Nepal has officially joined the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), an India-led global initiative to protect seven species of big cats.
IBCA is a multi-country, multi-agency coalition of over 90 big cat range countries and non-range countries with an interest in big cat conservation.
“Nepal has formally joined the International Big...
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has announced plans to appoint new transport attaches in neighbouring and regional countries to facilitate trade and provide better services for Afghan citizens. Afghanistan relies heavily on road transport through neighbouring states for its imports and exports. Trade corridors and other regional...
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested today on charges of misusing public funds during an international tour in 2023. Mr. Wickremasinghe was summoned to present before the Criminal Investigation Department to record a statement in the matter when he was arrested. The leader was later presented before...
India and Bangladesh will hold the 56th Director General (DG) level border talks in Dhaka from August 25 to 28. The Border Security Force (BSF) and its Bangladesh counterpart, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), hold the DG level Border Co-ordination Conference twice in a year, with either side alternatively travelling...
A modular bridge of 70 meter length built on Hewa Khola in Panchthar district was jointly inaugurated by Ambassador of India to Nepal Naveen Shrivastav and Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport of Nepal Devendra Dahal.
This bridge is located on Mechi Highway and is the longest such bridge ever...
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-chaired the 24th round of the Special Representatives’ Dialogue on the Boundary Question between India and China in Delhi today. External Affairs Ministry said in a statement that the discussions covered issues related to de-escalation, delimitation and boundary...
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri handed over vehicles, medical equipment and military animals to Nepal’s Army Chief Gen. Ashok Raj Sigdel, strengthening bilateral defence cooperation.
Misri arrived in Nepal on Sunday for a two-day official visit.
The handover of “light strike vehicles, critical care medical equipment and military animals” at a function...
Myanmar will hold the initial phase of its general election on December 28, state television said on Monday, outlining a roadmap for the first polls in the war-torn country in nearly five years that have already been derided by critics as a sham.
The dates for the subsequent phases of...
UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson addressed the widescale erosion of human rights of women in the country in a briefing to reporters in New York on Thursday, just ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover.
Since the takeover, dozens of permanent decrees have curtailed women’s and...
Nepal will export nearly 200 MW electricity to India in addition to the existing 940 MW, officials said, a development that will earn little more than NRs 80 billion for the Himalayan nation.
This is part of the long-term agreement that Nepal signed for the export of 10,000 MW power...
