Nepal’s external trade increased by 13 percent in the first seven months of the current 2024-25 fiscal year as the country posted a surge in both imports and exports, according to figures released on Thursday. The total trade stood at 8.03 billion U.S. dollars by mid-February, up from 7.09 billion dollars during the same period...
US President Donald Trump has described Nepal’s aid as a fraud. In a White House press conference, President Trump described Nepal’s federalism aid as a fraud.”$20 million for ‘fiscal federalism’ in Nepal. Listen to these numbers. This is all fraud,” said Trump. “$19 million for biodiversity conservation in Nepal.”The Trump administration has now cancelled both...
The Indian Government will take all necessary steps to ensure the safety, security, and well-being of Nepali students in India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday (February 21, 2025), days after a student from the country was found dead at a prominent higher educational institution in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The incident sparked off...
Artists from China’s Sichuan Province performed twice in the Nepali capital on Friday to mark the Chinese New Year and the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nepal. The performance on Friday evening was dedicated to Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other government departments. A rich variety of shows...
The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) has requested its government to regulate the inflow of edible oil from Nepal and other Saarc countries, claiming that these imports have been flouting rules of origin, bypassing trade regulations, and severely impacting India’s domestic refiners, farmers, and government revenue. The Post recently had an article on Nepal’s...
CPN (Maoist Center) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the tripartite power trade deal signed by Nepal with India and Bangladesh has become a milestone. Chair Dahal expressed such a view during the meeting with office-bearers of Independent Power Producers’ Association Nepal (IPPAN) today. The CPN (Maoist Center)-led government had signed a tripartite power...
Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba met her Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, in Muscat, Oman, on Sunday. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two ministers discussed various aspects of Nepal-India relations, focusing on mutual interests, bilateral cooperation, and recent diplomatic engagements. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference....
Nepal Foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba has termed ties with India ‘very good’, with focus on development of hydropower projects. The comments come in the backdrop of her bilateral meeting with EAM Dr S Jaishankar on the sidelines of Indian Ocean Conference in Muscat, Oman. Speaking to WION’s Sidhant Sibal, Deuba said, ‘We have always...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has stressed the need for establishing a new economic zone involving Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan. “The process has begun. This process should be accelerated so that the economic zone could be established,” he told a programme, hosted by Bangladesh Administrative Service Association (BASA), at Bangladesh-China Friendship Centre in Dhaka...
The US government has cancelled $39 million in aid allocated for Nepal’s federalism and biodiversity conservation projects. The funding included $20 million for fiscal federalism and $19 million for biodiversity conservation, the US Department of Government Efficiency said in a post on X. US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items,...