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Nepal's anti-graft body files corruption case on Chinese company over cons
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Nepal's anti-graft body, the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), has filed a corruption case against 55 defendants, including the Chinese company, over the construction of Pokhara International Airport.
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Nepal's parliamentary subpanel finds billions embezzled during constructio
Updated : 11 months ago IST
The investigation made by the subpanel of the House of Representatives' Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in its final report has confirmed irregularities and corruption in the construction of the airport.
Nepal: Activists protest at China-built Pokhara Airport, denounce BRI as i
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A group of protestors comprising locals and activists protested in front of China-built Pokhara International Airport, denouncing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a tool to intervene in the Himalayan nation.
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Nepal asks China to convert Pokhara airport loan into grant to ease financ
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced on Tuesday that diplomatic efforts have been initiated with China to convert a loan for Pokhara International Airport to a grant as it failed to garner income, instead piled up more debt.
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Pokhara Airport may become Nepal's Hambantota: Expert calls for stern govt
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Nepal's newly inaugurated Pokhara International Airport built with Chinese help has come under scrutiny and a foreign policy expert called for stern government actions before it turns out to be Nepal's Hambantota.
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Nepal Foreign Minister rejects Chinese claim of airport being built under
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Earlier this week, China's statement that the Pokhara International Airport is its flagship project in Nepal under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) came as a surprise. Since then, confusion gripped Nepal's diplomatic circles after China is unilaterally listing one project after another in
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Confusion grips Nepal's diplomatic circles after China unilaterally places
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Confusion has gripped Nepal's diplomatic circles after China is unilaterally listing one project after another in Nepal under the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Concerns over Belt and Road Initiative's lack of momentum in Nepal: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
China had nothing to show for a real project for six years of the signing of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Nepal. That changed after the inauguration of Pokhara International Airport earlier this year when China announced to keep the airport built with Chinese aid under the BRI fra
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Chinese-built Pokhara Airport fails to take off: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Under China's Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing built the Pokhara international airport in Nepal in January but since it came into operation, there are no signs of the airport receiving any international flights, The Annapurna Express reported.
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Nepal drowning in Chinese debt trap
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Recently inaugurated Pokhara International Airport has come up with a USD 215 million loan from the Chinese EXIM Bank. The terms for this financing are highly adverse for Nepal's economy. The rate of interest charged on this loan is 2 per cent, much higher than what other multilateral lender
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Nepal's Pokhara Airport faces hurdle due to payload issues
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A preliminary report shows that narrow-body jets like the Airbus A320 and A319 have payload issues due to obstacles near the airport, which is a 25-minute hop from Kathmandu.
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Nepal: 68 confirmed dead in Yeti Airlines crash
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority on Sunday said that 68 passengers on board the ATR-72 Yeti Airlines flight, which crashed somewhere between the old airport of Pokhara region and the Pokhara International Airport, were confirmed dead.
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