The AIIB follows a six-step process for the approval and completion of projects in Asia. These are as follows: strategic programming, project identification, project preparation, Board approval, project implementation, and project completion and evaluation.…
China and landlocked Nepal seem to have almost finalized the text of a transit protocol that is to be signed when President Bidya Devi Bhandari visits China on a four-day official tour in April 2019 for the second Belt and Road (BRI) forum. This protocol is…
As a country intending to benefit from the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its development potentials, Nepal needs to consider the criticisms regarding China’s practice of “debt-trap diplomacy.” Nepal also needs to work out the necessary…
From land acquisition to hiring of personnels-challenges abound to implement contracts under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) [A version of this article appeared in the Kathmandu Post on February 15, 2019 entitled “Rough Road Ahead.”] Nepal and China have…
उर्जा जलस्रोत तथा सिंचाई मन्त्रालयले बिहीबार राजधानीको राष्ट्रियसभागृहमा विशेष कार्यक्रम गरी जनताको जलविद्युत् आयोजना कार्यक्रमको शुभारम्भ गरेको हो। कार्यक्रमको उद्घाटन गर्दै प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीले गतिशिल क्षेत्रमा लगानी बढाउन सवैलाई आव्हान गरे।…
For Nepal, the challenge is to achieve connectivity with international allies without the “Indianization” or “Chinisation” of Nepal The Government of Nepal plans to construct railways for both internal and cross-border transportation of people and freight to…
The Belt and Road Initiative (hereinafter, “BRI”), introduced by President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in 2013, is an international development project focused on connectivity and regional economic integration. The project is guided by the…
छ लाख बढी सञ्चयकर्ताको लगानीमा कर्मचारी सञ्चय कोषले निर्माण गर्न लागेको बेतन कर्णाली जलविद्युत् आयोजनाले वातावरणीय प्रभाव मूल्याङ्कन (इआइए)को काम शुरु गरेको छ । आयोजना निर्माणका लागि कोषले बेतन कर्णाली सञ्चयकर्ता हाइड्रो पावर कम्पनी स्थापना गरेको छ । कम्पनीले…
चीनका सिचुवान विश्वविद्यालय, दक्षिण एशियाली अध्ययन केन्द्रका प्रमुख प्राडा दाइ योङहोङले बेल्ट एन्ड रोड इनिसिएटिभअन्तर्गत चीनको राष्ट्रिय रेल्वे सञ्जालमा नेपाल र भारतलाई समेत जोडिन सक्ने सम्भावना रहेको बताए । मदन भण्डारी फाउन्डेशनले आज यहाँ ‘बेल्ट एन्ड रोड…
Nepal and China have formed a joint technical team to expedite the construction of the first ever cross-border transmission line between these two countries. The 400 kV trans-Himalayan power line is expected to link Rasuwagadhi and Kerung across the Nepal…
Legal education has been an important challenge in Nepal. Different law schools in the country have different programs for the undergraduate and graduate legal studies. Kathmandu University School of Law (KUSL) at Dhulikhel, the youngest law school in the…
नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंकले पूर्वाधार विकास बैंक स्थापनाका लागि आवश्यक प्रकृया सुरु गरेको छ। यस सम्बन्धमा 'पूर्वाधार बैंक इजाजतसम्बन्धि नीतिगत व्यवस्था, २०७४' लागू गर्दै बैंक स्थापनाका लागि आवश्यक प्रकृया अघि बढाएको जानकारी दीइएको छ । बैंक संचालक तथा कार्यकारी…