Realising potential

KATHMANDU, JAN 26 - Last six months saw the signing of the Power Trade Agreement (PTA) between Nepal and India, Project Development Agreement (PDA) between Investment Board of Nepal (IBN) and two Indian companies for Upper Karnali and Arun III Hydropower Projects, and endorsement of a Rs 40 billion investment proposal of Reliance Cement Industries, India. As the Narendra Modi-led government prioritises the neighbours, these developments have renewed the optimism about Nepal-India economic cooperation. The PTA is expected to encourage international...

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Joint proposal at PDCC was a mistake: Nepal

KATHMANDU, JAN 26 - CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the ruling parties—Nepali Congress and CPN-UML— made a mistake by tabling their joint proposal at the Political Dialogue and Consensus Committee ( PDCC ). Speaking at an interaction programme organised by Press Chautari at Baghbazar in the Capital on Monday, leader Nepal remarked that the parties cannot backtrack from consensus and the constitution should be drafted through consensus. The senior UML leader said that the opposition parties—UCPN (Maoist) and Madhes based parties—...

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Work together with oppn: Prez

KATHMANDU, JAN 26 - President Ram Baran Yadav has asked CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli to work together with the opposition parties including UCPN (Maoist), who have been putting their note of dissent in the Constituent Assembly, in the constitution drafting process. Oli went to President’s official residence at Sheetal Niwas on Monday. Oli has said that they doubt the intention of UCPN (M) in constitution drafting . UML Vice Chairman Bidhya Devi Bhandari and General Secretary Ishwor Pokharel accompanied Oli during the visit. accrding to ekanti...

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Deadly day begins at Gadhimai today

BARA, NOV 28 - The sacrificial ritual at Gadhimai is set to begin in the wee hours of Friday, with hundreds of thousands of people from India and Nepal flocking to Bariyapur to partake in the most crucial day of the once-in-five-years event. Devotees poured into Bariyapur with buffaloes—mostly calves covered in an auspicious red cloth, some even decorated with flowers around their horns—which they handed over to the management authorities to be taken inside a makeshift slaughter field, situated a few hundred metres from the Gadhimai temple. The...

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