A month after catastrophic flash floods devastated the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli valleys, Nepal confronts reconstruction costs running into hundreds of billions of rupees alongside urgent calls to reform centralized disaster planning.
Lawmakers grilled agriculture officials on Thursday over recurring fertiliser shortages and distribution flaws as the government struggles with a projected Rs 59 billion subsidy burden.
Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has directed subordinate departments to scrap end-of-year spending habits after the ministry recorded just 3.08 percent financial progress in the first two and a half months of the fiscal year.
Purbanchal University's 43rd senate has approved a Rs 1.99 billion budget for the 2083/84 fiscal year, prioritizing AI curricula, healthcare expansion in Gothgaun, and campus digitization.
