KATHMANDU, March 26: The CPN-UML Vice-chairman Bishnu Prasad Poudel left for China today.

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Bishnu Prasad Poudel has urged the World Bank (WB) to increase budgetary assistance.

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KATHMANDU, Dec 27: CPN-UML Vice-chairman Bishnu Prasad Poudel, who enjoys a merry time after being appointed as the finance minister for a third time, will have an uphill battle to lift the Nepali economy, which faces a number of challenges at present.

Vice-chairperson of CPN-UML, Bishnu Prasad Poudel has welcomed the decision of Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah to erect the statue of the late rapper Anil Adhikari aka Yama Buddha.

KATHMANDU, May 31: Former Finance Minister and CPN-UML lawmaker Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said that the budget presented by the government for the upcoming fiscal year has created a financial burden that the country cannot afford to bear.

KATHMANDU, May 25: CPN-UML Vice-chairman and former finance minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said that the policies and programs presented by the government for the fiscal year 2022/23 cannot solve the existing problems of the country.

KATHMANDU, June 23: Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel has urged the hoteliers and tourism entrepreneurs to take benefit from the facilities provided by the government in the hotel and tourism sector.

KATHMANDU, June 10: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has clarified that the government will not take any decision that will hamper the conservation of Chure region.

KATHMANDU, June 9: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has reiterated that all the programs mentioned in the budget will be implemented effectively. He requested all not to be confused or have any doubts about the implementation of the budget.

KATHMANDU, May 16: Reappointed Minister for Finance, Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said that he will bring next year's budget with programs to face COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has instructed the newly-appointed officials at Beema Samiti to step up their efforts to resolve the problems in the insurance sector and prove their tenure to be a milestone for the insurance sector.

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has directed the Land Squatters’ Problem Resolution Commission to expedite the distribution of land ownership certificates to landless dalits and squatters.

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has urged the National Association of Rural Municipalities in Nepal and Municipal Association of Nepal to create an environment to increase capital expenditure at the local level.

KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel has allocated the entire budget under the Local Infrastructure Development Partnership Program for the development of health infrastructures this year.

KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said that the government will move forward hand in hand with the private sector.

KATHMANDU, August 6: General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Bishnu Prasad Poudel, has stressed the need of people's monitoring and inspection in development construction activities.