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UN negotiators strike historic deal to help countries worst hit by climate change

Kathmandu / Nov 20: Negotiators at the United Nations climate talks said on Saturday that they had struck a breakthrough deal on creating a disaster fund compensating poor nations that are the victims of climate change damage worsened by rich countries’ carbon pollution, the Fox News reported. The BBC confirmed that a new fund to […]


Germany enlisting Nepal in the assistance recipient countries

Kathmandu / Nov 2:Finance Minister Janardan Sharma and a team led by Parliamentary State Secretary of Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Barbel Kofler, held discussion on various issues of relations between the two countries, mutual interest and cooperation. During the meeting held at the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday, matters related […]


Nepal-German Mart 22 exhibition begins in Kathmandu

Kathmandu / Oct 29: Nepal-German Mart 22 exhibition has taken place at the German Embassy, Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu today. Organised by the Nepal German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NGCCI) in cooperation with the German Embassy Kathmandu and inaugurated by the German Ambassador Dr Thomas Prinz amid a function, the expo’s main objective is to promote […]


Swiss Delegation in Nepal

Kathmandu / Oct 19: Ambassador Patricia Danzi, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) together with Barbara Böni, Head of South Asia, paid an official visit to Nepal on October 14, to discuss cooperation between the two countries and acknowledge the long standing bilateral relations. The Swiss high-level delegation met in […]


Deadline for preparing DPR of Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project extended till March 2023

Kathmandu / Sept. 24: Nepal and India have consented to take into a final conclusion the detailed project report (DPR) of the much-awaited Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project in the next six months. The 9th meeting of Nepal-India secretary-level Joint Commission on Water Resources (JCWR) concluded in Kathmandu on Friday, agreeing to extend the deadline of DPR […]


Japan providing Rs 16 bn for irrigation and urban transmission

Kathmandu / Sept 21: The Government of Nepal and the Government of Japan signed two agreements for utilizing a grant assistance of Rs 2 billion (Japanese Yen 2,256,000,000) for the implementation of the Project for the Improvement of the Rehabilitation of Irrigation System in Eastern Terai Area; and a concessional credit of Rs 14.2 billion […]


Cabinet approves concessional loan of Rs 35 billion from World Bank

Kathmandu / Sept. 13: The government has approved Rs 35 billion (275 million USD) concessional loan to be provided by the World Bank. The loan would be spent on the transportation and trade connectivity promotion programme. Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said this today while sharing about the decisions made Monday […]


Nepal requests Japan for assistance in waste management

Kathmandu / Sept. 2: Nepali Ambassador to Japan, Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi paid a courtesy call on Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takagi Kei on Wednesday. Ambassador Dr Subedi stated that the promotion of bilateral trade, investment, employment and Nepal’s tourism in Japan is his top priority and requested Japanese assistance in the field […]


U.S. to give $15 Million to Nepal for Global Food Crisis

Kathmandu / Aug. 22: As part of the recently announced $2.76 billion in U.S. government funding to address the global food crisis, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide $15 million to Nepal to protect vulnerable populations from the escalating global crisis. According to the U.S. embassy press release issued today, President […]


Pak Embassy organizes a literary event ‘Nepal Aur Urdu Adab’ as a part of 75th Independence Year celebration

Kathmandu / Aug. 13: The Embassy of Pakistan in Kathmandu on Friday organized a literary event titled “Nepal Aur Urdu Adab” as part of 75th Independence Year celebrations. Minister of Education of Science & Technology DevendraPaudel was the Chief Guest on the occasion while Chancellor Nepal Academy Ganga Prasad Uprety attended the event as Special […]




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