Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of bread would mean declining sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut his production by half. Business 19 Nov, 2023
Parliament committee directs Finance Ministry to facilitate sugar import ​​​​​​​Industry and Commerce and Labour and Consumer Welfare Committee under the Parliament has directed the Finance Ministry to grant permission for a tax discount on import of sugar. Kathmandu 18 Sep, 2023
Fair price shops to offer bitter surprise Consumers who visit the government’s fair price shops that are being brought into operation from September 17 will be in for a bit of a bitter surprise this year. The outlets will not be selling sugar. Kathmandu 08 Sep, 2022
EDITORIAL: Let's be self-reliant India’s recent decision to impose a ban on the export of sugar is likely to affect Nepal’s domestic market, including those industries that use sugar as a raw material. Nepal is heavily dependent on sugar imports from India, which is the second largest sugar producing country after Brazil. Opinion 27 May, 2022
Delhi's sugar export curbs likely to hit market The domestic sugar market is likely to be affected with the recent decision of India to impose restrictions on export of sugar. Business 26 May, 2022
Sugar production declines as lack of sugarcane hits mills As the sugarcane farming has been declining of late, sugar production has decreased drastically this year. Business 01 Apr, 2021
EDITORIAL: Farmers� woe This has happened largely because the government has failed to crack down on the industrialists for duping the farmers It’s a farmer’s woe whose end is nowhere in sight. It’s been years since many sugar mills have not cleared their dues to the... 12 Nov, 2020
Editorial: Bitter sugar policy Nepal can become self-reliant in sugar provided that the government comes up with a farmer-friendly policy While addressing a function of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries in the capital a few weeks ago, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli lamented... 01 May, 2019
STC�s 2,500 tonnes of sugar awaits clearance Kathmandu, November 22 Owing to the enforcement of import restriction on sugar by the government, almost 2,500 tonnes of sugar imported by the Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has been stalled at the Dry Port Office in Sirsiya, Birgunj since... 23 Nov, 2018
Super typhoon slams into China after pummelling Philippines HONG KONG: A super typhoon made landfall in China's Guangdong on Sunday, the country's most populous province, after wreaking havoc in Hong Kong and Macau and killing potentially more than 50 people in the Philippines. Packing winds of more... Women 16 Sep, 2018
Capacity utilisation of industries rises to 58pc Kathmandu, June 4 Average capacity utilisation of Nepali industries rose to 58 per cent by the first sixth month of the current fiscal 2017-18, compared to 54.2 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, according to Nepal Rastra... 05 Jun, 2018
Sugarcane production likely to fall Kathmandu, February 15 Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) has projected a further drop in the production of sugarcane in the ongoing fiscal year. Though MoAD is yet to calculate sugarcane output figure of this fiscal, ministry... 16 Feb, 2018
