The foreign direct investment (FDI) commitment increased by a whopping 69.29 percent in the first half of the current fiscal year, which officials attributed to the revision of the minimum investment threshold for foreign investors. According to the Department of Industry, the FDI commitment totalled Rs22.33 billion for 226 projects during the review period. The...
hina appears to have completed the construction of a new dam in the country’s southwestern border regions, a project that could have far-reaching strategic implications for its southern neighbors India and Nepal, according to new satellite imagery. Mapcha Tsangpo River, which translates from Tibetan as “peacock,” is known as the Ghaghara in India and the...
As a small landlocked country between India and China, Nepal has long been considered a buffer state—a small country sandwiched between larger rival powers—with its challenging geography in the Himalayan mountain range lending to this conceptualization. Nepal has sought to maintain close ties with India and China. However, China and India’s economic rise as well...
Barely a week after a delegation from Yunnan Province of China left the country, another Chinese contingent is currently in Lumbini. Shi Yugang, deputy secretary of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Yunnan Provincial Committee, recently wrapped up his Nepal visit after meeting Vice President Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav and some ministers. The...
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the Indian side has expressed its unwillingness to buy electricity from hydropower projects built in Nepal with direct investments from China. Addressing a meeting of the parliamentary committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee at Singha Durbar on Wednesday, Prime Minister Dahal said that this matter...
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday said Nepal and China are close neighbours and reliable friends. “Our relations stand on the solid foundation of the ‘Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence’. We understand each other’s aspirations and sensitivities and extend support to each other in times of need in the spirit of true friendship,” said...
काठमाडौँ — नेपाल–भारत संयुक्त आयोगको सातौं बैठकमा सहभागी हुन आएकै दिन चिनियाँ नेतालाई पनि बोलाएको भन्दै भारतका विदेशमन्त्री एस. जयशंकरले नेपाली पक्षसमक्ष खुलेरै असन्तुष्टि जनाए । जयशंकर काठमाडौं आएकै दिन गएको बिहीबार दिउँसो चीनबाट युनान प्रान्तका चिनियाँ कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (सीपीसी) का डेपुटी सेक्रेटरी सी युगाङ पनि नेपालको चारदिने भ्रमणका लागि काठमाडौं उत्रिएका थिए । बाक्लिँदै...
काठमाडौं- तिब्बतको माब्जा जाङ्बो र नेपालमा कर्णाली नदी भनेर चिनिने नदीले लाखौं नेपालीको जीवनरेखा हो । तर नदीको माथिल्लो भागमा चीनको महत्वाकांक्षी बाँध परियोजनाका कारण करोडौं नेपालीको भविष्य जोखिममा परेको छ । भूउपग्रहबाट खिचिएको तस्बिरहरूले मे २०२१ बाट माब्जा जाङ्बोमा नेपालबाट मात्र १६ किलोमिटर उत्तरमा निर्माण गतिविधिहरू सुरू भएको देखाएको छ । बाँधबारे पूर्ण विवरणहरू...
2023 has been an interesting time for Nepali diplomacy. After the end of the Covid pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war raged. Global affairs have been more troubled with the addition of the Israel-Hamas conflict. As Nepalis have been directly involved in both theatres, Nepal’s foreign outreach is strained. Nepal has much to do to secure the...