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Trend

Commercial Justice and Nepal's Electricity Future

Er. Saroj Koirala
15 October, 2026

The Court's role is to determine the legality of administrative actions, not to function as an accounting office for electricity disputes.

Electricity, Gas Sector Leads Nepal's GDP Growth with 24.36 Percent Surge

Urja Khabar
15 October, 2026

Nepal’s electricity and gas sector recorded the highest growth of 24.36 percent in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025/26, emerging as the strongest-performing sector of the economy during the review period.

Nepal, World Bank Partner on Catastrophe Bond for Earthquake Risk

Urja Khabar
15 October, 2026

Nepal has partnered with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a member of the World Bank Group, to explore the development of a catastrophe bond aimed at strengthening the country’s financial preparedness for earthquakes and the damage they may cause.

NEWS

Electricity, Gas Sector Leads Nepal's GDP Growth with 24.36 Percent Surge

Nepal, World Bank Partner on Catastrophe Bond for Earthquake Risk

15 October, 2026

Bagmati Province Industries Use Just 41 Percent of Capacity with High Energy Cost

14 October, 2026

IMF Projects Nepal’s Growth to Remain Below 4 Percent as Oil Prices Surge

13 October, 2026

Remote Hatiya of Sankhuwasabha Receives National Grid Electricity

13 October, 2026

HYDROPOWER

Budhigandaki Flood Cuts Power to Thousands Households in Northern Gorkha

17 Hydropower Companies Seek Rs 20.82 Billion in Rights Shares

Flash Flood Damages Four 412 MW Hydropower Projects in Budhigandaki Corridor

IBN Approves Rs 21.17 Billion for Two Semi-Reservoir Hydropower Projects

OPINION

Commercial Justice and Nepal's Electricity Future

Engineering Resilience: The Future of Nepal’s Hydropower and Insurance

Rasuwa's Wake-UP Call: Rethinking Disaster Risk in Nepal

Nepal’s Transmission Pricing Milestone

Why a Double-Curvature Concrete Arch Dam Best Fits Budhigandaki Project?

Nepal’s Climate-Related Crisis Must Be Treated as a Global Crisis: PM Shah

URJA SPECIAL

Poor distribution system, the main bottleneck to efficient uses of electricity: Experts

The proposed electricity bill should address emerging issues of climate change, deregulation, and federalism

21 March, 2023

With India's approval, Nepal can now export up to 1200 MW of electricity

19 February, 2023

Govt hands over West Seti and SR-6 hydropower to Indian NHPC

19 August, 2022

From Ladakh to Everest, risk of floods from glacial lakes grows

9 April, 2021

INTERVIEW

International Law is the Key for Co-ordinating a Mutually Acceptable Balance of Interests in the Energy Sector

Oil, gas and hydrocarbons will continue to play the crucial role in the development of the global economy and in ensuring the well-being of nearly all countries for a long time to come, for many decades Q:We believe that oil is an instrument of political manipulation. The largest ever energy crisis of 1973 was ...

24 October, 2024

URJA-ECO LITERATURE

Old Tree and the Nightingale

WATER RESOURCE

Joint Secretary Sanjeeb Baral Elected as Vice President of ICID

Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project gets another three months extension to have its DPR finalized

Over 11,000 residents in Madhesh benefit from solar-powered water supply and irrigation projects

Construction of Sunkoshi-Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project starts

Nepal and Bangladesh schedule a bilateral talk to discuss water-related issues for Thursday

Video

‘रिटर्न पिरियड’को आधारमा मात्रै आयोजना सुरक्षित हुँदैन

जेन–जेड आन्दोलनले ल्याएको परिवर्तनपछि ऊर्जा क्षेत्रमा नयाँ आशा (भिडियो रिपोर्ट)

'अति विपन्न वर्गले पनि सहुलियत ऋण लिएर जलविद्युत्‌मा लगानी गर्ने व्यवस्था हुँदैछ'

'५ वर्षभित्र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय स्तरको सर्वस्वीकार्य आयोग बन्ने छ'

संसदमा ऊर्जासहित ३ मन्त्रालयको बजेटमाथि छलफल जारी [LIVE]

संसदमा नयाँ आर्थिक वर्षको बजेटमाथि छलफल

साताका ऊर्जा खबर | नवीकरणीय ऊर्जामार्फत कृषिको दिगो प्रवर्द्धन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय सम्मेलन

संसारलाई फन्काे मार्ने जीवा लामिछानेसँग ऊर्जा विकास, कूटनीति, पर्यावरण चिन्तन् र साहित्य मिश्रित 'संवाद'

नेपाल विश्वमै सस्तो हरित हाइड्रोजन उत्पादन गर्न सक्ने मुलुकमा पर्छ

BANK

Bhotekoshi–Trishuli Flood Puts Bank Loans of Rs 10 Billion at Risk

Tila-1 Hydropower Project Secures Rs 44.55 Billion Financial Closure

AI Offers Developing Economies a Lifeline; World Bank Urges Faster Readiness

Nabil Bank Marks 42 Years; Injects Rs 51 Billion into Nepal’s Energy Sector

SOLAR

Emerging Economies Turn to Solar as Costs Plunge

30 MW Dhalkebar-2 Solar Project Secures Rs 1.36 Billion Bank Financing

SOPPAN Provides 1,000 Solar LED Lights for Flood Victims

Solar Power Producers Urge Government to Scrap 10 Percent Energy Mix Cap

WIND

BIOGAS

KMC Reviving Teku Waste-to-Energy Plant as Circular Economy Initiative

Nepal is Losing Nearly 80 Billion Equivalent rupees from Forest Floor Biomass

Nepal's Biogas Potential: Multifold Benefits

Biogas plant installation in Dharan in final phase

PETROLEUM

Nepal imports petroleum of Rs 65.49 billion in two months, a surge of 73 percent

LPG Bottlers Pledge Normal Supply as Prithvi Highway Reopens

Oil Tops $100 per barrel, Nepal Faces Inflation Risk Amid Persisting Crisis

LPG Shortage Deepens Despite Govt's Pledge to Ease Supply

FEATURE

Bhotekoshi Flood: A Wake-Up Call for Stronger Disaster Preparedness

Kathmandu: The devastating flood that swept through the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli–Narayani river system on August 26 was not caused by unusually heavy rainfall, rather it was triggered by a massive high-altitude landslide involving glaciers and...

15 September, 2026

NEA Accelerates Distribution Upgrade Along East–West Highway to Curb Power Outages

NIA Plans Separate Insurance Premiums for Electric and Fuel-Powered Vehicles

Petroleum Import Tax Revenue Falls 1.73 Percent to Rs 113.58 Billion

PROFILE

Odd Hoftun: a Nepali Hero

Odd Hoftun was born in an engineering family, in Norway, in the late 1920s. He grew up around a power plant which his father operated. He had early exposure to power plants and was aware of the multiple positive impacts they could have on rural communities. Norway was a poor and devastated country in the aftermath of the Second World War. Odd was witness to how...