Tuesday 18th August 2026
Kathmandu — Earnings per share (EPS) has emerged as one of the key indicators investors use to assess a company’s financial health and earnings quality. EPS shows how much profit a company generates for each share by dividing its after-tax profit by the total number of shares. Since an...
Kathmandu — All 14 life insurance companies operating in Nepal have published their fourth-quarter financial statements for fiscal year 2025/26 (2082/83). According to the reports, the combined life insurance fund grew by 16.76 percent year-on-year to NPR 942.64 billion, up from NPR 807.36 billion in the previous fiscal year...
Kathmandu — IME Life Insurance Company Limited has completed nine years of life insurance operations and entered its 10th year today. The company formally began life insurance business on August 17, 2017, and has expanded significantly over the past nine years. According to its unaudited fourth-quarter financial results for fiscal year 2025/26, IME Life ranked first among Nepal’s 14 life insurance companies in terms...
Kathmandu — Earnings per share (EPS) has emerged as one of the key indicators investors use to assess a company’s financial health and earnings quality. EPS shows how much profit a company generates for each share by dividing its after-tax profit by the total number of shares. Since an increase in the number of shares can reduce EPS, investors...
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 — The Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled that the issuance of Himalayan Reinsurance Limited’s initial public offering (IPO) at a premium price was not carried out in accordance with the law. In its recently published full verdict, the Court held that both the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) and the Nepal Insurance Authority (NIA) failed to comply...
Kathmandu — Commercial banks in Nepal earned nearly NPR 70 billion in net profit during fiscal year 2025/26. According to the fourth-quarter financial statements published by 20 commercial banks, the banks posted a combined net profit of NPR 69.87 billion. The combined profit increased by 32.27 percent, or NPR 17.05 billion, compared with the previous fiscal year. Commercial banks had earned a combined net profit of NPR 52.82 billion...
