Nepal will launch its own national payment switch, designed to integrate multiple banks, digital payment vendors such as IPS, ConnectIPS, quick response (QR) code, and other digital ecosystem players into one system, enabling them to transfer funds

Days after the fall of Kabul, the Nepal government has been struggling to evacuate its nationals stuck in Afghanistan as the country lacks diplomatic channels and contacts there

Amid rising Covid-19 cases, the Nepalese government has decided to enforce smart lockdowns in districts across the country, as the risk of a third Covid wave looms large

Authorities in Nepal have decided to reimpose restrictions, including banning all private and public vehicles after 8 PM, as the Covid-19 cases rise again. On Monday, the country reported over 3600 cases and passed the grim milestone of the 10,000 deaths last week

Nepal has launched an inquiry into the alleged involvement of Securities Board of Nepal Chairperson Bhisma Raj Dhungana and Nepal Stock Exchange Chief Executive Officer Chandra Singh Saud in insider trading

Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, while seeking a vote of confidence in parliament earlier this month, said the country's foreign policy will be of mutual friendship and cooperation

Nepal is considering reducing power tariffs in the coming weeks to avoid a potential wastage of the power generating capacity as the country is on the verge of being an energy surplus state

The Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal (JSPN), a coalition partner in Nepal’s new government, has formally split on Monday after the country’s Election Commission granted legitimate right over the party to one of the two warring factions

Abdullah Almutairi, a Qatari national and the head of the Nepal national football team, has announced his resignation on Sunday in a Facebook post, citing “daily drama” from a senior vice president of The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $165 million in loan to Nepal for the procurement of the Covid-19 vaccines for Nepal benefiting around 6.8 million Nepali nationals

Days after losing the government,  the CPN-UML, the party headed by Nepal’s former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, is now preparing to take on the rebel MPs responsible for the fall of the government

The disruption caused by the Covid-19 coupled with months-long political instability affected the flow of foreign direct investments in the last fiscal 2020-21 of Nepal,  with total FDI recorded a fall of around 14.81 percent in comparison to the previous year

Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who came to power with a rainbow coalition of several big and small parties, has begun consultations to expand his five-member Cabinet

The Nepalese government started using Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, donated by the United States, in the national immunization drive from this week

Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has on Sunday rescinded the controversial Constitutional Council Act (Amendment) Ordinance on the recommendation of the new government that took office early this week