While the country’s banking system data indicates that the sector is coming out of the quagmire it was in due to the lack of loanable funds, the government statistics on finance are ringing alarm bells. . . . Read more »
A brand New Year is approaching and, like every year, I feel a great urge to make new resolutions. But the situation is such that the moment I think about making a new resolution, one of the dogs in . . . Read more »
Anil Kumar Upadhyay was the CEO of Agriculture Development Bank Ltd till recently. He was also the president of the Nepal Bankers Association - the association of CEOs of commercial banks in the . . . Read more »
The Nepali economy is currently experiencing one of its worst periods. Most economic indicators suggest that a crisis is looming. Economic growth, which averaged 4.9% between 2009 and 2019, . . . Read more »
The 7th NewBiz Business Conclave and Awards was organised in Kathmandu on December 12. The event featured distribution of awards in eight categories and a discussion on ways to deal with the economic . . . Read more »
The world economy has experienced a series of crises since 2007-2008, when the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered the Global Financial Crisis. That event marked a turning point, as we have seen a . . . Read more »
Himalaya Shumsher Rana, Nepal's first Finance Secretary, is best known as the country's first Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank. After the political change of 1950, Rana became the Finance Secretary . . . Read more »
The company was started in 1959 with investment of an Indian party, thus becoming the first formal sector distillery of Nepal as well as the first instance of a Nepali liquor industry set up with . . . Read more »
Nepal has witnessed 9 per cent average annual increase in wool and woolen fabric’s import in the last fourteen years. In the Fiscal Year 2021/22, raw wool and woolen fabric worth Rs 5.08 billion . . . Read more »
Diksha Poudel of Basundhara, Kathmandu, is only 23 years old. Many people of her age spend hours on the Internet. While studying BBA, she too used to spend many hours on the . . . Read more »
Despite the failure of the Egypt climate conference to establish the necessary level and pace of emission reduction to achieve the 1.5-degree climate goal, or to develop a practical plan for . . . Read more »
In order to sell goods and services, the first and foremost requirement is consumer demand. Here, demand means that consumers want the goods and services and also have purchasing . . . Read more »
Serving more advertisements than content on any digital platform is a direct loss to advertisers. Not only that, showing advertisements of competing brands on the same slot or page is also a big . . . Read more »
Given the present realities, much more on the economic front of Nepal is to depend now than in the past on the support from the donors. At the same time, it is also true that the donors will lose . . . Read more »
Population refers to the total number of people living in a specific place at a given time. Population management is the effort to balance the population size with the availability of . . . Read more »
Nepal ranks first in South Asia and second in Asia in terms of the share of women representatives in the parliament. However, it ranks 123rd in the world in terms of the number of women holding . . . Read more »
Kuber Wizz is a college-based stock market investment competition started by Kathmandu College of Management. The eight-month competition is the first programme of its kind in the country and is . . . Read more »
Within organisations, tribes form naturally. Wherever people congregate to live and work, groups of 20 to 150 people form - similar to villages inside nations - and advance through five stages of . . . Read more »
The Last Resort, a pioneer in bungy jumping in Nepal, used to be a popular destination for foreign tourists. Located in Barhabise, near the Nepal-China border, it was a popular destination for . . . Read more »
Last year, there was a backlog of Nepali workers applying for Romanian visas due to the COVID pandemic. Narayan Bajaj, the honourary consul of Romania to Nepal, requested Romanian officials to open . . . Read more »
Dr Mukherji, the Managing Director of Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM), was in Kathmandu recently for the launch of OSM range of electric three-wheelers in the Nepali market. . . . Read more »
Kamlesh Malkani, the Vice President of Steelcase (office furniture solutions provider) for Asia Pacific, was in Nepal for an official visit as part of his 29-day visit of South Asian . . . Read more »