Local Economy

There was a striking contradiction between two headlines in the news yesterday. On the one hand, the prime minister’s disaster relief fund is bulging with money. On the other hand, survivors of the Bhote-Koshi flood in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading…

The ravage from the “Gen Z uprising” on Tuesday hit the private business sector hard. As the ashes are swept away, the full scale of the destruction is coming to light. The losses are estimated to run into the hundreds…

New roads are opening up hitherto remote communities in Nepal, but do they also lead to economic growth? So far, many in far away Manang and Humla seem to say: yes!

Nijgadh airport is already underway. But is this future “hub” with a 15 million passenger capacity really needed?

Can Nepal’s rivers become waterways for shipping goods and people south to India? The governments of both countries just started to look into the options.

Wild animals lurk as a real threat to villagers living near some of Nepal’s national parks and local forests.

It’s just another example of local infrastructure projects that are left half completed for years, sometimes forever. We once witnessed a similar case in Chitwan where the government was said to have funded a dike project along a river to…

Charikot, the capital of Dolakha, was devastated by the earthquake in 2015, but it’s coming back to life.