Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties have been deliberating on various aspects of the annual estimates of income and expenditure (budget) for the upcoming fiscal year 2024-25 in the meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament.
Visiting Deputy Vice President of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Jonathan Brooks, on Tuesday paid a courtesy call to Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun.
"We are experiencing right now the end of a period of 600 years of colonialism. The Global Majority, which represents more than 80% of the world population and 70% of the world’s GDP, is moving to build a new economic system based on a win-win cooperation and the Five Principles of Peaceful Cooperation," she said.
CPN (UML) lawmaker Gokarna Raj Bista said although the budget of the coming fiscal year has announced economic transformation, its implementation is going to be challenging.
Addressing the ceremony held on the occasion of the breakthrough of the Arun-3 Hydropower Project on Tuesday, PM Prachanda said the government in the 2024/25 budget made sufficient effort to attract private investment in the energy sector.
Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Arjun Narsingh KC has said the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2081-82 BS is beyond reality and is ambitious.
Lawmakers Padam Bahadur Pariyar of the Nepali Congress and Krishna Prasad Adhikari of the CPN (Maoist Centre) have called for immediately providing assistants to the people with disabilities (PWDs).
CPN (Maoist Centre) lawmaker, Lekhnath Dahal, has said that collaborative efforts are needed to combat institutional corruption.
CPN (UML) lawmaker Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai has urged mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra Shah, not to make provocative statement towards political leadership.
Nepali Congress lawmaker Sanjaya Kumar Gautam has pointed out the need of reforms in the present governance system and called for forming a government of national consensus.
The Kathmandu Valley witnessed a thundershower due to the influence of the local wind today. According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the local wind developed from the vicinity of Butwal, southwest of Katmandu, entered the Valley via Dhading, causing the rainfall.
According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association, the hallmark gold is being traded at Rs 142,700 per tola today against 141,000 on Monday.
Price of yellow metal has increased by Rs 1,700 per tola (11.66 grams) in the domestic market today.
Centre chief Bharat Koirala said that the earthquake measured 4.1 on the Richter scale. "The tremor occurred with epicentre around Nepa of Dailekh and we suppose it did not cause major damage. No information of damage due to the tremor has been received so far," he added. (RSS)
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has extended best wishes to the Nepali cricket players for the excellent performance in the ICC T20 World Cup ongoing in the US.