Dashain & Tihar
Festival spending and the consumer economy.
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.
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.
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.
Gold climbs to Rs 295,700 a tola, still below January's record
Bullion is costly again ahead of the festival season, and higher import duty has added to the price Nepalis pay.
NEPSE ends a nervous week flat as a share-sale notice rule rattles investors
A Friday rally rescued the index, but the regulator's 15-day notice rule for large sellers remains the market's main worry before the Dashain holiday.
South Asia's priciest tank: how the Gulf war reached Nepal's pumps
Nepal imports every litre of fuel through India. When Hormuz closed, Kathmandu paid more than anyone in the region.
Bhat-Bhateni has reopened ten of its twelve burned sites in a year without cutting a job
The supermarket chain reported losses above Rs 11bn, about $71m, when its stores burned in the Gen Z uprising. A rebuild costing about Rs 15bn is nearly complete, with Damak due in December and Hetauda in January.
Remittance money meets inflation as Nepal shops for Dashain
Record transfers from abroad should make this the biggest festival season yet. Prices, a closed China border and nervous shoppers are getting in the way.