Firms
with FDI
repatriate Rs
10.07bn
dividends
(ae
08/10/2024)
FDI
commitments
increase,
improvement in
inflows
expected
(ae
26/09/2024)
FDI
flow : Nepal
needs humble
actions and
strong
political
follow-through
to attract
adequate
development
funds, by
John Narayan
Parajuli (kp
23/09/2024)
Traders
hope Dashain
goat demand
may rise with
economy on the
mend : Demand
for live goats
in Kathmandu
Valley
estimated to
exceed 70,000
heads this
festival, on
par with
pre-Covid
period (kp
20/09/2024) [Goats don't hope so!]
FWEAN
holds
discussion
with Nepal’s
development
partners for
the first time
in 21 years
(rep
17/09/2024), Nine
‘E’s to
Transform
Women
Entrepreneurship
in Nepal,
by Shova
Gyawali (rep
18/09/2024)
Concession
shops
targeting
festivals to
open from
September 23
(kh
12/09/2024)
Responsible
Business
Practices Key
to
Transforming
Foreign
Investment in
Nepal, by
Aditya Raut
(rep
08/09/2024)
Nepal
receives FDI
from 58
countries with
industrial
sector having
largest share
(rep
30/08/2024), FDI
inflow exceeds
Rs 295
billion; Three
provinces
receive less
than one
percent
(kh
30/08/2024), Nepal’s
FDI stock rose
11.8 percent
to Rs295.50
billion :
India ranks
top with
Rs103.5
billion in FDI
stock in
Nepal,
followed by
China with
Rs35.5
billion,
Ireland with
Rs22.6 billion
and Australia
with Rs19.1
billion
(kp
31/08/2024)
Ride-hailing
guidelines
uncertain
despite court
order :
Contradiction
between the
two legal
provisions
regarding the
purpose of
transport—private
vehicles for
public use—has
not been
sorted out,
by Krishana
Prasain (kp
30/08/2024)
Today’s foreign
currency
exchange rates
(kh
24/08/2024)
Rijal’s
dalmoth: A
growth story.
The snacks
company has an
annual
transaction of
Rs450 million,
with
production
stretchable to
Rs1 billion
(kp
23/08/2024)
377 industries shut
down in
Dhanusha,
9,000 lose
their jobs
(kh
21/08/2024)
218 new cottage
industries
registered in
Lamjung
(kh
20/08/2024)
Govt
to provide
startup loans
of up to Rs
2.5 million at
three percent
interest rate
(rep
20/08/2024)
Nepal
received net
FDI of Rs 8.40
billion last
FY -- 36.1
percent more
than that of
FY 2022/23
(rep
20/08/2024)
Nepal Telecom
reports 16.44%
drop in Q4 FY
2080/81 net
profit (kh
15/08/2024)
Women
in rural far
west earn
selling leaf
plates to
cities :
Women’s groups
use machines
to mould sal
leaves into
plates and
bowls. These
traditional,
eco-friendly
dishes are
widely used at
fairs and
festivals,
by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp
11/08/2024)
Contractors
declare
‘construction
holiday’ until
govt
guarantees
necessary
funds (rep
11/08/2024)
Govt
releases
concessional
loans of Rs
170 million
for start-up
projects
(rep
04/08/2024)
Does
everything
need a
business plan?
In a
democratic
society, we
need people
committed to
specific ideas
more than
business plans,
by Pratyoush
Onta (kp
02/08/2024)
Inspiration For Women
Entrepreneurship,
by Pallav
Bhusal (rn
02/08/2024)
Lesser number of cottage
and small
industries
registered in
Parsa (rn
02/08/2024)
FDI
commitment to
Nepal doubles
to Rs61.78
billion : For
the first
time, Nepal
has received
an investment
commitment of
Rs13.10
billion from
the Cayman
Islands, a
British
overseas
territory in
the Caribbean,
by Krishana
Prasain (kp
30/07/2024)
Govt
to terminate
contracts with
52 builders
who failed to
complete work
on time
(With list)
(rep
29/07/2024)
Nepal
receives
second largest
FDI commitment
worth Rs 61.78
billion in FY
2023/24 : A
total of 434
business firms
received govt
approval last
FY, number
grew 34.78
percent
(rep
28/07/2024)
Automobile
entrepreneurs
dissatisfied
with monetary
policy
(rep
28/07/2024)
236 industries shut
down in Parbat
due to
economic
recession
(kh
27/07/2024)
Industrial
districts
unable to
propel private
sector growth
: Average
industry
capacity
utilisation
fell to 58.47
percent in
third quarter
of the fiscal
year 2023-24,
compared to
62.31 percent
in the second
quarter
(kp
26/07/2024)
Nepal
Chamber of
Commerce
submits 43
recommendations
to PM Oli,
advocates for
flexible
monetary
policy
(rep
22/07/2024)
Annex
on IMF report
shows Nepal
cooperatives
risks, advises
actions :
Suggests
liquidation
with repayment
of savings of
failed
cooperatives,
and asset
transfers to
healthy
cooperatives,
by Sangam
Prasain (kp
17/07/2024)
Nepal
receives
investment
commitments
worth over Rs
250 billion in
11 months, 383
industries
registered
(rep
11/07/2024), FDI
realization
stands at 15
percent of
commitment in
11 months of
current FY
(rep
13/07/2024)
Achham
women’s ordeal
of becoming
entrepreneurs
: Women
Entrepreneurs
Association
says the tax
waiver for
industry
registration,
easy bank
loans, and
subsidies
provided to
women are
being misused,
by Menuka
Dhungana (kp
07/07/2024)
FDI
pledges go up,
but not as
high as
desired :
Nepal spent
millions of
rupees to
organise the
much-hyped
investment
summit in
April but
failed to lure
enough foreign
investors
(kp
05/07/2024)
Economic
Digest:
Nepal’s
Business News
in a Snap
(kh
29/06/2024)
MoPIT
recommends
blacklisting
Chinese
construction
company for
project delays
and quality
issues (kh
28/06/2024)
Nepal’s
FDI potential:
Investment
summit:
Insights and
challenges :
FDI is crucial
for Nepal to
fill resource
gaps and
achieve
development
goals, by
Durga
Lamichhane (ae
27/06/2024)
Promoting
Good Practices
In
Cooperatives,
by Namrata
Sharma (rn
26/06/2024))
Govt
blacklists 19 construction companies (kh
25/06/2024)
The
slowdown lowdown: Why are Nepalis spending less?
Normally, traders order foreign goods,
particularly apparel, three months before the
festival season starts based on demand. The
market is downbeat, by Krishana Prasain (kp
23/06/2024)
Nepal’s
sponge iron producers seek waiver of duties :
The budget has reintroduced the 2.5 percent
customs duty on sponge iron imports that was
waived three years ago to encourage billet
manufacturing, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp
17/06/2024)
Pashmina
de-dusting plant established in Lomanthang :
Famed for its unique quality, Nepal’s hand-woven
Pashmina embodies the country’s culture and
heritage and is highly coveted in international
markets (kp 17/06/2024)
New
EV sellers in Gandaki must install three DC fast
chargers before starting their business (rep
14/06/2024)
NIA
records show surrender of life insurance
policies worth over Rs 10 billion in current FY
(rep 08/06/2024)
Electronic
Industrial Potential In Nepal, by Apsara
Chhantyal (rn 07/06/2024)
Can
local liquor make a splash in branding and
marketing?, by Ramesh Paudel (kp 02/06/2024)
Economic
Digest: Nepal’s Business News in a Snap (kh
02/06/2024)
Healing
Nepal’s pharma industry : We can learn from
Bangladesh’s experience in driving innovation
and affordability in the pharmaceutical sector,
by Sindhuj Thapa (kp 02/06/2024)
Department
of Tourism warns to revoke casino license if not
renewed on time (kh 01/06/2024)
Entrepreneurship
For Women Empowerment, by Shyam Joshi (rn
31/05/2024)
661
new industries registered in last 10 months in
Kailali (rn 29/05/2024)
Ncell
seeks 5-year renewal, urges installment plan for
Rs 4 billion (kh 28/05/2024), Ncell
reluctant to pay Rs 20 billion renewal fee : Can
submit with penalty amount by August 31: NTA
(kh 29/05/2024)
Axiata’s
Exit from Nepal: Driven by Financial Losses or
Government Policies?, by Barsha Dhungana and
Sahil Maharjan (rep 28/05/2024)
207
small-scale industries closed in Rupandehi
(rep 27/05/2024)
26
out of 44 public institutions in Nepal report
profits in FY 2022/23 (rep 26/05/2024), Annual review
report of public enterprises status: 15
including NAC at loss (kh 27/05/2024), Govt
gets dividend of Rs 13.75 billion out of its
share investment of Rs 379.72 billion in public
enterprises : Seven out of 10 manufacturing
public enterprises are in loss (rep
27/05/2024)
374
small industries closed in 10 months in
Makawanpur district (rn 24/05/2024)
Govt
to ensure income tax waiver for 10 years with
easy loan for startups (kh 19/05/2024)
Foreign
investment commitments reach Rs 53 billion in 10
months, Rs 2.15 billion approved via automated
system (rep 18/05/2024)
Address
Issues Facing Public Enterprises, by Ram
Bahadur Shah (rn 18/05/2024)
Keep
your word : The collective pledge of Nepali
parties to attract investment needs to be
translated into action (kp 14/05/2024) [What does the word of
Nepal's politicians count for?]
Why
do US Firms Invest Less in Nepal?, by Hari
Parsad Shrestha (rep 09/05/2024)
Pursue
FDI Pledges For Optimum Results, by Shyam
Joshi (rn 09/05/2024)
Government
approves 10 foreign investment proposals through
automatic route : Department of Industry has
received 26 proposals through the liberalised
entry route since it was launched a week ago,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 08/05/2024)
Ride-hailing
startups on expansion spree. But lack of rules
hinders competition : Pathao expanded services
to 18 cities starting April 13, after six years
since it began services in Kathmandu, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 25/04/2024)
Rautahat
traders call for extended night market hours
amid summer heat (rep 25/04/2024)
Realty
sector struggles despite favorable policies,
liquidity (ae 24/04/2024)
What
to expect from the investment summit : Despite
policy reforms, bureaucratic red-taping and lack
of implementation play the spoilsport in foreign
investments, by Bibhuti Kharel (kp
21/04/2024)
Closure
of 265 cottage and small industries in Banke
district (kh 20/04/2024)
286
new industries registered in Nepal in first
nine months of current FY, attracting Rs 165
billion investment (rep 20/04/2024)
An
assessment of Nepal’s investment climate, by
Rewat Bahadur Karki (ae 17/04/2024)
Is
Hetauda textile mill worth reviving? The
question is whether the nation wants a
professional military or one operating as a
corporate entity, by Anjila Shrestha (kp
16/04/2024)
Investment
Summit: How to attract FDI in Nepal?, by
Jeetendra Dev (ae 15/04/2024)
Businessmen
of Nepalese origin constitute Nepali Chamber in
New York (kh 15/04/2024)
Back
to physical stores. E-commerce falters in
Nepal’s topsy-turvy business climate : Tens of
thousands of people turned to online shopping.
Now a trust deficit has reversed the trend,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 14/04/2024)
Nepal
received FDI commitment worth Rs 30.09 billion
in Q3 : The FDI commitment increased by a
nominal Rs 1.98 billion in review period
(rep 14/04/2024)
Industries
in Hetauda fail to operate in full capacity
(rn 12/04/2024)
SEZs
struggle to attract industries, by Mamata
Thapa (ae 10/04/2024)
Empowering
Women Entrepreneurs: 299 industries registered
under women’s leadership in Parsa (kh
26/04/2024)
Nepal’s
financial odyssey : We should negotiate double
taxation avoidance with countries that have
investors with deep bond pockets, by Shabda
Gyawali and Pragres Acharya (kp 05/04/2024)
Promote
Industries For Export Growth, by Ashma
Dhungana (rn 05/04/2024)
Tech
startup Pathao announces services in 17 new
towns : According to the company, it has
initiated a bike rider registration process in
all targeted areas (kp 04/04/2024)
Nepalese
Cooperatives: Deviating from Cooperative Values
and Principles?, by Bishwa Mohan Acharya
(rep 03/04/2024)
Third
Investment Summit: How to attract foreign
investors?, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
02/04/2024)
Street
vendors evade ban with evening shifts : Many
street vendors in Kathmandu are plying their
trade when municipal police presence is minimal,
by Sukarya Lal Shrestha (kp 26/03/2024)
Punya Prasad’s
journey: From traditional farmer to a successful
entrepreneur : He has invested Rs60 million in
the Sakhiya Fish Resort, which is now a go-to
spot for fish lovers and tourists, by
Dipendra Baduwal (kp 23/03/2024)
Street
vendors evade ban with evening shifts : Many
street vendors in Kathmandu are plying their
trade when municipal police presence is minimal,
by Sukarya Lal Shrestha (kp 26/03/2024))
FDI
pledges jump 93.34 percent to Rs29.13 billion :
But actual FDI typically hovers around a third.
Private sector representatives attribute the
growth to the base effect (kp 19/03/2024)
Nepal
Investment Summit 2024: Navigating Nepal’s FDI
Journey : Prospects and Predicaments, by
Bindeswar Prasad Lekhak (kh 10/03/2024)
Green
startups are struggling to scale up : They are
paving the way to tackle environmental
challenges, but the road ahead is far from easy,
by Sarahna Khadka (ko 09/03/2024)
Cheap
imports and smuggled products pinch Nepali
footwear industry : The downfall of the domestic
shoe factories started with the pandemic that
forced manufacturers out of business, by
Sarahna Khadka (kp 29/02/2024)
Addressing
Critical Issues Facing Nepali Cooperatives,
by Bishwa Mohan Acharya (rep 28/02/2024)
35k
small industries added in six years (kh
26/02/2024)
Unveiling
Nepal’s protectionist paradox: Bootleggers,
baptists, and consumer consequences : What do
industry and labor want from the regulators?
They want protection from competition, from
technological change, and from losses that
threaten profits and jobs, by Subhekshya
Ghimire (nlt 23/02/2024)
What
should Nepal prioritize during the
upcoming investment summit? Will the
upcoming Investment Summit also be
centered on how foreign investments can
help achieve the SDGs? What should Nepal
do?, by Simone Galimberti (nlt
20/02/2024)
Deluge
of cheap fabrics and modernity threaten Palpali
Dhaka industry : Industry pioneer Purnamaya
Maharjan calls for measures against counterfeit
products, by Madhav Aryal (kp 14/02/2024)
Over
500 cooperatives on the verge of failure due to
lack of oversight (ae 13/02/2024)
Investment
conference is an opportunity for Nepal to show
its economic potential: IMF (rep
13/02/2024), IMF
team finds investment climate in Nepal’s energy
sector (kh 13/02/2024)
Government
tightens rules on microbreweries : The new
policy says restaurants should have a seating
capacity for at least 200 people to operate
microbreweries (kp 12/02/2024)
As
online shopping takes off, cases of fraud tick
up : Fake social networking accounts are
scamming customers in the absence of measures to
control the anomalies, by Sarahna Khadka (kp
11/02/2024)
Department
of Mines and Geology grants permission to 156
mining companies to extract minerals (rep
11/02/2024)
No
approval required for foreign investment in
listed companies as NRB eases regulations
(rep 10/02/2024)
Nepal
Business Survey reveals 32% of Nepali businesses
operate without registration (rep
09/02/2024), A
third of wholesale and retail trades still
unregistered : The number of registered trade
establishments has grown from 44 percent in 2018
to 68 percent in 2022, largely due to the tax
waiver schemes (kp 10/02/2024)
Task
force for amending dozen laws before Investment
Summit (ae 07/02/2024)
Hetauda
Cement Industry resumes operations after a
three-and-a-half-month hiatus (kh
06/02/2024)
Government
asks startups to submit proposals for subsidised
funding (kp 03/02/2024)
NA
proposes reviving Hetauda Textile Industry with
an estimated cost of 1.93 billion (kh
31/01/2024), Now,
Nepal Army wants to operate a textile factory :
Amid criticism of its involvement in business
ventures, the force comes up with plan to revive
Hetauda Kapada Udyog (kp 01/02/2024),
Nepal
Army Inc. : A mad rush for money has eroded the
legacy and legitimacy of the institution (kp
02/02/2024)
Internet
impact: Bookstores struggle in face of changing
trends (kh 30/01/2024)
Title
and logo of third investment summit finalized
(kh 30/01/2024)
Amendments
needed in dozen of laws before organizing
Investment Summit (kh 29/01/2024)
PM
Dahal announces plans to revitalize long-closed
industries (kh 29/01/2024)
As
inflation soars, consumers are putting brakes on
restaurant spending : Millennials, who were
regular visitors to restaurants, are leaving the
country in droves significantly impacting
consumption, mainly at restaurants, by
Sarahna Khadka ( kp 29/01/2024)
Government
approves rulebook to issue start-up funds : As
per the working procedure, loans of up to Rs2.5
million will be provided to the start-ups at 3
percent annual interest, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 28/01/2024)
Nepal
launches milestone action plan on business and
human rights : The adoption sends a strong
message to investors that Nepal is a good place
to do business, stakeholders say (kp
25/01/2024)
Think
small : Micro industries like pickles that are
growing despite all odds deserve much more state
support (kp 24/01/2024)
Hard-earned
savings of 5,381 depositors stuck in ‘troubled’
cooperatives (ae 24/01/2024)
Lowered
FDI threshold lures small investors : Nepal
received commitment for Rs15.03 billion for 211
small ventures, which is 67.3 percent of the
total pledges (kp 23/01/2024)
Employees
of fraudulent cooperatives hung out to dry : As
they grapple with lost savings, unpaid salaries,
anger, and threats from desperate depositors,
their lives highlight the collateral damage of a
broken cooperative system, by Aarati Ray (kp
20/01/2024)
Investment
Summit rescheduled for April 28-29 (kh
20/01/2024)
Thamel
area set to open round the clock (rep
19/01/2024)
Nepal
receives FDI commitment of Rs 22.33 billion in
first half of current FY (rep 18/01/2024)
Hetauda
Cement Industry to resume cement production from
first week of February (rep 18/01/2024)
Regulate
The Errant Cooperatives, by Ballav Dahal (rn
15/01/2024)
Industrialists
demand amendment to policies, rules that hinder
investment before holding investment conference
(rep 14/01/2024)
Ample
resources online, frequent course updates hit
second-hand bookstores : Students’ exodus leaves
the once-thriving shops on Exhibition Road with
few buyers, by Sarahna Khadka (kp
13/01/2024)
Reinsurers,
non-life insurers gradually diversifying
investment portfolios (ae 12/01/2024)
Women
Entrepreneurs Need Support, by Modnath
Dhakal (rn 12/01/2024)
Nepali
industrialists and businessmen face blacklisting
amid economic downturn (rep 12/01/2024)
“Nepal
Investment Summit will be an opportunity to
showcase projects and reform initiatives to
attract FDI”, interview with Baikuntha
Aryal, Chief Secretary (nlt 09/01/2024)
PPMO
warns to blacklist nine construction companies,
seeks clarification (rep 04/01/2024)
Third
Investment Summit rescheduled for April 28-29
(rn 03/01/2024)
FWEAN
expands reach to Jumla, empowering rural women
through entrepreneurship, by Golden Buda
(rep 30/12/2023)
PM
Dahal instructs Ministry of Industry to
prioritize youth-oriented start-up businesses
(kh 28/12/2023)
Rein
in the co-ops : Tardy regulation of cooperatives
is giving rise to grave social and economic
problems (kp 28/12/2023)
Rulebook
to provide loans for startups delayed, again :
Rs250 million had been pledged for the programme
in the last fiscal year, but the government did
not provide the money. The scheme has been
continued this fiscal year too, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 27/12/2023)
Investments
of insurance companies rise to Rs 627bn (ae
26/12/2023)
NEA
disconnects power supply to defaulting
industries (kh 23/12/2023), Private
sector on warpath after NEA cuts power supply
over arrears of dedicated feeder and trunk lines
(rep 26/12/2023)
Government
to review DPR of Motipur Industrial Area : The
government has decided to reduce the size of the
industrial area by 250 bigha, address the
locals’ concerns, and proceed with the project,
by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 22/12/2023)
Foreign
investors repatriate Rs 11 billion in dividends
and royalties from Nepal (rep 17/12/2023)
Unlocking
Growth of Small and Medium-size Enterprises,
by Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep 17/12/2023)
Women's
Industrial Village in Panchkhal courts serious
controversy as govt neglects FWEAN (rep
13/12/2023)
Economic
crisis leads to closure of 177 industries in
Parsa (kh 13/12/2023), Economic
revival in progress: Finance Minister Mahat
(kh 13/12/2023) [???]
Promote
Insurance Business In Nepal, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 12/12/2023)
DDC:
A Dairy Dealer Or Developer?, by Rameshwar
Baral (rn 08/12/2023)
Digital
Literacy for Entrepreneurs launched to boost
international market access and quality for
small businesses, by Bhim Chapagain (rep
04/12/2023)
Empowering
entrepreneurs : It’s important to offer lower
taxes or tax breaks to support the growth of
MSMEs, by Nischal Dhungel and Surya Kiran
Yadav (kp 03/12/2023)
Foreign
investment pledges up 89 percent : The sudden
rise in investment commitments was due to two
large-scale projects proposed by South Korean
investors, by Krishana Prasain (kp
30/11/2023)
Boutiques
in Kupondole lose shine as recession bites : The
decline in disposable incomes of the people,
mainly the middle class, has dampened the demand
for luxury clothing, by Sarahna Khadka (kp
25/11/2023)
The
Entrepreneur’s Challenge: Navigating Nepal’s
Business Landscape : Foreign Direct Investment
is essential to Nepal's capital formation and
investible resources, but it is also important
for the technology, skills, and managerial and
organizational techniques it brings with it,
by Sudeekshya Dwa (nlt 25/11/2023)
Tihar
flower sales reach Rs 240 million, Marking a Rs
200 million dip from last year (kh
24/11/2023)
FDI
commitment surged to Rs 22.08 billion during
mid-July and mid-November (rep 21/11/2023)
Exportpreneurship:
Why is it good for Nepal? “Exportpreneurship
enables Nepali youths to surmount the
international trade by leveraging export and
entrepreneurship opportunities”, by Rudra
Parasad Ghimire (nlt 20/11/2023)
Low
income puts a damper on Tihar mood : There is a
festive crowd in the market, but the number of
shopping bags has declined, traders say, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 09/11/2023)
Exploring
the contract manufacturing landscape in Nepal,
by Marshal Rathour (ae 06/11/2023)
Officials
call for investment in tech sector in Nepal at
the London conference (nlt 02/11/2023)
Nepal’s
FDI Landscape: Issues and Solutions, by
Mukesh Khanal (rep 02/11/2023)
FinMin
Mahat talks about necessity of foreign
investment in Nepal (rep 01/11/2023)
Task
force for moratorium on cooperative registration
and service expansion : The International
Monetary Fund says a lack of reliable data on
these institutions makes it difficult to assess
the level and severity of their risk to the
overall financial sector, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/11/2023)
Flower
tea getting popular among Nepali aficionados :
Tea Amo says it sells a range of flower, fruit
and leaf teas that can be consumed in the form
of hot or iced tea, by Krishana Prasain (kp
31/10/2023)
Women
entrepreneurs reveal success stories : These
businesswomen produce sanitary pads, make
stuffed dolls and run a dairy farm, by Sanju
Paudel (kp 30/10/2023)
Hetauda
Cement Industry ceases production due to
shortage of coal (rep 30/10/2023)
Anti-dumping
duty may wipe out jute industry : The government
has dropped the jute industry from its priority
list. The golden fibre doesn’t look like it has
a future in Nepal, say insiders, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 29/10/2023)
Gold
soars as war sends investors rushing to safety :
Festive gold sales were down by half this
Dashain compared to last year because people had
less money to spend, traders said, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 28/10/2023)
Business
not happy with the IMF : The private sector
accuses the International Monetary Fund of
interference in Nepal's economic policy, by
Ramesh Kumar (nt 20/10/2023)
Nepalis
have no money to spend on gold, say traders :
Bad economic times have made festival shoppers
stingy, and gold sales are down by half, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 14/10/2023)
Dashain
goat sales to stay at last year’s level :
Livestock traders say they expect to sell 50,000
animals in Kathmandu Valley this festival season,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 10/10/2023)
Why
deregulate Nepal’s fuel business : Deregulating
the petroleum industry and giving it to the
private sector will make the business
competitive, ultimately benefiting consumers,
former secretary says, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 08/10/2023)
Govt
blacklists 20 underperforming companies (kh
03/10/2023)
Nepal's
industries depend on foreign workers: Experts
(rep 01/10/2023) [How
about the targeted education of young Nepalis
instead of sending them into labour migration?]
Nepal’s
FDI stock rose 16 percent to Rs264.3 billion :
In terms of total FDI stock, India ranks top
with Rs88.6 billion, followed by China with
Rs33.4 billion, according to the report released
by the central bank (kp 28/09/2023), Actual
net FDI inflow 36.2pc of total approval (ht
29/09/2023), FDI
Flows to Nepal: Recent trends and challenges,
by Sameer Bhattarai (ae 29/09/2023
Traders
flee as high interest rates and slow sales bite:
There are more than a dozen commercial complexes
in Butwal, and most of them are struggling to
attract tenants, by Sanju Paudel (kp
27/09/2023)
Govt
intensifies market monitoring targeting
festivals, by Laxman Kafle (rn 24/09/2023)
IT
is one of the fastest-growing industries in
Nepal, report says : Friendlier government
policy would encourage domestic companies to use
locally developed software, according to
insiders, by Subin Adhikari (kp 23/09/2023)
What
Ails Nepali Entrepreneurship?, by Mukash
Khanal (rep 21/09/2023)
Dugar
Power and Tata Power Renewable Energy join hand
to boost renewable energy use in Nepal (rep
21/09/2023)
Price
of yarsagumba surges after China re-opens border
: Traders of Mugum Karmarong Rural Municipality
in remote western Nepal have started selling the
harvest gathered in May and June, by Raj
Bahadur Shahi (kp 20/09/2023)
FDI
worth Rs 5.88 billion pledged in the past one
month (rep 20/09/2023)
Asian
Paints Nepal building third plant in Hetauda :
The new plant is expected to come into operation
within one and a half years (kp 17/09/2023)
Govt
takes action against 150 shops ahead of festive
season (rep 16/09/2023)
Taskforce
submits report on reforms in cooperatives
(ht 15/09/2023)
Factories
in Hetauda Industrial Estate in dire straits
(rep 13/09/2023)
Karobar
app makes accounting easy for small businesses :
The app has been downloaded more than 100,000
times by small firms and traders, by Subin
Adhikari (kp 12/09/2023)
Dashain
is coming but traders not very hopeful :
Businesses large and small face declines in
sales and profits during economic slowdowns,
experts say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
11/09/2023)
Automobile
industry faces formidable headwinds, by
Sangay Sherpa (ht 11/09/2023)
Startup
Summit 2023 concludes successfully (ht
10/09/2023)
KMC
cooperative crisis: Over 6,000 complaints filed
amid concerns of savings mismanagement (rep
07/09/2023)
Industry
registration and renewal fees increase in
Karnali, specific groups to get discounts
(rep 06/09/2023)
Govt
blacklists 13 construction companies (kh
05/09/2023)
Government
makes more promises to help start-ups : Nearly a
dozen policies and programmes intended to
support new firms are gathering dust, analysts
say, by Subin Adhikari (kp 29/08/2023) [Empty ones?]
Nepali
woodworkers suffer as Indian carpenters swamp
market : Indian carpenters cross the border on
bicycles early in the morning and visit the
under-construction houses, hotels and corporate
offices to make furniture items. They then
return home in the evening after finishing their
work, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 26/08/2023)
Simara
SEZ allows to operate 25 industries (rep
24/08/2023)
Multinationals
see profits fluctuate due to slowdown : The
firms say they are uncertain about the course
consumer spending will take in the days to come,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 20/08/2023)
Merchants
swat flies as customers stay home : According to
economists, 50 to 60 percent of the year’s sales
happen during the autumn festival season, by
Subin Adhikari (kp 18/08/2023)
Why
Are Nepali Cooperatives Facing Problems?, by
Abin Ojha (rn 12/08/2023)
Holding
Multinational Companies Accountable, by Dev
Raj Dahal (rn 05/08/2023)
Government,
victims of cooperatives ink seven-point
deal : As per the agreement, the
cooperatives ministry will start the
process for the establishment of the
Deposit and Credit Guarantee Fund to
secure the savings of cooperative
depositors (kp 04/08/2023)
Rethinking
Nepal’s e-commerce bill : Do all forms
of business practices require detailed
regulation on all aspects of their
operation? Is such regulation even
required in the first place?, by
Anmol Purbey (nlt 03/08/2023), Imperative
of E-Commerce Legislation in Nepal,
by Suman Shiwakoti (rep 04/08/2023)
A
new US report questions investment
climate in Nepal (ae 31/07/2023)
Drift
to digital disrupts media business model :
Nepal’s advertising industry, advertisers and
the media struggle against headwind from online
platforms, by Jharana Khanal (nt 28/07/2023)
Insurance
companies’ business took a beating in FY 2022/23
(ae 27/07/2023)
Influencer
marketers leave celebrities behind : Businesses
see social media as an efficient way to
advertise their products and services, by
Subin Adhikari (kp 27/07/2023)
Felt
association felicitates Thapa in its 17th
anniversary, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
26/07/2023)
Privatization:
A beacon of hope for redemption of Udaipur
Cement : The pain inflicted upon taxpayers by
the Udaipur Cement Industries’ inefficiency and
mismanagement is a scar that runs deep, by
Sindhuj Thapa (nlt 25/07/2023)
Reckoning
61 years’ history of Janakpur Cigarette Factory
(kh 24/07/2023)
Return
depositors’ savings (ae 14/07/2023), Victims
of various cooperatives stage protest at
Maitighar Mandala (Photo Feature) (rep
16/07/2023)
More
and more entrepreneurs quitting business and
leaving for foreign lands (rep 12/07/2023)
Hemp
bag craze spreads among Nepali youths : Locals
in the far-flung hills have been making clothes
from hemp for decades but hippies took it to the
global level, by Subin Adhikari (kp
09/07/2023)
NOC
reluctant to enforce automated pricing system
even as it earns Rs 2 bi)llion profit a month,
by Dilip Paudel (rep 07/07/2023)
Fast
fashion fever grips young Nepalis : Generation
Z, also called post-millennials (born between
1997 and 2010), whose identity has been shaped
by the digital age, have the attitude of ‘buy
now, throw later’, by Subin Adhikari (kp
06/07/2023)
New
e-commerce law to ensure consumer protection :
The draft bill has proposed two to three years
in jail and fines ranging from Rs300,000 to
Rs500,000 for errant sellers, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 05/07/2023)
Sastodeal
ties up with Myntra to promote business :
Sastodeal will take on the distinguished role of
promoting and selling offerings from Myntra's
iconic House of Brands on its platform (kp
05/07/2023)
NOC
makes profit in LPG after a year, earns Rs 1.6
billion in just 15 days (rep 02/07/2023), Nepal
Oil not to cut prices despite profits : The
state-owned oil monopoly is making a fortnightly
profit of about Rs1.6 billion, officials say,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 03/07/2023), NOC
slashes prices of petroleum products (kh
03/07/2023)
Crusher
industries stop supplying stones, gravel and
sand starting today (rep 01/07/2023)
Mind
your businesses : An open letter to FNCCI
president Chandra Prasad Dhakal calling for
internal reforms, by Bishal Thapa (kp
30/06/2023)
Surrogate
advertising thrives in legal vagueness : Firms
also organise musical events and youth festivals
to promote products whose advertising is banned
by law, by Subin Adhikari (kp 29/06/2023)
First
Half of FY 2022/23 sees decline in industrial
loan uptake (ae 29/06/2023)
Capacity
utilization of industries in Koshi Province
takes a beating (ae 27/06/2023)
Foreign
direct investment pledges down 25 percent :
Experts have attributed the steep drop to policy
instability and bureaucratic hassles, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 22/06/2023)
‘The
central bank should regulate cooperatives’,
interview with Gauri Bahadur Karki, former
chairperson of the Special Court, who headed an
inquiry commission formed to look into troubled
saving and credit cooperatives, on the current
crisis in the cooperatives (kp 19/06/2023)
Capacity
utilization of Lumbini Province industries
decline (ae 19/06/2023)
Sales
of cooling appliances soar as country swelters :
More Nepalis are buying air conditioners and
coolers as rising remittances put more money in
their pockets, traders say, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 14/06/2023)
Govt
to allow companies to be established with a
minimal authorized capital of just Rs 100
(rep 30/05/2023)
Nepal's
pride industry is under existential threat
(ht 29/05/2023)
Government’s
start-up loans scheme loses its shine : The
Department of Industry said it had received 425
proposals. Among them, half, or 213 applications
were disqualified during the first screening
itself, by Krishana Prasain (kp 26/05/2023)
The
make-belief world of ‘Made in Nepal’ : To make
the policy work, policymakers must first
identify the products that we can produce at
lower costs, by Jagadish Prasad Bist
(25/05/2023)
High-interest
rates and reduced power generation hit
hydropower companies’ profit (ae
25/05/2023)
Tackle
Problems Facing Cooperatives, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 23/05/2023)
Government
announces to reopen three closed PEs (ae
23/05/2023)
State
of private sector: Competitive private sector
key for Nepal to become middle-income country by
2030 (ae 22/05/2023)
Land
held by Tiger Palace Resort comes under
government’s scanner : The company owning the
land, which has a five-star casino resort in
Bhairahawa, was found to have exceeded the land
ceiling as provisioned by the law, by
Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 20/05/2023)
Nepal’s
private sector accounts for 81.55 percent of
GDP, study shows (nlt 20/05/2023)
Government
announces to revive three defunct state-owned
industries (ae 19/05/2023)
Industrialists
lament unfavourable business environment : The
Make in Nepal initiative, jointly started by the
government and the private sector, had
envisioned four targets to boost the job market
and the economy, but they all failed, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 17/05/2023)
Yatri
is the first domestically-manufactured vehicle
to be registered in Nepal, by Sajira
Shrestha (rep 17/05/2023)
Changing
mindset, thinking big : Private sector groups
need to proactively pursue global benchmarks,
norms and practices, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
16/05/2023)
Govt
to end Covid-19 support to businesses (ae
10/05/2023)
Retailers
pulling down shutters as recession bites : ‘To
Let’ notices have become a common sight as
business confidence has sunk to record lows,
market observers say, by Subin Adhikari (kp
10/05/2023)
Insurance
companies’ business growth contract to single
digit (ae 08/05/2023)
Business
registration and renewal sluggish (kh
06/04/2023)
Govt
implementing automated system for FDI approval,
move aimed at facilitating foreign investors :
Govt takes the move to facilitate foreign
investors after FDI commitment drops to
one-third in the current fiscal year (rep
04/05/2023)
NIA
to extend capital increment deadline by three
months (ae 30/04/2023)
Birgunj
Sugar Factory: Some Reminiscences, by
Rameshwar Baral (rn 28/04/2023)
Nepal-made
vehicles can be registered : Manufacturers will
now not be required to submit import
notification letter (ht 28/04/2023)
63
percent of industries closed due to Covid
(kh 28/04/2023)
Instil
Life Into Public Enterprises, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 25/04/2023)
Transport
entrepreneurs halt cargo along Araniko Highway
(kh 23/04/2023)
Govt
forms study committee after Rs 700 billion
investment made in public enterprises failed to
yield any returns (rep 22/04/2023)
Nepal
all set to leapfrog in the IT sector,
entrepreneurs say (nlt 21/04/2023)
Investment
commitment worth around Rs 200 billion
from 216 industries (rep 19/04/2023)
Foreign
investors repatriated cash dividends of
Rs 13.77 billion in the first nine
months of current FY (rep
18/04/2023)
Financing
small and growing businesses : Unlike
microfinance, venture debt unlocks an
additional source of funds for
capital-starved MSMEs, by Ashutosh
Tiwari and Joseph Silvanus (kp 18/04/2023)
New
Year sales fall flat as consumers in
saving mood : Nepali consumers are
holding onto their money because of high
interest rates and rising prices,
insiders said, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 14/04/2023)
Entrepreneurs
seek PM's intervention : They want ban
on land plotting lifted, interest rates
reduced, among other demands (ht
11/04/2023), PM,
FM assure private sector of lowering
interest rate (ae 12/04/2023), Market
determines the interest rates: Governor
Adhikari (ae 12/04/2023)
FBPW-Nepal
: Golden Jubilee (sp 07/04/2023)
Nepal
Oil accused of profiteering at the
expense of consumers : The state-owned
oil monopoly is the country’s largest
enterprise with an annual turnover of
nearly Rs400 billion, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 04/04/2023)
Investment
and management : It has become harder to
find good management leaders who inspire
younger talents, by Sujeev Shakya
(kp 04/4/2023)
Why
digital solutions matter for micro,
small and medium enterprises in Nepal,
by Maria Perdomo (nlt 03/04/20023)
Start-ups
doubt subsidised loan scheme will be
applied : Newly established businesses
have been promised loans of up to Rs2.5
million at 3 percent interest, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 02/04/2023)
Rattan
furniture industry seeks friendlier
policy : Due to the complex paperwork
required to harvest rattan,
manufacturers prefer to import their raw
materials from India, by Subin
Adhikari (kp 31/03/2023)
12
companies express interests for
feasibility study to operate electric
buses on ring road of Kathmandu Valley
(rep 29/03/2023)
Domestic
industries struggle for market share
(ht 27/03/2023)
After
nearly a decade of delay, govt brings
procedure for startups funding (ae
24/03/2023)
Auto
loans are back as cash crunch eases and
import ban ends : According to the Nepal
Automobile Dealers’ Association, nearly
90 percent of car buyers take auto loans,
by Krishana Prasain (kp)
Where
has the money gone?, by Dilip Poudel
(rep 22/03/2023)
WorldLink
gets funding boost of Rs1.98 billion :
The loan will be used to speed up
internet expansion activities across the
country (kp 21/03/2023)
Enhancing
Corporate Social Responsibility, by
Basu Gautam (rn 17/03/2023)
Foreign
direct investment falls 93.61 percent
year-on-year in first seven months :
Experts blame Nepal’s topsy-turvy
politics for scaring away potential
investors, by Krishana Prasain (kp
16/03/2023)
Women
entrepreneurs in Mustang in need of
digital marketing skills : Digital
marketing is much more than just posting
photos and videos on social media, an
expert says, by Deepak Pariyar (kp
14/03/2023)
We’ll
soon launch one-door service for foreign
investors: PM Dahal (rep
14/03/2023), Govt
working for fully operationalizing
one-stop service and automatic approval
of FDI: Dahal (ae 15/03/2023)
High
profits and merger drive add to the
strength of insurance companies (ae
13/03/2023)
Tavisi,
an e-commerce platform for women, by
women : Especially catering to women,
the online shop provides a wide range of
products of 13 local and 40
international brands, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 08/03/2023)
‘Women
are breaking barriers and shattering
glass ceilings’ : Shreyana Shrestha,
mega campaign manager, and Kemika
Acharya, head of key accounts, at Daraz
Nepal on how Nepali society perceives
female entrepreneurs (kp 08/03/2023)
Govt
amends conditions to allow non-resident
Nepalis to establish an investment
company together (kh 04/03/2023)
Address
Challenges Of Nepali Startups, by
Bijaya Karki (rn 03/03/2023)
Mediation
For Fair Business, by Mukti Riajl
(rn 02/03/2023)
Non-life
insurance companies collected Rs 23.06bn
in premiums (ae 28/02/2023)
Durbar
Marga traders to pull down shutters for
an hour today (kh 27/02/2023)
Sharp
decline in net FDI inflow : Net FDI
inflow to Nepal has dropped by a
whopping 93.4 percent in the first half
of the current fiscal year (ae
21/02/2023)
Multigrain
sattu flour finds export market :
Schools are being urged to serve sattu
under the mid-day meal programme amid
junk food invasion, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 21/02/2023)
Five
construction companies blacklisted
(rep 20/02/2023)
Helping
women in business : Women entrepreneurs
lack technical knowledge to expand their
business operations, by Roshee
Lamichhane (kp 20/02/2023)
Govt
announces eight industrial villages
(kh 18/02/2023)
Women
led businesses surge in Rupandehi : The
increasing number of women entrepreneurs
reflects the progressive mentality of
the family and society, officials say,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 10/02/2023)
Economic
slowdown drags down insurance business
growth (ae 10/02/2023)
Auto
dealers reluctant to clear 2,900
vehicles parked at customs yards (ae
07/02/2023)
NTC
customers exceed 21.3 million in number
(kh 05/02/2023)
257
new enterprises registered in six months
(kh 03/02/2023), Over
500 new enterprises registered in six
months (kh 04/02/2023)
Cement
makers say denial of IS mark will hurt
exports : Half a dozen Nepali cement
companies are in the final stages of
obtaining certification, making their
products eligible for export to India,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 01/02/2023)
Premium
collection of insurers increased
nominally in the first half of the
current FY (rep 31/01/2023)
PPMO
blacklists 12 companies (kh
29/01/2023)
Valley's
vegetable bazaar remains a seller's
market : Consumers complain that they
are forced to pay double the wholesale
rate at retail stores due to lack of
monitoring, by Subin Adhikari (kp
28/01/2023)
SC
orders restaurants, hotels not to
collect 10 percent service charge
(kh 26/01/2023), No
more service charge anywhere, top court
says : Establishments—airports and
electric utilities to hotels and
restaurants—can no longer add service
charge to bill, by Sangam Prasain
and Krishana Prasain (kp 27/01/2023), Row
rages over who can and cannot take
service charge after landmark ruling :
Officials say the ruling is for hotels
and restaurants, but consumer activists
and lawyers say it applies everywhere,
by Krishana Prasain (06/02/2023)
SC
spanner on FDI in hydels? The Supreme
Court had issued an interim order on Nov
3 demanding to know why the firm had
failed to manage funds on time, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ae 26/01/2023)
70
percent decline in gold jewelry exports
(ae 26/01/2023)
579
firms registered, 162 revoked in Tanahu
in one year (kh 26/01/2023)
Women
industrial village to be set up in
Panchkhal (kh 25/01/2023)
Finance
Minister for freeing public enterprises
from political interference (rn
24/01/2023)
Auto
dealers see rough road ahead despite end
of curbs : The central bank has removed
the provision requiring car importers to
keep 100 percent margin amount to open a
letter of credit, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 23/01/2023)
State
of investment : National and
international economic uncertainty
forces investors to hold their new
investment plans (ae 23/01/2023)
FDI
pledges decline 43.27% in first half of
FY 2022/23 : Foreign investors pledged
to invest Rs 17.30 billion in Nepal in
the first six months (ae 19/01/2023)
Automobile
importers warned to clear custom yards
or face fine (ae 18/01/2023)
Merger
in Insurance Sector: Prime Life, Union
Life, and Gurans Life sign final merger
deal (ae 17/01/2023)
Industries
based in Lumbini underperforming: NRB
report (ae 16/01/2023)
NRB
unveils stricter measures on investment
abroad (rep 13/01/2023)
Industries
reeling under nine-hour power cuts
(ht 11/01/2023)
Is
NRB Directive on Working Capital Loan
Private Sector-friendly?, by Shankar
Man Singh (rep 09/01/2023)
Restaurants
adding VAT on menu price to face fines : VAT and
service charge are included in the meal prices,
and restaurants cannot issue bills with extra
taxes, officials say, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 07/01/2023)
Capacity
utilization of Bagmati Province Industries stood
at 47.4 percent in last FY (ae 06/01/2023)
Industries in Madhes Province:
Average capacity utilization increased by 10
percent in last FY (ae 05/01/2023)
Dividend
payment by state-owned enterprises drops to
13-year low ; The low rate of return has raised
questions over whether the government should
keep throwing good money after bad to save
poorly run companies, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/12/2022)
Nepal
ranks way down in digital entrepreneurship and
innovation : The Himalayan republic is 104th
among 113 economies in digital environments, and
111th among 132 countries in innovation, reports
show, by Krishana Prasain (kp 22/12/2022)
Cooperatives
hit by the country’s worsening economic
conditions, increasing number facing financial
problems (rep 21/12/2022)
Digital
payments drop, overturning expectations of
spending surge : Online payments during the
period mid-October to mid-November fell to
Rs3.94 trillion from Rs4.93 trillion last year,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 20/12/2022)
Solar
power developers demand NEA to return to old PPA
rate (ae 20/12/2022)
Government
apathy leads to a series of Cooperatives
collapse (ae 20/12/2022)
Through
e‑commerce, governments can generate
opportunities for entrepreneurs, says Dr
Adhikari : “A policy and regulatory framework
that helps to enhance access to and
affordability of the internet for women can
enable more women to join the e‑commerce
platform,” according to Dr Adhikari (nlt
18/12/2022)
Investment
pledges plunge amid global economic slowdown :
Nepal received FDI assurances worth Rs11.60
billion in the first four months, according to
the Department of Industry, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 14/12/2022)
Nepali
apparel manufacturers miss out on sales boom :
Clothing makers were unable to ramp up
production amid a surge in demand because of a
shortage of raw materials, by Subin Adhikari
(kp 13/12/2022)
Airline
magnate’s Arju brand long-grain rice to hit
store shelves next month : ‘We don’t buy paddy
from the Indian market. We encourage farmers to
produce it,’ says Birendra Bahadur Basnet,
managing director of Buddha Air, about his rice
mill venture, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/12/2022)
Tiles
production begins in Nepal (kh 12/12/2022)
Why
informal enterprises operate informally? How can
they be formalized? The informal economy
accounts for 38 percent of Nepal’s GDP. Nepal
needs a policy framework for informal and
microenterprises, by Ashesh Shrestha (nlt
12/12/2022)
Support
Startups For Business Growth, by Rajendra
Chataut (rn 11/12/2022)
Outsourced
delivery services take off as e-commerce
flourishes in urban areas : PickNDrop has been
selected among the top five in the start-up
category for this year’s ICT Awards, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 07/12/2022)
Slump
in power use sign of economic woes : Factories
are running below capacity, businesses are down
for the lack of loans, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 26/11/2022)
Govt
removes minimum threshold for NRN investment
through investment companies (rep
16/11/2022)
IIN
to promote FDI, equitable economic growth of
Nepal (kh 15/11/2022)
What
ails Nepali start-ups? It is not good when
entrepreneurs have to use software unapproved by
the government, by Roshee Lamichhane (kp
14/11/2022)
Sanitary
pad vending machines help to keep girls in
school : Local units, social organisations and
schools are the largest buyers of the vending
machines, the manufacturer says, by Pawan
Pandey (kp 10/11/2022)
Import
ban results in closure of 58 motor dealers
across country (rn 10/11/2022), Import
ban pushes automobile sector to the brink,
Automobile Association says : “At least 58
dealers across the country have been shut
already. If the situation persists, at least 100
dealers will be closed in a month," NADA says
(nlt 11/11/2022)
State-owned
Udayapur Cement Factory in deep financial crisis,
by Dilip Poudel (rep 08/11/2022)
Nepal
tightens business visa rules for foreign
investors to prevent misuse of the permit :
Officials said the Industry Department got tough
following rising cases of investment pledges not
being fulfilled, by Krishana Prasain (kp
06/11/2022)
Digital
economy overtakes e-commerce legislation : The
proliferation of online shopping and e-retailers
has made e-commerce laws urgently necessary,
insiders say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
04/11/2022)
High
interest rates make life hard for businesses :
When faced with a shortfall of loanable funds,
banks raise the deposit interest rates to
encourage people to increase their deposits,
report says, by Krishana Prasain (kp
01/11/2022), High
rates exacerbate woes for industries, by
Sangay Sherpa (ht 02/11/2022)
Brick
industrialist says: half of last year's bricks
are still left, what to do this year?, by
Krishna Kisi (rep 30/10/2022)
Flower
garlands worth Rs 135 million likely to be sold
during Tihar (kh 26/10/2022)
Udayapur
Cement seeks Rs500 million loan to replace
obsolete equipment : The factory has a
production capacity of 800 tonnes daily, but it
cannot run at full capacity because of old
machinery, by Krishana Prasain and Dilliram
Khatiwada (kp 24/10/2022)
Flower
vendors turn roaming salespersons as Kathmandu
bans sidewalk shops : Footpaths that would be
full of flower sellers during Tihar are almost
empty. It’s a different picture in Lalitpur,
by Anup Ojha (24/10/2022)
Traders
doubtful about Tihar sales after dour Dashain :
The government’s constrictive trade policy has
dampened the market mood, industry insiders say,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 17/10/2022)
FNCCI
and IFC join hands to produce a report on state
of private sector in Nepal (rep 15/10/2022)
Nepal
realizes only one-third of the FDI commitments:
NRB (rep 15/10/2022)
Minimum
foreign investment amount cut to Rs20 million :
The lowered minimum has failed to enthuse the
private sector because of inconsistency in
government policy, by Krishana Prasain (kp
15/10/2022)
Automobile
sector in crisis due to import ban, by
Nagendra Upahdyaya (rep 11/10/2022)
NOC
gets Rs 1.6 billion monthly profit (kh
08/10/2022)
Festive
offers and schemes fail to stimulate customers :
Dealers unveil their promotional schemes during
this time of the year because people have money
in their pockets from the Dashain bonus, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 03/10/2022)
Extra
charge cannot be added to menu, court rules : A
Kathmandu District Court verdict prevents
businesses from adding 13 percent VAT and 10
percent service charge to the bill, as they have
been doing, by Krishana Prasain (kp
28/09/2022)
Impact
Of Interest Hikes On
Cooperatives, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 27/09/2022)
KMC
monitors market: Inedible food items found in
govt-run shops (rep 27/09/2022)
Wilted
demand dismays flower traders,
by Sangay Sherpa (ht 27/09/2022)
175
firms face the music as market
monitoring intensified ahead of
festivals (nlt 24/09/2022),
Market
monitoring : What the govt
agencies must understand is that
market monitoring should not be
a onetime event (ht
26/09/2022)
Young
entrepreneurs voice concerns
about ailing economy : Business
professionals say Nepal’s
economic situation is getting
worse from bad as they discuss
problems facing Province 1
(kp 24/09/2022)
E-commerce
watchers expect modest growth
due to embargo, inflation :
Rising cases of dengue in
Kathmandu may also drive
shoppers to online stores in a
replay of pandemic days, sellers
say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
23/09/2022)
No
business even during festive
time disappoints New Road
traders (rep 23/09/2022)
The
future of Nepal’s tech industry
: Tech brands that rely on a
‘made in Nepal’ sentiment to
sustain their businesses are
destined to ‘die in Nepal’,
by Asmod Karki and Dipta Shah (kp
22/09/2022)
Festival
gold sales likely to drop on low
supply : The import quota for
the yellow metal has been
slashed to 10 kg daily leading
to less inventory, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 20/09/2022)
Street
Vendors Left Out In The Cold?,
by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn
18/09/2022)
Is
FDI really the panacea we seek?, by
Prakritee Yonzon (rep 15/09/2022)
Footpath
traders picket Kathmandu Metropolis office
(kh 15/09/2022)
Nepal’s
FDI exceeds Rs 227 billion (kh 13/09/2022),
Actual
net FDI inflow at only 36.5 per cent of total
approval (ht 14/09/2022)
Chinese
distributor of Oppo mobile phones in Nepal
absconds without paying rent (kh 13/09/2022)
Government
decides to build Naubasta Industrial Zone : The
Rs9 billion trade infrastructure project in
southwest Nepal will create 111 plots ranging in
size from 9 to 30 ropanis, by Rupa Gahatraj
(kp 11/09/2022)
All
you need to know about Special Economic Zones of
Nepal (nlt 10/09/2022)
Ministry
of Industry, Marma Rural Municipality sign MoU
on Yarsagumba conservation (kh 05/09/2022)
NOC
owes Rs 21 billion to Indian Oil Corporation
(kh 02/09/2022)
“Prosperity
is possible only when we sell Nepali products
abroad” : 'The country develops when the youths
are brought into business', interview with
Deepak Raj Joshi (kh 29/08/2022)
Street
Vending Integral To Urban Living, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 24/08/2022)
Wire
factories shut down in protest against higher
taxes : The manufacturers based in the
Sunsari-Morang industrial corridor accuse the
government of raising import and excise duties
to protect a handful of factories, by Binod
Bhandari and Pawan Pandey (kp 16/08/2022)
Nepal
waits for consumer courts while business
malpractices soar : Consumer rights activists
accuse the government of holding back on setting
up consumer courts due to lobbying by
manufacturers and traders, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 15/08/2022), Consumer
courts and rights : The lack of strict
implementation of laws has allowed dishonest
traders to go scot-free (kp 16/08/2022)
Talk
aims bringing Butwal yarn factory out of
mothballs : Once Nepal’s largest spinning mill,
it shut down more than a decade ago after being
crippled by mismanagement, by Ghanashyam
Gautam (kp 14/08/2022)
2,187
new factories registered in Sarlahi in last FY
(kh 12/08/2022)
NOC’s
accumulated loss reaches Rs 31 billion (rep
09/08/2022)
Depositors
can withdraw only 5 percent of deposits at a
time as cooperative sector marred with liquidity
crisis (kh 08/08/2022), Liquidity
crisis in cooperatives: NCF urges cooperatives
to stop distributing cash dividends for now
(rep 12/08/2022)
Manang
sees 49 new industries this fiscal year (kh
08/08/2022)
Rent
increases up to 687 percent in industrial areas,
by Dilip Poudel (kp 05/08/2022)
Firms
at industrial estates to get rent discounts
based on export performance : Companies in
special economic zones that export more than 60
percent of their output will get higher
reductions, by Madhav Dhungana and Krishana
Prasain (kp 04/08/2022)
115
companies to face action for producing, selling
unhygienic food stuff (rn 04/08/2022)
Reinvigorating
the streets : Municipalities have succeeded in
grouping vendors in a pedestrian, mall-type
environment, by Barsha Chitrakar (kp
04/08/2022)
CNI
urges govt to withdraw decision to hike rent in
industrial areas (ht 03/08/2022)
Nepal
self-reliant in grill and steel business
(rep 31/07/2022)
NOC
won’t be privatized: Minister Badu (kh
31/07/2022)
Doubts
arise about construction of park in Damak,
by Sachin Pokhrel and Bishnu Kumar Pokhrel (rn
31/07/2022)
Case
filed against production of sub-standard food
products (kh 30/07/2022)
Biratnagar
Jute Mill to be re-operated: Minister Badu
(kh 26/07/2022)
Government,
private sector join hands to promote startup
ecosystem in Nepal : The startup manifesto under
StartupNation aims to achieve 100,000 new
quality jobs by 2030, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 26/07/2022)
Life
insurance companies earn Rs 139 billion in
premium last fiscal (kh 21/07/2022)
Foreign
direct investors rush back following Covid slump
: Investment commitments in the last fiscal year
soared 68 percent to Rs54.15 billion, the
Department of Industry said, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 20/07/2022)
Nepali
industries witness significant reduction in
their production capacity: CNI study (kh
19/07/2022)
Youth
programmes announced but not executed : Almost
all youth programmes focused on entrepreneurs
have not been implemented, Auditor General's
report says, by Krishana Prasain (kp
17/07/2022)
Entrepreneurs
worried about future of paragliding in Pokhara
as int’l airport prepares for operation : “As
much as we were excited about the construction
of an international airport in Pokhara, now we
are worried that our own business will be
displaced somewhere along with the operation of
the airport” (nlt 16/07/2022), Entrepreneurs
Call to manage paragliding rather than
displacing (kh 16/07/2022)
Home
inspection start-up looking to expand beyond
valley : Three years after launching, Skill Sewa
has served 10,000 clients and carried out 2,000
renovation jobs, by Pawan Pandey (kp
14/07/2022)
Tax
waiver sets off investment rush in automobile
assembly plants : Six motor vehicle assembly
companies with a combined capital of Rs6.83
billion have been registered with the Industry
Department in the current fiscal year, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 11/07/2022)
Raised
entry barriers for foreign contractors may limit
competition : Officials and some contractors say
priority given to domestic contractors would
help save forex reserves (kp 10/07/2022)
Four
industries of Nepal produced goods worth Rs 1.2
trillion over a year, by Himal Lamsal (rep
10/07/2022)
Nepali
manufacturing retarded by conflict, politics and
energy crisis : The number of large
manufacturing establishments grew by only 17.46
percent in 27 years, according to the National
Industrial Survey, by Krishana Prasain (kp
09/07/2022)
Nepal
Oil Corporation’s outstanding dues to its Indian
supplier rise to Rs30 billion : There is,
however, optimism that the financial situation
of the national oil monopoly will improve after
petroleum prices started to decline in the
international market amid global recession fears,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/07/2022)
“KMC
has no policy to allow running shops or
businesses on footpath” (kh 07/07/2022)
Street
vending needs regulations, not ad hoc crackdown,
experts say : City planners stress management of
roadside businesses as they contribute to the
economy by drawing up a long-term plan, by
Anup Ojha (kp 04/07/2022), Finding
common ground : Constant communication with
street vendors and other important stakeholders
is a must (kp 04/07/2022)
Nepali
start-up seeks to crack global cybersecurity
market : Bugv has gained more than 40 clients in
a short period, and over 5,000 ethical hackers
are registered with the platform, by Pawan
Pandey (kp 04/07/2022)
Pandemic-induced
boom in e-commerce reshaped financial services,
Daraz says : E-commerce platforms help
small-and-medium-scale entrepreneurs to build
marketing capacity (kp 04/07/2022)
Nepali
life-insurers can now get reinsured fully from
domestic companies (rep 03/07/2022)
Oil
Corporation increasingly anxious about piling
debt to its Indian supplier : Near bankruptcy,
public utility has outstanding payment dues
worth Rs22 billion and the sum is expected to
rise, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/07/2022)
Three-day
ecommerce and digital marketing training for
women entrepreneurs (rep 30/06/2022)
Mergers
between insurance firms on the rise (ht
28/06/2022)
Hard
times for small businesses amid economic turmoil
: High production and fuel costs have made life
difficult for small enterprises which create
many jobs, experts say, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 27/06/2022)
Why
government should not run a business : Let’s
assume the government goes ahead with its plan
to revive sick industries. Will these industries
actually prosper? Will they show any kind of
innovation? Will they be able to compete with
the private sector?, by Prakash Maharjan
(nlt 27/06/2022)
Impact
small businesses make in Nepal : Closing the
financing gap for small enterprises can help
further stimulate the economy, by Martin
Holtmann (kp 27/06/2022)
To
curb cholera, Lalitpur targets street food
sellers. Not everyone is amused : Panipuri and
chatpate vendors could lose livelihoods. Experts
stress better monitoring, by Anup Ojha (kp
27/06/2022), A
move against street food : A blanket ban on all
street vendors and painting all with the same
brush does seem unjustifiable (kp
28/06/2022)
CG
in troubled water for profit margin on electric
motors, by Nitish Lal Shrestha (kh
23/06/2022)
Rethinking
fertilizer subsidy : The government should work
towards gradually removing regulatory barriers
as well as subsidies in fertilizer import. For
as long as these prevail, the private sector
cannot enter and compete, by Ayushma
Maharjan (nlt 20/06/2022)
Potential
foreign investors put off by Nepal’s lax law
enforcement : FDI pledges in IT sector plunged
409 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months
of the current fiscal year ended mid-June,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 2006/2022)
eLance,
Nepal’s first digital marketplace, launched
(rep 18/06/2022)
Challenges
of family-owned businesses : The new generation
has little interest in continuing the business
built by their elders, by Roshee Lamichhane
(kp 16/06/2022)
Shrinkflation:
You’re getting less for same price as packages
become smaller : Firms are making product
packets smaller instead of raising prices as
high production costs bite, by Krishana
Prasain and Pawan Pandey (kh 13/06/2022)
Nepal
to renegotiate with Motrex to establish electric
vehicle plant : South Korean automaker intends
to assemble Hyundai and Kia vehicles in Butwal,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 11/06/2022)
Manufacturers
in Gandaki going through a rough patch : The
capacity utilisation of most industrial firms is
very low because of multiple challenges, central
bank report says, by Krishana Prasain (kp
10/06/2022)
Online
shopping in Nepal turns into a blend of
convenience and bitter experience : The number
of online websites and pages serving customers
has witnessed an uptick. But the challenges of
online shopping have also grown in abundance,
by Sakshi Srivastav (nlt 10/06/2022)
#NetaV:
Netizens slam a company of Nepal’s dollar
billionaire for ‘massively overpriced’ electric
vehicle : Many have slammed Nepal’s Chaudhary
Group for overpricing a newly launched
China-made electrical vehicle Neta V. A fresh
debate has also been raised about the effective
implementation of Nepal’s black-marketing laws
(nlt 10/06/2022)
Do
we really need public enterprises? In Nepal,
public enterprises were regarded as a vehicle
for development. They were taken as an
instrument for the production and for the
execution of socio-economic policies, by
Anjila Shrestha (nlt 07/06/2022)
Start-ups
can't get funds for lack of work procedure : The
government has been announcing the programme
annually, but nobody knows when it will actually
materialise, entrepreneurs say, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 05/06/2022)
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