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Nepal has made significant progress in achieving self-reliance in green electricity production and is now exploring opportunities to export its surplus energy to neighboring countries. The country . . . Read more »
This article emphasizes the need for Nepali businesses to embrace sustainability and address climate change. It suggests that corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives can serve as catalysts . . . Read more »
Risks are events or conditions that may occur, and whose occurrence, if it takes place, has a harmful or negative impact on the achievement of the company’s business . . . Read more »
Despite the failure of the Egypt climate conference to establish the necessary level and pace of emission reduction to achieve the 1.5-degree climate goal, or to develop a practical plan for . . . Read more »
In order to sell goods and services, the first and foremost requirement is consumer demand. Here, demand means that consumers want the goods and services and also have purchasing . . . Read more »
The ongoing liquidity crunch in the banking system has hit the construction industry hard. The industry, which was trying to bounce back after being battered by the COVID-pandemic, is currently . . . Read more »
A Chinese devotee named Manjushree, who had come to Kathmandu to pay homage to Swoyambhunath, is believed to have cut open a mountain gorge at Chobhar to drain out water from the huge lake covering . . . Read more »
Every civilization is basically based on biodiversity, history and geography. Karnali Province is unique in its immense natural resources like water and medicinal herbs. Beautiful landscape, . . . Read more »
Electric vehicles (EVs) have become the talk of the town. Governments across the world are promoting EVs to protect the environment and replace the use of fossil fuels in transportation. . . . Read more »
Nepal’s automotive industry is still in its infancy although it has been more than a decade since the country assembled its first car. However, despite the fact that the sector in Nepal is . . . Read more »
The country’s automobile industry, which had made a good comeback post lockdown, is now grappling with challenges caused by liquidity crunch in the banking system and a mandatory cash margin . . . Read more »
Consumers already reeling with either low earnings or no earnings at all were hit with skyrocketing oil prices which has put further pressure on their monthly spending. The price rise is reported to . . . Read more »
From six abs, lean bodies to a healthy one, the fitness industry has come a long way. Industry insiders opine the fitness market is at its peak point but COVID-19 presents a huge challenge to further . . . Read more »
Using combined electricity from solar, hydro, and other renewables, green hydrogen can be a new power backup alternative to diesel . . . Read more »
With the world’s soil addicted to chemicals and fertilizers proponents of alternative agriculture say their methods are good for the land and climate and will yield better results with less input . . . Read more »
The growth of agriculture insurance in Nepal has been sluggish despite various subsidies announced by the government. Big changes are required to attract farmers into insuring their farm . . . Read more »
As the force of the pandemic gets weaker, the prospects for the domestic food processing industry has become brighter with the demand for food products increasing . . . Read more »
Nature Nepal, a beauty care items manufacturing company used to export around 50 percent of its products to international markets. But its major source of revenue dried up quickly after the outbreak . . . Read more »
After taking a devastating blow, movie industry stakeholders are pinning their hopes on the completion of the ongoing vaccination drive and support from the . . . Read more »
Construction companies are looking for a way out of the deep slump in the real estate market caused by the pandemic. But their hopes are dependent on there not being new mutations of the virus and . . . Read more »
Globally, e-commerce is one of the few businesses that have prospered during the time of the pandemic. In Nepal also, restrictions in the movement of people to contain the transmission of coronavirus . . . Read more »
Never during his five years in the medicine business, has Santosh Bhandari, a pharmacist, ever witnessed such an enormous demand for paracetamol-based pain relievers, vitamin and zinc supplements, . . . Read more »
Mohammad Raja, proprietor of Sana Readymade in Lagantole, Kathmandu, has been producing and selling windbreakers for the last two years. . . . Read more »
The significant expansion of the lubricant market has highlighted the fact that due attention should be given to help the growth of home-grown lubricant . . . Read more »
Just weeks before the nation-wide lockdown in March which aimed to contain the coronavirus outbreak, which has brought some of the mightiest countries of the world to their knees, the Nepali coffee . . . Read more »
The spread of COVID-19 has caused economic despair all over the world. Startups are struggling with health and economic uncertainty, their sales have stagnated, their investment approach has gone in . . . Read more »
Lack of investment in research, fragmentation of arable lands, lack of technology, fair pricing system (commodity market), market centre and ineffectiveness of extension channels have been identified . . . Read more »
A report recently published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) is indicative of the wrath unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic in a country like Nepal which struggles to generate employment . . . Read more »
With the lockdown in place by the governments the world over in a bid to stop the possible outbreak of coronavirus, digital transactions have become the preferred mode of payment at present. In Nepal . . . Read more »
While the retail sector the world over has become one of the biggest victims of the fallout of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, e-commerce has emerged as a victor during the current . . . Read more »
Generally, every household tries to maximise the use of any and every product. And the ultimate option after its usage is dumping them to the scrapyard. But some creative minds thought of turning . . . Read more »
At a time when the number of new digital payment systems is rising in Nepal, Cellcom Pvt Ltd, an IMS Group company, introduced CellPay on July 31 announcing a range of new features. What sets it . . . Read more »
Nepali readymade garment (RMG) industry entered into a period of prolonged and deep recession from 2005 when the United States scrapped the quota-free access to Nepali RMG . . . Read more »
The Federation of Handicraft Association of Nepal (FHAN) in association with the Embassy of Nepal in Hong Kong and Hong Kong Nepalese Business Association Ltd (HKNBA) organised the Nepal Hong Kong . . . Read more »
Real estate transations, which had been reaching normal levels after being hard hit by the twin shocks of the earthquake and border blockade of 2015, have come to an abrupt halt following the central . . . Read more »
CG MotoCorp is the authorised distributor of the Japanese four-wheeler brand Suzuki and the company has been selling the Alto 800, Alto K10, Wagon R, Celerio, Swift, Dzire, Baleno and Ciaz models of . . . Read more »
With the private sector getting increasingly attracted to the hospitality sector, dozens of big and small hotels are being built in Kathmandu and other major cities of the country. Private sector . . . Read more »
Once dominated by foreign medicines, the Nepali medicine market is now thriving with domestic private pharmaceutical companies becoming the major market players. The years after 1990 have seen a sea . . . Read more »
The business of food has gained noticeable momentum over the past few decades and the number of people joining the business has grown significantly. The increasing spending capacity of Nepalis has . . . Read more »
Access to a high speed internet in today’s world has translated into higher levels of productivity and efficiency in work that ultimately results in the overall development of any . . . Read more »
With the increasing business and economic activities, the demand of private security guards has been rising in Nepal. The growing security threats in the recent years led the companies in various . . . Read more »
With the increasing demand for handsets the intense competition in the market has been unrelenting in recent years. Almost all major global and regional handset brands have entered Nepal or are . . . Read more »
Gone are the days when Nepali movies would struggle hard just to break even months after their release . Nowadays, Nepali movies are making substantial profits even just a few weeks after opening. . . . Read more »
Ever wonder what a set-top box is? Well it’s time to find out since you soon have to say goodbye to analogue as Digital TV takes . . . Read more »
Insufficient data or lack of transparency? Call it what you will, but little is still known about the inner workings of Nepal’s BPO industry. . . . Read more »
Cement is a fine grained powder that, when mixed with water, turns into a solid. Because of its strength, cement is widely used for construction projects. It is simply a binder, which sets after it . . . Read more »
There are many reasons for moving in the renewable energy direction, but one of the critical reasons is for the sustainable production of energy to meet growing . . . Read more »
Nepal’s readymade garment (RMG) industry is hoping for a revival after a senior member of the US Senate recommended the inclusion of Nepali RMG in the non-tariff list. But the hope is still . . . Read more »
Humans are capitalist by nature. And yet humans are communal by instinct. Though world politics is divided between these two natural instincts, I was amazed to find them in perfect synchronicity at Newa Lahanaa: a community owned and run restaurant on Kirtipur heights. I was there to celebrate one of my friend’s . . . Read more »
With people from across the world looking increasingly to enjoy the benefits of alternative health care systems, the Ayurvedic medicine business has attracted big new investors in recent times. The . . . Read more »
People often buy not for what the products do, but for what they . . . Read more »
IT security is becoming major concern for many users, IT professionals and related stakeholders, nowadays. Five or six years back, the term ‘IT Security’ was not making it to the headlines though IT was taking over the traditional market place. It was a time when most of the organizations were digitizing their traditional paper-based . . . Read more »
Aishwariya Rai endorsed Lux, and in doing so linked the soap to feminine beauty. Later, when Shahrukh Khan also endorsed the same soap his endorsement as a male attracted the macho attitude as . . . Read more »
It’s a typical Kathmandu winter evening and Sabita Karki, a woman in her early twenties, is dealing simultaneously with a host of customers of her ‘anonymous’ brand of winter jackets. She is piling up the heap in shape, announcing prices, setting bargains and closely guarding her consignment against any rush-hour trickster. . . . Read more »
An apple a day not only keeps the doctor away, but also is one of the key fruits with the potential to generate income and employment in the mountainous and poor districts of Western . . . Read more »
Nepali papercraft industry is one of the country’s major exports that have good scope in generating employment at the local level with minimum capital requirement. Lokta or Daphney paper products have been an important part of the papercraft . . . Read more »
