China has been trying to get the support of Nepal for its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) but the Himalayan country is reluctant to join it as it also seeks support from the US and India which oppose Chinese policies, a Kathmandu-based online magazine Epardafas reported.
The Embassy of India in Kathmandu organized Vishwa Hindi Diwas jointly with the Central Hindi Department of Tribhuwan University on Tuesday at the embassy premises.
For the commemoration of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' the Embassy of India and the pension-paying office Dharan, organized a Blood Donation Camp on January 7 in coordination with Nepal Red Cross Society, Sunsari.
Speaking to journalists at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Chen said he will work to further enhance the bilateral relations between China and Nepal, The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported.
Three Nepali women, Lalita, Juna and Rojita, who had left Nepal to work in Laos, managed to escape from their tough Chinese employers there and returned to their own country, but still feel unsafe, according to The Kathmandu Post.
Ahead of the inauguration of Nepal's new Pokhara airport, in a surprise announcement on Saturday, the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu tweeted, "This (Pokhara airport) is the flagship project of the China-Nepal Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation."
The Nepal Foreign Ministry said the resumption of the ports is expected to augment bilateral trade between Nepal and China. The Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu stated that China was looking forward to importing more goods from Nepal.
Two China nationals, who had been living in Nepal in the guise of tourists, have been sent to judicial custody on charges of trafficking Nepalese girls aged between 19 to 22 to Laos and forcing them to get involved in illegal cyber businesses, The Himalayan Times reported.
Chinese nationals in Nepal are involved in illegal activities from hacking the banking system to heinous crimes such as human trafficking, epardafas.com reported citing Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau Kathmandu.
In a statement, Bhandari asked the newly-elected members of the House of Representatives to stake a claim for the post of Prime Minister with the support of two or more political parties in the parliament by December 25, The Kathmandu Post reported.
Nepal's latest change of guard may thus come as a major diplomatic setback for President Xi Jinping as the power equations in Kathmandu, under the Deuba-led coalition, are unlikely to be inclined towards Beijing.