Nepal News News Nepal » Finance: Video: Nepal Finance Minister Chased Through Street, Kicked, Thrashed
The Gen Z-led protests are taking on an increasingly fierce tone in Nepal. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oil's house was set on fire, his Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Paudel, was chased through ...
News Nepal » Finance: Exclusive: Nepal's outgoing finance minister Rameshore Khanal on interim rule: Aid from India-China accepted, not relied upon
When Nepal’s streets filled with angry young protesters and uncertainty hung over the country’s political future, the government that took charge had one mission: restore stability and hold elections.
News Nepal » Finance: Nepal launches initiative to finance local climate action
An initiative aimed at helping Nepal's local governments respond to the impacts of climate change kicked off in the capital, Kathmandu, today. This marks an important step for joint action to tackle ...
News Nepal » Finance: How Nepal can finance climate action
The headworks of Nepal's most expensive infrastructure project on the Melamchi were damaged in a debris flow caused by heavy rain on melted glacial deposits in July 2021. The COP28 meeting in November ...
News Nepal » Finance: Rights groups urge Nepal to use budget for expanding children’s assistance program
In a letter addressed to Nepal Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel, rights groups on Sunday urged Nepal to protect the rights of children by accounting for an expansion of the child grant program in ...
News Nepal » Finance: EV sales boom helps Nepal save on oil imports, alleviate smog
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. Nearly all of the ...
News Nepal » Finance: Nepal hosts an investment summit in hopes of attracting foreign money for hydropower projects
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal hosted an investment summit Sunday in hopes of attracting much-needed foreign investment, especially in developing hydropower projects to produce more electricity that it ...
News Nepal » Finance: Joint Letter to Finance Minister: Expand Nepal's Child Grant Program
We are writing to you as a group of Nepali and international civil society organizations to urge that you use the forthcoming budget to protect the rights of Nepali children by expanding the ...
News Nepal » Finance: Nepal PM names new finance minister amid economic woes
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday named centrist politician and economic expert Prakash Sharan Mahat as finance minister, a presidential statement said, as the ...
News Nepal » Finance: Nepal finance minister stripped, chased into river as Gen Z uprising forces Prime Minister's resignation
Nepal has been thrown into political turmoil after violent anti-government protests saw Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel humiliated in public and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli forced to resign. In ...