Nepal Purbadhar

शनिबार, बैशाख १५, २०८१
Saturday, April 27, 2024
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शनिबार, बैशाख १५, २०८१
Saturday, April 27, 2024
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4th Nepal Infrastructure Conference concludes

4th Nepal Infrastructure Conference concludes

KATHMANDU: The 4th Nepal Infrastructure Summit concluded on Friday after extensive discussions on various dynamics of infrastructure, especially focusing on private investment in the infrastructure sector. The two-day event was jointly organized by the Confederation

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More investment in infrastructure stressed

More investment in infrastructure stressed

KATHMANDU: The speakers at the fifth session of the Nepal Infrastructure Conference 2022 highlighted the necessity of planned and strategic development of infrastructure in the country.   They expressed views at a session entitled 'Government

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Achieving SDGs still challenging for Nepal

Achieving SDGs still challenging for Nepal

KATHMANDU: An investment worth Rs30.38 trillion is required for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 2016 to 2030. The need identification, cost estimation and financial strategy report for the SDGs prepared by

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Private Sector Leads Leapfrogging in Electricity Generation

Private Sector Leads Leapfrogging in Electricity Generation

KATHMANDU: Up until 1990 when multiparty democracy was restored in Nepal, total electricity generation was hardly 176 MW with private sector contribution of only 9.4 MW. Almost a decade later, the budget for the fiscal

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Stories of infrastructure not always bitter, some stand out

Stories of infrastructure not always bitter, some stand out

KATHMANDU: The problem regarding infrastructure projects not being completed on time is always a hot topic that has been debated for a long time, from small meetings to large conferences. This is also the issue

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Uncertainty of returns keeps private sector from investing in infrastructures

Uncertainty of returns keeps private sector from investing in infrastructures

KATHMANDU: A decade ago, Nepal Infrastructure Development Company Limited came up with an ambitious plan to build a four-lane tunnel expressway connecting the capital city to Hetauda. The government also granted permission to the private

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Big projects, big failures

Big projects, big failures

KATHMANDU: In 1960, Santa Bahadur Pun, then an intermediate, had no idea about what subject to choose for the next academic level.  Some hydropower experts suggested that he pursue hydro-engineering. The only reason for encouraging

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Nepal’s infrastructure development and low participation of the private sector

Nepal’s infrastructure development and low participation of the private sector

Basic infrastructure projects have not yet been developed in Nepal as this sector is still not on high priority of the government. Ninety percent of the infrastructure sector is in the hands of the government.

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Private sector, infrastructure development, way forward

Private sector, infrastructure development, way forward

Nepal is wedged between China and India, the world's largest markets that can be lucrative markets for Nepali products. Even if Nepal is a small economy, the issue of how to be competitive in the international

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Legally powerful IBN, powerless in practice

Legally powerful IBN, powerless in practice

KATHMANDU: Fed up with the excessively slow delivery of big infrastructure projects, then Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai came to the conclusion that country needs a dedicated powerful body to promote and facilitate large-scale investment.