KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Nepal’s trade deficit surged by a whopping 70.75 percent in the first two months of the current fiscal year on the back of the country’s soaring import expense.

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: Nepal’s imports which had remained comparatively low for the past few months owing to the measures implemented to control the spread of COVID-19 in the country have now started to rise compared to the slow export growth.