Gold sales soar on pent-up purchases for weddings

Nepalis whose marriage plans were postponed are now busy making arrangements, mostly buying gold for jewellery.

Shekhar Maharjan and Rajani Dangol had decided to tie the knot a year ago. But the second wave of Covid-19 forced them to put their plan on hold as Nepal plunged into a public health disaster with daily caseloads rising to 9,000.