Balkrishna Gyawali

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Bodies responsible for improving the sliding economy are at odds

Published On: July 18, 2022 01:35 PM NPT By: Balkrishna Gyawali

KATHMANDU, July 17: It has been a year since the problem began to appear in the country’s external sector. The problems seen since mid-July 2021, the first month of the last financial year, have not been resolved until the beginning of July this year. The problems in some areas are going deeper.

One-third of total arrears reveal financial irregularities

Published On: July 14, 2022 07:40 PM NPT By: Balkrishna Gyawali

KATHMANDU, July 14: Although all political parties that have formed a government claim to have corruption control and good governance as their priority, the report of the Office of Auditor General (OAG) has revealed that good governance is weakening in the country.

FinMin Sharma under scanner over his decision to waive taxes on sponge iron

Published On: September 18, 2021 07:00 AM NPT By: Balkrishna Gyawali

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: It is suspected that Finance Minister Janardan Sharma’s controversial decision  to provide a waiver on customs and excise duty on the import of sponge iron could be a case of policy corruption. Finance Minister Sharma has introduced this controversial decision through the substitution bill presented in parliament last week.

PM threatens to sack ministers not expediting development projects

Published On: September 28, 2019 07:09 AM NPT By: Balkrishna Gyawali

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: While Prime Minister KP Oli has been warning ministers who do not make satisfactory progress in executing development projects that they will face the sack, development expenditure by the government so far this fiscal year has remained the lowest in recent years.