Telecom service provider Ncell has topped the list of companies paying the highest taxes (Rs 8 billion) in the first six months of the current fiscal, followed by Nepal Telecom (Rs 6 bil­lion), Surya Nepal (Rs 3 billion), Gorkha Brewery (Rs 1.5 billion), Nepal Investment Bank (Rs 1.5 billion) and Nabil Bank (Rs 1 billion). APEX BUREAU