Around 1,100 containers loaded with festive goods are currently stuck along the Nepal-China border, raising concerns among Nepali traders ahead of Dashain, which begins in late September. Traders say 600 standard cargo containers are between Nyalam County in Tibet and Kodari in Nepal. The narrow, landslide-prone route has become even more congested due to the...
Category: Geopolitics
Who pays for Trump’s tariffs?
PARIS, Aug 8: US President Donald Trump says the United States will reap billions of dollars from his tariff blitz, but who pays the bill? Higher tariffs on goods from dozens of trading partners kicked in Thursday, ranging between 15 percent and 41 percent. Here is a look at the effects of Trump’s tariff onslaught:...
Nepal launches diplomatic push after citizens reportedly go missing in Uttarakhand floods
Nepal has begun diplomatic efforts to trace and rescue citizens reportedly missing after flash floods and landslides triggered by a cloudburst in India’s Uttarakhand state earlier this week, Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba said on Friday. Deuba said she had instructed Nepal’s embassy in New Delhi to coordinate urgently with Indian authorities. “The news of...
Misri visiting Nepal to set stage for PM Oli’s India trip
In connection with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s upcoming visit to India, New Delhi is sending its top diplomat to Kathmandu to lay the groundwork for the visit. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will arrive in Kathmandu on August 17 for a two-day visit, sources in the Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Nepal working closely with China, India for connectivity: PM Oli
By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Aug 5: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the country was working closely with its neighbours China and India for enhancing connectivity. “We are working closely with our neighbours, India and China, to enhance connectivity and integration across multiple domains,” Prime Minister Oli said addressing today the Third United...
Nepal-China relations: Building a future on a historic foundation
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and China. Over these seven decades, the two neighbors have forged a relationship grounded in mutual respect, non-interference, and shared aspirations for development, peace, and prosperity. This is a unique model of partnership rooted in trust and mutual respect On 1...
Border pillars to be installed in major Nepal-India rivers
KATHMANDU, Aug 4: The seventh meeting of the Nepal-India Boundary Working Group (BWG) has decided to install border pillars in major rivers such as the Koshi, Mechi, Karnali, Rapti and Mahakali. Until now, boundary pillars had only been placed on land, not in rivers.Kathmandu sustainable tourism initiativesRiver tourism packages The meeting was held from July...
Beijing, Kathmandu aim for new heights in relations
With seven decades of friendly relations fostered through cultural exchanges, economic and trade relations and high-level dialogues, China and Nepal have further consolidated their “trans-Himalayan” partnership, Nepalese officials and community leaders said. Such an achievement will inject new impetus into building a community with a shared future for humanity for both countries, they added. On...
उत्तराखण्डमा नेपालीको खोजीका लागि कूटनीतिक पहल सुरु भएको छः परराष्ट्रमन्त्री
२३ साउन, काठमाडौं । परराष्ट्रमन्त्री डा. आरजु राणा देउवाले छिमेकी राष्ट्र भारतको उत्तराखण्डमा केही दिनअघि आएको बाढीमा परी हराएका भनिएका नेपाली नागरिकको खोजी एवं उद्धारका लागि कूटनीतिक पहल सुरु भइसकेको जानकारी दिएकी छन् । सो बाढीमा परेर केही नेपाली पनि बेपत्ता भएका समाचार आएलगत्तै उनीहरुको खोजी र उद्धारका लागि कूटनीतिक पहल सुरु भएको जानकारी उनले...
भारतीय विदेश सचिव आइतबार नेपाल आउँदै
२५ साउन, काठमाडौं । भारतीय विदेश सचिव विक्रम मिश्री नेपालको दुईदिने भ्रमणका लागि आउने भएका छन् । परराष्ट्र सचिव सेवा लम्सालको निमन्त्रणमा मिश्री २७ साउन, आइतबार नेपाल आउने भएका हुन् । भ्रमणका क्रममा उनले नेपाल–भारतको सम्बन्ध विस्तार र द्विपक्षीय सहमतिका विविध विषयमा छलफल गर्ने परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालयले जनाएको छ । विदेश सचिव मिश्री २८ साउनमा भारत...





