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Poor cash-rich Nepal

The country’s coffers are full, but the economy is anemic because of poor investment climate

Sonia Awale

Taxing process of fund reclaiming in Nepal

Almost two decades have passed since the Income Tax Act came into effect in Nepal. But complications abound for taxpayers, even if they have...

Despite politics, Nepal’s stock market is bullish

Aside from second-guessing what will happen in the restored Parliament on Sunday, the major past-time of urban Nepalis these days is to...

Nepal stalls in Prosperity Index

Nepal has only slightly progressed in the annual overall prosperity rankings this year, but rose 15 steps over the last decade with substantial...

Economic cost of 5 months of Nepal lockdown

As serious as the rapid spread in Nepal of the novel coronavirus looks, even more frightening is what the lockdown meant to...

Counting what counts in Nepal

The state of the toilet at Kathmandu airport is a better indicator of progress than the Human Development Index

Anil Chitrakar

Staying in Nepal to create jobs

Dil Bahadur Gurung is glad he turned down an offer to go abroad to start his own handicraft business

A millennium challenge

Legend has it that the real reason Nepal stayed an independent nation state while all around us were colonised was that our...

Nepal in 2030

Ten years ago, at the beginning of the last decade, Nepalis looked forward with optimism to a country with greater connectivity —...

History and context from Mahat

Ram Sharan Mahat, former foreign and finance minister of the Nepali Congress, has published an important book that serves as an explainer and update...

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