edit in The Kathmandu Post, September 28, 2023That Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will claim to have taken Nepal-China relations to newer heights upon his arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport is a ritual all too familiar to Nepalis. The 13-point joint statement released Wednesday, before Dahal left for Tibet en route to Nepal, is diplomatic sweet talk for the most part. In the first six points of the statement, the two sides have just…
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report in Nepalnews.com, Sept 28, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said he had felt that the China visit was more successful than he had expected. Addressing a programme organized by Nepali Consulate General here in the course of his China visit, PM Dahal, argued that the success of his China visit would be a matter of interest. “I was wondering how the China visit would be as I arrived here directly from the US.…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 27, 2023Nepal and China on Tuesday issued a 13-point joint statement as part of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s ongoing China visit, but it is short on specifics on how it will result in greater support and assistance from China, be it executing past agreements or signing of any new deal with Beijing. The joint statement released early Tuesday contains vague language and falls short of addressing…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 26, 2023As Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal wrapped up his political and official engagements in China during his week-long visit, the two countries on Monday signed a dozen agreements and memorandums of understanding. But none of the agreements involved Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects. The prime minister was expected to iron out key differences over expediting BRI projects, cross border energy trade and implementation of past…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Sep 25, 2023Questions were raised from various quarters after the date for the MCC Compact’s entry-into-force was fixed for August-end even as land acquisition has yet to begin for the transmission line project to be implemented under the US programme. Acquiring land has been a persistent challenge for infrastructure projects, particularly transmission line projects. The compact entering into force on August 30 means the projects should be…
report in Global Times, Sept 25, 2023Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda attended the Nepal-China Business Summit held on Sunday in Beijing, where he witnessed enhanced China-Nepal economic and trade relations as a number of companies from the two countries expressed confidence in bilateral cooperation. On the sidelines of the summit, business participants from the two countries told the Global Times that China and Nepal have many common interests and large scope for cooperation,…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 23, 2023One minor died while 11 others were injured in a clash at the Jayandu Juvenile Correction Centre in Daduwa Rural Municipality of Banke district on Thursday. All 254 inmates fled the centre, breaching boundary walls, railings and gates. While 254 have returned, nine are still at large by Friday evening. This is the third incident of violence in a correction centre within a month in the…
report in The Himalayan Times, Sept 23, 2023Malangawa, Sept 22: An indefinite curfew order has been enforced in the district headquarters of Sarlahi, Malangawa. The curfew order was issued since 10:00 pm last night until further notice after two communities clashed while immersing the idol of Lord Ganesh, Chief District Officer of Sarlahi Indra Dev Yadav said. The curfew order has been issued uptoJhim river in the east to Musaili canal in the west and…
report in The Himalayan Times, Sept 23, 2023Malangawa, Sept 22: An indefinite curfew order has been enforced in the district headquarters of Sarlahi, Malangawa. The curfew order was issued since 10:00 pm last night until further notice after two communities clashed while immersing the idol of Lord Ganesh, Chief District Officer of Sarlahi Indra Dev Yadav said. The curfew order has been issued uptoJhim river in the east to Musaili canal in the west and…