Report in The Daily Star, November 11, 2020The Prime Minister’s Office has directed the railways ministry to significantly reduce the cost of China-funded Akhaura-Sylhet and Joydebpur-Ishwardi rail line expansion projects. The PMO issued the directives following a report of a special committee formed to review costs of three projects and to assess whether the projects should go ahead as planned. As per the directives, railways have to reduce Tk 3,354.31 crore cost from the project…
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Report in The Himalayan Times, November 09, 2020 at 11:30 amThe movement of people has increased in the market of the border area at Kailari Rural Municipality, Kailali. People have been reaching the Indian market near the rural municipality despite the fact that the government has tightened movement to stem the coronavirus spread. People have been entering the market freely to purchase things as the second largest festival Tihar is just around the corner. Locals…
By S Bashu Das in Dhaka Tribune, November 9th, 2020 at 08:21 pmMro people in Bandarban have been protesting the construction of a five-star hotel and tourist spot in Chimbuk Hill area by R&R Holdings Limited, a concern of Sikder Group. According to sources, Sikder Group has been trying to grab about 1,000 acres of jhum land from Kapru Para Bazar to Jiban Nagar area in the name of constructing a hotel and creating a…
Editorial in Rising Nepal, 08 Nov, 2020Nepal and India enjoy multidimensional relations. The people from both nations have been sharing common border, culture and social traditions since the time immemorial. Even when there was no existence of nation states in South Asia, the people, traders and leaders from both nations used to visit each other’s territories without any obstacles. The two nations have open, porous border. This is rare in the contemporary world. Even when…
Report in The Himalayan Times, November 05, 2020 at 3:56 pmThe meeting that took place today between the two co-chairs of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) ended without a proper exit. NCP co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had begun talks after the Cabinet meeting today. This meeting aimed at ironing out differences between the warring factions in the party was yet another in a series of similar meetings held over…
Report in The Himalayan Times, November 05, 2020 12:08 pmNepali Army Chief General Purna Chandra Thapa and his Indian counterpart General MM Naravane held bilateral talks at the Army Headquarters in Bhadrakali, today. Gen Naravane arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day visit at the formal invitation of CoAS Purna Chandra Thapa. At the end of meeting, General Naravane presented medical equipment for two field hospitals of Nepal Army. It includes X-ray machines, ICU ventilators,…
Report in The Himalayan Times, November 05, 2020 at 5:30 pmVisiting Chief of Indian Army, General MM Naravane has been conferred the honorary title of General of Nepali Army, today. President Bidya Devi Bhandari conferred the Honorary General of the Nepali Army title to General Navarane amid a ceremony at Shital Niwas. The title has been bestowed keeping with the tradition of the Armies of the two countries of conferring the rank of Honorary General…
Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane arrived in Kathmandu Wednesday on a three-day visit, during which he is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his counterpart Nepal Army Chief General Purna Chandra Thapa. During his visit, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will confer on Naravane the title of ‘Honorary General of Nepal Army’, a long-held tradition exchanged between the two neighbours. He is the highest Indian military official to pay an…
report in The Himalayan Times, November 5, 2020KATHMANDU: Official talks between Nepali Army Chief General Purna Chandra Thapa and his Indian counterpart General MM Naravane have begun at the Army Headquarters in Bhadrakali. Gen Naravane arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day visit at the formal invitation of CoAS Purna Chandra Thapa. On Thursday, a contingent of the Nepali Army presented a guard of honour to the visiting Chief of the Army Staff at a…
Report in The Himalayan Times, November 04, 2020Nepali Congress lawmaker of Karnali Province Jeevan Bahadur Shahi has expressed anger at the Government of Nepal for not even feeling the need to investigate allegation of Chinese encroachment of Nepali land in Humla district. Shahi, who had led the NC Parliamentary monitoring team’s visit to Nepal’s border with China in Humla, trekked for 11 days and found that China had encroached Nepali land in multiple places in…
By Anil Giri in Kathmandu Post, November 4, 2020Exactly one year after the boundary row erupted between Nepal and India, General Manoj Mukund Naravane, chief of the Indian Army, is arriving on a three-day official visit to Kathmandu on Wednesday. General Naravane will be the first senior Indian official to visit Nepal after the boundary dispute arose between the two neighbours when India released a new political map incorporating Nepali territories currently occupied by India,…