Private sector to be allowed to trade in power: Minister Bhusal The government will be granting permission to the private sector to trade in power with foreign countries. Nepal 14 Jan, 2022
EDITORIAL - Power trading For the first time since Nepal and India reached the Power Trade Agreement on October 21, 2014 during the official visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nepal has received permission for power trading in the Indian energy market at a competitive rate, which came into force from Monday. Opinion 04 Nov, 2021
39MW surplus power to be exported to India Nepal has received permission for power trading in the Indian energy market at competitive rate. Nepal 03 Nov, 2021
Note sent to India on Dhami's death Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand on Tuesday briefed the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party meeting that he would tell the meeting of the House of Representatives tomorrow about the diplomatic note the government had sent to the Government of India through Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the Darchula incident and the findings of the probe committee. Environment 08 Sep, 2021
EDITORIAL: Waiting for UTHPP While launching the “Mero Kitta”, a digital platform prepared by the Department of Survey to allow people to check land plots online and get them printed from home, in the capital on April 15, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was miffed at the ‘unnatural delay’ in the completion of the 456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project (UTHPP), a national pride project being developed solely by Nepali investors Opinion 20 Apr, 2021
Controversy surrounding MCC-Nepal: See that it is not suspended For more than a year or so there has been a lot of confusion, misunderstanding, misperception and opposition on the MCC-funded project in Nepal. Opinion 22 Mar, 2021
EDITORIAL: Manage surplus power We need a plan to make full use of all available electricity in the country or look for ways to export it In what is a milestone in Nepal’s hydropower development, the country’s first 400 kV substation at Dhalkebar has come into full operation... 19 Nov, 2020
Dhalkebar substation charged at full capacity KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 12 Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) — the country’s sole power utility — completed the charging of Nepal’s first 400 kV capacity Dhalkebar substation at its full capacity at around 8:15pm on Wednesday. With the operation... 13 Nov, 2020
Asian Development Bank approves $200 million concessional loan to modernise power supply in Nepal KATHMANDU: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million concessional loan for the improvement of power supply and distribution systems in Nepal. After having gone through years of chronic power shortage, Nepal has finally made... 29 Jun, 2020
Govt and World Bank sign $100m credit agreement Kathmandu, June 24 The Nepal government and the World Bank Board signed a $100 million Development Policy Credit (DPC) today to improve the financial viability and governance of the energy sector and recover from the COVID-19 crisis. The... Travel 25 Jun, 2020
India assures Nepal of facilitating energy export Kathmandu, March 11 The India government has again assured it would import electricity from Nepal in the near future. During a meeting between Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barsha Man Pun and Indian Power Secretary Sanjiv... 12 Mar, 2020
Govt to carry out impact assessment of coronavirus on economy Kathmandu, March 5 The government is preparing to carry out a study to assess the impact of the spread of coronavirus across the globe on country’s economy. Minister for Finance Yubaraj Khatiwada today said that a high-level team will soon be... 06 Mar, 2020
