Kathmandu, May 23 : President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Chandra Prasad Dhakal, urged stakeholders to promote Nepal as a premier Buddhist tourism hub. Addressing the Buddhist International Travel Mart (BITM) on Thursday in the capital, President...

TOKYO : US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Japanese goods are a "national crisis", Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday ahead of cross-party talks on mitigating the impact. Japanese firms are the biggest investors into the United States but Trump on Thursday announced a hef...

Kathmandu : The five-year office term of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari is terminating this week. Addressing a press conference at the bank's central office here today, Governor Adhikari said the Central Bank has been able to maintain economic stability by improvin...

Bangkok : The sixth BIMSTEC Summit organised in Bangkok of Thailand concluded today issuing the Bangkok Vision 2030 document. The Summit approved six-point proposal including the Bangkok Vision which emphasizes on keeping the trade expansion, communication network and human security in the r...

Kathmandu : The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has come up with a new arrangement for Employees Provident Fund, Citizen Investment Fund and Social Security Fund and institutions issuing loans for higher purchase on alleviating financial investment in money laundering and terrorist activities. ...

Kathmandu : Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has said the government would get rid of 'grey list' within in the set timeframe. Finance Minister Paudel said it after the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) included Nepal in the 'grey list'. "We fac...

Kathmandu : Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, has paid a courtesy call on Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Deepak Khadka. The meeting held in Singha Durbar on Friday dwelt on issues relating to Nepal-India energy cooperation. Minister Khadka extended thanks t...

Kathmandu : Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Dipak Khadka, and Indian Minister for Jal Shakti, CR Patil, held meeting in New Delhi today. Energy Minister Khadka is in New Delhi to attend 'India Energy Week-2025'.  During the meeting, an agreement was reached to fo...

Kathmandu : 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. At a programme organized by the Female Economic Journalists' Association (FEJA) here...

Kathmandu : 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.  At a discussion proigramme hosted by Nepal Soci...

Kathmandu : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said Nepal has already made advancements in terms of development works and infrastructure. In his virtual address to the foundation stone laying ceremony of Butwal-Gorusinge road section up-gradation and today, PM Oli said the government would speed up the...

Surkhet : A fresh tender has been issued for the Jagadulla Hydropower Project, which is set to be developed in Mudkechula Rural Municipality, Dolpa. According to Sanjay Sapkota, the CEO of the company, the tender is valued at Rs 16 billion. The original tender for civil and hydro-mechan...

Kathmandu : The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has unveiled a draft with new standards to manage savings and credit of cooperative organizations with the government issuing a new law relating to cooperative sector management through an ordinance.  In order to maintain transparency and balance in th...

Kathmandu : Private sector industry and business organizations, including the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), have said that the ordinances issued recently would enhance the investment and business climate in the country, and thanked the government for this....

Kathmandu : Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said that the government was preparing to introduce a legal mechanism for alternative development financing.  Minister Poudel said that a new bill is being prepared to explore new and alternative fiscal resources...

Kathmandu : Journalists have called for a robust welfare fund, progressive state policies, access to soft loans for media organizations, and regular capacity-building training to strengthen the media industry. Participating in a discussion organized today by the Communications Registrar'...