- Thursday, 14 May 2026
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Task Force urges NRB to revive concessional loan schemes
The Banking Sector Reform Recommendation Task Force (BSRFRF) has urged the banking sector to immediately resume concessional loan programmes by ta
Restoring private sector's confidence need of the hour: Gorkhapatra discourse
Amidst the uncertainty following the attacks on businesses, investments and private properties during the Gen-Z protests, economic slowdown that persisted
Stakeholders Seek Policy Remedies For Prosperity
Public and private sector stakeholders of the economy have unanimously voiced that while there is immense potential for business and development in Nepal, i
Decades on, directives to use domestic goods in govt offices remain spurned
Following repeated demands from the private sector that the public institutions buy the goods and services made in Nepal, the government implemented
TRN faces challenge to prove its relevance in AI age
The Rising Nepal (TRN), the first broadsheet English daily in the country, has completed six decades’ journey in publication and will turn 61 on Tuesday, December 16.
Seven women honoured with ‘She Leads Icon’
Seven women leaders have been honoured with 'She Leads Icon' award conferred on competitive basis by Kalpa Empower Women Nepal. The winners of the a
SAARC's future uncertain amidst internal tensions, leadership gap
After the 18th SAARC Summit held in Kathmandu in November 2014, only a formal ministerial meeting of the member countries happened in Pokhara of Nepal in 2016.
Private sector seeks deferral, govt avers ‘no holding back’
The country that feels elated with erratic boosts in export backed by products flourished on customs arbitrage – such as palm and soyabean oil - is set to graduate to a ‘develop
Seeing Nepal’s Action Hero Up Close
'Paribhasha' is the only movie I watched twice in the cinema hall. I was a school student in Janata Vidyalaya Tansen during the 1990s. I liked the 'redeemed villain' played by Rajesh Hamal.
Task force recommends overhaul of salary, service benefits in state-owned enterprises
A government-appointed task force has suggested an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of the salary and service benefits structure across Nepal’s state-owned enterprises, regulatory bodies, and academies.
Revenue collection remains steady
Despite disruptions and 'brief uncertainty' created by the Gen Z movement in September 8-9, the government's revenue collection registered a steady growth over the first four-month of the current Fiscal Year 2025/26.
Government’s austerity measures expected to improve expenditure pattern
Within a couple of weeks of his assumption of the post of Finance Minister, Rameshore Prasad Khanal initiated a drive to apply austerity measures in all forms of public expenditure – development, operational and financing.
An Account Of Trans-Himalayan Relations
Nepal and Tibet have shared a relationship of both affection and animosity for millennia. Formal exchanges betw
Govt assures private sector of investment security
The government has assured the private sector, which experienced a severe attack and damage to business and private properties during the Gen Z movement in September, that investments and investors will be protected.
Capital expenditure remains meagre 4.7% in first three months of new fiscal
Spending of the budget allocated to development projects (capital expenditure) in the first trimester of the current Fiscal Year 2025/26 has remained the lowest in the last four years. According to the Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO), capital expenditure has staggered at 4.7 per cent (Rs. 19 billion) of the total allocation of Rs. 407.88 billion only to outperform 3.9 per cent of 2021/22. Then, the government could spend Rs. 14.8 billion against the total capital allocation of Rs. 378.09 billion.
