

Consumers making purchases worth more than Rs100 can enter the scheme, with one daily winner taking home Rs133,034 and two monthly winners receiving Rs1 million each. Consumers who ask for tax inv...

KATHMANDU, July 16: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has postponed the implementation of the variance analysis provision under the Working Capital Loan Guidelines, 2022 by another year, providing relief to ...
KATHMANDU, July 16: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has fixed the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio for large passenger electric vehicles (EVs) at 80 percent, implementing a provision introduced in the monetary po...

Kathmandu. Banks and financial institutions will be able to show the interest earned until July 30 as income for this year. The central bank has given this exemption by making special arrangements...

13th July 2026, Kathmandu Nepal Rastra Bank has officially finalized a shortlist of eleven prominent domestic travel agencies to manage its international air ticketing and travel logistics. NRB S...
10th July 2026, Kathmandu Excel Development Bank Limited has officially integrated into the Real Time Gross Settlement payment network managed and operated by Nepal Rastra Bank. Excel Bank Joins ...
KATHMANDU, July 8: Lawmakers have registered amendment proposals to the Nepal Rastra Bank (Third Amendment) Bill, 2026, seeking to make the appointment of at least one woman to the central bank's B...

NRB keeps key policy rates unchanged, eases lending for EVs and stressed borrowers, while warning that geopolitical tensions and climate risks could threaten inflation and growth targets. Nepal’s ...

Agriculture, construction, and deprived-sector lending lead the default wave. Loans extended by banks and financial institutions to sectors where the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) requires mandatory len...

Kathmandu. The central bank is currently in the process of formulating the monetary policy. Every year, Nepal Rastra Bank brings out a monetary policy with the objective of achieving the economic g...

Kathmandu. Experts have stressed that the upcoming monetary policy should come with a long-term vision rather than a short-term one. Speaking at the 'Decoding Modern Banking for Economic Journalist...
KATHMANDU, June 25: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has tightened provisions governing the capitalization of interest on loans extended to long-term projects during their moratorium period.

KATHMANDU, June 25: The Nepal Rastra Bank Office in Dhangadhi has initiated the process of revoking the licence of Rastriya Money Changer Pvt Ltd, which operates from Mahendranagar in Kanchanpur.

KATHMANDU, June 24: The Nepal Rastra Bank has announced plans to absorb Rs 70 billion from the banking system for 79 days through a bidding process as part of its liquidity management measures.

Controlled testing framework will allow banks, fintechs and payment companies to trial new products before commercial launch The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has drafted Regulatory Sandbox Guidelines a...
23rd June 2026, Kathmandu Nepal Rastra Bank has officially started the process to transfer the collection, processing, and regular publication of the Consumer Price Index to the National Statistic...
KATHMANDU, June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has fixed the foreign exchange rates for today.

KATHMANDU, June 21: The credit deposit (CD) ratio of commercial banks in Nepal has declined to as low as 48.30 percent, far below the regulatory ceiling of 90 percent fixed by Nepal Rastra Bank (NR...

Kathmandu. Nepal Rastra Bank Governor Dr. Vishwanath Poudel has demanded that the central bank be given special and decisive authority to immediately resolve potential banking and financial crises ...
19th June 2026, Kathmandu Nepal Rastra Bank has officially introduced its statutory Regulatory Sandbox operational framework. NRB Introduces Regulatory Sandbox The innovative mechanism was desig...

Kathmandu. Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has issued the “Guidelines on Regulatory Sandbox” to promote innovation in financial technology (fintech) and develop secure digital financial services. The guide...

KATHMANDU, June 18: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has introduced stricter disclosure requirements for transactions involving promoters’ shares of banks and financial institutions (BFIs), mandating detail...

KATHMANDU, June 17: Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) may soon be barred from leaving the posts of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other senior management positions vacant for more than thr...
17th June 2026, Kathmandu Nepal Rastra Bank has officially released an updated series of five hundred rupees banknotes into the national economy. NRB Releases New Banknotes The newly minted bill...

The Financial Intelligence Unit of the Nepal Rastra Bank released a serious message: trade-based money laundering (TBML) is no longer a remote threat; rather, it is a pattern increasingly found in ...

KATHMANDU, June 14: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has flagged serious challenges faced by banks and financial institutions (BFIs), warning that weak governance, rising bad loans, and regulatory evasion p...

KATHMANDU, June 14: Commercial banks in Nepal have published their new interest rates for the month of Asar (mid-June to mid-July), with seven banks lowering rates while 13 others keeping them unch...

A forensic examination of charge sheets reveals how corporate loans, paper land deals, share trading financed through credit, and alleged market manipulation converged in a 27-billion-rupee financi...

KATHMANDU, June 11: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has started a study to finalise the modality to set up the ‘sovereign wealth fund (SWF)’ in order to utilise the accumulated amount of excess foreign cur...

Kathmandu. Nepal Rastra Bank has determined the foreign exchange rate for today (Wednesday). Accordingly, the purchase rate for one US dollar has been set at 152 rupees 27 paisa and the selling rat...

KATHMANDU, June 9: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has relaxed the foreign currency rules for students looking to study abroad or already enrolled in foreign institutes.

Rather than shutting down domestic remittance services entirely, the central bank should consider constructive reforms. For many years, money sent by Nepalis working abroad has been central to bot...

Kathmandu. Nepal Rastra Bank Executive Director Guru Prasad Poudel has urged the government to give national recognition to the 'Green Finance Taxonomy'. Speaking at a program organized in the capi...
Nepal's migration economy is often narrated as a success story, and by conventional metrics, it is. Remittances totaled Rs 1,659.41 billion in the first nine months of 2025/26 - a 39.1 percent incr...
7th June 2026, Kathmandu Nepal Rastra Bank has successfully conducted a specialized training and interaction program focused on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism. NR...

Kathmandu. Nepal Rastra Bank has determined the foreign exchange rate for today (Sunday). According to this, the purchase rate for one US dollar has been set at 151 rupees 62 paisa and the selling ...

5th June 2026, Kathmandu Nepal Rastra Bank has officially announced that it will withdraw a staggering Rs 70 billion from the banking system. Nepal Rastra Bank liquidity This aggressive financia...

Kathmandu. Nepal Rastra Bank has determined the foreign exchange rate for today (Friday). Accordingly, the purchase rate for one US dollar has been set at 152 rupees 96 paisa and the selling rate a...

KATHMANDU, June 3: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has introduced stricter disclosure requirements for investors and payment service providers (PSPs), mandating detailed reporting of transactions and perso...
3rd June 2026, Kathmandu NRB has heavily amended and expanded its highly authoritative Integrated Directive on Payment Systems. NRB Payment Systems Directive This sweeping regulatory update spec...