Kathmandu, Oct 28: The Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE) organized a public lecture on “Rising Power Competition: Indian and Chinese Commercial Landscapes in the Indo-Pacific”. The event was held on Monday at the NIICE Seminar Hall, Hattiban, Lalitpur.
The lecture was delivered by Mr. Daniel Loebell, PhD Candidate in Political Science at Northwestern University, USA, who emphasized how the strategic and economic rivalry between India and China is reshaping the Indo-Pacific region and influencing smaller South Asian states, including Nepal and Malaysia. In the opening remarks, Bibek Dhoj Thapa, Program Coordinator at NIICE, clarified about why...
Kathmandu, Oct 28: The Valley Traffic Police Control Room which was set on fire during the September 8–9 Gen Z demonstration, has been rebuilt. The reconstruction was carried out with the support of the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA).
NRNA International Coordination Council Chair, Mahesh Kumar Shrestha, and Vice Chair and Disaster Management Committee Chair, Manoj Kumar Shrestha, handed over the reconstructed facility to Chief of Kathmandu Valley Police Office, Ranipokhari and Additional Inspector General of Police (AIG) Dan Bahadur Karki today.
The AIG thanked the NRNA for taking the initiative to restore the Control Room. He also stressed...
Kathmandu, Oct 28: The launching of Nepal Liberal Party headed by Dr Gopilal Neupane has been announced amidst a programme here today. Economic prosperity and civic freedom are said to be among the party's main agenda.
"This party has been formed with the aim of liberating Nepali citizens from the cycle of poverty, freeing them from the fear of unemployment, ensuring the rule of law, facilitating people's daily lives through good governance, and achieving economic prosperity through economic liberalism," party president Neupane said. Economic progress is the main agenda of the party, according to party's General Secretary Dr Sushil...
Gandaki, Oct 28: Snowfall has been recorded at Annapurna Base Camp, which is situated above Machhapuchchhre Base Camp in Kaski. Machhapuchchhre Base Camp lies along the trekking route to Annapurna Base Camp. According to Chhomrong Tourism Management Committee Chair Jaganras Gurung, the snowfall has been occurring since Monday evening. This snowfall coincides with a surge of tourists, predominantly domestic, arriving shortly after the Tihar festival.
However, Annapurna Conservation Area Project Chief Rabin Kadariya stated that this weather development has caused no difficulties for the visitors. Visitors who reached Annapurna Base Camp on Monday had already started descending before the...
Kathmandu, Oct 28: Flights have been somewhat affected due to adverse weather today. Both domestic and international flights at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) have been delayed due to the adverse weather conditions reducing visibility, said Hansa Raj Pandey, the General Manager at TIA. As a result, international flights had to be put on hold for some time.
Flights to Tenzing Hillary Airport in Lukla, Simikot Airport in Humla and other airports in the mountainous region have been reported to be generally affected. Pandey said that due to bad weather, only Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights are currently operating at...
Bagmati, Oct 28: The Bagmati province government has started preparations to reduce the number of its ministries. The provincial government, which has decided to cut costs and adopt financial austerity, has now begun preparations to reduce the number of provincial ministries from 14 to seven. It may be recalled here that the main opposition party, CPN (Maoist Centre), had recently submitted a memorandum to the provincial government demanding a reduction in the number of ministries. After the submission of the memorandum from the main opposition party, a joint meeting of the parliamentary parties of the ruling Nepali Congress and the...