'Regional power grid integration, a game changer for Nepal' At a time when climate crisis has taken centre stage in global debates and as countries try to reduce their dependence on fossil fuel, Nepal's hydropower can play a stabilising role in the ambitious regional plans to produce massive solar energy outputs by 2030, according to Kulman Ghising, managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority. Business 20 Nov, 2024
EDITORIAL: Undue obstruction The state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has been facing obstructions from the locals while building transmission lines across the country. Opinion 17 Oct, 2023
EDITORIAL: Economic outlook The World Bank expects Nepal’s economy to rebound to 3.9 per cent in the current fiscal, which is one percentage point lower than its earlier projection, owing to “lagged impact of the lifting of import restrictions, strong rebound in tourism, and gradual loosening of monetary policy”. However, the projection is lower than that of India, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Opinion 05 Oct, 2023
EDITORIAL: Nepal-China deals Nepal and China signed 12 agreements during Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s official visit to Beijing on Monday, which, among others, include promoting bilateral trade, and cooperating in agriculture, fisheries and livestock development, power grid interconnection project, and science, technology and innovation. Opinion 27 Sep, 2023
EDITORIAL: Malnutrition Statistics can be highly deceiving, as is the case with the drop in malnutrition over the decades. Nepal is thrilled by the success recorded in reducing malnutrition over the last 25 years, but this drop seems to be uneven across population groups by economic status. Opinion 04 Sep, 2023
EDITORIAL: House resumes After nearly a month of obstruction by the opposition, business resumed in the House of Representatives (HoR) on Wednesday after the government agreed to form a commission to probe into the gold smuggling cases that have rocked the country in recent times. Opinion 25 Aug, 2023
EDITORIAL: Power line opened Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday inaugurated the 220 kV double circuit Hetauda-Bharatpur-Bardaghat transmission line and a gas-insulated sub-station at Bharatpur, which will connect to the electricity generated from the Marshyangdi River basin. Opinion 24 Aug, 2023
Preparation underway to announce 'Energy Decade' The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation is undergoing preparations to announce the ‘Energy Decade’ to produce around 20,000 megawatts of electricity within the next decade. Business 18 Jul, 2023
'Economic prosperity possible through development of energy sector' As Nepal looks towards expanding its hydropower capacity by three folds over the coming years, leapfrogging to economic prosperity is a sure shot provided that necessary policies and initiatives are taken by the government and bodies concerned to address the factors affecting the pace of development of the energy sector, as per experts. Business 12 Jul, 2023
'Prioritise increasing local consumption, international energy trade' Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stressed on the need to prioritise increasing the domestic energy usage as well as focusing on selling surplus energy to our neighbouring countries, along with planning to assist the economic development of Nepal instead of just increasing our energy production. Business 08 Mar, 2023
Discussion on connectivity status and projects between Nepal and North East India held A meeting between the officials of Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) and North East Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) took place at NICCI Secretariat, on Thursday. Nepal 03 Feb, 2023
EDITORIAL: Energy export The state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has traded 1.30 billion units of electricity at a competitive rate in the Indian energy market, earning nearly Rs 8 billion since June. NEA had traded surplus energy worth Rs 3.88 billion in the last fiscal. Opinion 13 Oct, 2022
