KATHMANDU, April 23 -- Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal stressed taking the private sector into confidence and spreading a message that there is an investment-friendly environment in the country.

Addressing the Investment Board Nepal's meeting at New Baneshwor today, PM Dahal opined that the private sector should be facilitated rather than controlled to ensure development and prosperity. The PM argued that the idea of controlling was not acceptable in today's world parlance.

"A new model for development should be charted by taking the private sector into confidence. There will be no development unless the private sector is taken into confidence," Dahal reiterated.

He asserted that the people's aspirations and expectations could be ful...