Putin gives Kim Jong Un a luxury limousine. It's a violation of UN sanctions on North Korea Kim, 40, is known to possess many foreign-made luxury cars believed to have been smuggled into his country in breach of the UN resolution. World 20 Feb, 2024
Luxury tax comes into force In case of the non-payment of the luxury tax, it will be recovered along with a 15 percent interest rate annually. Business 17 Jul, 2023
EDITORIAL: Reduced budget Given the extreme resource constraint, the government of Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reduced the size of the budget of the current fiscal year 2022-23 by 14 per cent compared to the initial allocations made in the budget presented in May last year. Opinion 14 Feb, 2023
EDITORIAL: Economic recovery Soon after Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel assumed office on December 25, the secondary share market bounced back to the pre-pandemic level, hoping that he would fix the problems seen in the national economy. Opinion 20 Jan, 2023
Food export: Learn from Ukraine Embattled Ukraine, braving rains of missiles, exports grains to Africa to save its impoverished people from hunger and starvation. Ukraine’s president magnanimously declared that he would not allow people to die of hunger when Russia tried to throw a spanner on export from the Black Sea. Blogs 05 Jan, 2023
Seven decades of development: Political, socio-economic reality The long period from 2007 to 2079 was enough time to lay the foundation for the structural change, development and social justice of the Nepali nation. Opinion 04 Jan, 2023
Do not only tax consumption There are three things that matter in particular when it comes to increasing the tax revenues of the least developed and developing countries. Taxes should be progressive, levies to fund social protection are needed, and illicit financial flows must be reduced. Blogs 14 Dec, 2022
EDITORIAL: Worrisome situation The balance of payments (BoP) may have improved in the second month of the current fiscal year (ending mid-September), but there is little solace from it as the country’s foreign exchange reserve is still under pressure. Opinion 24 Oct, 2022
EDITORIAL - Tough visit visa rule The new ‘regulation related to approval of tourist visas for foreigner countries-2022’, introduced by the Department of Immigration (DoI) for Nepali travellers, has irked the travel agents and those who wish to visit foreign countries under tourist or visit visas. Opinion 08 Sep, 2022
Malaysia ex-PM Najib moves from luxurious lifestyle to lockup US and Malaysian authorities say over $4.5 billion was stolen. World 24 Aug, 2022
EDITORIAL-Open prison The concept of open prison is quite new for Nepal although it has been in practice in the developed countries to reduce the overwhelming pressure on the regular prisons. Opinion 23 Aug, 2022
EDITORIAL - BoP deficit Nepal’s balance of payments (BoP) was in the red in fiscal 2021-22 that ended in mid-July despite a surplus seen in the previous fiscal year. Opinion 18 Aug, 2022
