"Nepal"

Thai travellers will soon find it easier to visit the Buddha’s birthplace, thanks to new tourism cooperation between Nepal and Thailand.

The Embassy of Nepal in Washington has said it is following recent incidents across the United States involving violent attacks against people of Asian origin, including the horrific shooting in Atlanta in which eight people lost their lives and an assault on a Nepali Uber driver in San Francisco.

Nine people have been killed since July, three in March alone. Authorities say the victims had gone to the forest for fodder but tigers are seen in human settlements too.

Nepal will receive $5 for every tonne of carbon dioxide emission reduced as country embarks on earning up to Rs5 billion by selling 9 million tonnes of CO2 by 2025.

The scheme will use the traceability system to track the product along the entire supply chain, officials say.

The message was conveyed to Foreign Minister Gyawali by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang during a telephone conversation Friday evening.

For the last three weeks, around 60 mountaineers had battled high winds, heavy snowfall, rockfall and chilling cold to achieve what many had long believed to be impossible.

Trekkers and mountaineers have been entering the country since October after the government allowed limited activities.

International Commission of Jurists points out a series of missteps by the government, from making light of the disease, denying free tests and care to failing to provide social safety net to the vulnerable groups.

Nepal wants greater access for its agricultural produce to the Indian market, convenience in passage of goods through Kolkata port, and transport of goods through waterways, among others.

This will be the largest funding package the multilateral agency has given to Nepal's civil aviation sector so far.

According to experts, the visit of a senior member of the Chinese Cabinet will send a strong message of the diplomatic and strategic importance Nepal has for the rising global power.