
Impasse has stripped the affected local governments of the legal authority to collect taxes and spend. As the new fiscal year has begun for a week, eight local governments across the country remai...

KATHMANDU, July 23: The government has amended the procedure on interest grant for concessional loans, devising an effective and systematic instrument for credit flows and monitoring grant manageme...

The government has compensated 104 affected farmers after culling more than 835,000 birds, while officials say fresh claims could require another Rs100 million. Bird flu outbreaks have affected 16...

Around 15 families will be relocated on Wednesday as the government moves to shut down the temporary shelter, where food supplies were halted earlier this month. Around 15 displaced squatter famil...

Kailali. The Sudurpaschim Province government has spent only about 62.26 percent of the budget allocated in the fiscal year 2082/83. While the expenditure on the current account has been relatively...

Karachi. Pakistan's petrol pump operators have gone on strike. After the talks with the government did not reach a conclusion, they have announced an indefinite strike across the country. Due to th...

Only 390 of Nepal’s 753 local units have completed mandatory land classification, prompting the federal government to reinstate the suspension on land subdivision for a third time. Land subdivisio...

Consumers making purchases worth more than Rs100 can enter the scheme, with one daily winner taking home Rs133,034 and two monthly winners receiving Rs1 million each. Consumers who ask for tax inv...

KATHMANDU, July 20: The government has issued guidelines to all three tiers of government to enforce financial discipline in implementing the budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026/27.

KATHMANDU, July 20: The government met only 83.87 percent of its annual revenue collection target in the last fiscal year (FY), reflecting the perennial problems on persisting shortfall in the gove...

Landless families evicted from Kathmandu’s riverbanks are being sent to their permanent home districts as Valley municipalities cite a lack of land for resettlement. The government has begun reloc...
KATHMANDU, July 20: The government has suspended the recruitment of new permanent civil servants until employees rendered surplus following a new Organization and Management (O&M) survey are reassi...

Blanket freeze on permanent appointments leaves hundreds of thousands of public service aspirants facing uncertainty. The government has decided to suspend all new recruitment into the civil servi...

One line buried in the FY 2026/27 budget can potentially change how cities in Nepal construct – and who pays when disaster strikes. A proposed budget provision would make insurance mandatory during...
KATHMANDU, July 20: The government has amended the Education Regulations to formally restructure Nepal's school system into two levels, bringing it in line with the Constitution and ending the deca...

Kathmandu. The government has initiated legal reform processes citing overcrowding in Nepal's child correction homes and problems with their basic services. On Sunday, at a meeting of the Law, Just...

Kathmandu. The government has stated that it is making policy and technical preparations to increase electricity consumption. According to the Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Bi...
18th July 2026, Kathmandu In a significant move to strengthen domestic manufacturing, Prime Minister Balen Shah has announced that the Government of Nepal will provide robust policy intervention t...

The government agrees to classify predatory lending as an economic crime, draft a special law within three months and establish dedicated tribunals to hear loan-sharking cases. Victims of predator...
KATHMANDU, July 17: Prime Minister has nominated members on a committee formed to recommend office-bearers and senate members for three academies.
KATHMANDU, July 17: Prime Minister Balendra Shah has pledged that the government will provide necessary support to promote the export of footwear manufactured within the country.
KATHMANDU, July 17: The Government of Nepal, in collaboration with the National Youth Council and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), marked World Population Day 2026 by bringing together p...
KATHMANDU, July 17: CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli has accused the government of directing vehicles to be parked outside media houses to obstruct access, claiming those involved escaped action because...

Decision revives concerns over nepotism, political patronage and misuse of public funds. The federal government has decided to restore personal secretaries for members of the federal parliament, a...

Home Minister Gurung agrees to declare usury a serious economic crime, cancel fraudulent loan documents and set up a special tribunal. Talks between the government and victims of predatory lending...

Development spending reaches only 46.79 percent of the annual budget’s allocation, with authorities citing political instability, elections and supply disruptions for delays in project implementati...
The government's initiative to remove around 60,000 employees working on contract, daily-wage and temporary bases has sparked a fresh debate over its approach to overhauling the bureaucracy. The pr...

The government aims to recover more than Rs100 billion from long-pending tax arrears to help meet its Rs1.405 trillion revenue target for the next fiscal year through a tax settlement scheme. With...
KATHMANDU, July 16: The government's decision to terminate the employment of all salaried, temporary and contract workers and recruit employees through an outsourcing system (Service Contract Manag...

Negotiations in Bara ended in a deadlock after both sides remained firm on their positions over a proposed written agreement. Talks between victims of predatory lending practices and a government ...
Over 2,200 patients use government's free healthcare portal

From the Property Inquiry Commission to ad policy and Nepal Airlines appointments, a string of executive actions has been suspended, overturned or subjected to judicial scrutiny within the administ...

Kathmandu. The British government has proposed a curfew on social media use for teenagers aged 16 and 17 from midnight to 6 am. According to the proposal, social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, ...

NC leadership weighs new political arrangements after growing differences with UML over Gen Z protests and provincial governments. The Nepali Congress has decided to end its governing alliance wit...

Kathmandu. Former Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has submitted his asset details. According to the decision of the Nepal government to investigate the assets of former high-ranking officials,...
KATHMANDU, July 15: The government is preparing a proposal for a policy decision to remove around 60,000 contract, temporary and daily-wage employees working across federal, provincial and local-le...

Prime Minister Balendra Shah directs newly appointed vice-chancellors to enforce free scholarships for disadvantaged and meritorious students while curbing political activities on campuses. Prime ...

Kathmandu. The Ministry of Information and Communications, Government of Nepal has invited applications for the post of Chairman of the Advertising Board. The ministry issued a notice on Wednesday...

Updated plan aims to narrow down the trade deficit by boosting exports, diversifying products and markets, but economists and exporters say policy bottlenecks make the target unattainable. The gov...

Another fiscal year has ended with a familiar and costly failure: the government spent less than 45 percent of the budget allocated for development projects, while the national treasury closed the ...