Amid confusion over whether the Millennium Challenge Nepal Compact will continue, the US Embassy in Kathmandu said it is expecting a “constructive” outcome from the ongoing review. In April last week, after the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was then headed by the billionaire Elon Musk, decided to shut down MCC’s global operations,...
KATHMANDU, June 18: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Nepal Compact will continue without interruption, following a specific exemption approved by the US Secretary of State in February 2025. The exemption allows the compact to proceed with full implementation, despite an ongoing US government review of foreign assistance programs. The US Embassy in Kathmandu, in a...
KATHMANDU, June 19: China has proposed reviewing the $500 entry fee required for foreign nationals to visit Upper Mustang. Chinese government officials made the proposal to the Government of Nepal, claiming the entry fee imposed by the Department of Immigration is expensive. Since Upper Mustang is a semi-restricted area, foreigners are required to pay $500...
Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba has said that joint partnership and connectivity form the foundation for shared prosperity between Nepal and India. Inaugurating the Nepal-India Strategic Dialogue in Kathmandu on Thursday, she called for speeding up cooperation in trade, transit and investment and for greater economic partnership through connectivity. She also stated that the security...
KATHMANDU, June 12: The European Union (EU) has placed Nepal on its updated list of high-risk third-country jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorist financing, following a similar move earlier this year by the global watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF). In a statement released on Tuesday, the European Commission said that ten countries, including Nepal,...
KATHMANDU, June 12: A delegation of the Nepali Congress (NC), led by senior party leader and former minister Bal Bahadur KC, is set to visit China. The 17-member team will depart for China on Friday. Ahead of the visit, KC held a meeting with party President Sher Bahadur Deuba. According to his personal secretariat, KC...
Leaders of Nepal’s communist parties have been frequently visiting China. Just a few weeks ago, former President Bidya Devi Bhandari, in her capacity as a CPN-UML leader, led a 14-member delegation on a 10-day visit to China. In April, a team led by Dinanath Sharma, a secretary of the CPN (Maoist Centre), also visited China....
India has presented 40 ambulances to various health institutions in Nepal, aiming to bolster the country’s healthcare infrastructure. The handover ceremonies took place simultaneously in Kathmandu, Birgunj, Pokhara, and Dharan, with representatives from the Indian Embassy and Consulate General overseeing the events. In Kathmandu, the keys to the vehicles were handed over by Prasanna Shrivastava,...
KATHMANDU, June 10: Thirteen Nepali literary works have been selected for translation into Chinese as part of a bilateral agreement between Nepal’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and China’s National Administration of Press and Publication. The agreement, signed during Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s official visit to China in 2023, aims to promote...
Baniyani (Jhapa), June 11: Ambassador of China to Nepal, Chen Song, has been engaged in an observation tour of various agricultural and small industries in Jhapa. He is participating in social and educational programmes here since Tuesday. On Tuesday, Ambassador Chen observed a rice processing industry at Muda located in Arjundhara-10 and an industry for...