India to provide grant to Nepal for construction of school buildings

India recently committed to provide a grant of Nepalese Rupees 107 million (equivalent to INR 68 million) to Nepal for the construction of three school buildings. The Embassy of India and the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration of Nepal signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for the construction of two new school buildings. ..

Topics: Foreign relations of Nepal • In Nepal • Nepal

Nepal to hold SAARC Foreign Ministers’ informal meet

Nepal is planning to hold SAARC Foreign Ministers’ informal meet on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA) session in September 2019. The 18th SAARC summit was held in Kathmandu in 2014 and Pakistan was to host the next summit in 2016. But, the summit was cancelled after India boycotted the meeting, in ..

Topics: 18th SAARC summit • 19th SAARC summit • 20th SAARC summit • Foreign relations • Foreign relations of India • In Nepal • International Relations • Kashmir Conflict • Kathmandu • Politics by country • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Nepal launchesits first satellite NepaliSat-1 into space under BIRDS project of Japan

Nepal has successfully launched its first satellite NepaliSat-1 into space from Virginia in the United States. The satellite was developed by the Nepalese scientists. NepaliSat-1 is a low orbit satellite which will be in the 400-km distance from the Earth’s surface. It will be stationed at the International Space Station (ISS) for a month and ..

Topics: CubeSats • In Nepal • NepaliSat-1 • Raavana 1 • Satellite • Satellites • Science and technology in Nepal • Small satellite • Small satellites • Spacecraft • Spaceflight

Kathmandu hosts first ‘Nepal-India Think Tank’ Summit

The first ‘Nepal-India Think Tank’ Summit was held in Kathmandu on July 31 to foster greater collaboration and knowledge-sharing among the think tanks of the two countries. It was inaugurated by Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, the former Prime Minister of Nepal and Co-Chairman of ruling Nepal Communist Party. The summit was jointly organized by the ..

Category: Summits and Conferences

Topics: Bahun • Communist Party of Nepal • Dahal • Government • Humans • In Nepal • Nepalese people • Prime Minister of Nepal • Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Nepal to host 2018 BIMSTEC summit

The 2018 Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit is to commence from August 30, 2018 in Nepal. This is the fourth summit of BIMSTEC since its formation in 1997. Nepal is hosting it for the first time. It will see the heads of states from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, ..

Category: Summits and Conferences

Topics: Bangladesh • Bay of Bengal • Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation • Bengal • Bhutan • Continents • Countries • Geography of Asia • In Nepal • Member states of the United Nations • Nepal