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The policies and programmes were eventually endorsed after Minister for Finance Swarnim Wagle responded to lawmakers’ queries on behalf of the prime minister during Thursday evening’s second HoR meeting.

The weather is generally cloudy in the Himalayan and hilly regions of Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces, and partly cloudy in the remaining parts. 

He said the government has already launched a screening process to identify landless people currently staying in various holding centres across Kathmandu.

Bankers and financial experts warn that the arrest of NIMB CEO Jyoti Prakash Pandey over the Smart Telecom asset sale could undermine confidence in Nepal’s collateral-based lending system and discourage investment in major sectors.

Nepal’s ambitious hydropower expansion risks creating economic and financial instability unless the government addresses storage capacity, domestic demand and cross-border market access alongside megawatt targets.

Price of sugar started to increase in the domestic market after India announced a ban on its sugar export, which is also likely to take a toll on prices of related products including sweets and packed biscuits and confectionaries.

During the closing ceremony, Assistant Rathi Rajaram Basnet, director of public relations and information, distributed certificates to 29 journalists who participated in the orientation programme.

The Kathmandu District Court has ordered Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Bikram Pandey to be released on bail on the scam case related to e-bidding.

Nepali commercial banks reduce interest rate on their fixed deposit by an average of 0.06 percent for the next month starting Friday.

Deputy Consul General, Dhana Kumari Joshi, shared that the Consulate General has been providing various services including passport and consular service, issuance of one-way travel permit, facilitating in repatriation of dead bodies to Nepal, authentication of power of attorney, providing NRN cards...