Closed shutters in Kathmandu show no respite from the volatile economy yet

A notice on Shop 509 at Kathmandu Mall in Kathmandu reads, “The shop owner has gone missing since January 15. The owner has 35 days from the date this notice was pasted to empty the space.”

The notice was put up there by Diwa Sapana JV, which has been awarded the contract to run the mall by the Employees’ Provident Fund . It told the ward office that it had to do this after the owners of Net Art Studio stopped responding to calls and messages.