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The government has made it mandatory for all salaried workers (both government and private firms) to obtain Permanent Account Number (PAN) from Wednesday — the first day of fiscal year 2019-20.The Financial Bill of the government has restricted firms to count distributed salaries without PAN under the expenditure heading. This means that…

KMC has started creating apartment-renting Work Procedures. The city will demand a landlord-tenant agreement to tighten rental rules.The city's revenue consultation committee has sent the legislative committee the work procedure draft.Sunita Dangol, deputy mayor of KMC and committee coordinator, said Wednesday's meeting decided to…

Pokhara Regional International Airport has welcomed an Aero Thai aircraft for mechanical testing and calibration flights.There are reports that the plane landed in Pokhara on Saturday morning from Nepalgunj.The Pokhara Regional International Airport in Nepal will host calibration flights beginning on November 21 thanks to a Thai…

The Kathmandu valley is getting new, more efficient smart meters after an initiative by the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).The NEA said it is ready to request bids for the procurement of 600,000 smart meters. The NEA's managing director, Kulman Ghising, has announced that the organization is ready to begin the bidding process.…

According to a United Nations estimate, the global population is expected to exceed 8 billion on Tuesday, marking a "milestone in human development" before birth rates begin to decline.According to a UN statement, this means the world's population has increased by one billion in the past decade and a half."This extraordinary expansion…

The last three months have seen imports of televisions and cameras into Nepal totaling 580 million and 275 million respectively.More than Rs 580 million worth of televisions were imported into Nepal in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2022/23.During this same time span, cameras of varying types and value entered Nepal,…

A preliminary test of Nepal Telecom's (NT) 5G mobile internet service has been initiated from the company's two transmission stations located in the nation's capital.NT claims that it has been testing the cutting-edge mobile internet service from its offices in Sundhara and Babarmahal in Kathmandu for the past few days.The NT's deputy…

Hotels, restaurants, and bars are required by the Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection (DoCSCP) to list all fees, VAT, and taxes based on the current market rate.On Thursday, per the earlier verdict issued by the Kathmandu District Court(KDC), the DoCSCP issued a notice to this effect . The KDC had issued an order…

The urban population of Nepal has reached 66.08 percent. Ramchandra Dangal, joint secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development, stated that, according to the Census 2078's preliminary statistics, the number of people living in urban areas has grown since the Census 2068. The percentage of urban dwellers in 2068 was 63.19 percent. At that…

The government has decided to keep the restriction on the import of automobiles, alcoholic beverages, smart phones over $300, and motorcycles over 150cc. The government has further extended the restriction until mid-November.The government, which had previously permitted the entry of six of ten commodities by October 28, has reinstated the…