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China's Belt and Road Comes to Nepal

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Nepal to get Internet connection from China ending India's monopoly

Nepal will get Internet connection through Chinese optical fiber starting August, putting an end on its reliance on India's Internet bandwidth.

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Nepal to get Internet connection from China ending India's monopoly

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Nepal says GST should not infringe on Nepal-India trade

Nepal's Commerce Ministry has said it has sent a letter to India through the diplomatic channel that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implemented in India from July 1 should not infringe on trade and transit treaties between the two countries.

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Nepal, China to deepen cooperation in literature under B&R Initiative

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Belt and Road Initiative opens window of opportunity for Nepal

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India says it plans to measure whether quake shrank Everest

The Indian government has said it plans to measure the height of Mount Everest for a second time to assess whether it changed as a result of the 2015 Nepal earthquake.

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Nepal’s ex-king Gyanendra: national unity under attack

​Nepal's national unity is under attack and its people must act to save it, former King Gyanendra said on Wednesday, in some of his most critical political comments since being toppled by a parliamentary vote eight years ago.

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India rupees: Chaos at banks after "black money" ban

The surprise government move is aimed at tackling corruption and tax evasion.

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Nepal drains part of glacial lake near Everest

Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have threatened thousands of lives, officials said yesterday.

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Nepal urges China to expand railway network to more border points: official

​Nepal has requested China to consider expanding its railway network to different border points besides the planned expansion to Kerung (Geelong port), said a senior official of Nepal's Commerce Ministry.

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Tibet reinvents itself as a channel to South Asia

Prakash, a thangka dealer from Nepal, brought over 1,000 of the scroll paintings to the China Tibet Tourism and Culture Expo, after the 200 thangka he brought last year were quickly snapped up.

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Chinese tech to make Himalayan train possible

China has the technology and experience to build line from Tibet to South Asia, experts say.

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Nepal earthquake survivor Singh is youngest competitor at Rio Olympic Games

Singh, born in Nepal but moved to London at the age of two, has survived a devastating earthquake in 2015 in Nepal. She will make her Olympic debut on Sunday's 100m backstroke preliminary.

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Nepal must probe claims police tortured ethnic minority protesters, demands Amnesty International

Nepal must investigate allegations that police tortured protesters arrested during demonstrations against a new constitution that left at least 50 people dead nationwide, according to Amnesty International.

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Nepal set to start probe into civil war crimes

A handful of faded photographs has long been Suntali Rasaili’s only treasured moments of her teenage daughter, allegedly executed by Nepali soldiers at the height of the Maoist insurgency.

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Nepal becomes preferred destination for international drug smugglers

​In May, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of the Nepal Police booked four foreign traffickers in possession of more than two kilograms of cocaine in different parts of the capital city, prior to the arrest of two foreign women in March.