KATHMANDU, Sept 24: The Rasuwagadhi-Kerung transit point, one of the two major land routes of Nepal-China trade, has been opened since Wednesday, after the Chinese authorities expressed their consent to conditionally reopen the border point for movement of traded goods.

RASUWA, July 27: Nepal’s key trade route to its northern neighbor China has resumed after a five-day blockage was cleared earlier on Monday.

RASUWA, July 27: A key trade route to China, the Syaphru-Rasuwagadhi road has been blocked for the past five days due to landslides and floods triggered by incessant rainfall.

RASUWA, July 10: Heavy rain and landslides have brought vehicular movement at Rasuwagadhi to a standstill. Landslides at Kulung and Tatopani following heavy downpour in the last few days have damaged the Syafru–Rasuwagadhi section of the highway.

RASUWA, March 29: Tatopani and Rasuwagadhi, the main land routes for trade with China, are yet to come into operation despite the decision by both the countries to bring these border points online.

RASUWA, Feb 6: The construction of dry port at the Rasuwagadhi border point has been affected due to shortage of labor. The construction was started in mid-November but the widespread outbreak of coronavirus in China has led to the shortage of Chinese workers.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The government has set up health desks in various border points to screen suspected cases of coronavirus.

RASUWA, Jan 28: Border authorities of Nepal and China have decided to close the Rasuwagadhi border point for 15 days starting Thursday to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

RASUWA, Jan 26: Chinese visitors coming to Nepal via Rasuwagadhi border will be sent back to China if found to be infected with the coronavirus.

RASUWA, Jan 17: Movement of vehicles along Rasuwagadhi border point has got disrupted since Thursday following heavy snowfall in the district.

RASUWA, Dec 26: Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign's district secretariat has prepared working procedure to implement various events and activities as part of the yearlong tourism promotional campaign.

RASUWA, Dec 24: More than 30,000 foreign tourists entered Nepal over the first 11 months of 2019 through the Rasuwagadhi border point.

RASUWA, Aug 27: The influx of visitors in tourist destinations of Rasuwa district has increased of late. The number of tourists travelling to Langtang, Gosaikunda, Tamang Sampadamarg, and Rasuwagadhi has increased.

RASUWA, Aug 25: The under-construction Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project at Timure of Gosainkunda Rural Municipality in Rasuwa district is all set to start generating power within the current fiscal year.

RASUWA, Aug 22: Locals affected by the construction of the dry port at Rasuwagadhi border point have received compensation money, barring 15 households.

RASUWA, Aug 1: Rasuwagadhi Customs Office is preparing to install a passenger walk-through gate and a luggage X-Ray machine at the border point. The office said the equipment has already arrived and it will be installed after technical test.

RASUWA, July 9: The Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi road section of the Galchhi-Trishuli-Rasuwagadhi highway has been obstructed due to the landslide triggered by incessant rainfall since Tuesday morning.

RASUWA, July 8: Flood triggered by torrential rainfall has obstructed the road connecting Rasuwagadhi border with the rest of the country.

RASUWAGADHI, June 17: Rasuwagadhi Customs Office has collected revenue of Rs 9.84 billion in first 11 months of current fiscal year 2018/2019.

DHADING/RASUWA, June 13: The Galchi-Trishuli-Mailung-Rasuwagadhi road project, a national priority project, is set to miss yet another deadline of completion as its works are moving at a snail's pace.

RASUWA, June 10: There has been no syndicate-type operation at the customs point in Rasuwagadhi along the northern border, according to the District Administration Office of Rasuwa.

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RASUWA, May 23: Rasuwagadhi Customs Office is starting customs clearance suing computerized system from June 16.

RASUWA, May 13: An agreement to build an inland container depot in Rasuwagadhi was signed on Sunday.

RASUWA, April 28: Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Company and Sanjen Hydropower Company have collected a total of Rs 3.17 billion by selling primary shares.

KATHMANDU, April 20: Two hydropower companies – Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Company Ltd (RHCL) and Sanjen Jalavidhyut Company Ltd (SJCL) – have floated their primary shares worth above Rs 1.57 billion to the public.

RASUWA, Nov 25: Agro products worth Rs 770 million have been imported from China via Rasuwagadhi border in the first four months of the current Fiscal Year 2018/19.

RASUWA, Oct 27: Construction of dry port at Timure in Rasuwagadhi, a custom point between Nepal and China, has failed to start. Though the construction was slated to start in October, the Chinese side is yet to begin the works. The reason behind the delay is not clear.

RASUWA, Oct 22: A new historical tower has been constructed at the historical place Rasuwagadhi in Gosaikunda rural municipality in the district.

RASUWA, Oct 13: In the first nine months of 2018, a total 19,350 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal via the Rasuwagadhi border.

RASUWA, Oct 10: Department of Immigration has installed self-service visa application kiosk at the Immigration Office in Rasuwagadhi.

RASUWA, Sept 19: Rasuwagadhi Customs Point missed revenue target in the first and second month of Fiscal Year 2018/19 as bad roads took toll on imports and exports via Nepal's only trading point with Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

RASUWA, Sept 11: The Dhunche-Syafrubesi highway has been obstructed at Khopangbhir by rainfall induced landslides since yesterday. The closure comes a week after vehicular movements had resumed following an obstruction.

RASUWA, Sept 9: Trade via Rasuwagadhi along the northern border point has now reopened, but traders say they cannot immediately import goods for the upcoming Teej festival from the China. The reason, according to them,  is lack of containers to supply goods from Kerung, the nearest market in Tibet.

RASUWA, Aug 26: Repair works of Rasuwagadhi trade route, which links the country with the northern neighbor China, has begun from Saturday. The vital trade route has remained obstructed since the past month due to landslide debris.

RASUWA, Aug 26: Repair works of Rasuwagadhi trade route, which links the country with the northern neighbor China, has begun from Saturday. The vital trade route has remained obstructed since the past month due to landslide debris.

RASUWA, Aug 5: A total of 6,694 Chinese Tourists have visited Nepal via the northern Rasuwagadhi Transit point from January 1 till July 16 this year. This is the third year the Chinese tourists started to come to Nepal via the route.

RASUWA, Aug 4: Vehicular movement at Rasuwagadhi, the international business border with China has been halted for the month of Shrawan. The bridge at Ghattekhola in Gosainkunda rural municipality-2 has been damaged due to a landslide.

RASUWA, July 29: Rasuwagadhi border point, the only trade route connecting Nepal to China, has been shut down after a flood in Ghatkhola of Gosaikunda Village Municaplity-2 damaged the bridge there.

RASUWA, July 16: The road section joining Nepal with China at Rasawagadhi has been obstructed due to landslide.

KATHMANDU, July 8: It has been three years since the transit point for trade with Tibet shifted to Rasuwagadhi from Tatopani following the big earthquake. But the food quarantine post still remains at Tatopani.

KATHMANDU, May 21: Nepal’s export to China via Rasuwagadhi customs jumped by nearly two and half times over the first nine months Fiscal Year 2017/18, compared to export figures of the same period a year earlier.

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RASUWA, Feb 19: Nearly 18,000 Chinese tourists entered Nepal via Rasuwagadhi border in Rasuwa district in 2017.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Sanjen Jalavidhyut Company Limited (SJCL) and Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Company Limited (RHCL) are floating initial public offerings worth above Rs 2.5 billion in the first phase.

RASUWA, Feb 4: Construction work for Rasuwagadhi dry port at Timure, Rasuwa, is set to kick off within the next four months. The port will be located about two kilometers south of the Rasuwagadhi border between Nepal and China.

RASUWA, Jan 15: China is stopping movement of cargo containers from the Rasuwagadhi customs point for a week starting Monday, citing Lhosar celebration.

RASUWA, Nov 16: The installation of Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) at the Rasuwagadhi Customs Office has eased customs procedures for both traders and customs officials.

RASUWA, Oct 18: China has closed the Rasuwagadhi border crossing -- the only trade border between Nepal and China - for six days.

RASUWA, Oct 15: The Rasuwagadhi checkpoint that connects Nepal with the world economy powerhouse China is at high risk of landslides. If left unchecked, this could disrupt trade between the two counties.