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What’s
really behind Nepal’s LPG crisis? Everything you
need to know , by Binod Dhakal (nn 12/08/2026)
Gas
shortages require swift government response
(kp 11/08/2026), LPG
crisis deepens as consumers continue to queue
despite supply assurances (kh 11/08/2026), Pokhara LPG
shortage persists despite increased supply (kh
12/08/2026)
Plainclothes
police to be deployed to curb LPG black marketing
(kh 09/08/2026), Gas
imports rise as market shortage begins to ease
(kh 09/08/2026), No
LPG shortage, No need to stockpile unnecessary
cylinders’ (kh 09/08/2026) [??]
Sarlahi
farmers finally home, but the fertiliser crisis
remains , by Shiva Puri (kp 08/08/2026)
Govt
urges consumers to report LPG shortage, black
marketing (kh 06/08/2026)
Nepal
Oil Corporation says no shortage of cooking gas
(kh 01/08/2026), Gas
shortages reported after Nepal Oil resumes sale of
full cylinders, by Krishana Prasain (kp
01/08/2026), Rapid
response team formed to ease LP gas supply (kh
05/08/2026)
Farmers
Need Fertilizer, Not Promises : Nepal must replace
annual fertilizer shortages with a reliable,
timely and equitable distribution system that puts
farmers first (rep 23/07/2026)
Govt
supplies 561,494 metric tonnes of chemical
fertilizer in FY 2025/26 (kh 18/07/2026)
Fertiliser
shortage leaves farmers scrambling amid tighter
border checks : Farmers are searching across
borders and cooperative depots for scarce chemical
fertiliser, with some forced to transplant without
it and others facing difficulties bringing
supplies from India, by Kamal Panthi et al.
(kp 10/07/2026)
Over
512,000 metric tones of fertilizer distributed:
Agriculture Minister (kh 07/07/2026)
Petroleum
supply and distribution back to normal: Nepal Oil
Corporation (kh 01/07/2026)
Around
210,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer to be imported
by mid-August (kh 01/07/2026)
Beyond
fertiliser: Why decision-making is important for
Nepal’s investment framework : What began as a
fertiliser proposal has evolved into a test of
institutional confidence, foreign investment, and
economic transformation, by Benjamin Becker
(kp 19/06/2026)
Nepal
trims India fertiliser import plan to 50,000
tonnes as global prices ease : Decision comes as
prices fall and procurement strategy is revised,
but farmers continue to face pressure during peak
paddy planting period, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/06/2026)
Five
years on, organic fertilizer and biogas plant in
Khotang still not operational (rn 25/05/2026)
The
growing threat to Nepal’s food security, by
Mani Dahal (nn 13/05/2026)
Nepal
turns to India for emergency fertiliser import as
global prices surge : Cabinet gives in-principle
nod to procure 80,000 tonnes under G2G deal amid
war-driven supply disruption and looming monsoon
demand, by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/05/2026), Farmers
wait all day for fertilizer, denied at the counter
: As farmers endure more than 4-hour lines for
just 10 kg, a widening gap of 750,000 vs 500,000
metric tons persists, with 7,500 metric tons
frozen in buffer stock pending federal approval,
by Anil Shrestha (nn 05/05/2026)
Nepal
has cooking gas, but no cylinders as half-fill
keeps them at homes : Producers warn of idle gas
stock and safety risks as consumers hoard
cylinders and illegal refilling rises amid ongoing
supply uncertainty, by Krishana Prasain (kp
01/05/2026), Nepal
is a 13-day country : The country’s strategic
stockpile of petroleum lasts less than 2 weeks, it
must legislate against future energy shocks,
by Ashutosh Dev (nt 01/05/2026)
The
10-day country: Why Nepal must legislate its way
out of the energy crisis, by Ashutosh Dev (ht
13/04/2026)
Smooth
supplies of fertilisers stressed (kh
12/04/2026)
A
Looming Food Crisis in Nepal: Global Shocks,
Structural Dependency, and the Double Burden of
Geopolitics : Food supply chains are tightening at
the very moment Nepal’s dependence on imports is
at its highest, by Jagannath Adhikari (The
Commons 10/04/2026)
Ensuring
food security during turmoil : Least developed and
landlocked countries are the hardest hit by the
Gulf conflict, by Purushottam Ojha (kp
10/04/2026)
Nepal’s
Borrowed Resilience: Fuel Dependence and Fragility
: Nepal is a low-energy country with paradoxically
high fuel vulnerability, by Ram C Acharya (rep
08/04/2026)
Fuel
frenzy : Nepal cannot bear the brunt of external
shocks without a buffer of energy and food
security (kp 07/04/2026)
The
global fertiliser crisis may hit Nepal hard this
plantation season : Nepal needs 250,000 tonnes of
fertiliser for paddy cultivation. Around 183,000
likely to be available, by Sangam Prasain and
Seema Tamang (kp 01/04/2026)
Nepal
proposes gas pipeline, storage facility from
Motihari to Sarlahi amid supply concerns (kh
24/03/2026)
Rumours,
Hoarding and the LPG Supply Challenge (rep
16/03/2026), Department
finds 6,377 gas cylinders stored to create
artificial shortage (kh 16/03/2026), Fine
hoarders, fix the supply chain system (rep
18/03/2026)
Gas
black marketing reported in Siraha amid shortage
(kh 10/03/2026), Kathmandu
frets over cooking gas, but oil corporation says
supply normal : Thailand, Vietnam, India and
Bangladesh roll out energy-saving measures, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 11/03/2026), Phantom
scarcity : We are a nation haunted by ghosts of
past shortages. Yet there seems to be enough LPG
for everyone (kp 12/03/2026), Cooking
gas to be distributed in half cylinders amid
shortage (kh 12/03/2026), Consumers
queue for hours as gas shortage hits Kathmandu :
Half-filled cylinder distribution begins today,
by Dilip Paudel and Shree Ram Subedi (rep
13/03/2026)
A
decade of delay: How NOC inaction created a fuel
crisis in waiting : Middle East tensions expose
Nepal's fuel vulnerability, trigger panic buying,
by Rajesh Khanal (rep 02/03/2026), Petrol
sales in Kathmandu Valley nearly double amid
Middle East tension, holiday rush (rep
02/03/2026)
Cooking
gas supply to ease within a week : After weeks of
disruption in the Valley, authorities claim
distribution has improved and urge consumers to
avoid panic buying (kp 17/02/2026)
Cooking
gas shortage persists in Valley ahead of polls :
NOC blames high demand and refinery disruption,
consumer groups allege market irregularities as
inspections begin (kp 12/02/2026)
Authorities
step up monitoring amid cooking gas shortage
(kh 10/02/2026), Authorities
initiate measures to ease cooking gas supply
(kh 11/02/2026), Nepal
Oil Corporation starts direct LPG sales from Teku
office amid market shortage (kh 11/02/2026), Inspection
ritual continues as LPG shortage hits households
(rep 11/02/2026)
Nepal
faces acute cooking gas shortage (kh
03/02/2026), No
shortage of LPG gas, says NOC (rep
03/02/2026), Valley
short on LPG as refinery maintenance, transport
delays bite : Nepal Oil Corporation blames
irregular imports from India and panic hoarding,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 04/02/2026), NOC
urges public not to stock cooking gas, claims
adequate supply ensured in market (rep
04/02/2026)
LPG
supply under scrutiny as NOC rejects shortage
claims (rep 29/01/2026), Households
feel strain as LPG shortage hits consumers
(rep 30/01/2026)
Rice
and paddy import soars 46 percent over erratic
rainfall and floods (rep 27/11/2025)
‘Online
system’ to ensure chemical fertilizers reach
farmers: Agriculture Minister (kh 09/11/2025)
Food
Security Essential For Prosperity, by Hari
Bahadur KC (rn 16/10/2025)
Upper
Dolpa faces rice shortage ahead of Dashain :
Locals forced to buy expensive rice amid empty
depots, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp
29/09/2025)
Mountain
goats reach markets ahead of Dashain (kh
28/09/2025)
Fuel
supply eases at petrol pumps: NOC (rep
27/09/2025)
Government
agency not to sell goats this Dashain. Metropolis
won’t inspect animal health : Officials say
conditions of roads and environment of fear
discouraged them from selling goats and carrying
out inspection of animals brought to Kathmandu
Valley for Dashain (kp 25/09/2025)
Not
enough to eat : Nepal cannot falter on its most
basic constitutional duty to adequately feed all
its citizens (kp 02/09/2025)
Chemical
fertilizer plant to be operational by 2028 (ae
02/09/2025)
Fertilizer
Shortage: Time to Take Decisive Action (rep
17/08/2025), IOC
shows interest in investing in fertilizer factory,
by Dilip Paudel (rep 17/08/2025), Nepal’s
fertilizer crisis: A symptom of a broken
agricultural supply chain, by Ravindra Kumar
Yadav and Amar Prashad Gupta (ae 18/08/2025)
Chemical
fertilizers arrive via Kolkata port: STC (kh
16/08/2025)
Public
Procurement Act blamed for delayed fertilizer
delivery, by Upendra Lamichhane (rep
15/08/2025)
No
budget to meet fertilizer demand: Agriculture
Minister (kh 14/08/2025)
Ministry
of Agriculture working to ensure smooth supply of
chemical fertilizers (kh 10/08/2025)
Take
Measures to Address Persistent Shortage of
Chemical Fertilizers (rep 01/07/2025) [Governments come and go all the
time, but the real problems of the country are of
no interest to the politicians in charge!]
Nepal's
supply chain crisis: Food, commodity pressures
amid regional unrest, by Vidhu Prakash
Kayastha (ht 10/06/2025)
Short
on fertilisers, again : Creating a buffer stock in
every province and ensuring sufficient supply is
the lasting solution (kp 05/06/2025)
Fertiliser
shortage pushes Lumbini farmers to lean on costly
imports, by Sanju Paudel (kp 01/06/2025)
Govt
to increase chemical fertilizer supply to 600,000
metric tons (rep 30/05/2025)
Nepal
still awaits chemical fertilizer factory after
four decades of delay (rep 28/05/2025)
Milk
shortage: Chitwan milk industry shuts down for a
month (rep 28/05/2025)
Fertilizer shortage
hits Nuwakot farmers (ae 20/05/2025)
Government eases
chemical fertilizer procurement process (ae
01/05/2025)
Fertilizer shortage
worsens as 1,300 tons stuck at customs (ae
13/03/2025)
Dairy
flush puts everyone in trouble : On Sunday, Oli
said he had directed private dairies to settle
farmer dues. However, they have problems,
including stockpiles and payment delays (kp
17/02/2025)
Supply
Chain Risk and Mitigation for Landlocked Nepal,
by Rajan Sharma (rep 06/02/2025)
Warehouse
has fertilizer, but farmers not getting it (rn
22/01/2025)
India
approves
export of
200,000 tons
of wheat
to Nepal
(kh
05/01/2025), India’s
wheat export
quota to Nepal
draws flak :
Indian
government has
allowed
200,000 tonnes
of wheat
export to
Nepal under a
quota system.
But traders
say it’s late
as Nepal’s new
harvest starts
soon (kp
07/01/2025)
Saipal
braces for an
impending salt
shortage : The
Salt Trading
Corporation
Limited has
yet to sign a
deal with the
supplier to
transport the
kitchen
essential to
the remote
region, by
Basant Pratap
Singh (kp
02/01/2025)
Nepal’s
mountainous
north nears
starvation
(rep
25/10/2024)
Hatiyagola
food depot in
Sankhusabha
sees short of
rice for past
15 months
(rn
09/10/2024)
Goat
demand up in
Valley as
Dashain travel
is curtailed :
Live goat
priced from
Rs630 to Rs700
per kg this
Dashain.
Damage to
roads caused
by floods and
landslides has
hampered
vehicular
movement
(kp
09/10/2024)
Drone
takes relief
to
disaster-hit
families : In
a first for
Nepal, a
non-profit
uses a drone
to fly relief
to settlements
cut off by
floods and
landslides in
Kavre, by
Jyoti Shrestha
(kp
07/10/2024)
Two
state
suppliers trim
festival sugar
imports : The
government
permitted the
corporations
to import
30,000 tonnes
from India
through G-2-G
but only 6,000
tonnes would
be procured
(kp
07/10/2024) [This is very good news for people's health!]
Dashain
goods stranded on borders of China and
India : As the key highways remain
obstructed following floods and
landslides, there is little hope that
the consignments will arrive in
Kathmandu for festival, by Krishana
Prasain and Anish Tiwari (kp 03/10/2024)
Vegetable
supplies in Kathmandu drop 95 percent :
Traders warn that fresh vegetable prices
in the Capital may rise dramatically if
the highways connecting Kathmandu Valley
are not repaired soon (kp
30/09/2024), Kathmandu
veg supply drops 72 percent (ae
01/10/2024)
Sugar
shortage likely to repeat as festival
season begins : Government late again in
allowing imports. Last year, the price
jumped from Rs90 to Rs160 per kg on
panic buying, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 16/09/2024) [Eating
too much sugar is unhealthy anyway!]
Petroleum
products not to be distributed from NOC
depots on July 16 (kh 14/07/2024)
No shortage of
chemical fertilizers in Madhesh this
year (kh 11/07/2024)
Importance of
digitizing Nepal’s supply chain, by
Rajan Sharma (ae 05/07/2024)
Cooperatives
halt fertiliser supply in paddy season :
Most cooperatives in Parsa say quotas
allocated to them are small, which sows
seeds of quarrel with the farmers and
local politicians, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 04/07/2024)
Capital grapples
with petrol shortage as tanker drivers
protest (with photos), by Chirayu
Shakya (kh 17/06/2024), Tanker
drivers, NOC reach agreement,
fuel transport to resume today
(kh 17/06/2024), Fuel
crisis sparks chaos in Valley,
resolved by late afternoon :
Petroleum workers abruptly
stopped supplying to private
fuel stations demanding social
security coverage and minimum
wages, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 18/06/2024)
India
lifts onion export ban but traders say price in
Nepal could double : The neighbour shifted onion
export from ‘prohibited’ to ‘free’ but imposed a
minimum export price of $550 per tonne, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 06/05/2024) [And why is Nepal neglecting
agriculture and not growing enough onions
itself?]
Chemical
fertilizers imported from China being
transported to Kathmandu (rep 19/04/2024)
NOC
plans to set up chemical fertilizer factory to
reduce import dependency (rep 10/04/2024)
Hunger
is a Serious Problem in South Asia, by Hari
Prasad Shrestha (rep 06/04/2024)
Bajura
sells food grains, but reels under rice shortage
: Experts attribute growing preference among the
district residents for rice over local crops as
one of the factors for the scarcity, by
Arjun Shah (kp 28/02/2024)
Chemical
fertilizers stored in Tatopani customs warehouse
for 10 months (rep 20/02/2024)
Govt
urges early initiation of fertilizer procurement
process (rep 23/01/2024)
Onion
smuggling thrives after Indian export ban : The
staple has become expensive in Nepal. Due to the
price differences in Nepal and India, it has
become a lucrative business for smugglers,
insiders say (kp 08/01/2024)
India’s
export quota on non-basmati rice to Nepal comes
with slew of restrictions : Rice importers say
under the current quota arrangement, imported
rice will be dearer by over 30 percent in the
local market (kp 05/01/2024)
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