KATHMANDU: Nepal’s automobile industry is now openly divided. Two competing auto shows scheduled just two weeks apart at the same venue are a living proof of the deepening rift among the country’s major auto players. The 17th edition of the…

KATHMANDU: Road expansion work on the eastern segment of the Muglin-Pokhara road section of Prithvi Highway is nearing completion. The second blacktopping has begun in the Bagbazaar area near Tanahun district headquarters, Damauli. Major intersections in Damauli, including Main Chowk, Safa-Sadak Chowk…

KATHMANDU: Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co, Limited (CATL) has launched Naxtra, a sodium-ion battery brand, to deliver safer, more cost-effective alternatives for electric vehicles (EVs). Naxtra will go into mass production in December. According to the American Physical Society,…

KAVRE: Protests by locals in the Pulbazaar area of Banepa have affected the ongoing expansion of the Sanga-Dhulikhel section of the Arniko Highway into a four-lane road for the past six weeks. According to the Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel Road Expansion Project under…

KATHMANDU: Containerized cargo from China has reached Nepal’s Chobhar Dry Port directly for the first time, marking a new step in Nepal-China trade. The shipment consisted of four 40-foot containers transported via a combined rail and road route from Yiwu, China.…