Minister unveils first federal budget of Rs1.31 trillion

Kathmandu May 29/ Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada has launched the first ever federal budget of Rs 1.315 trillion for the fiscal year 2018/19, today. Out of the total budget, government aims to utilise Rs845.5 billion as recurrent expenditure. Likewise, Rs314.28 billion and Rs155.18 billion have been earmarked for capital expenditure and financing provision, respectively. Moreover, […]


SC seeks bona fide files on Dhungel’s amnesty

Kathmandu, May 29: Supreme Court on Monday has directed government to furnish original documents on a decision supposedly taken by government to grant amnesty to Bal Krishna Dhungel, who is serving a jail sentence after being found guilty on a murder case. The division bench of Justices Meera Khadka and Tanka Bahadur Moktan directed to […]


NA endorses government policies and programmes

Kathmandu, May 27: The National Assembly, upper house in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Nepal, passed government’s new policies and programmes with majority. A meeting of the NA held today at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwor, passed policies and programmes for the upcoming fiscal year. President Bidya Devi Bhandari on May 21 had presented […]


CM Poudel elected as NCP PP leader in Province 3

Hetauda, May 27 : A meeting of Parliamentary Party of the Communist Party of Nepal of Province 3, on Sunday elected Chief Minister Dormani Poudel as parliamentary party leader unanimously. The meeting held in Hetauda, also decided to express gratitude to the unification between the then CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Centre. There are 80 province assembly […]


$500m US grant likely to enter Nepal from Sept 2019

Nepal will be able to utilise $500 million grant pledged by a US government agency beginning September 2019 if it is able to lay the necessary groundwork for release of the fund, a senior US official said today. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent US government agency working to reduce global poverty through economic […]


NASA’s former astronaut visits school in Koteshwor

KATHMANDU: NASA’s former astronaut and scientist Dr Sandra Hall Magnus has visited Koteshwor-based Kanjirowa National Secondary School. In a press release issued by the school, it is stated that Magnus was welcomed by the school’s management team in a special programme to grace her visit. Executive Director of the school, Mahendra Khanal said, “Dr Magnus’s […]


Win-win for both sides through mediation: Acting CJ

CHITWAN, May 25: Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Deepak Raj Joshi has said both sides of a disputed win if the dispute is resolved through mediation, arguing that this is so because both sides themselves decide on their respective issues. Addressing a program of interaction entitled ‘Usefulness of Mediation: Peace and Goodwill’ organized […]


Nepal to make ODI debut against the Netherlands

Kathmandu, May 24 / Nepal will play their first two ODIs against Netherlands on the 1st and 3rd of August, it was revealed Wednesday (May 23). The two matches will take place at as-yet-undisclosed venues in the Netherlands immediately following the two nations’ T20 tri-series with the MCC at Lords, which is scheduled for the 29th […]


Nepal becomes first country in South East Asia to eliminate trachoma

Kathmandu, May 24/ The World Health Organisation has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem – a milestone, as the country becomes the first in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. “Nepal’s achievement is commendable and results from strong political commitment, intense community engagement […]




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