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Economic growth projected at 8.5 %



KATHMANDU: Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada has claimed that the budget of the fiscal year 2019/20 will help achieve 8.5 % economic growth.

Finance Minister Khatiwada has boasted of allocating sufficient budget in the infrastructure, too.

However, opposition leaders and finance experts have termed the budget ‘distributive’ after Khatiwada allotted Rs 60 million 60 for lawmakers’ development fund, allowance for the elderly.

Publish Date : 31 May 2019 08:48 AM

Dr. Narayan Kandel appointed Attorney General

KATHMANDU: The government has appointed advocate Dr. Narayan Kandel as

Dr. Narayan Kandel appointed Attorney General

KATHMANDU: The government has appointed advocate Dr. Narayan Kandel as

Ex-PM Oli appears in court over Gen-Z movement crackdown, denies wrongdoing

KATHMANDU: KP Sharma Oli, chairman of the Nepal Communist Party

Govt to introduce legal framework for petrol, diesel vehicle conversion to EVs

KATHMANDU: The government has decided to make the necessary legal

Actor Sagar Lamsal presented before authorities after arrest over rape allegation

KATHMANDU: Nepali actor Sagar Lamsal, who was arrested on allegations