Nepal Investment Board has said it has signed a pact with India’s state-owned SJVN Ltd to develop the 679-megawatt (MW) Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project in eastern Nepal …
Nepal peace broker Koirala dies
Girija Prasad Koirala, the former Nepalese prime minister who brokered the peace deal that ended a bloody 10-year civil war, died on Saturday aged 85, state television reported. Koirala, who had been …
Friends stress vaccine after Morrisville man dies from COVID he contracted in Nepal
Bharati was exposed to COVID during his visit to Nepal and suffered severe pneumonia. He was admitted to local hospital but health conditions didn’t improve.
India’s SJVN pitches for more hydropower projects from Nepal
SJVN chairman and MD Nand Lal Sharma has urged the Prime Minister of Nepal to consider SJVN for development of more hydroelectric projects. SJVN is building Arun-3 hydropower project in the Himalayan …
Nepal’s transit deal with China makes no headway even after five years
The agreement to allow Nepal access to seven Chinese sea and land ports for third-country trade remains idle because of Kathmandu’s failure to push for its implementation.
SJVNL in-pact with Investment Board of Nepal to develop 679-MW hydroelectric project
State-owned SJVN Ltd on Sunday said it has signed a pact with the Investment Board of Nepal (IBN) to develop the 679-megawatt (MW) Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project in the country. A memorandum of …
The corridors of power in Nepal | Book Review — Hisila: From Revolutionary to First Lady by Hisila Yami
Hisila Yami’s life in revolution and the painfully long transition from revolutionary to first lady of Nepal has been an extraordinary journey. Her recently published memoir Hisila: From Revolutionary …
COVID-19: US shipping jabs to Bhutan, Nepal and Indonesia
The US is shipping 3 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia, with another 1.5 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine heading to Nepal and 500,000 Moderna doses to Bhutan, a …
United States shipping Covid-19 vaccines to Indonesia, Bhutan, Nepal
The United States is shipping 3 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to Indonesia, with another 1.5 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine heading to Nepal and 500, 000 Moderna doses …
Once Nepal gets vaccines, they need to be fairly distributed
Moreover, in countries like Nepal with a pronounced urban-rural and regional divide in infrastructure, education, and health access, these divisions intersect with wealth and social inequities during …