Sunday, March 30th, 2025

World Bank approves $150 million financing package for Nepal

KATHMANDU: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a financing package of $150 million for Nepal’s Third Bridges Improvement and Maintenance Program (BIMP-III). This funding aims to strengthen the resilience of bridges in the Strategic Road Network, ensuring safer and uninterrupted connectivity across the country’s diverse and challenging terrain. Nepal’s bridge system is[ ... ]

Banking Institutions: Facilitators or new-age moneylenders?

I may not have extensive knowledge of the banking sector, but as a citizen, I feel compelled to share my observations. I do not have any business or investments in banks, so this is not driven by anger. However, my perspective is slightly different. We have numerous banking institutions that appear robust. They seem to[ ... ]

Commercial banks adjust interest rates for Poush

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s commercial banks have announced their interest

Standard Chartered Bank Nepal appoints first Nepali CEO

KATHMANDU: For the first time in its history,

Bagmati Province to establish Project Bank

NUWAKOT: The Bagmati Province government is to establish

Mostly students found responsible for cyber-enabled fraud: NRB report

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has unveiled

Crest Micro Life Insurance opens IPO, applications open until March 10

KATHMANDU: Crest Micro Life Insurance Limited has opened

NEPSE ends today’s session with double-digit loss

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) saw a

NEPSE soars by 75.24 points today

KATHMANDU: On the first day of trading this

NEPSE Index drops 10.98 points to close at 2,677.32

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Monday

NEPSE ends with a drop of 10.41 points

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) closed down

127 industries being operated in Hetauda industrial corridor

MAKAWANPUR: As many as 127 industries of different nature, including multinational companies are being operated in the Hetauda industrial corridor

Energy and Industry Ministers requested to re-connect power supplies

KATHMANDU: Industrialists and businessmen have expressed their grief over the cutting of power supplies in industries by the Nepal Electricity

IME Group chips in Rs 50 million to Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund

KATHMANDU: The Global IME Bank, IME Group and the associated companies have chipped in Rs 50 million to the Prime

Airlines slammed for hiking ticket prices amid flood crisis

KATHMANDU: Domestic airline operators, who had sharply increased ticket prices in response to the countrywide disruption in road traffic caused

Floods and landslides close Tatopani Border, impacting Dashain imports

KATHMANDU: With Dashain approaching, the Tatopani border, a key route for importing goods from China, has been closed following severe road damage caused by floods

PM appeals airlines to sell air tickets at concessional rates

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has requested the airline companies to sell air tickets at a discounted price or at the same rate as

Concerns grow over food safety at highway stops as millions get ready to leave Kathmandu for Dashain holidays

KATHMANDU: As the Dashain festival approaches, the mass departure from Kathmandu Valley intensifies, with an estimated over 1.8 million people leaving the city to return

Government to open advance booking for Dashain public transport tickets from Ashwin 12

KATHMANDU: The government has announced that advance booking for public transport tickets for the upcoming Dashain festival will begin on Ashwin 12. The decision was

Over 10,000 cars imported into Nepal in last eight months

KATHMANDU: In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, a total of 10,000 cars have been imported into Nepal. From Shrawan (mid-July) to