Festivals bring hopes of economic recovery but virus, politics could be spoilsports

How the country’s economy fares in the coming months will depend, to a large degree, on whether it can avoid a third virus wave and maintain political harmony.

Baburam Karki, owner of a men's clothing shop at Watu, New Road, reached his store early Saturday morning, even though it was the weekend that he usually spent with family. He was working extra hours to make up for the business and earnings lost to the coronavirus disaster.