Nepal has restricted imports of non-essential goods - including cars, cosmetics and gold - after its foreign currency reserves dropped.
It comes as a fall in tourism spending and money sent home by Nepalis working abroad helped drive up government debt.
Nepal's foreign currency reserves fell by more than 16 per cent to 1.17 trillion Nepali rupees in the seven months to the middle of February.
Over the same period, the amount of money sent to Nepal by people working abroad fell by almost five per cent.
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