Kathmandu, Oct. 14 -- Nepal and China signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday under which China will help build two stretches of the road linking Kathmandu and Rasuwagadhi. The road will include two tunnels.

The agreement was signed between Nepal's Ministry of Finance and the China International Development Cooperation Agency in Kathmandu on Sunday, hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his two-day state visit to Nepal.

The first stretch of the road will be 32-km long-from Tokha in Kathmandu to Chhahare in Nuwakot-with a 4.17-km tunnel. The second 19-km stretch will link Mailung with Syaphrubesi in Rasuwa district, according to officials at the Finance Ministry and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transpo...