MCC approves additional USD 50M for Nepal The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors has approved $50 million of additional funding for the Nepal Compact. Nepal 03 Jan, 2025
India-aided ward building of Dhulikhel Hospital inaugurated A ward building of Dhulikhel Hospital in Kavrepalanchok, constructed with the financial assistance of the Government of India, was inaugurated on Wednesday. Kathmandu 08 Aug, 2024
11 dead and dozens missing after a highway bridge in China crumbles in flooding and heavy storms Chinese authorities say at least 11 people have died in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the northwest following heavy storms and flooding. World 20 Jul, 2024
President presents policies, programmes President Ramchandra Paudel presented the policies and programmes of the government at the joint meeting of both Houses for the next fiscal year 2023-024) today. Nepal 20 May, 2023
The European Union and Nepal: Growing stronger together On 9th May, we shall celebrate “Europe Day”. The National Day of the European Union marks the adoption of the Schuman Declaration, which, in 1950, laid the foundations of what would later become the European Union. Opinion 08 May, 2023
Nepal may have access to $52m thru IMF's ECF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and Nepali authorities have reached staff-level agreement on the policies needed to complete the combined first and second reviews of the extended credit facility (ECF) arrangement. Business 01 Mar, 2023
NPC vice-chair highlights challenges to global economy National Planning Commission Vice-chairman Biswo Nath Poudel addressed the opening session of the Third Ministerial Conference on Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in Asia and the Pacific today. Kathmandu 30 Sep, 2022
Quality infrastructure It’s not enough to build infrastructure assets that produce electricity, provide safe drinking water, or facilitate transport. Blogs 03 Jun, 2022
Quality infrastructure COVID-19 has hit the entire globe at once, slowing investment in resilient infrastructure that will improve lives over the long term. Blogs 09 Apr, 2021
Government, World Bank sign $450 million road support project in Nepal KATHMANDU, JULY 17 The Nepal government and the World Bank signed a $450 million (around Rs 54 billion) financing agreement that will help Nepal improve the efficiency and safety of transport infrastructure, improve efficiency of crossborder trade,... 18 Jul, 2020
Opinion: Science education, make it job-oriented Science and technology has not been the first choice of students in Nepal due to limited employment opportunities. The curriculum in Nepal’s universities is not market or industry-orientated. The teaching method is still a one-sided lecture Despite... 14 Nov, 2019
Vegetable imports: To regulate or not to regulate? Indeed, governments do have rights to tweak trade policies in their favour, and almost all countries do this. But they provide scientific justification for their action—laboratory results, proof of poor quality or quantitative evidence of foreign... 16 Jul, 2019
