South Korean special envoy visits Nepal, holds meetings with DPM Paudel and others South Korean Special Envoy Lee Jeongkyu, representing the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, visited Nepal, recently. Nepal 21 Jan, 2025
Nepal in priority for investment: AIIB The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has said it accords top priority to Nepal. A visiting high-level delegation from the AIIB said this during a meeting with Finance Minister Barshaman Pun, according to the Minister's Secretariat. Business 26 Mar, 2024
UK minister launches new UK-Nepal development portfolio UK Minister of State for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell visited Nepal on 19-20 February and announced a new development portfolio. Kathmandu 21 Feb, 2024
South Korea to help Nepal graduate from least developed country status South Korea has said it will always be a partner to Nepal, which is preparing to graduate from the least developed country status in 2026. Kathmandu 28 Sep, 2023
Minister lays foundation stone for dam of UT-1 ​​​​​​​Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Shakti Bahadur Basnet has laid the foundation stone for the construction of 29.5-metre high dam of the 216 MW Upper Trishuli-1 (UT-1) runof-the-river hydroelectric project in Trishuli River of Rasuwa District. Business 13 Sep, 2023
Nepal: The next regional green powerhouse In Nepal, power outages spanning up to 18 hours a day are a thing of the past. Opinion 02 Aug, 2023
IFC's programme in Nepal fuels sustainability and energy resilience ​​​​​​​By promoting projects with robust environmental and social benchmarks and collaborating with stakeholders, IFC’s Nepal Environmental and Social (E&S) Hydropower Programme (2016 to 2023) helped ramp up the capacity of the hydropower sector, thus supporting the development of a resilient industry. Business 14 Jun, 2023
PM Dahal holds interaction with project developers The Office of the Investment Board, Nepal has briefed the progress of public private partnership and private investment projects facilitated by the Investment Board Nepal (IBN) to Prime Minister and Chairperson of the IBN, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Business 18 Mar, 2023
Diversion tunnel of 216-megawatt Upper Trishuli-1 project completed The construction of a diversion tunnel of 216 MW Upper Trishuli-1 (UT-1) run-of-theriver hydroelectric project in Rasuwa district has been completed. Business 02 Mar, 2023
Construction of transmission line expedited Construction of power transmission line that will help connect the power generated from hydropower projects in Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts to the central grid has gained momentum. Nepal 27 Dec, 2022
78,000 shareholders apply for remaining shares of Upper Trishuli 3B hydro project Nearly 78,000 shareholders have submitted applications for the remaining amount of shares issued to the general public by Trishuli Hydropower Co Ltd. Business 24 Oct, 2022
'Canada strongly supports free and open Indo-Pacific' Deputy Ambassador of Canada to Nepal Amanda Strohan held talks with government officials on issues of bilateral cooperation. Ram Kumar Kamat of The Himalayan Times had a tete-a-tete with Strohan about her interactions with government officials in Nepal. She says her government strongly supports open Indo-Pacific and rules-based order. Nepal 10 Sep, 2022
