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Priority lending is dragging down Nepali banks into huge bad debt

Kathmandu, July 3 -- Loans extended by banks and financial institutions to sectors where the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) requires mandatory lending have emerged as some of the biggest sources of non-perfo... Read More


Ajeya Raj Sumargi's passport suspended as Nepal reopens money laundering probe

Kathmandu, June 26 -- Nepal's authorities have frozen the passport of businessman Ajeya Raj Sumargi after launching a fresh investigation into alleged money laundering and the origins of billions of r... Read More


RSP outlines liberal welfare-state model, social market economy at first convention

Chitwan, June 24 -- The ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party has adopted a core policy of building a welfare state with a liberal economy. The party said it believes in a liberal economy with social justi... Read More


UML vice-chair Bishnu Paudel arrested in money laundering probe linked to Bhatta case

Kathmandu, June 22 -- UML vice-chair and former finance minister Bishnu Paudel was arrested on Monday in connection with an ongoing money laundering investigation. The Department of Money Laundering I... Read More


Why Nepal's private sector is choosing safety over growth

Kathmandu, June 21 -- making is generally the fundamental objective of any private enterprise, but for many entrepreneurs in Nepal now, safeguarding themselves, their investments and their businesses ... Read More


Only one-third of September protest damage claims settled after nine months

Kathmandu, June 18 -- Insurance companies have settled only around one-third of the Rs23.53 billion in claims filed for property damage caused during the Gen Z protests on September 8 and 9, 2025, nin... Read More


Nepal's industrial slowdown deepens as new factory registrations fall

Kathmandu, June 15 -- Nepal's industrial sector is showing further signs of strain, with new industry registrations, factory utilisation and industrial credit growth all declining in the first half of... Read More


Nepal's debt servicing nears annual public borrowing

Kathmandu, June 15 -- As Nepal's public debt obligations continue to rise, the government is increasingly finding itself in a position where it must borrow money to repay existing loans, with debt ser... Read More


Promoters step down to sell shares as loophole in lock-in rules fuels concern

Kathmandu, June 12 -- Some listed company promoters and directors in Nepal are increasingly resigning from their positions and selling shares, taking advantage of what experts describe as a legal loop... Read More


Why did finance minister revise tax rates after presenting Economic Bill to Parliament?

Kathmandu, June 10 -- Lawmakers have demanded a parliamentary probe into Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle after tax rates were revised multiple times through the Economic Bill. The controversy has raise... Read More