Water and sanitation: Why they are vital for Nepal’s economy

If finance ministers fail to help prioritise water and sanitation, the consequences could affect societies for generations. Financial decision-makers must create an enabling environment by investing in institutions and people, and mobilising new sources...

Correcting policy-making process

Until now, in Nepal, policy-making process has been a top down approach, assuming that it has a homogeneous context all across the country. However, this is not true because there is great variation across the...

FNCCI demands repeal of double taxation system

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 2 The Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has demanded the government to remove double taxation system citing that the taxes levied by the federal and provincial governments have dampened...

Deuba condemns govt action

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has condemned the arrest of senior NC leader Ramchandra Paudel in Tanahun. Issuing a press statement on Wednesday, Deuba termed the arrest objectionable and utterly shameful.“It is an...

Kathmandu DAO’s ban on protests comes under fire

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 2 Nepali Congress lawmaker and senior advocate Radhe Shyam Adhikari said that Kathmandu District Administration’s decision to impose restriction on protests and rallies in view of the COV- ID-19 pandemic had violated people’s...

Three cops, including two SPs, suspended

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 2 Nepal Police Headquarters has suspended two erring cops of higher rank and one inspector on corruption charges. Superintendent of Police duo Rameshwor Yadav and Bimal Basnet were suspended to facilitate investigation of their...

PM plays truant, NCP Sectt meet put off

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 2 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also a co-chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), did not attend the party Secretariat meeting today, forcing the Secretariat to postpone its meeting...

Govt urged to guarantee right to housing

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 2 The National Human Rights Commission has expressed serious concern about the alleged violation of people’s right to housing by Kathmandu Valley Development Authority ‘on the pretext of road expansion’ in Balaju, Baneshwor...