The Indian government has shown readiness to evacuate Nepali nationals stranded in Iran, following a request by the government of Nepal amidst the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict. The Indian government showed readiness upon a request from Nepal’s Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba. She requested the Indian government, through Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava, to include...
Indian nationals seeking work and study opportunities in China are travelling to Nepal’s Lumbini region to sit for Chinese language proficiency exams, citing limited test centres and long waiting periods in India. Jaydweep Kaur from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, travelled over 40 hours by train and road via Sunauli border to take the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK)...
Indian authorities unilaterally closed the Nepal-India border bridge for about two hours in Darchula on Monday without giving prior notice to the Nepali side. The Indian side closed the footbridge at 11:06 am on Monday, cutting off the key cross-border access at Darchula district headquarters. According to Chief District Officer (CDO) Anil Paudel, the Indian...
Chinese climbers of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, have expressed concern about the increasing pollution and uncontrolled overcrowding in the mountains. Mountaineers participating in the China-Nepal Everest Adventure Tourism and Culture Carnival-2025 organized by the Nepali Embassy in Beijing, narrated their experience of climbing the mountain and suggested that the Nepal government should pay...
Nepal and China are civilizational states, enjoying age-old links. These age-old relations were formalized on August 1, 1955 on the basis of Panchsheel – the five principles of peaceful co-existence, namely mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-aggression; non-interference in each other’s internal affairs equality and mutual benefit; and peaceful co-existence. The...
Kathmandu, June 18: The Consulate General of Nepal in Lhasa organized interactions in Lomanthang and Jomsom focusing on Nepal-China trade facilitation and border management. During the discussion in Lomanthang, Chairperson of Loghekar Damodarkunda Rural Municipality, Raju Bista, and Chairperson of Lomanthang Rural Municipality, Tashi Nurbu, along with other local representatives, participated actively in the dialogue....
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...