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Friday, 16 October 2026
- Companies · Telecoms
Huawei tells Nepal's internet providers to sell AI computing, not just bandwidth
At a gathering for internet service providers in Kathmandu, the Chinese telecoms giant pitched GPU rental, AI models and home security services as the next source of revenue, and pointed to Nepal's electricity costs as an advantage.
Thursday, 15 October 2026
- Companies · Construction
Shilakshya and Forefront team up to cut the cost and delays of building a house with digital tools
A builder and a digital engineering firm have signed an agreement to bring building information modelling, virtual reality and LiDAR scanning to homes in Nepal, so owners can see their house before ground is broken.
- Economy
Nepal GDP grew 4% in Q4 2025/26, but Bhote Koshi floods cloud 2026/27
Electricity led growth in the last quarter of 2025/26. The Bhote Koshi floods have since disrupted power output, a border crossing and the state's budget.
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- Leaders · Leaders · Profile
Gyanendra Dhungana, the banker who ran Nabil and chased the governorship
He rebuilt Nepal Bangladesh Bank, led the bank lobby, then took charge of Nabil after the merger. In 2025 he gave it up to seek the central bank's top job. Now he sits on boards in Colombo and Kathmandu.
- Companies · Agribusiness
Buddha Air's Birendra Bahadur Basnet bets on rice despite a Rs 25m mill loss
The Buddha Air chairman believes machines, bank credit and a mill's guaranteed purchase can make the economics of a two-bigha farm work. As of October 2026, the experiment had lost money.
- Economy · Aviation
Why a Kathmandu-Dhangadhi flight costs more than a flight to Delhi
State-set fare limits, expensive jet fuel and a five-month earning season sit behind a fare gap that has reached Nepal's parliament, according to The Kathmandu Post.
- Companies · Retail
Nepal floods choke Dashain goat supply as Kathmandu meat prices climb
Blocked highways, a closed Tibetan border route and a state trader sitting out the season have left Kathmandu's festival meat market short and pricier.
- Policy & Power · Provincial finance
Sudurpaschim budget stalls again as ruling coalition turns on its own plan
Months into 2026/27, Nepal's far-western province still has no approved Rs 37.70bn budget, and the delay has disrupted administration and development work.
- Markets · Capital markets
SEBON puts NEPSE overhaul and margin lending at top of reform agenda
Nepal's securities regulator promises margin lending within the Nepali month of Asoj 2083 and new trading instruments before fiscal year 2083/84 ends, while pressing single-owner brokerages to merge or corporatise.
- Economy · Supply chains
Beni-Jomsom road reopens as late-monsoon rain batters Nepal's paddy and sugarcane
Containers stranded in Mustang for two weeks are moving again, but soaked harvests across the breadbasket show how exposed Nepal's supply lines and farm incomes remain.
- Policy & Power · Policy
Nepal's six-month maternity leave bill puts private employers on notice
A bill to nearly double maternity leave and almost triple paternity leave would reach private payrolls, as Nepal responds to its weakest population growth in eight decades.
- Policy & Power · Diplomacy
Nepal's nominees for India and China pitch an economic agenda to lawmakers
At their parliamentary hearings, Pandey and Sharma put investment, power trade, tourism and transit at the centre of their plans. Investors should weigh what was promised and what remains open.
Sunday, 11 October 2026
- Companies · Energy
Budhi Gandaki flood: disaster chief credits SMS alerts as hydropower sites are hit
No deaths were confirmed after a flash flood tore through Gorkha on 11 October 2026, and officials credit text warnings. But bridges, river gauges and two hydropower sites were lost, and the cause is still unclear.
- Markets
NEPSE inches up 0.18% as SEBON cuts promoter share-sale notice to five trading days
Turnover fell 18% in the week to 9 October, and only banks gained ground. Now founding shareholders can sell up to 15% of their stakes without warning. Here is what that means for promoters and retail investors.
- Policy & Power · Provinces
Sudurpashchim tables Rs 37.7bn budget as Supreme Court refuses interim order
Days after one justice ordered the revision halted, a joint bench declined to block it. Nepal's far-western province now has a plan before its assembly, about 70% funded by Kathmandu, and a legal question still open.
- Rise & Fall
Cosmic Air Nepal: how the first private jet airline rose and fell
Cosmic Air put the first jets on Nepal's domestic routes and flew to Delhi, Dhaka, Kolkata and Varanasi. Fare cuts, fuel debts and lease arrears grounded it within two years, and the regulator cancelled its certificate in 2010.
- Rise & Fall
Janakpur Cigarette Factory: how Nepal's state cigarette monopoly fell
A Soviet-aided factory once ran Nepal's cigarette market. Private competition, losses and politics shut it in 2011. Its land is now worth more than the business, and it houses Madhesh Province's government.
- Rise & Fall
Nepal Bangladesh Bank: the run, the NRB takeover and the Nabil merger
A 1994 joint venture with two Bangladeshi lenders suffered a run in November 2006, was taken over by Nepal Rastra Bank, recovered under its management and was absorbed by Nabil Bank in 2022.
- Opinion · Editorial
SEBON's IPO backlog has become a tax on Nepali capital
Companies wait years to learn whether they may raise money. A regulator that published a clock and its reasons would serve investors better than one that simply waits.
- Opinion · Editorial
Rasuwa flood reconstruction: Nepal should borrow long, not short
The flood's bill is close to a tenth of the economy. How Nepal pays for it matters as much as what it builds.
- Markets · Capital markets
Rs 122.8bn of share, bond and fund issues wait at SEBON, some since 2023
Nepal's securities regulator holds 153 applications to sell shares, bonds and fund units. Steel and cement makers want premium prices, and a bank with thinning capital wants Rs 7.46bn from its shareholders.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
- Markets · Regulation
SEBON eases its share-sale notice rule to 15% and five trading days after investor protests
Six weeks after it required big shareholders to announce sales 15 days ahead, the regulator has narrowed the rule to founding holders and large sales, and added a duty to disclose buy-backs.
- Companies · Company results
Unilever Nepal's profit falls 19.5% on input costs while Himalayan Distillery's rises 28%
Nepal's listed manufacturers ended 2082/83 with sharply different fortunes. Costs squeezed a soap maker, a distiller grew, and a cement maker held its profit as sales shrank.
- Markets · Dividends
Nabil's shareholders approve a 15.8% dividend as bank payouts range from 2% to 20%
Bank boards have proposed their dividends for 2082/83. The spread is wide, and for the first time several must also pay holders of their new preference shares.
- Markets · IPO rules
Hydropower developers push back on SEBON's draft IPO rules as 34 power issues wait in line
Power producers say a proposed net-worth test and an operating-history requirement could shut most hydropower projects out of the public market, which they rely on for construction money.
- Economy · Public finance
Nepal's revenue rises 16% but trails target as the flood squeezes northern trade
The government collected Rs 184.58bn in the first two months of 2026/27, against a target of Rs 214.81bn. Last year it met 83.5% of its revenue goal; this year's is Rs 1.58 trillion.
- Policy & Power · Land law
Nepal drafts a land bill to move landless families out of flood-prone areas
The draft amends five land laws, bars land grants on riverbanks and in forests, and promises resettlement. It follows a 2025 land bill that stalled amid objections from political parties.
- Economy · Provinces
Nepal's provinces spent about two-thirds of their budgets, then planned Rs 292bn more
The seven provinces budgeted about Rs 288bn last year and spent Rs 184bn. This year's budgets are slightly larger, and still lean on federal money and capital projects that rarely finish on time.
- Policy & Power · Labour migration
A dispute over 25 recruiters puts Malaysia, a top job market for Nepalis, at risk
Malaysia wants hiring to run through a short list of Nepali agencies. Kathmandu has refused and stopped approving new demand letters through them, while about 400,000 Nepalis work there.
- Policy & Power · Foreign aid
Nepal and the US move to extend the MCC compact by a year as its power line runs late
The first 18 km of the $550m US grant programme is built. The rest of the 315 km line is on contracts that run beyond the August 2028 deadline, so Kathmandu wants more time.
