Nepalis hit by rising prices every which way
According to economists, no proper studies have been done to examine how inflation has spiralled, particularly after the budget added taxes to food items and India started…
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Reversing Nepal’s brain drain
As students continue to go abroad, Nepali universities and colleges are losing their prospective students.
Seven killed, 20 injured in pilgrim bus accident in Bara
According to the police, the bus was en route to Janakpur from Kathmandu and was carrying Indian pilgrims when the accident occurred near Churiamai Temple in Makawanpur.
How Pokhara became the ‘school of watercolours’
When visual art started gaining momentum in Pokhara, watercolour stood out as the most stable and affordable medium for artists.
Food and water security concerns
The emerging global and regional supply chain disruptions seem to further shrink prospects for food import, and the writer says Nepal must act now to ensure food and water…
Rains raise alarm over water contamination, food poisoning
As the festive season nears, concerns grow over the quality of drinking water, which has already fuelled cases of food poisoning and water-borne diseases—diarrhoea, dysentery,…
Single women’s population rising markedly in Nepal
Experts say the rise in life expectancy, education, awareness, and women's independence could be taken as the major factors for the increase.
Multinationals see profits fluctuate due to slowdown
After observing their net profit trends jolted by the economic slowdown and inflation, firms say they are uncertain about the course consumer spending will take in the days to…
Shortages and good neighbourliness
Though South Asian states have come to the rescue of each other in times of crisis to meet shortages, sometimes sudden export bans due to domestic considerations defeat the…
Nepal’s Department of Transport Management hikes public transport fare
Under the system, the government can revise fares up and down whenever the prices of petroleum products fluctuate by more than 5 per cent.