In recent days, due to lack of investment windows in other sectors of the economy due to the pandemic, investors have been lured to the stock market as a lucrative sector for short-term gain. Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) were flushed with liquidity and offered
Twenty years of fighting between NATO led forces and Taliban reached a turning point with the overthrow of Ashraff Ghani’s regime by the Talibani forces on August 15. The edifice built on the support of Western allied power led by America over the last two
Nepal Rastra Bank has unveiled the Monetary Policy for ongoing fiscal 2021-22 focusing on three core areas: financial sector stability, relief to borrowers severely hit by the Covid 19 pandemic and digital banking as the future of the banking industry. Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) was
Nepal witnessed premature deindustrialisation in early 2000 and became a service-driven economy thereby skipping industrialisation requirements needed to enhance production and employment generation that are key for stable growth in the long run. Remittances have played a role to lubricate all sectors of the economy,
Nepal has entered into the second phase of Covid 19 vaccination from March 7. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli along with the first lady Radhika Shakya were inoculated with the covid vaccine at the beginning of the campaign. The vaccination campaign for 65+ years population
Nepal is stepping ahead to graduate to the league of developing countries by 2022 at a time when the country’s economic vulnerabilities are rising due to job loss, closure of large numbers of cottage, micro and small industries, interruption in supply chain due to plummeting
CAN THE NEW FM DELIVER It is an interesting coincidence in the career of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) General Secretary, Bishnu Prasad Paudel that he is appointed Cabinet Minister yet again when the country is grappling with a crisis. Paudel had announced an energy emergency in 2008/09
Sunil KC is the CEO of NMB Bank and his leadership is considered visionary with astute business intelligence. He joined the bank in 2008 and became the CEO in 2017. In the wake of the coronavirus, much like every other aspect of life and economy, the
Early in the year, Alibaba’s Co-founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma donated $14 million to develop the Corona virus vaccine. Apart from this Jack Ma foundation has been supplying PCR reagents, personal protective equipment and other medical equipment in donation and Nepal is one of
“We have the human resources to build a scalable back office hub. We should look into our niche market advantage. This is the South Asian century and there are waves of opportunities in Nepal that we must explore and capitalise.” Founded by Sulochana Shrestha Shah and Dr.