Editorial

Expediting Capital Expenditure

Expediting Capital Expenditure

Public capital expenditure, crucial for economic growth, is consistently underutilized in Nepal. Despite repeated pledge...

Public capital expenditure, crucial for economic growth, is consistently underutilized in Nepal. Despite repeated pledge...

Jan 16, 2025

BLOG

Gen Z's Materialistic Obsessions

Gen Z's Materialistic Obsessions

Driven by Instagram trends and Tik-Tok fame, Nepal’s youth are trapped in the cycle of consumerism, neglecting the...

Driven by Instagram trends and Tik-Tok fame, Nepal’s youth are trapped in the cycle of consumerism, neglecting the...

Jan 16, 2025

OPINION

The Merchants of Poverty in Nepal

The Merchants of Poverty in Nepal

Nepal’s democracy emerged from a long and arduous struggle for freedom and rights, culminating in the restoration...

Nepal’s democracy emerged from a long and arduous struggle for freedom and rights, culminating in the restoration...

Jan 16, 2025

ECONOMY

Distributable profits of commercial banks plummet

Distributable profits of commercial banks plummet

Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) are starting to feel the heat of a prolonged economic slowdown with the distribu...

Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) are starting to feel the heat of a prolonged economic slowdown with the distribu...

Jan 16, 2025

WORLD

Mediators make final push for Gaza truce deal

Mediators make final push for Gaza truce deal

Mediators were making a final push Wednesday to seal a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, after a Qatari official invo...

Mediators were making a final push Wednesday to seal a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, after a Qatari official invo...

Jan 16, 2025

POLITICS

NC leader Koirala and then UNMIN Chief Ian Martin hold meeting

NC leader Koirala and then UNMIN Chief Ian Martin hold meeting

Nepali Congress leader Dr Shekhar Koirala and Ian Martin, the then chief of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),...

Nepali Congress leader Dr Shekhar Koirala and Ian Martin, the then chief of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),...

Jan 16, 2025

SOCIETY

Court releases Rabi Lamichhane on Rs 6 million bail in Swarnalaxmi Cooperative fraud case

Court releases Rabi Lamichhane on Rs 6 million bail in Swarnalaxmi Cooperative fraud case

The Kathmandu District Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane...

The Kathmandu District Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane...

Jan 16, 2025

POLITICS

Ordinance issued on need of good governance and development: PM Oli

Ordinance issued on need of good governance and development: PM Oli

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that various ordinances were introduced realizing the necessity for good governanc...

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that various ordinances were introduced realizing the necessity for good governanc...

Jan 16, 2025

Market

NOC hikes petrol price by Rs 2 per liter and diesel price by Rs 3 per liter

NOC hikes petrol price by Rs 2 per liter and diesel price by Rs 3 per liter

Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased the prices of petrol by Rs 2 per liter and diesel by Rs 3 per liter.

Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased the prices of petrol by Rs 2 per liter and diesel by Rs 3 per liter.

Jan 15, 2025

SOCIETY

SC strikes down law allowing development in national parks

SC strikes down law allowing development in national parks

A Constitutional Bench of four justices, led by Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut, ruled that the amendment violated...

A Constitutional Bench of four justices, led by Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut, ruled that the amendment violated...

Jan 15, 2025