NRB
set to distribute new currency notes for Dashain festival (rep 26/09/2023)
A
strong dollar’s implications for Nepal : The first
impact is on the price of petroleum products, which sets
off a chain reaction, by Krishana Prasain (kp
24/09/2023)
Govt
approves NRB to mint 150 million coins each with
denomination of Rs 5 (rep 09/08/2023)
Forex
reserves up 18.5pc to $11.30 billion : Remittance
inflows surge by 22.7pc to Rs 1,112.52bn in 11 months of
fiscal year 2022-23 (ht 11/07/2023)
Nepal
has a cash circulation of Rs 608.51 billion (rep
29/06/2023)
NRB
guv vows to tackle cryptocurrency issues (ht
29/06/2023)
Chinese
tourists can now use mobile pay in Nepal : WeChat Pay,
one of the dominant digital payment platforms in
mainland China, enters the Himalayan republic, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 27/06/2023)
Foreign
exchange reserves adequate to support commodity imports
for over 11 months (rep 10/06/2023)
De-dollarisation:
Can the dollar survive it?, by Santosh Kalwar (rn
09/06/2023)
Nepal,
India sign pact for cross-border digital payment : The
financial connectivity between the countries through
cross-border digital payment would benefit thousands of
students, hundreds of thousands of tourists, pilgrims
and people leaving for medical treatment in India,
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 02/06/2023)
Gold
price reaches record high (rep 01/06/2023)
Rise
and rise of digital payment in Nepal : The current
momentum could help build a complete digital ecosystem
required for sustainable economy, by Ram Neupane (kp
30/05/2023)
Foreign
currency earnings from tourists increased by 190 percent
in the past one year (rep 29/05/2023)
NRB
sets up separate division for exploring digital currency
(ae 22/05/2023)
NRB
revises ceiling for exchange of US Dollar (kh
30/04/2023)
Madhes
districts developing into hubs for fake currency (ht
28/04/2023)
Gold
price down by Rs 800 today (kh 16/04/2023)
Country
has foreign exchange reserves of Rs 1401.21 billion: NRB
(kh 12/04/2023), Nepal’s
forex reserves bounce back to a two years’ high level as
of mid-March (rep 12/04/2023), Continued
improvement in external sector raises optimism for
economic recovery (ae 12/04/2023)
Gold
price down by Rs 700 per tola today (kh 10/04/2023)
Indian
tourists in Nepal to be allowed to use Indian e-wallets
: An agreement is expected to be signed during Prime
Minister Dahal’s planned visit to India, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 09/04/2023)
Gold
price down by Rs 800 (kh 06/04/2023)
Gold
price sets new record : Fine gold traded at Rs 111,000
per tola; standard gold at Rs 110,500 per tola (kh
05/04/2023)
NRB
unveils Cryptocurrency Risk Assessment Report (rep
04/04/2023)
Why
gold price is setting new records : Gold cost has more
room to rise and could hit Rs120,000 a tola in Nepal,
observers say, by Krishana Prasain (kp 26/03/2023)
Over
one million counterfeit notes confiscated in three
months (rep 26/03/2023)
Gold
price hits record high (kh 19/03/2023)
Nepal’s
net forex earnings grew by USD 200 million during one
month of mid-January to mid-February (rep
13/03/2023)
The
monetary policy’s upshots : The depreciation of the
Nepali rupee versus the US dollar will cost us more
while repaying foreign loans, by Nischal Dhungel (kp
21/02/2023)
Export
value in rupee terms soars as currency weakens :
Shipments of listed products in the first six months
were worth Rs22.93 billion, according to the Department
of Customs (kp 31/01/2023)
Gold
sets record at Rs106,300 per tola : The slowdown in the
economy has reduced the purchasing capacity of Nepalis
and that is not creating demand in the domestic bullion
market, traders say (kp 25/01/2023), Gold
price decreases by Rs 1,100 per tola (kh 27/01/2023)
Nepal,
India discuss improving access to cross-border payment
systems : Though India is a close neighbour of Nepal,
financial transactions between the two countries are
full of hassles (kp 25/01/2023)
Concerns
in Nepal as Indian Supreme Court validates Modi’s
demonetization move, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
03/01/2023)
Nepal’s
foreign currency dilemma: Import restrictions and
petroleum products : If Nepal aspires to increase its
foreign currency reserves, a more prudent solution would
be to direct effort towards decreasing use of petroleum
products and promoting use of petroleum substitutes,
by Prakash Maharjan (nlt 28/12/2022)
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)
Nepal
had a net gain of foreign currencies worth Rs 7.60
billion during mid-October and mid-November (rep
16/12/2022)
Forex
reserves increase by $130m in one month (ht
17/11/2022)
Digital
payment on rise in Nepal (kh 22/10/2022)
US
Dollar touches all-time high (kh 20/10/2022), Nepali
rupee hits all-time low of 133.14 per dollar (nlt
20/10/2022)
Where
has the money gone?, by Kamlesh Agrawal (kh
14/10/2022)
Scope
of digital currency : The general public at large in
Nepal has a typical currency-handling culture, by
Roshee Lamichhane (kp 10/10/2022)
US
dollar becomes further strong (nlt 09/10/2022), US
Dollar at a record high against Nepalese currency
(kh 09/10/2022)
Saturday’s
currency exchange rate as per NRB (kh 08/10/2022)
Deficit
of Pro-Bitcoin Political Leadership, by Bimal Pratap
Shah (rep 09/10/2022)
US
dollar soars to all-time high (rep 29/09/2022)
Gold
price up by Rs 1,200 per tola (kh 29/09/2022)
Nepali
rupee suffers largest single-day drop to all-time low of
130.9 : Nepal introduced current account convertibility
in 1993, effectively pegging the Nepali rupee to the
Indian rupee, by Krishana Prasain (kp 27/09/2022)
US
Dollar at a record high against Nepalese currency
(kh 25/09/2022)
Weakening
rupee likely to aggravate economic, by Sangay Sherpa
(ht 21/09/2022)
NRB
issuing fresh notes for Dashain from today (kh
14/09/2022)
Writ
calling to recognize digital currency filed in Supreme
Court (kh 18/08/2022)
Central
bank working to amend Act to issue digital currency :
Officials and experts call for patience in introducing
such a currency to avoid risks, as they suggest
observing the practice in neighbouring countries, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/08/2022)
Nepal
imports gold of Rs 35 billion in one year (kh
26/07/2022), Nepal
imported more than 5.57 tons of gold in FY 2021/22, govt
earned Rs 4.40 billion in revenue (rep 02/08/2022)
Gold
price decreases by Rs 800 per tola (kh 15/07/2022)
Forex
reserves increase by $170m in one month (ht
12/07/2022)
Gold
price decreases by Rs 1400 per tola (kh 07/07/2022)
Gold
price decreases by Rs 1600 per tola (kh 06/07/2022)
Forex
reserves down to fund imports for just a little over six
months raises alarm : Questions arise if import control
measures have worked and government is doing much to
address economic woes, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
27/06/2022)
The
progressive devaluation of Nepali currency : Nepal has
an import-based economy so the devaluation of the
domestic currency against the dollar will also impact
import of foreign goods, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
23/06/2022)
USD
hits new high against Nepali rupees (kh 23/06/2022)
Nepal’s
foreign debt liability swells as rupee plunges to an
all-time low against dollar : Rupee’s fall due to steady
depreciation of Indian rupee to which it is pegged,
insiders say, by Krishana Prasain (kp 15/06/2022)
Nepali
rupee hits an all-time low against the dollar : Nepal’s
central bank has fixed the exchange rate at Rs125.16 per
US dollar for Tuesday trading (kp 14/06/2022)
The
future is crypto-native : What should Nepal do?, by
Bimal Pratap Shah (nlt 14/06/2022)
Forex
reserves decline 18 percent in 10 months of running
fiscal : Existing foreign currency sufficient only to
cover import of merchandise and services for 6.53 months
(kh 10/06/2022)
Digital
payment a top priority for govt: Minister Karki (rep
03/06/2022)
Scope
Of Digital Currency, by Binaya Ghimire (rn
03/06/2022)
Nepali
rupee becomes further weaker (rn 19/05/2022)
Nepali
Rupee slides to all-time low against US dollar (rep
10/05/2022)
NRB
preparing to launch digital currency (rep
28/04/2022)
Gold
price Rs 102,000 per tola today (kh 15/04/2022), Raw
gold out of stock in Nepali market : Customers not to
get new gold items unless they bring theirs (kh
15/04/2022)
NRNA
to urge non-resident Nepalis to send dollars (kh
12/04/2022)
Gold
price goes up by Rs 800 per tola (kh 01/04/2022)
Private
Sector calls for facilitating circulation of INR 500 and
2,000 note in Nepal (kh 25/03/2022)
Gold
price up by Rs 800 per tola (kh 22/03/2022)
4,044
kg gold worth Rs 28.17 bln imported to Nepal in eight
months of running fiscal (kh 22/03/2022)
Gold
price declines by Rs 600 (rep 20/03/2022)
NTA
directs to shut down all crypto currency trading
websites and platforms (kh 15/03/2022), Illegal
cryptocurrency trading: Rs 97.4 million embezzled
(rep 15/03/2022), ISPs
in Nepal asked to disable digital platforms being used
for investment in crypto currency, online gambling
(rep 15/03/2022)
Gold
price goes down by Rs 1,800 per tola (kh 15/03/2022)
Gold
price up by Rs 600 per tola (nlt 11/03/2022)
Gold
price hits new record at Rs105,500 per tola : The demand
for gold has increased in the global market due to the
Russia-Ukraine war as investors see the yellow metal as
a safe haven amid heightened uncertainties (kp
10/03/2022)
Ailing
Mint Division struggling to remain relevant : While
Nepali coins are outsourced from foreign countries as it
is cheaper, the 90–year–old office is now limited to
melting confiscated gold, by Anup Ojha (kp
09/03/2022)
Nepali
currency becomes the weakest in history Tuesday
(kh 08/03/2022), Nepali
rupee plunges to all-time low against US dollar,
exchange rate hits Rs 123.44 per dollar (rep
08/03/2022)
Gold
price in Nepal reaches close to Rs 100,000 per tola,
Russia-Ukraine crisis blamed for the price rise (rep
24/02/2022)
Discourse
On Cryptocurrency In Nepal, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
08/02/2022)
Nepal
begins study on digital currency as India plans to
launch such currency this year : It may take 2-3 years
for Nepal to introduce a central bank digital currency,
say officials. Study report is expected in two weeks,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/02/2022)
Govt
mulls raising limit of Indian currency that individuals
can carry while traveling to India (rep 23/1/2022)
Nepal’s
forex reserve depletes further, NRB has reserves
sufficient to finance imports for only 6.8 months
(rep 14/01/2022)
Losing
loose change in Nepal : Nepal’s coins tell the history
of the country, but falling value means they are mostly
found with museums and collectors, by Ashish Dhakal
(nt 10/12/2021)
Cryptocurrency
transactions may be allowed in Nepal: Finance Minister
(rep 24/11/2021)
NRB
preparing to introduce banknotes of Rs 100 and Rs 500
denominations with security threads (rep 03/11/2021)
Gold
price down by Rs 600 per tola (rep 27/10/2021)
Foreign
exchange reserves on decline (kh 27/10/2021), Surging
imports and decline in tourism take toll on forex
reserves : Foreign currency reserves, enough to fund
imports for 10 months at fiscal year’s start, drop by
about Rs100 billion, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/10/2021), Central
bank for curbing luxury imports amid falling foreign
exchange reserves : Existing foreign exchange reserves
are enough to finance just 7.8 months of imports,
close to the minimum threshold of seven months set by
the central bank, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
31/10/2021)
Nepali
Rupee Weakens Against US Dollar, by Laxman Kafle (rn
12/10/2021)
Authorities
tighten the rules to limit foreign currency outflow :
Move comes amid dipping foreign exchange reserves and
soaring imports, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
09/10/2021)
Bullion
market glitters as lockdown blues wear off : The flood
of gold imports is a sign of rapidly rising consumer
confidence and economic rebound, insiders say, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 09/09/2021)
Gold
price down by Rs 300 per tola today (kh 25/08/2021)
Gold
price falls to a three-month low at Rs 89,000 per tola
on soaring dollar price (rep 09/8/2021)
Gold
rallies despite dip in incomes as markets reopen : The
ongoing wedding season is also one of the key reasons
behind the rush, traders say, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 27/06/2021)
Gold
price down by Rs 1,100 per tola today (kh
17/06/2021)
De-Pegging
The Rupee?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 19/01/2021)
Nepalis
can now pay in dollars to buy foreign goods, services
(rep 06/12/2020)
Precious
metals slump by over 3pc (ht 29/11/2020)
Gold
imports jump 12-fold as Nepalis spend despite pandemic :
According to the Trade and Export Promotion Centre,
Nepal imported Rs737 million worth of gold between
mid-July and mid-October, by Krishana Prasain (kp
25/11/2020)
Hopes
of COVID vaccine weigh on gold, silver (ht
22/11/2020)
Gold
Price Drops Rs 3,400 Per Tola (rn 10/11/2020)
Price
of precious metals surges significantly (ht
08/11/2020)
Gold
import down by 60 percent in last fiscal year : Despite
price per tola at nearly six-figure mark, demand among
investors rose and banks sold 105 kg in just one week
after lockdown was lifted in July, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 06/09/2020)
Bullion
price edges down slightly after record streak (ht
16/08/2020)
NRB
introduces new Rs 1,000 note which can be identified by
visually-impaired: The new banknote is the first of its
kind in South Asia, by Ruby Rauniyar (rep
14/08/2020)
Gold
prices down sharply by Rs 6,200 today (kh
12/08/2020)
Bullion
price continues to surge (ht 02/08/2020)
As
gold price soars to six-digit figure, sales plummet:
People planning weddings and gold dealers are hit hard,
but small investors and the central bank are smiling,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 01/08/2020)
Gold
price escalates to new record of Rs 96,300 per tola on
worsening US-China row (rep 26/07/2020)
The
Exchange rate system: Should Nepal revisit the Peg with
Indian Currency?, by Nitish Shrestha (kh 03/07/2020)
Bullion
price steady in domestic market (ht 28/06/2020)
Gold
soars as virus fears drive investors to seek safety:
Loss of income due to the lockdown forces Nepalis to
sell their jewellery to cover living expenses, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 23/06/2020)
Gold
price rises, silver declines (ht 21/06/2020)
Bullion
market reopens with record-high price tag: Gold was
priced at Rs 87,400 per tola, a jump of Rs 10,400 from
pre-lockdown days, by Krishana Prasain (kp
09/06/2020)
Rupee
at all-time low [ht 16/04/2020)
Precious
metals lose lustre because of economic fallout (ht
22/03/2020)
Rupee
hits an all-time low against USD (ht 20/03/2020)
Weakening
Nepali currency to hit economy (ht 12/03/2020)
How
fast can Nepal go cashless? (rep 12/03/2020)
Gold
price sets a new record of Rs 80,500 (rep
05/03/2020)
Gold
hits all-time high of Rs 80,300 per tola on virus
jitters: Traders said the bullion market was almost
deserted on Monday as buyers fled high prices, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 25/02/2020)
Gold
at new peak of Rs 77,600 per tola (ht 21/02/2020)
Gold
price at fresh all-time high (ht 20/02/2020)
Gold
at new high of Rs 76,700 per tola (rep 19/02/2020)
Currency
exchange counters deserted as demand for Indian rupees
falls: Experts say an increase in the supply of Indian
currency has led to reduced business for money changers,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 09/01/2020)
IFC
required to invest capital from local currency bonds in
Nepal for at least three years: The subscription rate of
Nepali currency bonds in international markets will test
the trust of external investors in Nepal’s economy,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/01/2020)
Gold
hits new peak of Rs75,500 per tola: Bullion traders
predict that prices will remain at record highs if the
conflict between the US and Iran continues, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 06/01/2020)
Time
for a currency symbol: Matter of national identity,
by Bhanu Kandel (ht 01/01/2020)
Bullion
price fluctuates in domestic market (ht 15/12/2019)
On
Bitcoin: Seek help of experts, by Dikpal Khatri and
Anushka Joshi (kp 13/12/2019)
Fake
Nepali currencies of 1000 and 500 denominations found in
Waling (rep 21/11/2019)
Authorities
discover new changes to old ways of illegally
transferring money: Hundi traders are now using Indian
shopkeepers along the border to exchange foreign
currency for Nepali rupees, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 08/11/2019)
High
price leads to worst sales record of gold: The high
prices are making customers think twice about buying the
precious metal, by Krishana Prasain (kp 04/10/2019)
Falling
reserves: In county like ours whose economy is heavily
dependent on imports, foreign exchange reserves
should be adequate to sustain imports for at least eight
months, by Ranjin Ranjit (rep 01/10/2019)
Foreign
exchange reserves decline for the first time in 10
years, reducing import ability by half: Four years ago,
Nepal had enough reserves to sustain the imports for
14.1 months, but now that number has reduced to just 7.8
months, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/09/2019)
Central
bank to issue new banknotes for Dashain from
mid-September (ht 31/08/2019)
Impact
Of Currency Depreciation, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
23/08/2019)
Weakening
rupee likely to affect festive market (ht
22/08/2019)
Gold
climbs to yet another peak of Rs 71,500 per tola
(rep 16/08/2019)
Everything
you need to know about cryptocurrencies: Although
digital currency is increasing in popularity across the
world, in Nepal, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are
considered illegal forms of financial tender, by
Prajesh SJB Rana (kp 15/08/2019)
Record-setting
week for gold as it hits Rs 70,000 per tola (ht
11/08/2019)
Gold
price at a fresh peak of Rs 67,800 a tola (ht
06/08/2019)
Gold
glitters at record high of Rs 66,300 per tola, by
Muna Sunuwarn (rep 05/08/2019)
Gold
at all-new high of Rs 65,800 a tola (ht 03/08/2019)
Prices
of precious metals spike (ht 21/07/2019), Soaring
prices and fall in demand see bankers struggle to sell
gold: The yellow metal traded at Rs65,500 per tola on
Friday—on par with an all-time high price first recorded
on June 25, by Krishana Prasain (kp 21/07/2019)
Nepal’s
rising trade deficit takes toll on country’s foreign
currency reserves: The trade deficit grew 17 percent in
the first 11 months of the last fiscal year, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 21/07/2019)
Gold
price touches Rs 65,500 per tola, Nepal's highest, again
(rep 19/07/2019)
Precious
metals shine as trade war rages on (ht 23/06/2019)
Gold
hits record high of Rs64,000 per tola: The precious
metal has been moving up since the budget
statement was released, by Krishana Prasain (kp
21/06/2019)
Gold
hits four-month high in Nepal: Demand for the precious
yellow metal has plunged nearly 50 percent, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 17/06/2019)
Nepali
currency
is beautiful, but some say it’s time for a redesign:
Officials at Nepal Rastra Bank, while appreciative of
the look of the notes, appear to have no idea who
designed them and when, by Abani Malla (kp
7/03/2019)
India
for revoking ban on Indian notes, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 15/03/2019), India
‘agrees’ to lift ban on 200- and 500-rupee banknotes in
Nepal (kp 15/03/2019)
Demand
for gold plunges 50 percent year-on-year, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 01/03/2019)
Foreign
currency reserves fall 6.64 percent to $9.41 billion,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 14/02/2019)
Fake
currency seized in capital (kp 11/02/2019)
Price
of precious metals takes a hit (ht 10/02/2019)
Price
of precious metals becomes dearer (ht 03/02/2019)
Gold
price swells to Rs 62,200 a tola (rep 31/01/2019)
Foreign
currency expenses to be tightened to check balance of
payments deficit, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 28/01/2019)
Central
bank issues notice on Indian notes ban (kp
21/01/2019)
Forex
reserve fall continues as import bill continues to rise:
Forex kitty dips $79 million in five months (rep
19/01/2019)
Indian
lawmakers inquire about Nepal’s decision to ban Indian
bank notes, by Suresh Nath Neupane (kp 05/01/2019),
Nepal
begins talks to make banned Indian notes legal, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 06/01/2019)
Central
bank tightens Indian rupee spending for cardholders,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 26/12/2018), Card
payments in India for Nepalis limited to IRs 100,000 a
month, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 26/12/2018)
Country’s
forex reserves slump to 32-month low (ht 15/12/2018)
Cabinet
bans
Indian notes above INR 100: Government has also decided to
exempt loans taken by small farmers from the then Sajha
Co-operative (kp 14/12/2018), Nepal
may lose Indian tourists after currency restriction,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/12/2018), Border
residents
upset by ban on large Indian notes: The Cabinet recently
decided to disallow people from carrying Indian
currency notes larger than Rs100 in Nepal, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 21/12/2018)
Forex
reserves
fall below eight months of imports: Report; Nepal relies
largely on migrant workers’ remittance to strengthen
its foreign exchange reserve, by Bibek Subedi (kp
06/12/2018)
Central
bank selling dollars to buy Indian rupees, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 29/11/2018)
It’s
about time: Nepal’s currency policy has remained static
for too long, by Paban Ran Pandey (kp 23/11/2018)
Central
bank to swap old notes with new during all festivals
(kp 13/11/2018)
Dollar
Laxmi: The fall of NPR vis-à-vis USD is a bonanza for
Nepal’s remittance-driven economy, by Anil Chitrakar
(nt 26/10/2018)
Gold
at five-year high of Rs60,000 per tola (kp 22/10/2018)
Exchange
rate policy: The way forward, by Guna Raj Bhatta (ht
16/10/2018)
Implications
Of Dollar Appreciation, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
12/10/2018)
Market
ends week on a positive note (rep 12/10/2018)
Rupee
rout continues: 1 US dollar now fetches Rs 119.33 (rep
10/10/2018)
Falling
rupee: It is time to have a long-term plan to manage the
Nepali rupee, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 09/10/2018)
Nepali
rupee plunges to a new low (kp 06/10/2018)
New
notes to be distributed from Oct 7 (ht 24/09/2018), NRB
to issue fresh notes from Oct 7 (kp 27/09/2018)
Rupee
falls to record low of 117.07 against dollar (rep
19/09/2018)
Government
waits before raising gold import quota: Rising value of US
dollar, stress on external sector give government pause
(rep 15/09/2018)
Rupee
falls to new low against dollar (rep 12/09/2018)
Stronger
US
dollar threatens external sector stability: Rupee freefall
against greenback likely to worsen balance of payment
position (rep 09/09/2018), Currency
depreciation could dampen festive mood (ht 09/09/2018)
Rupee
slumps to record low against dollar (rep 07/09/2018)
Rupee
hits an all-time low: The Nepali currency weakened by 35
paisa a dollar in just a single day. According to reports,
the Nepali rupee’s fall is a result of the steady
depreciation of the Indian rupee with which it is pegged
(kp 04/09/2018)
Nepali
rupee hits new low against US dollar: One US dollar
fetches Rs 113.49, the most ever (rep 31/08/2018), Rupee
devaluation to hit inflation, growth rate, by Sujan
Dhungana (htm 01/09/2018)
Rupee
hits to new low against the greenback (kp 30/08/2018)
Rupee
hits
record low of 112.20 per dollar: The depreciation of the
domestic currency could further exert pressure on the
balance of payments (kp 14/08/2018)
Ministry
plans regulator to monitor bullion market: Move to curb
dodgy transactions in precious metals, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 09/08/2018)
Price
of precious metals dips slightly (ht 01/07/2018)
Nepali
rupee drops to over 18-month low (ht 28/06/2018), Rupee
tumbles to record low: Despite the fall, it could attract
more tourists as it offers more purchasing power (kp
29/06/2018), Nepali
rupee depreciates to all-time low (ht 29/06/2018)
(compared to US dollar)
A
case for crypto : Nepal’s apprehension on cryptocurrency
stems from the notion that digital transaction could
promote money laundering, by Ajaya Kusum Adhikari (rep
12/06/2018)
Foreign
currency reserves depleting (ht 20/05/2018), Before
the
crisis hits: Measures that can jack up exports, attract
FDI and bring in more tourists are a must to keep the
foreign currency reserves from depleting (ht
21/05/2018)
Don’t
over indulge: The price of gold is based less on intrinsic
value and more on the beliefs of buyers and sellers,
by Sarthak Karki (kp 01/05/2018)
Rupee
hits 13-month low (kp 24/04/2018)
Gold
hits 4-year high of Rs58,500 per tola (kp 27/03/2018)
Foreign
currency reserve depletes by Rs 30.23bn (ht
20/03/2018), Downward
trend: To increase foreign currency reserve, the
government must focus on setting up export-oriented
industries (ht 21/03/2018)
Price
of precious metals decreases (ht 21/01/2018)
NRB
seeks hike in gold import quota (ht 18/01/2018)
The
future
of cryptocurrencies: Instead of banning bitcoins, Nepal
could study its value and perhaps create its own
blockchain cyrptocurrency, by Atit Babu Rijal (kp
27/12/2017)
IC
shortage hampers trade, life in Birgunj, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 13/12/2017)
NRB
to inject Rs20b into market today (kp 19/11/2017)
NRB
to distribute new notes from Sept 13: Public to get
exchange facility worth up to Rs 27,000 (ht
05/09/2017), New
banknotes exchange for Dashain from next week (rep
05/09/2017), NRB
issues fresh notes for festival (kp 14/09/2017), NRB
circulates Rs11b in small demoniations (kp
22/09/2017)
Dollar
depreciation to raise import, could hit tourism,
remittance, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 30/08/2017)
NRB
seeks
G2G talks on INR exchange (ht 29/06/2017)
Nepalis
waiting
endlessly to exchange Indian notes (kp 21/06/2017)
'Fake
banknotes entering circulation from rural areas', by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 15/06/2017)
Gold
imports
jump to Rs19.25b in Q3 (kp 12/05/2017)
NRB
burnt unfit banknotes worth Rs 26 billion in FY2015/16
(rep 11/05/2017)
Circulation
of
fake Rs 500 notes rife in Pokhara, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 19/04/2017)
Purchasing
power
of rupee declines 400pc in two decades, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 13/04/2017)
Dollar
depreciation
to boost consumption (ht 13/04/2017)
Nepali
rupee
hits 20-month high against dollar (kp 08/04/2017)
RBI
proposes
IRs4,500 note exchange limit (kp 27/03/2017),
Don’t
shirk
responsibility: India’s decision to provide exchange
facilities for banned notes worth IRs4,500 is inadequate
(kp 28/03/2017), RBI
rules
out meeting NRB conditions (ht 28/03/2017), Demonetized
Indian notes held by Nepalis may turn worthless papers:
Deadline to respond to RBI offer expired on March 31
(rep 06/04/2017), Exchange
facility
to Nepalis soon: Nepal Rastra Bank (kp 10/04/2017),
NRB
gets
nod to avail exchange facility of INR as proposed by RBI
(ht 12/04/2017) [??], India
delays
process of exchanging banned banknotes (kp
25/04/2017), Demoneteized
Indian
banknotes in Nepal: India's silence over exchange
facility frustrates NRB officials (rep 25/05/2017)
Rupee
surges
to nearly 17-mth high (kp 21/03/2017)
Rupee
hits
16-mth high (kp 16/03/2017)
Foreign
exchange
facility from hotels illegal, says central bank (ht
14/03/2017)
Election
effect:
Rupee rises to four-month high of 106.87 per dollar
(kp 13/03/2017)
Price
of
precious metals on a free fall (ht 12/03/2017)
Nepali
money among 'world's most beautiful currencies', by
Ashim Neupane (rep 09/03/2017)
Demonetized
Indian banknotes in Nepal: RBI team arriving today to
discuss exchange facility (rep 28/02/2017), Indian
central
bank officials arrive in Nepal, by Bibek Subedi (kp
01/03/2017), RBI
team's report to decide fate of scrapped Indian
banknotes (rep 02/03/2017), Indian
FinMin
says IC notes will be replaced (kp 04/03/2017)
Price
of
precious metals rises (ht 26/02/2017)
Forex
reserves
cross record $10b mark (kp 20/02/2017)
INR
demonitisation:
NRB rapped for ‘immature’ handling, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 05/02/2017)
Banks
can
charge up to Re 0.30 on sale of each dollar on top of
exchage rate (kp 31/01/2017)
NRB
hesitant
to allow use of new INR 500, 2,000 notes (
29/01/2017)
IMF
mission sees 'limited impact' of Indian demonetization
in Nepal, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 24/01/2017)
Gold
price
rises by Rs2,900 per tola in a month (kp 13/01/2017)
Demonetisation
blues:
Why Modi’s political stunt is bad news for Indians and
Nepalis, by Atul K. Thakur (kp 06/01/2017)
RBI
to
provide INR 1 billion in 100-rupee banknotes (ht
06/01/2017)
The
future
of cash: A cashless economy and digital platforms are
the way to go, but we have to prepare well for the
transition, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 03/01/2016)
Border
markets
face acute shortage of IRs100 notes, by Jitendra Sah
(kp 03/01/2017)
India
to
make ‘special arrangement’ for Nepal: Delhi to dispatch
team to Kathmandu, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
29/12/2016)
Ripple
effect:
Since the Nepali rupee is pegged to the Indian rupee,
the note ban could affect Nepal, by Surya Bhakta
Pokharel and Bishnu Prasad Bhandari (kp 28/12/2016)
Nepal
tells
India officials: It’ll take at least 10 days to exchange
defunct notes; The Nepal government still remains
clueless about providing exchange facility to Nepalis
holding the banned Indian currency, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 23/12/2016)
Demonetisation
nightmares:
Our govt and central bank cannot ignore the plight of
poor seasonal migrant workers, traders and general
public, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 20/12/2016), Exchange
facility
for demonetised INR sought, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(ht 22/12/2016)
Indian
banknotes
ban hits trade conducted in cash, by Binod Bhandari
(kp 20/12/2016)
Govt
clueless
about IC exchange facility (kp 19/12/2016)
India
demonitisation
move: No remedy for Nepalis as deadline nears; Indian
bank notes in denominations of 500 and 1,000 will
cease to be legal tender after December 30, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/12/2016)
Gold
price
hits 10-month low of Rs52,100 per tola (kp
16/12/2016)
Cash
and
corruption: Nepal should also think of demonetizing
large currency notes as corruption in Nepal is as bad as
it is in India, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 07/12/2016)
BFIs
urged
to provide Indian currency (ht 06/12/2016)
Fate
of discarded Indian notes in Nepal still uncertain,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 06/12/2016)
Indian
embassy
enquires about legal status of IC notes in Nepal, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 04/12/2016)
Black-marketeering
of
Indian currency rampant (kp 01/12/2016)
Nepalis
demand
NRB increase Indian currency exchange limit, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 30/11/2016)
Rupee
bounces
from record low (kp 26/11/2016)
NRB:
Don’t
accept new Indian notes (kp 25/11/2016), NRB
lowers
INR exchange limit, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
25/11/2016), As
IC stocks fall, NRB counters to exchange only up to IRs
2,000 (rep 26/11/2016)
Imports
to
be dearer as Nepali rupee slides (ht 25/11/2016)
Rupee
hits
all-time low vs dollar (kp 25/11/2016)
Gold
price
hits over five-month low of Rs 54,600 per tola (kp
25/11/2016)
India
positive
about replacing banned notes with legal bills, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 24/11/2016)
Rupee
weakens
to over 8-month low (kp 23/11/2016)
FNCCI
urges
govt to provide enough IC for businesses (kp
22/11/2016)
Solution
being
sought for INR exchange: Stringent rules will be
developed for exchange of high denomination Indian notes,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 20/11/2016)
Nepal
Rastra
Bank brings in $10m in cash from Singapore (kp
15/11/2016)
Gold
hits
five-month low of Rs55k per tola (kp 1n5/11/2016)
NRB
urges
India to facilitate exchange of banned Indian bills,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 10/11/2016), India
withdraws
500- and 1,000-rupee banknotes from circulation: Nepalis
in border areas worried (kp 10/11/2016), Nepal
Rastra
Bank takes note of banned Indian currency circulating in
Nepal, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 10/11/2016), Nepal
Police
hails ban on IRs 500, 1000 notes: Expects the move will
help put an end to smuggling of fake Indian currency
using Nepali territory (ht 10/11/2016), NRB
making efforts to return demonetized Indian banknotes,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 10/11/2016), Traders,
commoners in a state of confusion (rep 10/11/2016),
Dahal
urges
Modi to provide exchange facility to Nepalis (kp
15/11/2016), IC
shortage
hits general public, by Shankar Acharya (kp
15/11/2016), Money
for
nothing: If the large banknotes are not exchanged, many
Nepalis are going to be in dire straits, by Jagadish
Prasad Bist (kp 18/11/2016), No
over-the-counter
IC exchange, says NRB, by Bibek Subedi (kp
20/11/2016)
Shortage
of
dollar bills to ease by Monday: Nepal Rastra Bank
is bringing $10 million in cash from Singapore to
ease the shortage of physical dollars in the domestic
market, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 09/11/2016)
MoF
to
intensify monitoring to check US dollar crunch in market
(ht 30/10/2016)
Gold
price
slumps to over three-month low (kp 07/10/2016)
People
facing
hard time getting new banknotes: Say they have to wait
for hours to get fresh bills for Dashain festival,
by Anup Ojha (kp 05/10/2016)
Resurgent
dollar
extinguishes precious metals uptick (ht 02/10/2016)
Public
to
be able to get new banknotes from October 2 (ht
22/09/2016)
Banks
to
be allowed to sell five more currencies: Banks will be
allowed to sell Swedish kroner, Danish kroner, Hong Kong
dollar, Kuwaiti and Bahraini dinar (kp
26/07/2016)
Gold
imports
jump 55pc in first 11 months of FY (kp 09/07/2016)
Rupee
weakens
by one per cent (ht 25/06/2016)
Blind-friendly
Rs100
banknote issued (kp 15/06/2016)
Rupee
sheds
value, gold glitters (rep 04/06/2016)
Gold
price
expected to fall by Rs2,000 (kp 27/05/2016)
Rupee
weakens,
gold loses luster (rep 14/05/2016)
Price
of
precious metals surges by over 3 per cent (ht
01/05/2016)
Rupee
loses
value against US dollar, gold price comes down (rep
26/03/2016)
Rupee
strengthens,
gold price down (rep 19/03/2016)
Rupee
gains
against US dollar, gold prices up (rep 05/03/2016)
Rupee
depreciates
against dollar, gold glitters (rep 27/02/2016)
Weakening
rupee
against dollar a big worry for Nepali importers, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 24/02/2016)
Nepali
rupee
sails past 110 mark (ht 23/02/2016)
Rupee
weakens,
gold unchanged (rep 20/02/2016)
Nepali
rupee
hits all-time low of 109.93 per dollar, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 18/02/2016), Rupee
hits
another all-time low (ht 18/02/2016)
Rupee
tumbles
to fresh all-time low of 109.77 (ht 17/02/2016)
Madhes
agitation
causes Nepali currency to stock up in Indian markets
(ht 15/02/2016)
Rupee
tumbles
to fresh all-time low of 109.48 (ht 12/02/2016), Rupee
depreciates,
gold glitters (rep 13/02/2016), Gold,
silver
prices surge by over 4pc (ht 14/02/2016)
Rupee
strengthens,
gold glitters (rep 06/02/2016)
To
peg
or not to peg: Nepali currency was pegged with Indian
currency in 1992. Pegging rate is not reviewed even as
economic reforms have taken place in both countries,
by Raju Nepal (rep 30/01/2016)
Value
of
US dollar climbs to record high of Rs 109, by Sagar
Ghimire (rep 22/01/2016)
Rupee
tumbles
to all-time low, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 21/01/2016)
Rupee
hits
fresh 28-month low of 108.54 vs dollar (ht
16/01/2016), Rupee
loses
value against US dollar, gold price falls (rep
16/01/2016)
Rupee
tumbles
to over 28-month low of 107.83 vis-�-vis US dollar, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 15/01/2016),
Rupee
strengthens,
gold price falls (rep 02/01/2016)
Pegging
a
fine line: A thriving currency black market drags the
fixed INR-NPR exchange rate into the debate again, by
Sarthak M Sharma (nt 18/12/2015)
Nepal
Rastra
Bank relaxes rules on Indian currency exchange, by
Jitendra Sah (kp 27/11/2015)
NRB
fixes
limit on carrying Nepali currency to and from abroad,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 27/11/2015)
Nepali
rupee
plunges to 23-month low following yuan devaluation (ht
14/08/2015)
Gold
price
slides again to Rs47,800 per tola (kp 04/08/2015)
Gold
in
short supply as banks suspend imports, by Suman
Bashyal (kp 29/07/2015)
Gold
hits
8-month low of Rs49,500 per tola (kp 18/07/2015)
Rupee
strengthens,
gold glitters (rep 20/06/2015)
Rupee
weakens,
gold loses luster (rep 30/05/2015)
Gold,
silver
prices slump (ht 24/05/2015)
Rupee
gains,
gold price falls (rep 11/04/2015)
Rupee
weakens,
gold price stable (rep 04/04/2015)
Rupee
weakens,
gold price up (rep 28/03/2015)
Gold
falls
to Rs 50,500 per tola (kp 11/03/2015)
Rupee
weakens,
gold price down (rep 07/03/2015)
Rupee
strengthens,
gold price down (rep 28/02/2015)
Rupee
weakens,
gold stable (rep 14/02/2015)
Rupee
gains,
gold price down (rep 07/02/2015)
Rupee
weakens,
gold price falls (rep 31/01/2015)
1,000-,
500-rupee
Indian banknotes allowed in Nepal, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/01/2015), India
lifts
ban on carrying 1,000, 500 bank notes to and from Nepal
(rep 24/01/2015), Import,
export
of 500, 1,000-rupee Indian notes formally legalised
(ht 24/02/2015), NRB
lifts
ban on import, export of INR 500,1,000 notes (ht
25/02/2015)
Rupee
strengthens,
gold price up (rep 24/01/2015)
Gold
price
at 5-month high (kp 22/01/2015)
Gold
hits
4-month high of Rs 53,300 per tola (kp 17/01/2015), Gold,
silver
prices increase (ht 18/01/2015)
Rupee
gains
value, gold price up by Rs 940 per 10 grams this week
(rep 17/01/2015)
Rupee
strengthens,
gold price down (rep 03/01/2015)
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