Urmila Kapali works as a seamstress in Kathmandu. She has seen her household expenses double in the past six months. Kapali’s son has a job, but…
Photo: NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEPrime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was forced to sack Janardan Sharma this week, but only after his finance minister…
Just diversify the tourism and remittance-based economy and explore commercial agriculture
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s media has been rife with comparisons between Sri Lanka and Nepal.Madhu Kumar Marasini, Secretary at the…
Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma (left), Nepal Rastra Bank Governer Maha Prasad Adhikari (centre), and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (rigOn…
Land being plotted in KAthmandu's Sankhu for sale. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIA two-bedroom 185 sq m flat in an apartment block in Hatiban is on sale…
Nepal Rastra Bank’s report last month was badly timed — it was a bad idea to sound a warning that Nepal is going belly up just as the country…
Even as Nepal tries to recover from the impact of the pandemic, the country’s economic indicators released this week by the central bank show…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALATwo years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal…
The pandemic makes Nepalis poorer and ruins the economy, but the government has no solutions
On the eve of the anniversary of the Nepal’s nationwide Covid-19 lockdown on 23 March 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a fresh call for…
Photo: AJAYA UPADHAYAYNepal’s tourism sector has hit rock bottom this year due to the Covid-19 crisis, and it will take at least five years to…
Photo: Pattabi RamanDespite dire predictions about a drastic drop in remittances that Nepal gets from its workers abroad due to the Covid-19…
Photo: AJAYA UPADHAYAYAAs serious as the rapid spread in Nepal of the novel coronavirus looks, even more frightening is what the lockdown meant…
Photo: @RalphUNICEFSome of the estimated 2,200 Nepalis in Lebanon, most of them female domestic workers in Beirut, have been injured in the…
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThe European Union has offered a €75million aid package to Nepal to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its impact. The…
Sooner or later, governments around the world have to decide between economic survival and public health. The choice for politicians is between…
Photo: BIKRAM RAIAs we face an unprecedented and precarious pandemic that has caused uncertainty to the entire global economy, Nepal’s own…
