- Saturday, 20 December 2025
Laxman Kafle
Integrated farming for low residue agro products
Despite having natural landscapes and agricultural diversity, Nepal grapples with a myriad of challenges in its food system. Issues ranging from post-harvest loss, wast
Govt unveils principles and priorities for new budget
The government has presented the principles and priorities of the budget for the fiscal year 2024/25 in the House of Representatives Monday. Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat presented principles and priorities for the coming financial year focusing on increasing production and productivity by increasing public expenditure on priority projects.
Cumin seeds prices almost halve in two months
The price of cumin seeds (jeera), the common condiment of Nepali kitchens, has decreased substantially in recent weeks. Consumers, who were affected by the sharp rise of cumin price in the last six months have felt a sigh of relief with the fall in its price.
Nepal’s trade surplus only with 29 countries out of 156 trading partners
Nepal has conducted foreign trade with more than 156 countries of the world. Nepal suffers deficits with most countries it has bilateral trade relations.
Power deal between Nepal and Bangladesh soon: NEA
The negotiations between Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for electricity trade between the two countries have progressed positively. The two sides have agreed to sign power sales agreements between the two countries as soon as possible in order to export electricity to Bangladesh from the coming rainy season, according to the NEA. A team led by Managing Director of the NEA Kul Man Ghising and the bid evaluation committee under the BPDB held a meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday. The NEA's team went to Dhaka on Wednesday with a proposal for a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to export 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh Ghising said that every point to be included in the electricity sale agreement was discussed in detail and it was agreed to conclude t
NEA opens PPA for hydel projects up to 10 MW
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to open the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for hydropower projects up to 10 megawatts to encourage domestic small investment in hydropower.
Generating 28,500 MW by 2035 looks ambitious, not unattainable
Nepal's hydropower development remained frustratingly sluggish for more than a century. It generated a meager 750 MW since the establishment of the first-ever 500-KW Chandrajyoti hydroelectric power station in Pharping in 1911.
