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Silk industry highlighted as key to rural income, employment, and exports
Promotion of sericulture and the silk industry can be a key to boosting rural income, creating jobs, and promoting exports through coordinated development and skill-building initiatives.
Jan 10, 2026
Revised casino regulations make records mandatory for c...
Revised casino regulations make records mandatory for c...
Jan 09, 2026
Water Energy Solution to launch IPO
Water Energy Solution to launch IPO
Jan 09, 2026
Foreign Exchange Reserves rise 19.6 pc to over Rs 3.2 t...
Foreign Exchange Reserves rise 19.6 pc to over Rs 3.2 t...
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RSP and Ujyaalo Nepal merger collapses amid leadership disputes
Veteran journalist, former Minister Homnath Dahal passes away at 84
3I couldn’t save party unity despite exercising maximum flexibility: RSP chair Lamichhane
4Westerly system grips country, fog likely in provinces
5NAIMA, Thapathali Campus host 9th mobility dialogue on CKD Vehicle Assembly
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Import–export via Korala declines after Tatopani and Rasuwagadhi reopen
Import–export via Korala declines after Tatopani and Rasuwag...
With trade resuming at Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani, the number of cargo containers entering Nepal through the Chinese customs at Korala has dropped. Information Officer Nimendra Singh said only eight to ten cargo containers are currently pending customs clearance at the Korala customs office.
3 days ago
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Ethanol blending gets green light: Petrol import bill may drop by Rs 6 billion
Ethanol blending gets green light: Petrol import bill may dr...
Although plans to blend ethanol into petroleum products were made over two decades ago, they had not been implemented until now. If ethanol is blended into petrol, it is estimated that around seven million liters of petrol imports could be reduced.
3 days ago
ECONOMY
Daily turnover slips to Rs 5.17 billion as NEPSE declines 13.35 points
Daily turnover slips to Rs 5.17 billion as NEPSE declines 13...
Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Wednesday plunged 13.35 points to close at 2,635.94 points.
3 days ago
ECONOMY
NIA orders insurers to go fully digital to curb money laundering
NIA orders insurers to go fully digital to curb money launde...
Issuing circulars to life and non-life insurers, microinsurance and reinsurance companies, and insurance brokers, the regulator instructed them to make all payments only through bank accounts held by the concerned individuals or institutions.
3 days ago
ECONOMY
Nepal’s earning from electricity export surges 38 percent this year
Nepal’s earning from electricity export surges 38 percent th...
In the review period, Nepal exported 2.714 billion units of electricity to two of its neighboring countries.
4 days ago
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Govt fails to meet its target to increase tourist arrivals by 10 percent in 2025
Govt fails to meet its target to increase tourist arrivals b...
1,158,459 foreign tourists enter Nepal in 2025
4 days ago
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Sanima Middle Tamor Hydropower resumes production after maintenance
Sanima Middle Tamor Hydropower resumes production after main...
The 73-megawatt project had been shut down since the second week of December for technical repairs.
4 days ago
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Rs 2.56 billion invested in startups in Koshi Province
Rs 2.56 billion invested in startups in Koshi Province
The entrepreneurs from 21 to 70 years of age were engaged in startups, it is said. Of the total investment, the volume of loan is 38.7 percent, while 61.3 percent is equity share.
4 days ago
ECONOMY
Second economic census to begin from March 15, data from 18 sectors to be collected
Second economic census to begin from March 15, data from 18...
The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) announced that the nationwide census will run until mid-July, under the slogan “Measuring the Economy.” The CBS also released the schedule, logo, and slogan for the census on Monday. The first economic census was conducted in April 2019.
4 days ago
ECONOMY
NEPSE records highest turnover in two months, index up by 9.93 points
NEPSE records highest turnover in two months, index up by 9....
The finance sub-index recorded the highest gain, rising by 2.87 percent. Investors of 148 companies made gains during the session. Shares of Jeevan Bikas Laghubitta hit a positive circuit.
4 days ago