The Supreme Court has issued an interim order to stop the implementation of the Inland Revenue Department's decision to grant capital gains tax exemption to foreign investor 'Dolma Impact Fund'.A joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Mahesh Sharma Paudel and Balkrishna Dhakal issued this order on Wednesday. With the court's order, the decision to grant tax exemption to Dolma Impact Fund, which has invested in 16 companies in Nepal based on the proposal of Finance Minister Rameshwar Khanal, will not be immediately enforced.The Cabinet meeting held on Kartik 12 decided to scrap the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Mauritius....
The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), which was divided into two factions, was unified under the mediation of Prime Minister Sushila Karki in the second week of Mangsir. Although the unity was forged based on a 10-point agreement between the Badri KC and Mahesh Shrestha factions, problems persist between the two groups.The core issue remains the disagreement over how to conduct the unified general convention. While Mahesh Shrestha favors a unified convention, some activists close to him state that holding the convention in the current state, from Falgun 30 to Chaitra 2, would be unacceptable to them.NRNA activist Dr. Keshav Poudel...
Tanahun. Samina Bote of Byas Municipality-10 is old enough to vote twice, but she has neither made a voter ID card nor has the drive to do so. Having seen her parents vote in multiple elections, Samina has lost faith that voting will bring any change. She said, 'My parents have always voted. Yet, we don't have running water, nor have we secured reliable employment. Why should I vote now? What's the use of making a voter ID card?'No political party in the village has even attempted to persuade her that she should get a voter ID card or cast...