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Fast-Track Project crawls as costs surge 2.5 times

Nepal, July 7 -- Nepal's Terai-Madhesh Expressway, commonly known as the Fast Track, remains far behind schedule, with less than half of the project completed eight years after construction began. The... Read More


40,500 metric tons of fertilizer supplied in 19 days

Nepal, July 7 -- Paddy transplantation has begun across the country with the onset of monsoon this year. And farmers have not faced shortage of chemical fertilizers like in previous years. More than... Read More


NRB issues bonds worth Rs 25 billion

Nepal, July 7 -- Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has invited bids for bonds worth Rs 25 billion. According to a public notice issued by the central bank on Tuesday, bids for the 2084 'Ng' (2027 'E') bonds ca... Read More


NEPSE surges 24.57 points as daily turnover jumps to Rs 4.40 billion

Nepal, July 7 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) soared 24.57 points (0.93 percent) on Tuesday, just the next day of the market plunging by 26 points. The rise in commercial bank share prices in the mar... Read More


NRB allows commercial banks to invest in foreign govt bonds

Nepal, July 7 -- Commercial banks will be allowed to invest in foreign government bonds from the next fiscal year (FY). Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) through the monetary policy for FY 2026/27 talks about ... Read More


Bad loans of commercial banks jumps to 5.41 percent: NRB

Nepal, July 7 -- The ratio of bad loans of commercial banks has jumped to 5.41 percent, increasing risk in the country's banking system. As per the Monetary Policy for 2026/27 unveiled by Nepal Rastr... Read More


Minister Rawal gives trade unions three days to vacate govt land

Nepal, July 7 -- Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration Pratibha Rawal has given civil service trade unions and employee organizations a three-day deadl... Read More


RSP lawmaker joins critics to slam govt over squatter evictions

Nepal, July 7 -- The government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah is facing growing criticism, both from within the ruling coalition and outside it, over its handling of landless squatters displaced... Read More


DoMLI orders Deuba's son Jaybir to appear within seven days

Nepal, July 7 -- The Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DoMLI) has ordered Jaybir Deuba, son of former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, to appear before inve... Read More


Political tussle trumps technology as Nepal's intelligence agency remains stuck in the past

Nepal, July 7 -- As intelligence agencies around the world harness artificial intelligence, cyber surveillance and satellite technology to counter increasingly sophisticated security threats, Nepal's ... Read More