ECONOMY
BFIs focus on short term loans to minimize risks amid increasing bad debts
BFIs focus on short term loans to minimize risks amid increa...
In six months, BFIs switch investment to home loans and margin loans from overdraft and real estate projects
Feb 05, 2026
ECONOMY
Govt limits funding assurance for multi-year projects to three years
Govt limits funding assurance for multi-year projects to thr...
Issuing a new guideline on Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) stated that the government’s commitment to ensure budgetary resources for multi-year projects will remain valid only for the approved project duration, up to three fiscal years.
Feb 05, 2026
SPORTS
Winter Olympics to showcase Italian venues and global tensions
Winter Olympics to showcase Italian venues and global tensio...
These Games will use a host of existing venues, meaning they will stretch for 350 kilometres (217 miles) across northern Italy from Cortina -- one of the world's iconic skiing locations -- to Milan, with other "clusters" spread through the Alps.
Feb 05, 2026
WORLD
Air India finds no issue with Boeing fuel switch after grounding
Air India finds no issue with Boeing fuel switch after groun...
The airline grounded a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on Monday after one of the pilots reported a possible defect in the fuel control switch.
Feb 05, 2026
WORLD
Thousands of Venezuelans march to demand Maduro's release
Thousands of Venezuelans march to demand Maduro's release
Interim president Delcy Rodriguez has been walking a tightrope since then -- trying to hold on to support from Washington but also from Maduro acolytes in her government and the Venezuelan people.
Feb 05, 2026
OPINION
Singapore Installs the Gen Z Governance Kernel
Singapore Installs the Gen Z Governance Kernel
More fundamentally, Gen Z expects governance to operate like the digital platforms they grew up with: constantly updated, instantly responsive, transparently accountable, and designed around user experience rather than bureaucratic inertia.
Feb 05, 2026
Editorial
When Cost-Cutting Threatens Universal Health Coverage
When Cost-Cutting Threatens Universal Health Coverage
The government’s decision to cap outpatient health insurance at Rs 25,000 per family risks undermining the very purpose of the programme by making essential healthcare less accessible to low-income, chronically ill and vulnerable citizens.
Feb 05, 2026
POLITICS
Voters in Kaski-3 call for infrastructure, tourism and livelihood support
Voters in Kaski-3 call for infrastructure, tourism and livel...
Within Pokhara Metropolitan City, wards 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6: key commercial areas fall under the constituency. Meanwhile, wards 18 (Sarangkot), 19 (Lamachaur and Puranchaur), 22 (Pumdi), 23 (Chapakot and parts of Bhadaure), Kaskikot of ward 24, and Hemja of ward 25 are largely rural in nature.
Feb 04, 2026
ECONOMY
Myagdi’s Beni directly connected to New Delhi by bus service
Myagdi’s Beni directly connected to New Delhi by bus service
The bus service, which starts from Beni Kalipul Bus Park, passes through Syangja, Waling, Bhairahawa, Ayodhya, and Agra before reaching its final destination, New Delhi.
Feb 04, 2026
SOCIETY
Youth dies after falling from a moving tractor
Youth dies after falling from a moving tractor
An investigation has been launched into the incident, police said.
Feb 04, 2026