Author: Himalaya Post

Shilanyas of a Motorable Bridge over Mahakali River

kathmandu – A groundbreaking ceremony was organized today for the construction of an India funded motorable bridge over the Mahakali River connecting Dharchula (India) with Darchula (Nepal). The ceremony was held jointly by both sides. In Darchula (Nepal), Hon’ble Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Mr Dilendra Prasad Badu, laid the foundation stone for the project. Shri Prasanna Shrivastava, Deputy Chief of Mission, was present at the occasion. In Dharchula (India), Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami, laid the foundation stone for the project. The project will augment cross-border connectivity between the Sudurpaschim province of Nepal...

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Indian Army Chief Pande hands over military equipment to Nepali Army

KATHMANDU- The Chief of Indian Army, General Manoj Pande, handed over military equipment worth Rs 223 million to Nepali Army (NA) as assistance. The Indian Army Chief arrived here on Sunday on a five-day visit at the official invitation of Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) Prabhu Ram Sharma. The assistance that includes medical equipment, parts of weapons and four horses was handed over here today amid a special programme organised at the Army Headquarters, according to the Nepali Army (NA). The assistance followed the decision taken by the Nepal India Bilateral Consultative Group. Gen Pande, at today’s event,...

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Two Schools Inaugurated in Rupandehi with a Grant of India

Kathmandu – A school project built in Rupandehi district with the grant support of the Government of India has been inaugurated. Indian Ambassador to Home Minister Balkrishna Khand of the Government of Nepal and Nepal Naveen Srivastava   jointly inaugurated the school project in Rupandehi district Saturday. In this project, there are school and laboratory buildings built for Ram Naresh Yadav Adarsh ​​Secondary School located in Dhakdhai, Rohini rural municipality of Rupandehi district. Under the India-Nepal Development Cooperation Program, this project has been implemented as a high impact community development project by District Coordination Committee Rupandehi with the financial support...

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Two School inaugurated in Sunsari built with a grant of India

Kathmandu – Government of Nepal Gyanendra Bahadur Karki  and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shri Naveen Srivastava and Minister of Communication and Information Technology jointly inaugurated two school projects in Sunsari district. These two projects include a school building built for the Nepal Police School, a dormitory building and a sports field and a newly built school building for Mahendra Secondary School. Under the India-Nepal Development Cooperation Program, these two high impact community development projects have been implemented by District Coordination Committee Sunsari with the financial support of the Government of India at a cost of Nehru 48.9 million. This...

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NMB Bank Secures $25 Million Clean Energy Funding from BII

Kathmandu— NMB Bank, one of the premier banks in Nepal with unique brand identify of sustainable and value-based banking has secured a first-of-its-kind $25 Million climate finance facility from British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor. The loan facility is expected to support the development of the bank’s climate finance eligible assets, boosting NMB bank’s financing capacity for Hydropower and other renewable energy projects. This investment reasserts the bank’s commitment to explore diverse and novel fund sources for financing its primary focus areas of real economy sectors and renewable energy projects, including hydropower projects....

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