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Japanese Yen, Made in Nepal

Money may not grow on trees, but it grows on bushes in Nepal that are used to print Japanese currency notes

Rs 2,758,424,164 in circulation

Nepali rupee currency notes worth Rs2,758,424,164 is in circulation across the country, according to Nepal Rastra Bank which is in charge of...

Decentralising (hydro)power

Nepal has the fifth highest hydropower potential in the world. Besides electricity, which can be used for peak energy supply, hydropower reservoirs...

Can Nepal be the powerhouse of Asia?

Yes, by creating an environment for investment in renewable energy to meet domestic and regional demand

Anil Chitrakar

Finding the nexus between water, food and energy

‘Nexus’ has become a word with a negative connotation in Nepal, used in conjunction with collusion or complicity: ‘government-business nexus’, or ‘nexus...

Kunda Dixit

EDIFICE COMPLEX

This monsoon, precipitation has not been particularly heavy over Nepal. In fact, total rainfall so far has been below the seasonal average...

Nepal risks being blacklisted on money laundering

Nepal will be evaluated for international money laundering activities by the APG (Asia Pacific Group) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)...

No shame

Just when we thought everything necessary had been said about Nepal’s corrosive corruption, it seems to be even worse. The idea that ‘corruption’...

A KLEPTO REPUBLIC

All of us witness examples of Nepal’s corruption pandemic every day in every sphere of life: from slipping a few to get...

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 Chartered Financial Analyst...

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