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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.

Nepal targets to export $75 million worth Chyangra Pashmina by 2026

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News Dibyak Kapali

Foreign employment exodus continues

At the present rate, the country may see around one million Nepali leaving for foreign employment by the end of the current fiscal year

News the_farsight

Nepal’s poor corruption record isn’t improving, says perception indices

Nepal scored 34 out of 100 on the CPI scale, lower than the global average of 43. The countries below the score of 50 are …

News Dibyak Kapali

Social Security Fund Explained! - Part I

The Social Security Fund (SSF) schemes were finally introduced with a bang in 2018, despite a chequered progress on its implementation, with initial focus on …

Economy Rima Sah

Why Nepal's exports to SASEC have stagnated over the years

Except for India, trade with other countries is insignificant. Worse still, it is declining since 2008. Non-tariff measures, which include sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures …

Economy the_farsight

Turning tables: NEA exports NRs 8.32 billion electricity to India

The emergence of electricity export earnings puts electricity as Nepal’s third-largest commodity export in 2021/22

News Dibyak Kapali

Nepal's coffee economy

How Nepal’s coffee economy evolved and where is it heading to?

Economy Sabin Jung Pande

Export or die

The country has untapped export potential (or missing exports) of about $9.2 billion, yet there is little progress and inadequate sign of interest

Economy the_farsight

An ode to the haat bazaar

Traders, small businesses meet and converge in this teeming-with-life biweekly haat bazaar that also serves as an important place for cultural exchange and transformation

Photo Stories Aakriti Maya Aryal

Nepal’s economy post-pandemic-2022: A World Bank's assessment

Strong recovery in domestic demand meant the growth picked up quickly as the pandemic faded but it also fuelled imports, reports the World Bank

Economy Pallavi Maheshwari

A glance at costs of conducting polls in Nepal

As general election closes in, we take a quick glance into costs of conducting polls in Nepal and election campaign finance:

Politics Shraddha Aryal

The beginning of Nepal's tourism era

The first glimpses of an industry that is now central to the country’s economy

Economy Birat Anupam