A flash flood in the Lende river has damaged vital trade infrastructure at the Nepal-China border, disrupting the key Rasuwagadhi-Kerung trading route on the cusp of Nepal’s major festivals. Traders fear the losses may amount to billions of rupees, leading to price hikes on imported goods during the festive season. Lende is a tributary of...
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has announced that the Karnali Corridor will be developed as a trade route connecting Nepal with both China and India. Speaking at the inauguration of a bailey bridge over the Chuwakhola River in Kharpunath Rural Municipality, Humla, on Sunday, the Prime Minister emphasized that the corridor holds strategic importance not...
हुम्ला — प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीले कर्णाली करिडोरलाई चीन र भारतसँगको व्यापारिक मार्गका रुपमा अघि बढाइने बताएका छन् । उनले कर्णाली करिडोर कर्णाली र हुम्लावासीको मात्र नभई दुई छिमेकी देशसँगको व्यापाररिक मार्ग भएकाले यसलाई तत्काल दुई लेनको बनाइनुका साथै कालोपत्र गर्दै लैजाने बताए । प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीले खार्पुनाथ गाउँपालिका–५ चुवाखोलामा आज एक समारोहबीच बेलिब्रिजको उद्घाटन गर्दै...
The Millennium Challenge Account-Nepal (MCA-Nepal) has welcomed the United States government’s decision to allow continued implementation of the MCC Nepal Compact under a previously granted exception to the recent freeze on foreign assistance. The decision clears the way for MCA-Nepal to proceed with its key infrastructure projects, including the construction of a 297-kilometre electricity transmission...
मिलेनियम च्यालेञ्ज एकाउन्ट नेपाल विकास समिति (एमसिए–नेपाल) ले मिलेनियम च्यालेञ्ज कर्पाेरेसन (एमसिसी) अन्तर्गतका योजना कार्यान्वयनलाई निरन्तरता दिने संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकी सरकारको निर्णयको स्वागत गरेको छ। अमेरिकी वैदेशिक सहयोगमा लगाइएको स्थगनका सन्दर्भमा विशेष छुटअन्तर्गत एमसिसी कार्यान्वयनलाई निरन्तरता दिन अमेरिकी सरकारबाट भएको उक्त निर्णयको बुधबार स्वागत गरेको हो। एमसिए–नेपालले २९७ किमी विद्युत् प्रसारण लाइन निर्माण तथा सडक...
In a turbulent world where a polycrisis looms—from Ukraine to Iran—hot conflicts remain unresolved through diplomacy, and the developed world shows fractures, as seen in the recent G7 summit in Canada, multilateral efforts are withering. A rare exception is European unity in the Ukraine conflict. Against this backdrop, cooperation in South Asia becomes especially noteworthy,...
बेइजिङ — ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिँचाइमन्त्री दीपक खड्काले चीनसँग जोडिने रसुवागढी/चिलिमे–जिलोङ/केरुङ २२० केभी प्रसारण लाइन निर्माणको तयारी भइरहेको जानकारी दिएका छन्। चीनको चच्याङ प्रान्तको निङ्पोमा जारी शाङ्हाई सहयोग संगठन (एससीओ) को पाँचौँ ऊर्जा मन्त्रीस्तरीय बैठकमा उनले नेपालको ऊर्जा क्षेत्रका उपलब्धिबारे चर्चा गर्दै चीनसँगको प्रसारण लाइन निर्माण गरिने बताएका हुन्। साथै उनले भारत र बङ्गलादेशसँग विद्युत्...
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Nepal Compact will move forward as planned, thanks to a waiver from the U.S. Secretary of State in February 2025. This decision ensures that the program will be fully implemented as the United States reviews its foreign aid policy. The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu stated that both the MCC and...
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has resumed the export of 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh via India. Power from Nepal to Bangladesh was exported for the first time for 12 hours on July 15 last year. It resumed from June 15 this year. A power sale agreement had been signed between NEA, Bangladesh Power Development...