Government revives failed plan to separate household and commercial LPG

Kathmandu, Sept. 29 -- The government is again preparing to separate LPG supplies for household and commercial users, reviving a system it has tried to introduce before but failed to implement, as rec... Read More

Dashain sales move from shopfronts to social media

Kathmandu, Sept. 28 -- For Koteshwar resident Sushmita Katuwal, shopping no longer necessarily means walking through crowded markets. From clothes and earrings to handbags, she increasingly browses Ti... Read More

Why can't consumers exchange other brands' LPG cylinders amid the shortage

Kathmandu, Sept. 13 -- There was a long queue outside the Salt Trading Corporation's office in Koteshwar on Friday as consumers waited to get cooking gas. Many had brought cylinders belonging to diffe... Read More

Consumers struggle with declining LPG import, transport disruption

Kathmandu, Sept. 10 -- Consumers in Kathmandu are again spending hours searching and queuing for liquefied petroleum gas as lower imports, pent-up demand and the closure of the Prithvi Highway combine... Read More

Gauri Kumari Yadav resigns as industry minister

Kathmandu, Sept. 10 -- Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Gauri Kumari Yadav resigned on Thursday, days after controversial remarks she made about LPG bottling industries drew criticism. Ya... Read More

Jumla's apples want a bigger piece of Kathmandu

Kathmandu, Sept. 9 -- When Suresh Khatri of Kalanki was scrolling through Facebook on Monday morning, a notice about a week-long exhibition and sale of apples from Jumla caught his eye. He had never s... Read More

Floods wash away 1,806 hectares of farmland, threaten food supplies

Kathmandu, Sept. 7 -- Farmers in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot, had spent the past two years adopting climate-resilient farming practices. Alongside paddy, they were growing millet and soybean. Thirty ... Read More

Kathmandu supply lines rerouted after floods block main highway

Kathmandu, Sept. 6 -- The landslides and floods that severed a crucial section of the main highway linking Kathmandu with the rest of Nepal have forced authorities and businesses to improvise alternat... Read More

Private sector pours millions into Bhotekoshi flood relief efforts

Kathmandu, Aug. 29 -- Nepal's private sector has mobilised millions of rupees for victims of Wednesday's devastating floods on the Bhotekoshi river, as companies, financial institutions and individual... Read More

Cosmetic imports rise as demand grows in Nepal

Kathmandu, Aug. 23 -- Nepal's imports of cosmetics and personal-care products increased sharply in the last fiscal year, with consumers spending more on makeup, skincare and haircare items. According... Read More

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