- Friday, 7 February 2025
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Half-yearly review of budget: Govt. downsizes budget to Rs 1692.7 billion
The government has revised the budget of the current fiscal year through the half-yearly review.
Coordination needed for controlling revenue leakage: Finance Minister
The Central Revenue Leakage Control Committee has stressed on the need of coordination and collaboration among all agencies concerned from the central to the local for making the control of revenue leakage more effective.
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Nepal Telecom should review its performance, Minister Gurung says
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung has emphasized that Nepal Telecom should move forward by reviewing its performance.
China hits back at 10% U.S. tariff with its own levies on U.S. products
Beijing announced tariffs of 10% to 15% on U.S. coal, liquefied natural gas, crude oil, pickup trucks and other products shortly after the U.S. tariff took effect.
Identity Preserved International Summit to feature soy products from Nepal in US
Identity Preserved International Summit 2025 to be held in Honolulu,Hawaii,USA from Feb 18-20 organized by Specialty Soybeans and Grains Alliance (SSGA).
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Finance Minister pledges payment to construction entrepreneurs
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Paudel assured that the government would pay the outstanding amount claimed by the construction entrepreneurs in accordance with the law.
Minister Dahal's commitment not to back down from the railway project
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Devendra Dahal, has pledged that the government will not back down from the proposed East-West electric railway construction project.
‘Information Technology Sector can generate more than Rs 100 billion annually’
Information technology experts have said that Nepal can generate more than Rs 100 billion annually through the production of IT human resources.
'Ensure investment climate for innovation'
The stakeholders have underlined the need for adopting one-door system by wiping out legal hurdles and creating atmosphere for investment in small and mid-scale industries relating to innovation.
Need for real-time audience data stressed to drive Nepali media and advertisement market
Various stakeholders have highlighted the critical need for real-time audience data to drive Nepal's media and advertising market development.
Call not to enforce central bank directives and standards in cooperatives sector
Stakeholders have raised voice that the Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank should not enforce its directives and standards to the cooperatives sector when the National Cooperative Regulation Authority has been already constituted.
Policy-level consistency needed for development: Maoist Centre
The CPN (Maoist Centre) has stated that policy-level consistency was needed for infrastructure development and economic development in the country.
Finance Minister's directive to prioritize and find solutions in financial sector
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has given directions to the bodies concerned to find solutions to the existing problems and to prioritize the work aspired to do institutionally for the liberalization of the financial sector.
