Kathmandu, May 22 (IANS) Nepal has formally requested the United Nations to defer its scheduled graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category, citing mounting economic challenges, global uncertainties, and concerns over the country’s preparedness for the transition.Nepal was due to graduate from the LDC category in November 2026, a milestone that would mark the country’s progress in human development and economic resilience.However, as the deadline approaches, concerns have intensif…
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Kathmandu, May 1 (IANS) US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, Sergio Gor began his political engagements on Friday by meeting Nepal’s Foreign Minister Sishir Khanal and Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle. Gor, who is also the US Ambassador to India, arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday evening and held meetings with Nepal’s government ministers on Friday. He is the highest-ranking US government official to visit Nepal since the new government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah was formed on Ma…
Kathmandu, April 30 (IANS) Nepal’s state-owned national flag carrier on Thursday apologised for showing India’s Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan in its network map shared on social media a day before, terming it an error. Nepal Airlines said the map contained significant cartographic inaccuracies regarding international boundaries that do not reflect Nepal’s official stance or that of the airlines.”We sincerely apologise for the error in the network map recently shared on our social media c…
Kathmandu, April 27 (IANS) India has proposed a visit by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to Nepal on May 11–12 as part of wider consultations ahead of newly-elected Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s visit to its southern neighbour, The Kathmandu Post reported on Monday. Citing diplomatic sources in the Foreign Ministry of Nepal and the Nepali Embassy in India, the report stated that the Indian side has proposed the dates and is awaiting Kathmandu’s official response.Following communicatio…