Startup Summit Nepal 2025, a national-level innovation and entrepreneurship conference, concluded in Kathmandu on December 20, underscoring Nepal’s ambition to build a globally connected startup …
US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price.
Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems …
PHOTO ESSAY: Under watch by Chinese tech, the Tibetan community in Nepal is slowly suffocating
KATHMANDU, Nepal — In Nepal, the unseen eye has changed Tibetan life. The cameras are not just machines perched on the thick bundles of wires that twist through narrow lanes of Kathmandu in Nepal.
Nepal BFSI Summit 2025 charts path for economic transition and inclusive growth
KATHMANDU, Dec 20: PHDCCI India-Nepal Centre, in association with the Banking, Finance, and Insurance Institute of Nepal (BFIN), organised the 4th edition of its annual flagship programme, “Nepal BFSI …
Nepal: Missing roadmap to economic revival
The Report further stated, “In Nepal, recent unrest and heightened political and economic uncertainty is expected to cause growth to decline to 2.1 per cent in FY 25/26..” In the backdrop of “Desh …
Nepal-Cambodia B2B Business Interaction Programme 2026 set to be held next month
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: A Cambodia–Nepal B2B Business Interaction Programme 2026 is set to be held with the aim of strengthening trade, investment and cultural cooperation between Nepal and Cambodia.
ADB provides concessional loan support for implementing fiscal federalism in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to provide Nepal with USD 100 million in concessional loan aid to support the implementation of fiscal federalism, strengthen public …
Financial inclusion in Nepal
The financial sector in Nepal comprises 20 commercial banks, 17 development banks, 17 finance companies, 54 microfinance institutions and approximately 31,000 cooperatives. Despite a diverse mix of …
ADB Country Portfolio Meeting
From left: Nepal Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat, ADB Director General for South Asia Kenichi Yokoyama, and ADB Country Director for Nepal Arnaud Cauchois. Photo: ADB The Asian Development Bank …
Best’s Commentary: Riots Impose Financial Strain on Nepal’s Insurers and Reinsurers
Insured losses from the recent rioting in Kathmandu are expected to be material given that even modest claims can weigh heavily on Nepal’s relatively small non-life insurance market, according to a …