Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel on May 28 presented the budget for the fiscal year 2016-17 focusing on productive capacity enhancement, infrastructure development and acceleration of post-earthquake reconstruction. With the ambitious target of 6.5 percent growth in next fiscal against the dismal 0.77 percent of
The aforementioned references speak loud about the problems and burdens the common citizens are forced to face. No matter who you are, what profession you are in and what you earn, rising inflation challenges you at all levels. The common man is crying for immediate
What you think sets you up for how you do a whole lot of things in your life including exercise. We have a mental chatter going on nonstop inside our heads – what we say to ourselves in this time is of great consequence to
The moment man became religious, it should have been the end of all conflict. Unfortunately, religion has become the main source of conflict everywhere in the world. It has taken the maximum number of lives and caused the maximum amount of pain on the planet
Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) continued its record-setting spree with a fresh peak of 1507 points on 19 May and closing at 1499.32 points during the review period (22 April to 20 May). While the economy is struggling to recover from last year‘s devastating earthquake and
Managing Director and CEO of JCB India Limited Vipin Sondhi, is one of the people behind the success of the British multinational company which is among the world‘s largest construction equipment manufacturers with over 300 types of machines. Under Sondhi‘s leadership, JCB India has progressed to
First and foremost, some bare facts. As I pen this piece on May 19, 2016, crude oil Brent trades at $47.86 per barrel. Certainly an improvement over $28 to which it had plummeted after the price fall commenced in 2014! But indeed a far cry
The Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel has presented the budget of the government for the fiscal year 2016/17. In a country where inflation hovers at around 10 percent per annum, it is but natural that every year‘s budget breaks the record of the previous year‘s budget
Entrepreneurship – what does it really mean to me after a career of close to two decades in journalism and running business magazines for almost 15 and meeting so many different types of entrepreneurs, besides my own tryst with business. I have identified a few