KATHMANDU, April 12: The government collected only half of its targeted revenue even as the third quarter of the current fiscal year is about to end.

KATHMANDU, April 11: The net profits of commercial banks declined 13.37 percent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, thanks to the economic slowdown and an increase in the bad debts of the banks.

KATHMANDU, March 8: Over the course of the past six months in the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2023/24, a total of 117 kilometers of paved roads has been constructed.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: In the five months of the current fiscal year (FY), Nepal has imported 1,201 kg of gold worth Rs 9.97 billion. According to the import statistics from mid-July to mid-December published by the Department of Customs (DoC), the import of gold this year has decreased compared to the same period last year.

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: The government spent Rs 87.66 billion under recurrent expenditure in the first two months of the current fiscal year, which was less by Rs 21.06 billion compared to the review period of the last fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, Aug 24: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) collected revenue of Rs 654.20 million in the first month of the current fiscal year, which was 43.58 percent more than the amount collected during the same period of the last fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, June 22: The government took loans of Rs 300.06 billion in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, which is almost double of the government’s spending of Rs 153.08 billion in development activities during the review period.

KATHMANDU, April 29: Kathmandu Metropolitan City has collected Rs 6.50 billion revenue till March of the current Fiscal Year (FY). The revenue collected is 62.33 percent of the target.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The government collected mere Rs 1.23 billion in capital gains tax (CGT) out of the stock transactions in the first half of the current fiscal year, which was almost one-seventh of the amount generated under the heading during the same period in the last fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The government’s revenue collection fell short of the total expenses by Rs 81.50 billion in the first half of the current fiscal year, which ended Saturday.

KATHMANDU, July 1: Government statistics for the last one decade indicate the country's rising dependency on rice. In fiscal year 2012-13, rice worth Rs 20 billion was imported in the country and the figure rose by 150 percent to Rs 50 billion in the first eleven months of the current fiscal.

Biratnagar, June 22: The Biratnagar Customs Office has collected Rs 37 billion in revenues in the past 11 months. According to the customs office, in the current fiscal year, the office has collected Rs 37.5 billion in revenues in 11 months.

KATHMANDU, March 12: More than 200,000 Nepali citizens have gone abroad in search of jobs in the first seven months of the current fiscal year beginning mid-July. The number of Nepalis seeking final labor permits (institutional and individual-new and legalized) for foreign employment has increased significantly.

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Nepal received foreign assistance commitment worth Rs 110.85 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal year. This is just about 32 percent of the annual budget.

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has lifted the ban on the import of peas, black pepper and betel nut, according to a statement issued by the bank on Friday.

KATHMANDU, August 27: Nepal’s import of foreign goods crossed Rs 150 billion in the first month of the current fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, June 29: Nepal’s trade deficit in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year has narrowed down by 16.43 percent, compared to the same period in 2019/20.

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: Nepal recorded five deaths a day on an average due to road accidents in the first three and a half months of the current fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, Aug 17: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) is preparing a budget of around Rs 1.5 billion for the current fiscal year 2019/20.

KATHMANDU, Aug 17: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is unlikely to revisit its recent circular that contains, among others, rule on the revision of interest rates spread calculation method at least until the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2019/20.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: Among a total 876 missing children in the last three months from various parts of the country in the current fiscal year, only 316 have been found while the whereabouts of 560 were still unknown, according to Children Search Coordination Centre, Kathmandu.