Nepal Rastra Bank has dropped its previous practice of announcing a fixed period for exchanging new banknotes for Dashain, with notes now available through its offices and commercial banks.

Paddy was damaged across more than 50,000 hectares as heavy rain and strong winds hit the district just before harvest.

Apple’s authorised distributor GENXT will offer a lucky draw, zero-interest instalments and free accessories with the new iPhone models.

More than 21,500 small borrowers were blacklisted in the last fiscal year, raising concerns that a system created to bring finance to poor households is leaving some of its most vulnerable users out of formal credit.

Apartments and homes are increasingly listed in US dollars, edging out Nepali renters and operating in a legal gray zone that no regulator has ever tested.

New committee will study separate cylinder sizes and prices for household and commercial users after the latest LPG shortage. Similar efforts in 2011 and 2013 were never implemented.

Floods and landslides have halted trade through Rasuwagadhi-Kerung, Tatopani, and Korala border points. Hundreds of containers remain stranded and supplies disrupted ahead of the festive season.

Any increase would directly benefit eligible Nepali workers employed in Malaysia. About 400,000 Nepalis work in the country.

Agricultural goods in Nepal pass through up to seven layers of middlemen and this drives consumer prices up to seven times higher than the farmgate price, government report says.

Better road links and the expansion of markets into rural Achham have helped farmers increase production and household incomes.

Retailers are using TikTok, Facebook and Instagram to clear old stock and draw shoppers into stores.

Damage to pylons along the Dana-Kushma section of the 220kV line has cut off 12 hydropower projects. Precautionary shutdown of projects has pushed the total generation loss to over 790MW.

Despite the pandemic, political unrest and natural disasters, Nepal’s tourism industry has endured, with visitors returning after each shock. But is that resilience masking the need to build a safer, more diversified tourism industry?

Arrivals have fallen by nearly two-thirds since Thursday as highways to major vegetable-producing districts are damaged in places, leading to a steep price rises.

The benchmark index fell 0.66 percent to close at 2,629.81 in a shortened trading week, while average daily turnover edged up to Rs6.12 billion as investors shifted away from hydropower and finance stocks.

Local passengers expressed delight after Flydubai’s 166-seat Boeing 737 MAX began regular passenger flights between Pokhara and Dubai following a long wait.

With family members dead or missing, many women see the need to rise up and find work to support their children and remaining ones.

The municipality in Dhading collects Rs3.39 per kg from scrap trucks leaving the Valley, although the constitution bars local governments from taxing goods moving from one jurisdiction to another.

Once home to more than 600 factories and 100,000 direct jobs, Biratnagar’s industrial sector is struggling with weak demand, rising costs, cross-border competition and a lack of new investment. Regular cargo rail offers a glimmer of hope.

Here is a snapshot of what happened at the stock market this week.