Thursday, June 19th, 2025

MCC projects to continue in Nepal with US green light

KATHMANDU: The United States has granted a specific exception to its 90-day pause on foreign assistance, allowing the full implementation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Nepal Compact to continue. The decision comes as part of a broader U.S. government review of its foreign aid programs worldwide. According to a statement issued by the U.S.[ ... ]

Experts from Nepal and India call for deeper cooperation to drive Nepal’s economic growth

KATHMANDU: The Banking, Finance and Insurance Institute of Nepal (BFIN), in collaboration with the India-Nepal Centre of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), organized a high-level symposium titled “An Aspiring Nepal: How to Benefit from Economic Reforms?” at the Radisson Hotel in Kathmandu. The event convened a diverse group of policymakers, economists, business[ ... ]

Banking Institutions: Facilitators or new-age moneylenders?

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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

NEPSE dips by 12.04 points, erasing previous day’s gains

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) closed lower

NEPSE surges by 62.25 points on Wednesday

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) saw a

NEPSE inches up by 0.03% to close at 2,611.43 on Tuesday

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) marginally rose

NEPSE sees slight decline today

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) saw a

NEPSE declines for third consecutive day

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index continued

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

Internet user density reaches 144.23 percent

KATHMANDU: The density of internet users in Nepal has reached 144.23 percent, according to the Economic Survey presented by Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel. As

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

Transport operators urge agents to book only foreign tourists amid protest against Gandaki government’s new policy

POKHARA: Public transport operators in Gandaki Province have launched a protest against the provincial government’s recent decision allowing private vehicles to operate as commercial transport.