A memorandum of understanding on the construction of a rail link between Tibet and Nepal was signed in Beijing on June 21 by China’s president, Mr Xi Jinping, and Nepalese prime minister Mr Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli.
THE chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region Mr Losang Jamcan has told Nepalese president Mr Ram Baran Yadav that the Chinese government plans to extend the Tibet Railway to the Neapalese border within five years.
THE preliminary findings of a feasibility study into the construction of a metro network in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu suggest a 77km five-line network could be developed over a 10-year period at a cost of Rs 330bn ($US 3.88bn).