KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Nepal again has made the COVID-19 negative reports mandatory for all international passengers, the country’s national flag carrier announced on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The government has made training mandatory for the Nepali workers going to European countries as domestic help.

KATHMANDU, July 23: Startups are finding it difficult to participate in the contribution-based Social Security Fund (SSF) scheme that the government made mandatory from the current fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued a verdict making compensation mandatory on the private land when the government acquires it for public use.

KATHMANDU, July 16: Small enterprises including beauty parlors and small-scale shirting and suiting shops will have to mandatorily register in Value Added Tax from Tuesday, the first day of the Fiscal Year 2018/19.  The provision endorsed in the budget has put these small enterprises under existential threat, according to Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI).

KATHMANDU, May 28: From now onward every industry and or company has to mandatorily pay their staffers through banking system.

KATHMANDU, April 18: Nepali traders will have to start using banking channel for making or receiving payments from traders in China and India very soon.

POKHARA, April 13: A Bill on Salaries and Allowances of Provincial Lawmakers endorsed by the Provincial Meeting of the Province 4 has laid down a provision according to which a leader of the party having ten percent seats can become chief whip.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: All public offerings from February 23 will have to be floated through Centralized Applications Supported by Blocked Amount (C-ASBA) system.

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: The Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) is preparing to make permanent account number (PAN) card mandatory for investors in the stock market.

KATHMANDU, August 26: The Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) has issued a circular to all depository participants, directing them to open beneficial owner account only in the presence of the respective clients.

KATHMANDU, July 26: Members of Parliament and legal experts have called for extensive reforms in the bill designed to provide for election to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly, 2074. The reforms, they said, have to be made in view of gender and social inclusion.

KATHMANDU, July 19: Depositors will now have to show their identification card if they are depositing cash in others' bank account. Bank and financial institutions (BFIs) may not accept cash if depositors fail to show identification documents.

KATHMANDU, May 13: Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) has decided to make the applications supported by blocked amount (ASBA) system mandatory for public offering of stocks from mid-July.

KATHMANDU, May 4: The Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) is making the applications supported by blocked amount (ASBA) system mandatory for public offering of stocks by the beginning of Fiscal Year 2017/18.

KATHMANDU, April 28: The government is preparing to make it mandatory for orphanages and child rehabilitation centers to buy health insurance for all those sheltering with them.

KATHMANDU, April 29: The government is preparing to make it mandatory for orphanages and child rehabilitation centers to buy health insurance for all those sheltering with them.

MYAGDI, April 8: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Deputy Governor, Shiva Raj Shrestha, said all the banks' branches will reach out to every local level on a mandatory basis.

KATHMANDU, March 14: The government has enforced the provision of acquiring a license to sell tobacco and tobacco products from Tuesday. With this, sale of tobacco products is allowed only from license-holding outlets.

KATHMANDU, March 6: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has made it mandatory for bank and financial institutions (BFIs) and payment service providers (PSPs) to put photo of cardholder on debit, credit, prepaid and other electronic payment cards.

BAITADI, Jan 27: Nepali Congress' central member, Dilendra Prasad Badu, has termed local level elections as mandatory in a bid to implement the constitution.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday announced to expand insurance facility to Nepali workers leaving for foreign jobs.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The government has introduced a new directive making it mandatory for the government health workers to take permission for working at private hospitals and clinics.

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: The government employees who have been using unofficial email IDs like Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook and others will not allowed to use such email addresses for any official correspondence.

CHITWAN, Oct 4: In an attempt to minimize road accidents during the Dashain festival, authorities have made it compulsory for drivers plying the East-West Highway from Chitwan to have eyesight tested.

KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The Election Commission has proposed a provision making it mandatory to elect at least one-third women representatives to the House of Representatives as well as the provincial assemblies.