KATHMANDU: The Tatopani border point, Nepal’s second-largest trade gateway with China, has remained closed for the past two weeks after a landslide blocked the Kodari Highway on August 3. The landslide at Iku in Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-2 of Sindhupalchok has…

KATHMANDU: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Devendra Dahal, has said that the Rasuwagadhi border point, which has remained inoperable since July 8, will be reopened before the Dashain festival. Speaking to journalists after inspecting the Galchi-Trishuli-Mailung-Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi road project, which…

KATHMANDU: The nighttime traffic ban on the Kavrebhanjyang-Nepalthok stretch of BP Highway is kicking off on Thursday. The local administration of Kavre took the decision due to heightened risks of floods and landslides resulting from monsoon rains. A recent meeting…

KATHMANDU: The field survey for the second phase of the Kathmandu Ring Road Improvement Project (Kalanki-Basundhara section) has been completed. Chinese technicians, who arrived in Nepal in April, has completed the survey of the 8.2-kilometer stretch, according to Kathmandu Ring…

KATHMANDU: The government has decided to request China to help resume operations at the Rasuwagadhi border crossing. A meeting of the National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management also decided to work in coordination with the Chinese government to…