Kathmandu / May 9: A group of lawmakers, economists, industrialists, businesspersons and journalists has given suggestions for the upcoming budget. At a pre-budget session organised here Thursday in the central capital by the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, they submitted a 61-point recommendation letter related to financial activities to the committee. The committee […]
Hetauda / Apr 30: State-3 government is to bring a budget of around Rs 50 billion for coming fiscal year. It has been making preparation to bring the budget through the project bank. Employees of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning and Policy and Planning Commission of the state have been involved for the […]
Kathmandu / Apr 29: The constitution has, in its Preamble, guaranteed equal status to men and women, promising to eliminate discrimination based on class, caste, region, language, religion and gender and all forms of caste-based untouchability. Gender equality remains as the spirit of the country’s law, but in practice, gender-based discrimination largely prevails in every […]
Kathmandu / Apr 22: A day before the expiry of the seven-day deadline to pay its capital gains tax, Ncell, a private telecom giant, on Monday lodged a petition at the Supreme Court, saying the Large Taxpayers Office has wrongly determined their tax liability at Rs39.06 billion. In line with the Supreme Court order to […]
Chitwan / Apr 21: Former Prime Minister and Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said cooperatives’ role should be augmented to ensure economic prosperity and socialism-oriented State with social justice. Opening a petrol pump set up by District Cooperatives Association Chitwan here today, Chairman Dahal argued that as per three-pillar economic policy, the cooperative […]
Pokhara / Apr 18: Drugs worth Rs 45 billion are transacted in the country annually. This information was shared in a news conference organised on the eve of the National Convention of Nepal Chemist & Druggist Association here today. On the occasion, Association president Mrigendra Mehar Shrestha said that a total 21,000 people were involved […]
Bharatpur / Apr 15: Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada has directed revenue employees for a quality increase in revenue by expanding the scope of taxation. During his visit today to the Inland Revenue Office, Bharatpur, he directed the office employees to focus on quality growth in revenue. He also instructed for the full enforcement […]
Kathmandu / Apr 8: The government is set to make a soft-launch of its ‘Visit Nepal Year 2020’ campaign from Pokhara, a famous tourist destination, on April 13 marking the eve of the Nepali New Year, 2076. In preparations for this bid, a meeting of the main organising committee under the chairpersonship of Prime Minister […]
Kathmandu / Apr 3: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has estimated Nepal’s economy to grow at 6.2% in fiscal year (FY) 2019 and 6.3% in FY 2020. “The outlook is for a stable growth on the back of strong domestic demand, fueled by a larger budget allocation to subnational governments and accelerated post-earthquake reconstruction,” said […]
Kathmandu / Mar 27: The government said on Wednesday that it has made all preparations to host the Nepal Investment Summit in Kathmandu later this week. At a press conference at the Finance Ministry, Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada said that all preparations have been completed to host the summit. Finance Minister Khatiwada hoped that the […]