Former President Bidya Devi Bhandari returned home on Monday after completing a 10-day China visit, during which she held talks with senior leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and government officials. Her visit came amid her recent, unannounced but increasingly active involvement in party politics, drawing significant attention from both political and strategic...
China has established the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed), marking it the world’s first intergovernmental legal body dedicated to resolving international disputes through mediation. The signing ceremony, held last week in Hong Kong, saw the participation of Nepal’s Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, alongside around 400 high-level representatives from 85 countries spanning Asia, Africa, Latin...
Nepali students planning to study in the United States have been thrown into uncertainty after the Donald Trump administration imposed tighter restrictions on international student visas. According to the Ministry of Education, the US remains among the top five preferred destinations for Nepali students, alongside Japan, Canada, Australia, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. However,...
KATHMANDU, June 5: The US government has deported 140 Nepali nationals so far this year and more are expected to arrive in Kathmandu this Sunday, according to the Department of Immigration (DoI). Sources at the DoI said the US Embassy in Kathmandu has notified them about the scheduled arrival of a large group of deportees...
A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a building at the Gaureshwar Basic School in Darshantar of Nuwakot district on Wednesday. To be built with a grant from the Shanghai Haishan Culture Media Co Ltd, a Chinese company working with the International Scout Volunteer Group Nepal to conduct cultural exchange programmes, the facility fully equipped primarily...
Kathmandu, June 6: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pande, has said orientation on Chinese language would promote tourism in Nepal. Minister Pande said it while inaugurating the seventh batch of orientation on Chinese language organized jointly by Nepal Tourism Board and the Chinese Embassy in Nepal here today. Knowledge on Chinese...
Thousands of Nepalese people in the US are the new target of the Donald Trump-led administration. In a short statement, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that Nepalese nationals in the US under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) should prepare to leave the country on their own. Since January, other countries such as...
New tariff tensions could further undermine the modest gains of least developed countries (LDCs), small island developing states (SIDS), and landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), according to a recent report. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in its May publication titled “Sparing the Vulnerable: The Cost of New Tariff Burdens”, warns that these...
China has proposed creating a “green channel” to fast-track rare earth exports to the European Union, aiming to address concerns over new export licensing rules introduced in April. The proposal was made following a meeting between Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, according to Firstpost. China, the global leader in...
The recent visit of former president Bidya Bhandari to China grabbed the headlines last week, with analysts offering their multiple interpretations of it. The former president has already created ripples by engaging herself in various political activities at home. By visiting China, she seeks to enhance her image as a credible figure poised to stage...