Nepal Airlines is planning to sell off its Chinese planes that have been like an albatross around its neck for what an insider said is junkyard price. Acquired between 2014 and 2018, the six aircraft were worth Rs6.66 billion in grants and loans. One of the planes has since crashed. The national flag carrier is...
The Gorkha District Administration Office started distributing entry permits to the residents of Chumnubri Rural Municipality to enter China from Wednesday onwards. The Nepal-China border on the northern side of the country had remained closed since Covid pandemic and was only opened two weeks ago. There are two border crossings in north Gorkha—one in Ruila...
Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song’s remarks regarding the trade of electricity and other goods between Nepal and India as well as the economic growth of Nepal’s southern neighbour have ignited a controversy. Addressing a discussion titled ‘China in global economy and its impact in Nepal’, organised in Kathmandu on Saturday by the Foundation for...
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is embarking on an official visit to China on September 22. Even though the visit is long due, three factors make it vital: First, it is taking place right after China issued its so-called “Standard Map”, excluding Nepal’s new official map. Second, while projects under the Belt and Road Initiative...
With the feasibility study of the Nepal-China cross-border railway in progress, foreign policy experts and observers have stressed the need to improve road connectivity with China, citing the geographical and engineering challenges associated with railway development. Speaking at an event organised on Tuesday by the Centre for Social Inclusion and Federalism (CESIF) on Nepal-China relations...
The Chinese technical team is expected to complete an aerial survey of the proposed Kerung-Kathmandu Cross Border Railway within this month as the fieldwork progresses smoothly, a senior official at the Department of Railways said. As a part of the long-delayed detailed feasibility study, the task of aerial survey has been conducted since early this...
काठमाडौँ — महासचिव शंकर पोखरेलको नेतृत्वमा एमालेको उच्चस्तरीय टोली आइतबार चीन भ्रमणमा जाने भएको छ । पार्टी र भ्रातृ संगठनका नेताहरू सम्मिलित २१ सदस्यीय भ्रमण टोलीले भदौ १७ देखि २९ गतेसम्म चीनको भ्रमण गर्न लागेको हो । महासचिव पोखरेलको नेतृत्वमा एमाले नेताको टोली चीन भ्रमणमा जानेटोलीले ग्वान्झाओ, बेइजिङ र चिन हाईको भ्रमण गर्नेछ । भदौ...
शक्तिराष्ट्रहरू जब ‘कार्टोग्राफिक एग्रेसन’ तर्फ अग्रसर हुन्छन्, तब ठान्दा हुन्छ— संकटको घडी आउन लाग्यो । केही समययता दक्षिण एसिया, त्यसमा पनि हिमाली भेगमा यस खाले प्रतिस्पर्धा देखिन थालेको छ । चीन किन सधैं तर्किन्छ कालापानीमा ?सबभन्दा सुरुमा २०७६ सालमा भारतले कश्मीर प्रान्त विभाजन गर्ने क्रममा नेपालको अतिक्रमित भूमि लगायत हाल पाकिस्तान र चीनको नियन्त्रणमा रहेका भूभागसमेत समेटेर नयाँ...
काठमाडौँ — नेकपा माओवादी केन्द्रका प्रवक्ता अग्निप्रसाद सापकोटाले चीनको नयाँ नक्सामा चुच्चे नक्सासहितको छिमेकी नेपाल नसमेटिएको विषय प्रधानमन्त्री पुष्पकमल दाहालले चीन भ्रमणको समयमा उठाउने बताएका छन् । प्रधानमन्त्रीले चीन भ्रमणमा चुच्चे नक्साको विषयमा कुरा उठाउनुहुन्छ : सापकोटापेरिसडाँडामा आयोजित पत्रकार सम्मेलनमा प्रवक्ता सापकोटाले यस्तो बताएका हुन् । नेपालको वास्तविक नक्सा नसमेटिनु महत्त्वपूर्ण विषय भएको भन्दै यसबारे...
काठमाडौँ — प्रधानमन्त्री पुष्पकमल दाहालको आसन्न चीन भ्रमणमा नेपालको चुच्चे नक्साबारे कुरा उठाउनुपर्ने राजनीतिक दलका नेता तथा पूर्वराजदूतले बताएका छन् । छिमेकी नेपालको वास्तविक नक्साको सट्टा चीनले पुरानै नक्सा राखेपछि यसको आलोचना भइरहेको छ । चीन भ्रमणमा नक्साको विषय उठाउन प्रधानमन्त्रीलाई सुझावपूर्वपरराष्ट्रमन्त्री विमला राई पौड्यालले प्रधानमन्त्रीले हीनताबोध नगरीकन नेपालको धारणा प्रस्ट राख्नुपर्ने बताइन् । ‘नेपालले नक्सा जारी गर्यो...