By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 08, 2023Nepali officials are seeking negotiations with China to put into force the proposed plan to electrify some of the remote bordering villages of Nepal with the Chinese grid. Officials said they want assistance from the northern neighbour as it will be costly to connect the villages to the domestic grid due to difficult geography. Nepal had asked the Chinese side to supply electricity from the…
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By Sangam Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 09, 2023Nepal Airlines is planning to sell off its Chinese planes that have been like an albatross around its neck for what an insider said is junkyard price. Acquired between 2014 and 2018, the six aircraft were worth Rs6.66 billion in grants and loans. One of the planes has since crashed. The national flag carrier is asking Rs220 million for the remaining five aircraft in an apparent…
By Tharushi Weerasinghe in The Sunday Times, Aug 27, 2023The opening of a new charcoal factory in Arambekema, Thanamalwila has been halted following outrage from villagers who claim that it is in violation of a few environment protection laws and the terms of its contracts with the state. The company claims everything is approved by the state. The charcoal factory, a Board of Investment project with 20 clay furnaces, belongs to Reitech Trading Pvt Ltd.…
report in The Daily Star, Aug 117, 2023China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has won the contract to set up “Chinese Economic and Industrial Zone (CEIZ)” in Chattogram as a Chinese government’s nominated developer. The committee on Economic Affairs in a meeting, with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair, yesterday gave in principle approval to a proposal of Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) to award the contract to the CRBC through direct procurement…