Are the stalled Nepal-China ties finally getting some momentum? Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha has some ideas on that score. Shrestha says he has proposed building Nepal-China economic and development corridors with Chinese officials. The objective, he said, is to boost economic growth, trade, tourism, and connectivity between Nepal...
Nepal and India on Thursday undertook a comprehensive review of the status of bilateral ties and discussed a wide range of issues of mutual concern during the seventh meeting of Nepal-India Joint Commission held in Kathmandu. Foreign Minister NP Saud and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar co-chaired the meeting, where the two sides discussed trade...
Nepal will have a chance to export more hydroelectricity to India as the southern neighbour introduces a new rule allowing Indian distributors to incorporate imported hydropower into the renewable energy quota set for them. In a new notification issued last week, India’s power ministry set a new quota of renewable energy that distribution companies should...
India has agreed in principle to invest more for the development of the Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project, a move that could pave the way for the development of the mega bilateral undertaking, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. With the southern neighbour benefiting more from the project’s development,...
India’s concerns over Chinese influence in Nepal are starting to border on paranoia. The Nepali political class and the bureaucracy are well aware of India’s security sensitivities—as they should be. Nepal cannot ignore India’s vital interests as it pursues its relations with other global actors. Yet as a sovereign and independent country, it also reserves...
Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song has said that Chinese airlines are preparing to launch direct flights to the newly-built airports in Pokhara and Bhairahawa. In response to the request made by Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun at his office in Singha Durbar on Tuesday, Ambassador Chen underlined the need for permits for an air...
काठमाडौँ — नेपालका लागि चीनका राजदूत विष्णुपुकार श्रेष्ठले ठूला परियोजना निर्माणका लागि चीनलाई आग्रह गर्नुपर्ने बताएका छन् । उपप्रधान तथा परराष्ट्रमन्त्री नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठको आइतबारदेखि हुने नौ दिने भ्रमणको सन्दर्भमा उनले नेपालले ठूला परियोजनामा सहयोग हुने वातावरण बनाउनु पर्ने बताए । नेपालले चीनसँग ठूला परियोजना निर्माणका लागि आग्रह गर्नुपर्छ : नेपाली राजदूत श्रेष्ठश्रेष्ठले इकान्तिपुरसँग कुराकानीमा परराष्ट्रमन्त्रीको...
Building a pair of Nepal-China cross-border transmission lines will again be on the agenda of a bilateral Joint Working Group meeting scheduled for later this month, two officials of the Nepal Electricity Authority said. The meeting of the Joint Working Group comprising representatives of the NEA and the State Grid Corporation of China is scheduled...
Amid criticism that Chinese-funded projects have not made desired progress in Nepal and Beijing has failed to adhere to past agreements and accords, China has recently communicated its intent to expedite at least half a dozen projects across multiple sectors.“During a meeting this week with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen...
काठमाडौँ — सिद्धार्थ राजमार्गअन्तर्गत पाल्पाको सिद्धबाबा सुरुङ मार्गको ठेक्का सम्झौता भएको दुई वर्ष बित्न लाग्दा पनि निर्माणको कामले गति लिन सकेको छैन । पाँच वर्षभित्र निर्माण सक्ने गरी २०७८ फागुनमा ठेक्का सम्झौता भएकोमा अहिलेसम्म भौतिक प्रगति १२ प्रतिशत मात्र छ । बल्ल उत्तर र दक्षिणतर्फ सुरुङको पोर्टल (मुख) बनाउन थालिए पनि सुरुङ खन्ने काम भने सुरु नै...