Kathmandu residents face hours-long queues as highway blockages, pent-up demand, and distribution bottlenecks squeeze cooking gas supplies, triggering price hikes and the resignation of the commerce minister.

High logistics costs, limited cross-border payment options, regulatory hurdles and weak digital readiness keep Nepali products off global online marketplaces.

The package includes emergency relief, humanitarian aid and development support for health, energy and disaster-resilient infrastructure.

Traders are using the southern border to bring in clothing, footwear, festival decorations and other goods ahead of Nepal’s main festival season.

As a farmers’ cooperative opens more stalls in the capital, growers say the bigger challenge is now grading, packaging and getting the fruit to market in good condition.

The general public has realised the need for insurance, but many people remain uninsured because of insufficient knowledge of insurance policies.

A new US-based channel lets cryptocurrency users donate to Nepal’s disaster fund without the digital assets entering the country, where crypto trading and use are prohibited.

Negative reports about the Bhotekoshi floods, road disruptions, and travel advisories have hit bookings in Pokhara, Chitwan and Lumbini just as the peak tourist season gets underway.

The Bhotekoshi floods have hit a handful of listed hydropower projects, yet shares across the sector, and in insurance, have fallen as investors grapple with uncertainty over losses, claims and reconstruction.

Consumers spend hours searching for cylinders as the closure of the Mugling-Naubise road disrupts supplies. Restaurants warn they may be forced to shut if the shortage persists.