Kathmandu: Finance Minister Dr. Prakasharan Mahat has said that the economy of Nepal has also been affected this year due to the global economic recession and the economic growth rate is expected to shrink to 2.16 percent.



Releasing the economic survey 2022/24 in the Federal Parliament today, he said that the slowdown in world economic activity in the early days of 2023 has had a direct impact on Nepal's economy.



Its impact on wholesale and retail trade, construction and manufacturing industries, including overall economic activity has contracted, and the economic growth rate of the current financial year is projected to be only 2.16 percent.



Finance Minister Dr. Mahat also said that due to the increase in the prices of petroleum products and food grains in the world market, there has been pressure on the prices of goods along with overall imports.



However, recently, due to the continuous decrease in the price of petroleum products, it has been seen that the consumer market price of other goods and services will also decrease, he added.



He said that the external sector of the economy has also improved due to tightening of imports, improvement of remittances and other aspects to preserve foreign exchange reserves in the past.



Finance Minister Dr. Mahat also said that the improvement of the tourism sector has provided encouragement.

Due to the global economic recession, the economic growth rate of Nepal is seen to shrink to 2.16 percent: Finance Minister

Kathmandu: One person has died in Makalu Rural Municipality-2 Makalu Base Camp (base camp) of Sankhuwasabha district.



40-year-old Tularam Bista of Makalu Rural Municipality-2 Seduwa died on Friday after falling into the lake.



Bista was on his way to Makalu base camp, fell ill on Friday due to exposure to the lake.



Bista was working as a porter for the foreign team.

One person died in Makalu base camp

Kathmandu: Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Prime Minister of Nepal will be on an official visit to India from 31 May to 3 June at the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. This will be the first bilateral visit abroad by the Prime Minister of Nepal after assuming office in December 2022. He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation. During the visit, the Prime Minister of Nepal will call on President and Vice-President and will hold extensive talks with Prime Minister Modi to discuss the diverse areas of the bilateral partnership between India and Nepal. Other Indian dignitaries will call on the Prime Minister of Nepal. In addition to the official engagements, Prime Minister of Nepal will also be visiting Ujjain and Indore as part of his visit. The visit continues the tradition of regular high level exchanges between India and Nepal in furtherance of our ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. The bilateral relations between the two countries have significantly strengthened in the last few years in all areas of cooperation. This visit underscores the importance given by both sides in adding further momentum to the bilateral partnership.

Prime Minister Dahal to visit India on May 31st

Kathmandu: An indefinite prohibition has been issued in Biratnagar, the capital of Koshi province.



The District Administration Office, Morang, has issued indefinite injunctions at various places in the suspicion that the movement of people who have been protesting against the naming of the province as Koshi will become violent.



The prohibition has been enforced since 6 am this morning. The chief district officer of Morang, Birendra Kumar Yadav, has mentioned that apart from public and vehicular movement, meetings, processions, gatherings, rallies, have been banned in the restricted area.

Indefinite Prohibition begins in Biratnagar amid rising protest

Kathmandu: The police have arrested one more person on the charge of being involved in the case of fake Bhutanese refugees.



Lakshmi Maharjan, who is on the absconding list of the police, was arrested yesterday.



According to the police, it has been revealed through the police investigation that the fraudulent amount has been deposited in Maharjan's account.



Along with Lakshmi, the number of people arrested in the refugee case has reached 17. In this case, former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, former Home Minister Balkrishna Khand, Home Secretary Teknarayan Pandey, Bhutanese refugee leader Teknath Rijal, former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal's security advisor Indrajit Rai, Haj Committee Chairman Shamsher Mian, former Assembly Speaker Angtawa Sherpa and 16 others were already arrested.



Pratik, son of former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Neeraj, son of Indrajit Rai, are absconding.



The investigation is underway.

One more arrest in fake refugees case

Kathmandu: The Mountain Clean-up Campaign 2023, led and coordinated by the Nepali Army has successfully concluded the halfway mark of waste collection from four mountains including Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Annapurna, and Mt. Baruntse. The noble cause has seen the collaboration of several organizations, with The Coca-Cola Foundation as the major donor partner for the campaign. This is one of the largest mountain cleanup programs in the world, the campaign commenced on 28th March and will close on 5th June.



Every year, hundreds of climbers, Sherpas, and high altitude porters make their way to the Everest, leaving behind tons of both biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste along the way to the highestpeaks, leading to a challenging waste management problem in the mountains.



The campaignteam comprises a total of 97 dedicated members which includes Nepali Army personnel and Sherpa supporters.



The team had to endure extremely harsh weather conditions which slowed the clean-up efforts and so far, has collected 34,166Kgs of waste from the four mountains.



The waste retrieved from the mountains comprises of empty oxygen canisters, abandoned tents, food containers, plastics, glass, aluminum, and electronic gadget waste among others.



The campaign team continues to complete the campaign with the aim of collecting 35,000 Kgs of waste from the mountains this year.



The Mountain Clean-up Campaign is an initiative led by the Nepali Army and various stakeholders, aimed at protecting the environment of the Himalayas and minimizing the effects of climate change. The campaign is currently in its fourth series, and The Coca-Cola Foundation has been a major donor partner for four consecutive years.

Mountain Clean-up Campaign collects over 34,166 Kgs of Waste in 45 Days

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has finally completed his cabinet.



On Tuesday, Birendra Kumar Mahato of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) became the Minister of Forest and Environment and Pramila Kumari became the Minister of State for Education, Science and Technology.



Along with this, PM has completed his cabinet with 25 members.

Finally PM Prachanda completes his cabinet

Kathmandu: World record holder Kamirita Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest for the 28th time.



Today (Tuesday) at 9:23 in the morning, he broke his own record of climbing Mt. Everest.



Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd, the company he is affiliated with, said that this is his second Everest expedition in this spring season.



Pasang Dawa Sherpa of Solukhumbu Pangboche equaled Kamirita's record of 27th climb of Mt. Everest.



According to Seven Summit Treks, he made the second ascent in one season to maintain his world record for the most summits of Mount Everest.

World record holder Kamirita scaled Mt Everest for 28th time

Kathmandu: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has started operating two tour buses that will travel to heritage sites of Kathmandu and Lalitpur. In colaboration with Sajha Bus, NTB will operate its two buses for Kathmandu heritage site tour. The journey will begin from Mangalbazar area of Lalitpur to Patan, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Pashupatinath, Swayambhunath, Jawalakhel Zoo and will back to Mangalbazar. NTB has stated that the tour bus has been operated for the promotion of heritage sites and boosting tourism in Nepal. This service will be free for a week starting from May 23.

NTB brings two Kathmandu tour bus into operation

Kathmandu: The police have arrested two people for robbing Indian tourists.



Those arrested are 32-year-old Padam Bahadur and 33-year-old Om Prakash Airi.



A special team of the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office arrested them from Singha Durbar South Gate.

2 people arrested from Singha Darbar on the charge of robbing Indian tourists

Kathmandu: District Court Kathmandu has ordered to hear more evidence about the victim in the rape case against cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane.



The bench of Kathmandu District Court Judge Fanindra Prasad Parajuli has ordered to gather more evidences regarding the victim's birth certificate.



Earlier, it was found that the details of the birth certificate sent to the court by the ward office did not match with the record of the victim's citizenship.



Similarly, the victim's side is also questioning the evidence which is said to have been submitted from the hospital where the victim was born.



Cricketer Lamichhane has been accused of taking a teenage girl to a guesthouse and raping her.

Court orders to gather more evidences on Sandeep Lamichhane case

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' is going to visit India on May 31. He will be staying there for three days.



Both countries are preparing for Prime Minister Prachanda's visit. The office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers has also started preparations for the visit to India. The agendas of various ministries are under discussion at the moment.



During the visit to India, PM Dahal is scheduled to sign some agreements related to hydropower, telecommunications, education, agriculture, health, petroleum pipelines.



It is said that the Prime Minister's Office has started discussions with relevant experts on that agenda.

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