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How Nepal’s consumer protection really works

Nima Yonjan

Consumers enjoy the right to be informed about the price, quality and quantity, standard and composition of goods and services, including detailed disclosure of ingredients and formulation by the producers, importers or sellers.

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Videos

Budget 2026/27

What is budget, and how is it formed?

Every mid-Ashar, Nepal's fiscal year ends and a new fiscal year begins. Before the start of the new year, the government announces the budget for the coming year. For everyone from the private sector to the general public, the budget is the most important basis for planning for the future.

Economy

Let there be more international students in Nepal

In this second episode, we talk with Prof. Uddhab Pyakurel, Kathmandu University School of Arts, who emphasises that Nepal’s government must prioritise international students — for instance — simplify the visa process and fees for them and extend adequate support to universities, and budgetary support to extend scholarship opportunities to international students.

Society

For balanced international relations, the house has to be in order first

This episode with Gaurab Shumsher Thapa touched upon the foundational understanding of the broader themes of international relations, the history of Nepal's IR, the essence of soft power, national interest, and the principle of Panchsheel.

Consumers enjoy the right to be informed about the price, quality and quantity, standard and composition of goods and services, including detailed disclosure of ingredients …

Society  Nima Yonjan

Despite regular monitoring, authorities still find similar violations. Consumer courts remain limited to Kathmandu, which has lacked leadership since August.

Society  Nima Yonjan

The Society urged for an assessment of judicial performance vis-à-vis available resources, infrastructure and human capacity to determine whether delays and case backlogs stem from …

Society  the_farsight

Women with disabilities face layered challenges during menstruation, from inaccessible toilets and long-term health risks to social stigma rooted in misconceptions about their sexuality

Society  Reena Thapa

As the ‘Festival of Himalayas’ begins, ticket hikes, opaque finances, and past fan attacks under racial pretext cast a shadow over Nepal’s flagship cricket league.

Society  the_farsight

Nepal’s interim administration faces a delicate transition. At the centre is its interim leader PM Sushila Karki with mounting pressures stemming from her own biases, …

Politics  the_farsight

Durga Puja festivities in Janakpurdham and Banke escalated into violence, revealing a recurring cycle of communal clashes in Nepal’s plains.

News  the_farsight

While recent and even past Supreme Court ruling underscores the importance of privacy, Nepal’s privacy law has also stepped up with protections for personal data, …

Politics  Pragya Dhakal

The current trends include photo mutilation, revenge porn, ransomware attack, defamation imposter and online financial scam, among others.

News  Vivek Baranwal

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