Nepal News » Lumbini News Nepal » Lumbini » Economy: Cost of Supreme Court verdict on Lumbini: Rs70 billion investment, 10,000 jobs
Kathmandu/lumbini, April 12 -- Following the release of the full text of the verdict last Tuesday, initially issued on August 27 last year, questions have emerged over its implementation. Furthermore, ...
News Nepal » Lumbini » Economy: Unlocking Nepal’s Growth Potential: Nepal Country Economic Memorandum 2025
Unlocking Nepal’s Growth Potential: Nepal Country Economic Memorandum report examines Nepal’s past economic growth performance since 1996, current challenges, and policy recommendations to unlock ...
News Nepal » Lumbini » Economy: Nepal Counts the Economic Cost of the Gen Z Uprising
The new government has tried to woo businesses, but it will take more than tax cuts and easy loans to convince them to make long-term bets. A Bhatbhateni supermarket at Koteshwor in Nepal, part of a ...
News Nepal » Lumbini » Economy: Nepal's Economy Expected to Remain Resilient in Face of Economic Shocks, says World Bank
KATHMANDU, April 3, 2025—Nepal's economy is projected to grow 4.5 percent in FY25, up from 3.9 percent in FY24, despite significant natural disasters in late 2024. Growth is expected to be driven by ...
News Nepal » Lumbini » Economy: Nepal’s LDC Graduation Masks Deep Economic Fragility
The Himalayan country will move up to developing country status from its current status as a Least Developed Country in November 2026. Nepali Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli called it “a matter of pride ...
News Nepal » Lumbini » Economy: Nepal’s economy after the Gen Z protest
Nepal has avoided macroeconomic instability after its 2025 youth unrest, with strong remittances, high foreign exchange reserves and low inflation masking the damage. Yet private investment, credit ...
News Nepal » Lumbini » Economy: Fluctuations mark Nepal real estate over past three years
Kathmandu, April 15 -- Between fiscal year 2020-21, the peak Covid period, and 2024-25, Nepal's real estate loans grew by 72.41 percent and residential loans by 61.55 percent. This, according to the ...
News Nepal » Lumbini » Economy: From balancing acts to bold moves: Economy needs real action
Nepal has spent too long pretending that geography is a substitute for strategy. Sandwiched between India and China, it has acted as though proximity to two giants is itself an economic plan. It is ...