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A sick national industry6 min read
Signs of Recovery Emerge at State Enterprises, but Test of Sustainability Remains
Higher sales at Nepal Drugs, improved revenue at Nepal Airlines and DDC, and trial production at Hetauda Textile signal progress, though long-term viability is yet to be established
Dipesh Ghimire9 Aug, 2026
ipo5 min read
104 Companies Queue for IPOs as Manufacturing and Hydropower Dominate Nepal’s Pipeline
Nearly 473 million shares worth Rs 69.31 billion await regulatory clearance, with large industrial companies emerging as a major force in the public-issue market
Dipesh Ghimire9 Aug, 2026
NEPSE4 min read
NEPSE Ends Week Lower as Technical Chart Keeps Recovery Unconfirmed
Index loses 35.45 points in a week; 2,673 emerges as immediate resistance while 2,602 remains the key support zone
Dipesh Ghimire9 Aug, 2026
Banks8 min read
Nepal’s Banks Are Flush With Money, but Credit Is Not Following
Surging remittances and deposits have strengthened Nepal’s external buffers, but weak credit transmission, rising bad loans and subdued investment point to a deeper domestic imbalance
Dipesh Ghimire9 Aug, 2026
Digital Payments5 min read
Nepal’s Digital Payments Surge, but Weak KYC and Cyber Controls Raise Risks
For Nepal’s payment industry, the next phase of digital growth will therefore depend not merely on adding more wallet users or recording higher QR transactions. Trust, verifiable customer identity, protection of customer funds, cyber resilience and effective internal controls are becoming just as important as transaction growth. The NRB report suggests that unless these foundations improve alongside adoption, the success of Nepal’s digital-payment expansion could itself magnify the consequences of regulatory and operational weaknesses.
Dipesh Ghimire9 Aug, 2026
Mailung Khola 6 min read
Upper Mailung Khola Turns Profitable as Power Sales Rise and Finance Costs Ease
The principal weakness remains the thin reserve position and net worth only slightly above face value. MMKJL has therefore demonstrated that it can generate profit; the next challenge is to demonstrate that it can sustain those earnings, reduce financial pressure further and convert annual profits into a stronger balance sheet over several consecutive years.
Dipesh Ghimire7 Aug, 2026
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Support Laghubitta5 min read
Support Laghubitta’s Profit Surges 181%, but Impairment Reversal Also Lifts Bottom Line
For the coming fiscal year, the sustainability of net interest income and operating profit, rather than another impairment reversal, will provide the clearer test of Support Laghubitta’s underlying financial strength.
Dipesh Ghimire7 Aug, 2026
SEBON6 min read
SEBON Charts Five-Year Reform Path for Nepal’s IPO Market, but Execution Will Decide the Outcome
For SEBON, the challenge over the next five years will therefore be less about announcing additional reforms and more about sequencing them correctly. Market-based pricing should follow stronger disclosure and due diligence, institutional investors should be subject to transparent governance rules, and digitalisation should be accompanied by stronger supervision. The success of the 2035 vision will ultimately be measured not by how many new mechanisms Nepal introduces, but by whether investors can trust the information, pricing and institutions behind every public issue.
Dipesh Ghimire7 Aug, 2026
GBBL3 min read
Garima Bikas Bank’s Profit Rises 35 Percent, but Lower Impairment Charges Do Much of the Heavy Lifting
Overall, Garima Bikas Bank ended the fiscal year with stronger profit, higher lending, improved fee income and a larger distributable surplus. Yet the headline profit growth overstates the expansion in its underlying banking business because a substantial part of the improvement came from the collapse in impairment charges. Whether the performance is sustainable will depend on the bank’s ability to contain non-performing loans, protect its interest margin and maintain deposit growth alongside its expanding credit portfolio.
Dipesh Ghimire6 Aug, 2026
Lumbini Bikas Bank3 min read
Lumbini Bikas Bank’s Profit Surges on Sharp Fall in Credit-Loss Provisioning
The capital fund-to-risk-weighted exposure ratio improved from 13.56 percent to 14.96 percent, strengthening the bank’s capital cushion. Nevertheless, the rise in non-performing loans remains the main area of concern. The bank’s next financial results will be important in determining whether the profit increase reflects a sustainable recovery in operations or primarily a one-year benefit from reduced impairment provisioning.
Dipesh Ghimire6 Aug, 2026

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All Articles — Page 12

Signs of Recovery Emerge at State Enterprises, but Test of Sustainability Remains

104 Companies Queue for IPOs as Manufacturing and Hydropower Dominate Nepal’s Pipeline

NEPSE Ends Week Lower as Technical Chart Keeps Recovery Unconfirmed

Nepal’s Banks Are Flush With Money, but Credit Is Not Following

Nepal’s Digital Payments Surge, but Weak KYC and Cyber Controls Raise Risks

Upper Mailung Khola Turns Profitable as Power Sales Rise and Finance Costs Ease

Support Laghubitta’s Profit Surges 181%, but Impairment Reversal Also Lifts Bottom Line

SEBON Charts Five-Year Reform Path for Nepal’s IPO Market, but Execution Will Decide the Outcome

Garima Bikas Bank’s Profit Rises 35 Percent, but Lower Impairment Charges Do Much of the Heavy Lifting

Lumbini Bikas Bank’s Profit Surges on Sharp Fall in Credit-Loss Provisioning

NEPSEtrading

Primary issues

Income & debt

Live market

Read & learn

NEPSE Trading Network

Insights & Analysis

All Articles — Page 12

Signs of Recovery Emerge at State Enterprises, but Test of Sustainability Remains

104 Companies Queue for IPOs as Manufacturing and Hydropower Dominate Nepal’s Pipeline

NEPSE Ends Week Lower as Technical Chart Keeps Recovery Unconfirmed

Nepal’s Banks Are Flush With Money, but Credit Is Not Following

Nepal’s Digital Payments Surge, but Weak KYC and Cyber Controls Raise Risks

Upper Mailung Khola Turns Profitable as Power Sales Rise and Finance Costs Ease

Support Laghubitta’s Profit Surges 181%, but Impairment Reversal Also Lifts Bottom Line

SEBON Charts Five-Year Reform Path for Nepal’s IPO Market, but Execution Will Decide the Outcome

Garima Bikas Bank’s Profit Rises 35 Percent, but Lower Impairment Charges Do Much of the Heavy Lifting

Lumbini Bikas Bank’s Profit Surges on Sharp Fall in Credit-Loss Provisioning