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...
The Chinese of today do not talk about petty ambitions. But in the case of Nepal, it seems that now there is an understanding that relations should be looked at from small things. Within a few years of President Xi Jinping’s coming to power, Nepal and China had become historically close amid the then-developed developments,...
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...
The 9th China-South Asia Exposition kicked off in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province in China, on Thursday. The Exposition was organized by the Ministry of Commerce of China and Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province. During the event, Nepali Ambassador to China Krishna Prasad Oli addressed the opening ceremony...
अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्पको एक कार्यकारी आदेशपछि रोकिएको मिलेनिअम च्यालेन्ज कर्पोरेशन, एमसीसी अन्तर्गत नेपालमा सञ्चालित परियोजनाहरूले फेरि निरन्तरता पाउने सङ्केत नेपालस्थित अमेरिकी दूतावासले गरेपछि नेपालमा फेरि एक पटक त्यसबारे चर्चा भइरहेको छ। एमसीसी नेपालबारे बुधवार अमेरिकी दूतावासले जारी गरेको विज्ञप्तिमा ती परियोजनाको ‘सकारात्मक परिणामका लागि प्रयत्न’ पनि भइरहेको उल्लेख थियो। एमसीसीको साझेदार अर्थ मन्त्रालयका अधिकारीहरूले चाहिँ...