RAJESH KHANAL

According to a study carried out by the Financial Intelligence Unit of Nepal Rastra Bank, the Financial Action Task Force has pointed out that Nepal has been facing growing risks of trade-based money laundering. 

Bagmati Province announced the largest budget of Rs 67.93 billion

Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle announced allocations across recurrent, capital and financial management headings that collectively push total spending above the NPC-recommended ceiling of Rs 1.89 trillion.

Backed by a Rs 130.74 billion investment, the program has fallen short on nearly every major target — from pocket areas and zones to promised jobs and food self-sufficiency as the project nears its deadline.

Nepal’s liberalisation has delivered significant gains, but structural weaknesses, governance gaps and uneven distribution of benefits continue to constrain inclusive and sustained growth.

Nepal’s economy heavily depends on remittances sent by migrant workers, particularly from Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait — countries that have reportedly faced retaliatory attacks from Iran.

Middle East tensions expose Nepal's fuel vulnerability, trigger panic buying

From free loans to 1.5 million jobs, parties unveil grand economic commitments amid feasibility doubts raised by experts

Government records show that silver imports surged sharply in the first six months of the current fiscal year amid soaring prices of the precious metal in the domestic market.

In the review period, Nepal exported 2.714 billion units of electricity to two of its neighboring countries.