KATHMANDU, July 6: The government has said that it decided to withdraw the Citizenship Bill as it aimed to forge a consensus unanimously on the citizenship-like sensitive issue.

“Why do they think that an international airport  should be built in Nijgadh when the country's economy is collapsing, the national treasury is empty and the country is facing elections and farmers are not getting fertilizers?”

KATHMANDU, July 6: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma, who has been facing accusations of manipulating tax rates in the budget for fiscal year 2022/23 just to favor a handful of business houses and attempting to hide the evidence, resigned from his post on Wednesday.

Breaking : Finance Minister Sharma resigns

Published On: July 6, 2022 04:34 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma has resigned from his post on Wednesday. His resignation comes amid allegation that he had employed 'unauthorized' persons to tweak tax rates in the annual budget presented in parliament.

LIVE: HoR meeting underway

Published On: July 6, 2022 04:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: A meeting of House of Representatives is currently underway at federal parliament building in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, July 6: The main opposition and the ruling parties have agreed to form an 11-member parliamentary probe committee to investigate the role of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma in involving ‘outsiders’ to revise tax rates in the course of the preparation of the annual budget for the fiscal year 2022/23.

KATHMANDU, July 6: The main opposition party, CPN-UML, has insisted that Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has to step down before a parliamentary probe committee is formed to investigate his involvement in changing tax rates in the interests of certain business groups in the annual budget for the fiscal year 2022/23.

Maoist Central Committee meeting postponed till Thursday

Published On: July 6, 2022 02:24 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: The Central Committee meeting of the CPN (Maoist Center) has been postponed till tomorrow. The meeting scheduled for today has been postponed till Thursday as the top leaders including the party chairperson have to attend the parliament meeting.

KATHMANDU, July 6: The CPN (Maoist Center) is ready to investigate the case of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma, who is accused of involving outsiders in the preparation of the budget.

Bills stalled in parliament being moved forward

Published On: July 6, 2022 12:36 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, JULY 6: The House of Representatives has made preparations to pass the bills that have been stalled in the House one after another following the passing of the budget for the Fiscal Year 2079/80 BS. The meeting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday has set an agenda to pass three bills.