Nearly 10 years after it was severely damaged in a massive earthquake, Nepal’s iconic Basantapur Tower is once again welcoming visitors from all over the world as it stands tall in all its majesty, thanks to joint efforts by Chinese and Nepalese conservationists in restoring the World Heritage Site to its former glory. Sun Rongfen,...
A major project gets finally gets the go-ahead to expand and modernise Mongla seaport with enhanced container-handling capacity under a plan to upgrade it to a regional shipping hub. The Mongla Port Authority, under the Ministry of Shipping, will implement the project by December 2028 at a total cost of over 4.07 billion that includes...
India and Nepal on Sunday held the 5th meeting of the Joint Project Monitoring Committee on post-earthquake reconstruction projects in Kathmandu. The meeting comprehensively reviewed the progress of India-assisted post-earthquake reconstruction projects in Nepal’s housing, education, health and cultural heritage sectors. It acknowledged the successful completion of the projects agreed under the housing sector in...
The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation (MoEWRI), Government of Nepal, and GIZ Nepal, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU), have signed the second amendment to the implementation agreement for the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programme – Green Recovery and Empowerment...
A Chinese company will build the physical infrastructure for Nepal Telecom’s data centers in Bhairahawa, Rupandehi district, and Kathmandu. The tender and contract have been finalized, and the official paperwork will be completed in a week, after which construction will begin. These centers will enhance Nepal’s telecommunications services, including phone calls and internet, strengthen measures...
Nepal and India have agreed to extend the capacity of the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur Transmission Line which is being used as the main infrastructure for the cross-border bilateral energy trade. The southern neighbor has consented to extend the capacity of the only 400 kV cross-border transmission line enabling it to carry an additional 100 MW of electricity....
India has called a tender for the construction of a dry port at Dodhara Chandani Municipality-1 in Kanchanpur district. The Indian side announced a tender after the agreement between the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation and Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board (NITDB) to cut down trees at the dry port construction site. India...
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) enabled a new export route connecting Odisha to Nepal, marking a significant milestone in cross-border trade relations. The first shipment of soft billets, a semi-finished steel product, departed from Nayagarh in Keonjhar district on Friday.This initiative, part of ECoR’s business development unit (BDU) programme, is expected to handle three rakes...
In a landmark step toward strengthening regional energy cooperation and advancing renewable energy, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with SJVN Ltd., GMR Energy Ltd., and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for the development of the 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydropower Project in Nepal. The agreement, formalized...
In a significant milestone for Nepal-India cooperation, the Government of India formally handed over the newly constructed building of Shree Bhimgithe Secondary School in Baglung district earlier this week. The project, implemented under the Nepal-India Development Cooperation program as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP), aims to bolster educational infrastructure in the region. The...