DILIP PAUDEL

By November of the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26, tea and coffee exports totaled Rs 4.03 billion. Tea alone accounted for around Rs 2 billion. Producers say the suspension of the cash incentive program previously provided to promote tea exports has created uncertainty and financial pressure on fa...

The growing trend of youth migration for foreign employment, increasing fallow land and the lack of modernization and commercialization in agriculture have all contributed to stagnant domestic production. As local output fails to meet demand, Nepali consumers are increasingly reliant on imported agr...

CAAN was required to pay an annual installment of 106.56 million Chinese yuan (approximately Rs 2.17 billion at the current exchange rate) in two installments through the Ministry of Finance. However, it has been unable to even pay the interest. 

According to the Department of Industry (DoI), a total foreign investment commitment of Rs 38.59 billion was recorded in the first five months of the current fiscal year. In the month of Mangsir (mid-November to mid-December) alone, foreign investment commitments worth around Rs 1.91 billion were re...

The Budhigandaki Hydropower Project’s cost has surged to Rs 406 billion, yet construction remains stalled due to unresolved financial arrangements. Thirteen years after approval, its future is still uncertain as the government struggles to finalise the investment modality.

According to Nepal Rastra Bank, the total industrial lending in the province reached Rs 1.211 trillion in the fiscal year 2025/26, marking a 13.8 percent growth from the Rs 1.063 trillion recorded in 2024/25.

According to preliminary data compiled by the Independent Power Producers’ Association Nepal (IPPAN) as of Monday afternoon, 17 operational projects with a combined capacity of 180 megawatts and 15 under-construction projects with a combined capacity of 338 megawatts have been hit by floods.

According to the central bank’s review of the country’s economic and financial situation released on Monday, foreign exchange reserves remain adequate, the current account surplus has widened, the capital account is in positive territory, and remittances have surged. Exports have nearly...

According to the six-point agreement, dues up to mid-July will be paid by September 21, dues up to mid-August by October 16, and dues up to mid-September by mid-November.

Former Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies, Purushottam Ojha, says the transport agreement with China has remained limited to political rhetoric.