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May 2023

Chitrakar and Dong honoured with Araniko prize

The Araniko National Fine Arts Award for this year has been presented to artists Madan Chitrakar and Man Bahadur Dong respectively.Likewise, the National Fine Arts Award in the contemporary art category has been presented to Uddhab Raj Rimal and Fine …

Rokaya first from Bajhang to reach atop Sagarmatha

Sangita Rokaya of Dhuli in Saipal Rural Municipality-4 is the first Bajhangi girl to reach the peak of the highest mountain of the world Sagarmatha or Everest. The 26-year-old successfully climbed the mountain on May 17 with the help of Pioneer Advent…

New York street named after Tenzing Norgay

The 75 Street, Broad Way and Woodside in Queens Borough, New York State, USA, has been named after Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first man to set foot at the world’s highest mountain Sagarmatha or Everest.The City Council of District 25 of Queens, New Yo…

Bangladesh open to buying more Russian oil

Bangladesh will continue to buy Russian oil if it’s offered at an affordable price despite concerns about antagonizing the West as the South Asian country looks to secure energy supplies, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said last week.Commodity prices, i…

Govt. allocates Rs 31 billion for east-west highway expansion

Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said the work of expansion of the four-lane east-west highway would be expedited.Presenting the annual budget for the coming fiscal year 2080/81 in the joint meeting of the federal parliament today, Finance…

Financial Bill tabled in House of Representatives

The Finance Bill 2080 was tabled in the meeting of the House of Representatives today.Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat presented the bill in today’s second meeting of the House of Representatives.Earlier Dr Mahat presented the budget for the f…

Govt. aims at 6 per cent economic growth

The government has set a target of achieving 6 per cent economic growth rate in the next fiscal year 2080/81. Further, it aims to limit inflation to below 6.5 per cent.Presenting the budget statement in Parliament today, Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sh…

This budget cannot address current economic crisis: Chair Oli

The main opposition party, CPN (UML), has commented that the budget presented today by the government for coming fiscal year would not be able to address the current economic crisis.Sharing his preliminary comments on the budget for coming fiscal year…

Finance sector development strategy to be prepared

The government has said second phase of finance sector development strategy would be prepared in the coming fiscal year and brought into implementation.The budget has incorporated various issues including further strengthening government owned banks a…

Budget of 1751.31 billion presented

The government has tabled a budget of Rs 1751.31 billion for the financial year 2080/81. Out of the total allocation, Rs 1141.78 billion rupees or 65.20 percent is for current expenditure, 302 billion rupees i.e. 17.25 percent for capital expenditure,…

Nat’l interest at centre in India visit, PM says

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that he is visiting India by keeping the national interests at the centre.Informing the Federal Parliament today about his India visit, PM Prachanda shared that bilateral meetings, important agree…

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