KATHMANDU, Aug 14: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is set to visit China before his planned trip to India. According to a high-level source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PM Oli will depart for China on August 30 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. He will return to Nepal on September 3....
The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu on Friday celebrated the 79th Independence Day of India. On the occasion, Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava honoured the widows and next of kin of deceased Indian Armed Forces personnel by handing over Army Group Insurance Fund cheques worth Rs64 million. The embassy also announced a book grant for 39 educational...
Foreign Minister Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba has described Nepal–India relations as historic, close, and rooted in cooperation, emphasizing the need for further strengthening. She made these remarks while addressing a program organized by the Indian Embassy in Nepal to mark the 79th Independence Day of India. “India is a good friend of Nepal,” she said,...
KATHMANDU: (Aug 14) Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will visit China later this month to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping among others. Oli will embark on August 30 for a five day visit to China to attend the...
The fifth edition of the joint military exercise between the Nepali Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China is scheduled to take place in Nepal from the first week of September. The exercise, named Sagarmatha Friendship, will focus on counter-terrorism operations, combat tactics and disaster management, according to Nepali Army sources. The two...
PATAN, Aug 16: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development Prakash Man Singh has said Nepal-India relations are multidimensional, as they have been extended to religious, cultural and political spheres as well. Related storyThe India-Nepal ‘Special Relations’ Myth In his address to a program organized by the Embassy of India on the occasion of...
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be on a two-day visit to Nepal beginning Sunday as part of the preparations for Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s planned trip to India next month. The MEA said Misri is travelling to Nepal following an invitation from his Nepalese counterpart, Amrit Bahadur Rai. “India and Nepal share strong...
Cross-border tourism and trade have been thriving in Gyirong, a vibrant border town in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region connecting the country with Nepal, bringing cultural exchanges and fostering business between Nepalese and Chinese border residents. Located in southwestern Xigaze City and bordering Nepal, Gyirong has served since ancient times as one of Xizang’s vital...
International politics has moved beyond realism, rationalism and idealism debate and opened a new possibility for inter-paradigmatic cooperation across many scholarly constructs. The realist model of the maximisation of state security relative to other states or neo-realist domination of state conduct through the structure of the international system is shifting to a new order of...
When ‘Mo Yan: Katha ra Upanyasika’, published by Nepalaya and translated by Sarbottam Shrestha, first came into my hands, I was expecting a glimpse into another literary world—not a dive into a surreal, brutal, yet strangely beautiful world that was both foreign and strangely familiar. The stories are strongly infused with a Chinese flavour and...