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Karnali to Korea dream dashed in Kathmandu
Desperation to migrate collides with excessive police force
Nepali doctor's love for Urdu poetry
A Nepali emergency physician with a passion for Urdu couplets wows Pakistanis
Inside Nepal’s biggest stock market tumble
Nepal Rashtra Bank’s (NRB) tightness on share collateral, signs of a lack of liquidity and the opening up of other investment avenues…
Indonesia can learn from Nepal’s cooperatives
Photo: TOH EE MING / NEPALI TIMESThe one-size-fits-all regulatory policy does not seem to work for savings and loans (S&L) cooperatives in…
Nepalis insecure about new Social Security Fund
In one of his moves to shore up public support, former Prime Minister K P Oli launched his much-vaunted Social Security Fund (SSF) in November…
Taxing process of fund reclaiming in Nepal
Almost two decades have passed since the Income Tax Act came into effect in Nepal. But complications abound for taxpayers, even if they have…
Despite politics, Nepal’s stock market is bullish
Aside from second-guessing what will happen in the restored Parliament on Sunday, the major past-time of urban Nepalis these days is to…
Economic cost of 5 months of Nepal lockdown
Photo: AJAYA UPADHAYAYAAs serious as the rapid spread in Nepal of the novel coronavirus looks, even more frightening is what the lockdown meant…
Our uncommon future
There will be a new normal for Nepal, but we have to make it a better normal
Unlocking the economy post-lockdown
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe COVID-19 pandemic has caught the world off guard, with enormous repercussions for Nepal’s economy because of…
History and context from Mahat
Ram Sharan Mahat, former foreign and finance minister of the Nepali Congress, has published an important book that serves as an explainer and…
Nepal rises in Prosperity Index
Photo: BIKRAM RAINepal has risen in this year’s overall prosperity rankings, but is still the 22nd poorest out of the 29 countries in…
How Nepal can invest in improving the investment climate
The Nepal Investment Summit is another chance for Nepal to walk the talk on FDI
Nepal, Inc.
We need foreign investors more than foreign investors need us
It's a rich man's world
Diwakar ChettriNepal’s Maoists fought a decade-long war for equality and inclusion. They have been in power off and on for the past 13 years…
Two experts on Nepal’s investment climate
Last week, Nepali investment professionals formally launched the Association of Investment Professionals Nepal (AIPN), a non-profit billed as a…
Nepal living beyond its means
In 1991, India’s foreign exchange reserves almost emptied when the country’s balance of payments collapsed. The Central Bank eventually averted…
Banking on a course correction
BHANU BHATTARAISlippery slope is what banks have been treading on last few weeks by engaging in a price war on deposits. One can understand the…
That sinking feeling
Picture: Bikram RaiW hen PM KP Oli assumed office in February, he was blessed with almost everything he would need to deliver on his promise of…
Himalaya turns 25
When Himalaya Shumsher Rana returned to Nepal after a stint at the United Nations to establish a joint venture bank in 1983, he probably didn’t…
Yuba Raj Khatiwada’s turn
Yuba Raj Khatiwada being sworn in as new Finance Minister. Pic: Bikram RaiWhen Prime Minister KP Oli expanded his cabinet on Monday, he chose…