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PM outlines costs and benefits of LDC exit

Kathmandu, July 31 -- After being ranked among the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) for 55 years, Nepal is set to graduate to a developing country status in November next year, Prime Minister KP Sharm... Read More


Nepal, India to finish boundary work in three years, barring Kalapani and Susta

Kathmandu, July 30 -- In a major development, senior officials from Nepal and India have agreed to complete the bilateral boundary work within three years and approved the new timeline. The decision w... Read More


US pulls MCC Nepal Compact back from the brink

Kathmandu, July 26 -- Ending months of speculation, the Donald Trump administration has decided to give continuity to the Millennium Challenge Nepal Compact, a package of development projects that has... Read More


Pair of German firms invited to sign new passport deal

Kathmandu, July 25 -- The Department of Passports has invited two German companies to sign a new passport deal to print and supply 6.4 million biometric passports or e-passports. After the Public Pro... Read More


Nepal, India agree on mutual legal assistance deal

Kathmandu, July 24 -- After years of negotiations, senior home ministry officials from Nepal and India finalised the text of Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters during the home se... Read More


Nepal and India holding boundary talks on July 27-29 in New Delhi

Kathmandu, July 22 -- year hiatus, Nepal and India are resuming boundary talks on July 27-29 in New Delhi. The seventh edition of the Boundary Working Group (BWG)-the highest-level bilateral mechanis... Read More


Oli set for India visit on September 16

Kathmandu, July 21 -- Fourteen months after leading the government, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is all set to embark on an official visit to India on September 16 at the invitation of his Indian coun... Read More


Nepalis stranded in Kerung set to return home via Tatopani

Kathmandu, July 18 -- The government is working to bring back Nepali citizens stranded in the Tibetan town of Kerung near the Nepal-China border following the July 8 flood and landslides that severed ... Read More


Minister Gupta quits. Bribery scandal refuses to die down

Kathmandu, July 16 -- Raj Kumar Gupta tendered his resignation from the post of Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration on Tuesday. This followed intense pressure on Gupta over two rec... Read More


Calls grow to sack Minister Gupta, but PM Oli silent

Kathmandu, July 15 -- Amid growing calls for his resignation over a bribery scandal, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Rajkumar Gupta, a CPN-UML leader, attended the Cabinet meet... Read More