During the power summit held in Kathmandu on Tuesday and Wednesday, Indian businesses agreed to acquire 2,200MW of energy from Nepal’s hydropower projects, according to the Independent Power Producers Association of Nepal (IPPAN). At a time when Nepal’s total installed capacity of power projects is anticipated to reach 2,853MW by […]
Is the new Pokhara airport on China’s BRI radar?
The Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu made a surprising announcement on Saturday, contradicting Kathmandu’s claims that no projects under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative have been signed and that Nepal and China are working to finalise the text of project implementation under the BRI. Just a day ahead of the inauguration […]
Nepal president dissolved parliament and announced fresh election
Kathmandu: Nepal’s president Bidhyadevi Bhandari has dissolved the parliament on Friday midnight and announced fresh election on 12 and 19 november. The decision was following the recommendation of the cabinet meeting on Friday night 12. Earlier on Friday President Bidhyadevi Bhandari hadannounced the claim to form alternative government from parliament […]
Nepalese students protest against China
Kathmandu : Sister organization of main opposition Nepali congress, Nepal Student Union (NSU) has been protested against China activities in Himalayas border. Hundreds of Students leaders including local people were gathered in Birgunj City of Parsa district and protested against China last week of june. The protest appeared Just after […]
The Indo-China Galwan Episode
By Col Rajinder Singh In the fog of war, a lot of misinformation flies. Ill-informed but self styled defence experts and politicians always push through home made theories . Some of these so called experts had perhaps never ever seen high altitude terrain in their entire life or service careers. […]
After I redrew a political map, efforts from Embassy trying to remove me : Nepal’s PM KP Oli
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has claimed that some forces are trying to oust him only because he redrew the country’s political map. He urged the Delhi based news media for the evidence for those efforts. Oli even said that efforts are being made to remove him from […]
Nepal-China Border dispute continues
Kathmandu : Most of the Nepalese people think there is no border dispute with China. But it is surprising to know that there has been a border dispute with china for the last 42 years. At least six border pillars have been lost since decades. Critics and experts say that […]