Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle presented a budget of Rs 2.124 trillion for the fiscal year 2026-27 at a joint session of Parliament on Jestha 15 (May 29).
The nearly two-thirds majority government of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which e…
In the budget for Fiscal Year 2026-27, Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle has quietly introduced a multi-rate Value Added Tax (VAT) system through the back door.
On one hand, the Finance Minister stated that the government would conduct a study on…
The government's budget has been increasing every year. However, the question of how much economic return that spending has generated is becoming increasingly serious. Data from the past decade suggest that while Nepal’s budget size has ex…
Within Singha Durbar bureaucracy, there is a long-circulating belief that the government determines the tax exemption threshold based on the salary of an Under Secretary. There is no formal evidence to support this claim, but neither does it seem en…
Though the government has intensified high-level efforts to remove Nepal from the money laundering grey list, international monitoring bodies have continued to stress that merely enacting laws is not sufficient, and that Nepal must demonstrate tangi…
Do you like remaining poor? Not just you, no one likes being poor, staying poor, or being labeled poor.
But Nepal now finds itself in a situation, where it will once again remain in the group of poor countries. Although Nepal does not wish to con…
Let us imagine!
Outside the departure terminal of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), a Gen Z youth is standing. But he is not holding a one-way ticket to Qatar. Instead, he is trying to register a startup through a new digital business portal…
The new government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah (Balen) has been formed on March 27, Friday.
But with the formation of a new government and positive signals of policy stability, signs of renewed enthusiasm are emerging among domestic and f…
Nepalis head to the polls on March 5. The loudspeakers have fallen silent for last two days, party flags hang still, and manifestos have already made their final promises, though most of the voters do not read and believe on the manifestos as usual.…
Nearly six months after fire gutted some of Nepal’s most recognizable retail landmarks, the blue-and-yellow towers of Bhat-Bhateni Super Store – the symbols of rising consumer economy – are returning to the skyline.
Today, when th…
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