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1 day ago · Nepal is now a remittance-driven economy and rural areas are emptying due to outmigration, yet 62% of Nepal’s population still relies on farming and it contributes to a fourth of the country’s GDP. Successive governments have spent Rs107 billion in the past five years on agricultural subsidies, and banks have extended flexible loans worth Rs367 billion to farmers and agro-businesses in the ...

5 days ago · The winter session of Parliament is set to begin amidst a warmer-than-usual winter season. But things do not look too cosy between the governing coalition and the opposition parties. Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s Maoist Centre is currently benched, and is trying to ride a rising wave of public discontent. It has in its crosshairs the …

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Oct 20, 2024 · It took the Great Flood of 28 September for the residents of Kathmandu to finally realise how much trash they were throwing into the Valley’s sacred rivers. Even three weeks later, plastic bags wave like flags high up on the branches of trees at Teku and Sankhamul, reminding us of just how high the water level rose on that fateful day. There are pieces of cloth, styrofoam, plastic bottles ...

Nepali Times is an English-language weekly newspaper published by Himalmedia Private Limited. It provides Nepal News, News of Nepal, News on Business, economics & more news from including depth reporting, expert commentaries and analysis on Nepal.

Oct 9, 2024 · An estimated 1.8 million people were expected to leave Kathmandu Valley for their home districts for the Dasain festival this year. But that estimate was made before the devastating floods last week that killed at least 244 people and knocked out roads effectively marooning Kathmandu. There are still 15 roads and major sections of highways that are blocked, while the Department of Roads and ...

Jul 2, 2024 · At the stroke of the midnight hour, and with the stroke of a pen, Nepal’s government has changed for the third time in a year. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Maoist Centre is out of a job after his coalition partner the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) joined hands with the Nepali Congress (NC) to form a new government. The NC had previously ditched the UML to join up with the ...