Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) has also been making overtures to the coalition members including the Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre), coalition leaders are under pressure to strike a power-sharing deal among themselves.
"In the past, Japan did not have a strategy in South Asia. Japan supported many infrastructure projects in South Asia purely because Japan tried to contribute to the local society. However, since China expanded its influence in South Asia and provoked Japan in many places in the Indo-Pacific
In a press statement, the Nepal Health Ministry asserted that the new variant of Covid-19 has not been confirmed in Nepal so far. However, due to its growing influence in neighbouring countries, there is a need to be alert in the Himalayan nation as well.
Speaking at a seminar organized by the Center for Centre for Social Inclusion and Federalism, the panelists said that Nepal needs to do better negotiations with China while executing projects under the BRI.
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.
French 'serial killer' Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, left for France on Friday after being freed from a 20-year spell in a Nepali prison, reported France24.
Satoru Nagao, a fellow (non-resident) at Hudson Institute in Tokyo, whose primary research area in US-Japan-India security cooperation, has advised Nepal to gradually distance itself from China.
Charles Sobhraj had a security threat being here in Nepal, said Nihita Biswas, wife of the notorious serial killer, who was released and deported to France from Nepali jail on Friday.
Gopal Shiwakoti, lawyer of Charles Sobhraj, late on Thursday evening told ANI that he would be kept at central jail for the night as a "special guest". "When he was asked to stay as a special guest here in the prison for the night, then he replied, 'I am happy. I require special attention