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Cooperative3 min read
125 Depositors, Smallest First: Inside the Slow Grind of Cooperative Refunds
Yet the honest interpretation is one of cautious, incremental progress rather than resolution. The system works, but slowly, and only to the extent that money can be recovered from those who took it. For the depositors paid in this first phase, the relief is real and immediate. For everyone still waiting — especially those with larger balances — the harder truth remains: their recovery is a function not of promises, but of how much of the vanished money can actually be found and returned.
Dipesh Ghimire22 Jul, 2026
Nepal Clearing House Limited 3 min read
What NCHL's New Fee Chart Really Tells Us About the Cost of Going Cashless
Taken as a whole, the schedule is far more than a regulatory disclosure. It is a coherent strategy hidden in a fee table: free at the bottom to win mass adoption, flat and modest in the middle to stay painless, gently steering users from paper to digital, and deliberately cheap on tax payments to support formalisation. The six-monthly disclosure requirement itself adds a layer of transparency, forcing the operator to keep these choices in public view. The real question the numbers raise is not whether the fees are affordable — they plainly are — but whether pricing this low can be sustained as transaction volumes explode, and who ultimately bears the cost of running the rails that increasingly carry Nepal's economy.
Dipesh Ghimire22 Jul, 2026
Department of Commerce3 min read
Small Fines, Big Signal: What the Department's Latest Market Sweep Reveals
Ultimately, this sweep is best understood not as a one-off crackdown but as a snapshot of routine enforcement. The department frames these as regular inspections carried out under the Consumer Protection Act, 2075, and its accompanying 2076 regulations — a continuous, low-intensity presence rather than a dramatic intervention. The real test of such a model is whether steady, repeated checks gradually raise the baseline of compliance across the market, or whether businesses simply absorb the occasional small fine as a minor cost of doing business. On the evidence of this round, where warnings vastly outnumbered penalties, that question remains open.
Dipesh Ghimire22 Jul, 2026
Iran-US War3 min read
Two Chokepoints, One Crisis: How the Iran-US War Could Squeeze the World's Oil Lifeline
Taken together, the developments point to a conflict that is expanding along three axes at once — militarily across the Gulf, economically along the oil routes, and politically from Washington to Beirut. For analysts, the central worry is no longer just who prevails between Iran and the United States, but whether the world's energy supply and trade arteries can withstand pressure on two chokepoints simultaneously. Until either the strikes ease or the sea lanes are secured, the risk premium on Middle Eastern stability — and on the oil the world depends on — will only keep rising.
Dipesh Ghimire22 Jul, 2026
CB Lama3 min read
Behind the Rs 8 Billion Cooperative Scam: How CB Lama Turned Depositors' Savings Into Land, Colleges and Hospitals
For the thousands still waiting on their money, however, the arrest is only a partial reckoning. Recovering Rs 8 billion tied up in land and businesses registered under individuals is a slow, contested legal process — one that typically outlasts the headlines. Lama's return to custody answers the question of accountability, but the harder question, whether ordinary depositors will ever be made whole, remains firmly unanswered.
Dipesh Ghimire22 Jul, 2026
Nepal's Banks6 min read
Nepal's Banks Are Pouring Money Into Construction — The Question Is Whether the Sector Can Handle It
Nepal has learned that lesson before. The question is whether the lesson has been retained well enough to make this lending cycle different from the ones that came before it.
Dipesh Ghimire21 Jul, 2026
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NEPSE8 min read
The North American Trade Order Is Breaking Down — And Nobody Knows How to Stop It
Supply chains, once reorganized, rarely reorganize back. The longer this conflict continues without resolution, the more permanent its structural effects become. That is perhaps the most important thing to understand about what is happening between the United States and Canada right now. It is not just a trade dispute. It is a test of whether the economic architecture of North America — built on the assumption of stable, rules-based, mutually beneficial integration — can survive a period of deliberate disruption by the most powerful participant in the system.
Dipesh Ghimire21 Jul, 2026
Train5 min read
One Train, Three Days, and a Trade Route Two Years in the Making
The industrialists of Morang and Sunsari are right to be cautiously optimistic. The service has launched. The route is proven. The diplomatic and regulatory groundwork has been laid. But the true measure of this development will come not from Monday's arrival, but from whether a cargo train from Kolkata is still arriving in Biratnagar six months from now — quietly, routinely, and without anyone needing to wave a green flag.
Dipesh Ghimire21 Jul, 2026
Nepal's Energy5 min read
Nepal's Energy Ambition on Paper Is Enormous — But Can the Country Actually Build It?
What it has not yet fully solved is the harder problem: turning those licenses into running turbines, those approved transmission corridors into energized lines, and those royalty projections into reliable revenue for communities that have waited decades to see the rivers outside their windows become something more than scenery.
Dipesh Ghimire21 Jul, 2026
Nepal's Capital Market 5 min read
Nepal's Capital Market at a Crossroads: Government Signals Major Policy Shift
For ordinary investors who have watched their portfolios suffer through years of policy paralysis and market volatility, the signals from Monday's meeting offer cautious hope. The roadmap exists. The political will appears to be there. What remains to be written is the chapter on delivery.
Dipesh Ghimire21 Jul, 2026

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All Articles — Page 14

125 Depositors, Smallest First: Inside the Slow Grind of Cooperative Refunds

What NCHL's New Fee Chart Really Tells Us About the Cost of Going Cashless

Small Fines, Big Signal: What the Department's Latest Market Sweep Reveals

Two Chokepoints, One Crisis: How the Iran-US War Could Squeeze the World's Oil Lifeline

Behind the Rs 8 Billion Cooperative Scam: How CB Lama Turned Depositors' Savings Into Land, Colleges and Hospitals

Nepal's Banks Are Pouring Money Into Construction — The Question Is Whether the Sector Can Handle It

The North American Trade Order Is Breaking Down — And Nobody Knows How to Stop It

One Train, Three Days, and a Trade Route Two Years in the Making

Nepal's Energy Ambition on Paper Is Enormous — But Can the Country Actually Build It?

Nepal's Capital Market at a Crossroads: Government Signals Major Policy Shift

NEPSEtrading

Primary issues

Income & debt

Live market

Read & learn

NEPSE Trading Network

Insights & Analysis

All Articles — Page 14

125 Depositors, Smallest First: Inside the Slow Grind of Cooperative Refunds

What NCHL's New Fee Chart Really Tells Us About the Cost of Going Cashless

Small Fines, Big Signal: What the Department's Latest Market Sweep Reveals

Two Chokepoints, One Crisis: How the Iran-US War Could Squeeze the World's Oil Lifeline

Behind the Rs 8 Billion Cooperative Scam: How CB Lama Turned Depositors' Savings Into Land, Colleges and Hospitals

Nepal's Banks Are Pouring Money Into Construction — The Question Is Whether the Sector Can Handle It

The North American Trade Order Is Breaking Down — And Nobody Knows How to Stop It

One Train, Three Days, and a Trade Route Two Years in the Making

Nepal's Energy Ambition on Paper Is Enormous — But Can the Country Actually Build It?

Nepal's Capital Market at a Crossroads: Government Signals Major Policy Shift