Shark Tank Nepal unveils ‘Sharks’ for its highly anticipated first season

The first season of Shark Tank Nepal was announced some two years back, but due to several reasons such as lingering pandemic effect and economic …

Finance  the_farsight

Guarantees: An underrated catalytic instrument

Nepals total credit portfolio is expected to exceed NRs 6,000 billion ($46 Billion) by FY 2025, accounting for well over 90% of Nepals GDP. The …

Op-ed  Nidhaan Shrestha

What is causing the gold price fluctuation?

The price of fine gold crossed Rs 160,000 for the first time on 25th September [9th Ashwin, 2081]. In no time, it surged to Rs …

Finance  the_farsight

What’s with the share market?

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) this Thursday settled at 3,000.81 points followingan increase of 43.1 points and a record turnover of NRs 29.31 billion. After …

Finance  Sariman Shakya

How well is Nepal doing in financial inclusion?

Nepal has made notable strides in financial inclusion, although there is still room for further improvement, says the Nepal Financial Inclusion Report 2023, jointly produced …

Finance  the_farsight

Working procedure for startup funding out after an eight-year delay

With the objective to encourage innovative ideas and promote startups, the Nepal government has finally introduced Startup Enterprise Loan Fund Procedure 2079 last March end …

Business  Niraj Paudel

How DFIs are investing in Nepal?

The financing gap faced by Nepals MSMEs and infrastructure projects has put its economy in dire straits. Low investments bring lower growth in turn, increasing …

Economy  Pallavi Maheshwari

Company watch: Classic Tech posts revenue of Rs 875 million in the fiscal year 2021/22

In the fiercely competitive retail internet business, the Internet Service Provider Classic Tech has posted a revenue of Rs 875 million in the fiscal year …

Business  Niraj Paudel

An IMF team assesses Nepal’s economy for Extended Credit Facility (ECF) extension

In the second-half of February 2023, a team of International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Jarkko Turunen, Deputy Division Chief and Deputy Mission Chief for …

Economy  Pallavi Maheshwari

“We choose significant and concentrated CSR projects instead of small, fragmented initiatives”

15 years of extensive experience in different fields of banking, and presently head of Corporate Affairs, Branding, and Marketing department at the Standard Chartered Bank, …

Interview  Pallavi Maheshwari

Social Security Fund Explained! - Part I

Imagine that around 83% of Nepalis dont have any old-age protection and cant afford increasing costs of health bills. When incidences of unemployment occur (remember …

Economy  Rima Sah

The NRB should come up with a tighter monetary policy

The economic impacts of Covid-19 were so brutal, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) had to adopt extra-loose monetary policies in the past two years in …

Economy  Karan Poudel

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