1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (414+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 13: The Millennium Challenge Account Nepal (MCA-Nepal) has completed construction of an 18-kilometer section of the cross-border transmission line connecting the 400 kV New Butwal Substation to the Nepal-India border. According to the MCA-Nepal Development Committee, the completion of the…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (127+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Employees of Nepal Telecom have contributed more than Rs 20 million to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund to support relief, rescue and rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath of the Bhotekoshi flash floods. Nepal Telecom Managing Director Sangita Pahadi…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (278+ words) KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Representatives of Startup Summit Nepal 2026 met Pakistani Ambassador to Nepal Mohammad Amir Khan at the Embassy of Pakistan in Maharajgunj on Monday to discuss youth entrepreneurship, skills development, and opportunities for Nepal-Pakistan cooperation. The ambassador also sought information…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (132+ words) Fuel imported from India still has to move through a road-based distribution network exposed to traffic disruptions, damaged roads, delays, and other logistical problems. The weaknesses become most obvious when supplies are disrupted. Long queues, uncertainty, and panic buying can…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (271+ words) KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal has said that signs of gradual improvement are emerging in Nepal’s economy. Speaking at an interaction organised by the Tokha Municipality-1 committee of the Rastriya Swatantra Party in Jhor on Saturday, Khanal said the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (272+ words) JHAPA, Aug 23: Agricultural products worth more than Rs 24 billion were imported into Nepal through the eastern border point of Kakarbhitta during the last fiscal year. According to Nand Kishor Singh, chief of the Plant Quarantine Office in Kakarbhitta, agricultural products…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (214+ words) KATHMANDU, Aug 22: Nearly 98 percent of paddy plantation has been completed across the country, according to the Department of Agriculture (DoA). The figure is 1.92 percentage points higher than last year. According to data provided by the DoA, paddy has been planted…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (583+ words) KATHMANDU, Aug 22: Nepal’s foreign trade saw a significant improvement in exports in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY 2026/27), although the trade deficit widened due to the continued rise in volume of imports. According to data released by…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (506+ words) KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has begun construction of a modern fuel depot in Lothar, Chitwan, at an estimated cost of nearly Rs 10 billion, aiming to strengthen the country’s fuel storage and distribution system. The project includes the extension…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (102+ words) Small and medium-sized enterprises must be at the heart of this strategy. Thousands of Nepali women, young people and local entrepreneurs have the skills and ambition to produce, but many lack adequate capital. Some have good products but limited markets,…...