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On the fast lane to expressways

Nepal’s Transport Policy needs an overhaul to reflect demographic shifts and need for better connectivity

Putting Nepal on the right track

A train network will generate jobs in construction and operation, bring efficiency and connectivity

No light at end of trans-Himalayan train tunnel

The prospect of a trans-Himalayan connectivity has historically been a sensitive geopolitical issue since it concerns the region’s main rivals: China and...

BRI and trans-Himalayan connectivity

When Chinese social media posted photographs last month of engineers surveying the extension of the Tibet Railway, one of the images showed...

Nepal in 2030

Ten years ago, at the beginning of the last decade, Nepalis looked forward with optimism to a country with greater connectivity —...

What is Xi Jinping’s ‘Big Surprise’?

Nepali officials have prepared a wish-list of 11 projects for Chinese President Xi Jinping when he makes a state visit to Kathmandu...

Dream train

Tashi Sherpa runs the only teashop in Rasuwa Gadi on the Nepal side of the border, 170km north of  Kathmandu. Nearby, dozens...

Which way will the Tibet-Nepal railway go?

Till not too long ago, a trans-Himalayan railway sounded like science fiction. Now, with the proposed 100km long tunnel under Langtang National...

TRILATERAL TRAINS

The trans-Himalayan railroad has been in the news lately. And like everything else in Nepal, it is difficult to separate hot air...

Between existence and extinction in Nepal

Nepal is situated at the crossroads of four eco-biological domains to the north, south, east and west. The country’s great altitudinal range...

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