Proposes economic corridor through Himalayas connecting India, Nepal & China

The blast happened in Biratnagar town, near the Indian border, 200 km southeast of the capital, Kathmandu, late on Monday, police official Tilak Shrestha told Reuters.

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Wang Mingqing, a fruit merchant in Chengdu city, had put up a sign about his missing daughter on his car and requested 4,839 passengers he ferried over the past three years to share information about his daughter.

The Ministry of External Affairs said the move shows Pakistan’s failure to dismantle terror sanctuaries in that country and vindicated India’s position that Islamabad has not taken effective action against terrorist groups and individuals.

Nepal’s economy is in a dismal shape and its coffers are almost empty, a government white paper has said and admitted the international community may not find the situation encouraging enough to invest.

Kim Jong-Un's visit to Beijing is been seen as the Korean leader’s attempt to consult with his country’s all weather ally before he formally meets with the South Korean and US Presidents later this year.

The emergency was imposed following a political and constitutional crisis after a Supreme Court order to release nine persons including the exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed.

Significantly, the new State Councillor Wang had adopted a tougher stance than his then boss Yang during the two-and-half month-long Doklam crisis last year. A fluent speaker of Japanese and English, Wang visited India last December for the Russia-India-China trilateral meeting, when he met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Xi Jinping was also re-elected as the President unanimously with all 2,970 votes in his favor at the National People’s Congress. He was also re-elected as the Chairman of the Central Military Commission unanimously.

A press statement issued by the Judicial council stated that CJ Parajuli had been relieved of his post after careful examination of his birth and academic certificate that showed him having attained the superannuation age (65) seven months ago.

The State Council’s institutional Reform Plan was submitted to the 13th National People’s Congress for deliberations Tuesday. The number of ministries will be increased from 20 to 26.

The supreme court will be taking up the case Tuesday, but it was not yet known who will substitute Justice Rana.

Nepal plane crash: Of 71 on board, 12 critically injured; crash could be due to ‘confusion between pilot, Air Control’

Out of the total 2964 deputies of the National People's Congress who voted, only two put in a dissenting vote and three abstained in allowing president Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.

Abbasi plans to meet Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal and President Bidhya Bhandari, but his itinerary does not include any meeting with former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition Sher Bahadur Deuba.

“But if the US takes steps to hurt our interest, we will not sit idle,” said Zhang Yesui, the spokesman for 13th National People’s Congress (NPC)’s first session, which will begin Monday.

The Kantipur group had been exonerated in a contempt case last year when it carried a series of reports accusing Parajuli of rape, before he became the Chief Justice.

The 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a political advisory body, will also open its plenary session Saturday.