Urmila Kapali works as a seamstress in Kathmandu. She has seen her household expenses double in the past six months. Kapali’s son has a job, but…
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was forced to sack Janardan Sharma this week, but only after his finance minister became a political liability…
Just diversify the tourism and remittance-based economy and explore commercial agriculture
Nepal’s media has been rife with comparisons between Sri Lanka and Nepal.Madhu Kumar Marasini, Secretary at the Ministry of Finance dispels…
Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma (left), Nepal Rastra Bank Governer Maha Prasad Adhikari (centre), and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (rigOn…
Land being plotted in KAthmandu's Sankhu for sale. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIA two-bedroom 185 sq m flat in an apartment block in Hatiban is on sale…
Nepal Rastra Bank’s report last month was badly timed — it was a bad idea to sound a warning that Nepal is going belly up just as the country…
Even as Nepal tries to recover from the impact of the pandemic, the country’s economic indicators released this week by the central bank show…
Two years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal thoughts. During the long…
The pandemic makes Nepalis poorer and ruins the economy, but the government has no solutions
On the eve of the anniversary of the Nepal’s nationwide Covid-19 lockdown on 23 March 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a fresh call for…
Nepal’s tourism sector has hit rock bottom this year due to the Covid-19 crisis, and it will take at least five years to fully recover,…
Despite dire predictions about a drastic drop in remittances that Nepal gets from its workers abroad due to the Covid-19 induced economic…
As serious as the rapid spread in Nepal of the novel coronavirus looks, even more frightening is what the lockdown meant to prevent it will do…
Some of the estimated 2,200 Nepalis in Lebanon, most of them female domestic workers in Beirut, have been injured in the massive blast on…
The European Union has offered a €75million aid package to Nepal to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its impact. The fund will be…
Sooner or later, governments around the world have to decide between economic survival and public health. The choice for politicians is between…
As we face an unprecedented and precarious pandemic that has caused uncertainty to the entire global economy, Nepal’s own response to it will…
