Saturday 3rd January 2026
Kathmandu – There is intense competition in investment expansion between the two reinsurance companies operating in Nepal—government-owned Nepal Reinsurance Company and private sector–run Himalayan Reinsurance Company. Both companies are actively expanding their investments across various sectors, including fixed deposits in banks and financial institutions, ordinary shares of public companies,...
Kathmandu – The Chairman of Neco Insurance Company, Ramesh Kumar Niraula, has asked Chief Executive Officer Ashok Kumar Khadka to resign from his position following concerns raised by the insurance regulator over Khadka’s recent political activities. The issue arose after CEO Khadka participated in the 11th General Convention of...
Kathmandu – Nabil Bank has announced that it will no longer provide critical illness treatment and term life insurance facilities to its customers. According to the bank, the services—currently offered to individual saver customers—will be discontinued. The bank has issued a notice stating that the critical illness treatment and term life insurance facilities it has been providing to savers will be stopped effective from...
Kathmandu – The Chairman of Neco Insurance Company, Ramesh Kumar Niraula, has asked Chief Executive Officer Ashok Kumar Khadka to resign from his position following concerns raised by the insurance regulator over Khadka’s recent political activities. The issue arose after CEO Khadka participated in the 11th General Convention of the CPN-UML and contested as a candidate for the party’s...
Editorial For the Nepal Insurance Authority (NIA), the past seven months have been marked not by regulatory breakthroughs, but by turmoil. The nation’s apex insurance watchdog has seen two of its most senior leaders fall under scrutiny—one acquitted, the other suspended—and now stands cautiously under interim leadership. These events, unfolding one after another, have exposed not just the fragility...
Kathmandu – There is intense competition in investment expansion between the two reinsurance companies operating in Nepal—government-owned Nepal Reinsurance Company and private sector–run Himalayan Reinsurance Company. Both companies are actively expanding their investments across various sectors, including fixed deposits in banks and financial institutions, ordinary shares of public companies, as well as projects related to solar energy, education, health,...
Kathmandu – Commercial banks in Nepal have earned a total profit of Rs 13.14 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2082/83, according to the financial statements made public by the banks. The figure represents a double-digit decline compared to the same period last fiscal year, when banks had earned Rs 16.18 billion. Out of the 20 commercial banks, the profits of 15 banks have decreased,...
