KATHMANDU, May 5: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has reiterated his stance of announcing the budget for the upcoming fiscal year within the ceiling provided by the National Planning Commission (NPC), but Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal seems to be on the side of breaching the threshold given by the NPC.

KATHMANDU, April 21: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun, who returned home from a US visit on Saturday, said that the US government, private sector and development partners are interested to work with Nepal more closely.

KATHMANDU, April 17: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun held a meeting with the vice president of the World Bank, Akihiko Nishio and the World Bank's Vice President for Infrastructure, Guangzhe Chen.

KATHMANDU, April 5: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has said the government is preparing to allocate the budget only to those projects that have the capacity to spend it.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has appointed Prof Dr Surya Bahadur Thapa as the chief economic advisor.

KATHMANDU, March 30: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun convened a virtual meeting with over 40 Nepali ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions abroad in preparation for the Nepal Investment Summit 2024 scheduled for April 28-29 in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, March 27: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has initiated extensive changes at the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Three weeks after taking over the ministry as the Minister for Finance, Pun changed the directors general of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and the Department of Customs (DoC) as well as the heads of the divisions within the MoF.

KATHMANDU, March 22: South Korean ambassador to Nepal, Park Tae-Young paid a courtesy call on Finance Minister Barshaman Pun on Friday.

KATHMANDU, March 19: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song has said that Chinese airlines are preparing to launch direct flights to the newly-built airports in Pokhara and Bhairahawa.

KATHMANDU, March 18: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has said a thorough analysis will be carried out on the needs and relevance of tax rates in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, March 16: Development Bankers Association on Friday held a meeting with Finance Minister Barshaman Pun and informed about the problems and challenges facing the banking sector.

KATHMANDU, March 16: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has formed a seven-member task force to identify and solve problems related to microfinance institutions. Minister Pun formed a seven-member committee under the leadership of the Deputy Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank on Friday evening.

Amidst the backdrop of recent political developments in the country, Finance Minister Barshaman Pun's assurance on Thursday that the planned Nepal Investment Summit-2024 will remain unaffected is a welcome announcement and commitment for the larger interest of the country. The upcoming summit, scheduled for April 28-29 in Kathmandu, holds huge significance, with the government preparing to finalize agreements for four groundbreaking projects totaling Rs 301.18 billion.