KATHMANDU: When Nepal’s new international airport opened last year in one of the country’s biggest cities, it was the type of landmark project expected to elevate the fortunes of one of Asia’s poorest countries while deepening its ties with China, which built and financed the project. But the Pokhara airport has become a symbol of … Read more
Nepal helicopter crash: Five people were killed in a helicopter crash in Nepal on August 7, reports said. Four of those killed were Chinese tourists. The Air Dynasty helicopter crashed in Nepal’s Nuwakot. There were at least five people on board including five passengers. The crash occurred at a forest in the mountains northwest of … Read more
Nepal Plane Crash: At least 18 people were killed when an airline carrying 19 skidded off the runway and crashed at Nepal’s Kathmandu airport, in the latest plane crash incident in the country where such occurrences have become alarmingly common.The aircraft belonging to a private airline company crashed during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in … Read more
KATHMANDU: Rescuers in Nepal ruled out chances of finding survivors in last week’s landslide that swept two passenger buses carrying 65 people into a river swollen by heavy rain, authorities said on Monday. Hundreds of security personnel resumed search operations early on Monday to locate the buses and 55 passengers who remained missing, over 72 … Read more
Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Monday decided to form a new alliance with former premier KP Sharma Oli’s party after terminating its nearly 15-month partnership with the Nepali Congress due to differences between the top leadership. The alliance between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) led by Prachanda and the Sher … Read more
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Nepal remains a non-starter despite recent assertion by the Himalayan state’s deputy prime minister that the two countries will “very soon” sign a plan to implement the ambitious infrastructure programme. Nepal and China signed a memorandum of understanding on BRI in 2017. Nearly seven years since, not a … Read more
