Beijing has formally assured Bangladesh that its massive new hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, ...

Nuwakot and Basantapur fall within the Mahabharat-Chure hill range and have rapidly become commercial hotspots over the past ...

The location in the remote and sparsely populated Tibetan borderlands has the potential to cause environmental and political ructions China has officially broken ground on what is set to become the ...

China has broken ground on what it says will be the world’s largest hydropower project, a $170bn feat capable of generating ...

Once constructed, it will be the world's largest hydropower dam. Its size and scale could also enable Beijing to release large amounts of water that could flood border areas on the Indian side.

Using the dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo to share electricity could carry ‘significant strategic value’ for Beijing, analysts say ...

Bangladesh has expressed confidence in China’s explanation of its new hydropower project upstream on the Brahmaputra River, ...

The Supreme Court plea, filed by eight residents from Assam, claimed that mass eviction and demolition drives conducted in June had impacted over 667 families ...

This is no ordinary project. First proposed in the 1990s and later elevated to national priority in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, the Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower station is widely seen as the country’s ...

While China argues that these efforts are aimed at economic development, the scale and dual-use nature of the infrastructure has raised alarms in New Delhi and among defence analysts worldwide ...

The announcement of the development of a dam on the Brahmaputra River has raised serious concerns for India and Bangladesh.

The $167 billion initiative has raised significant environmental and geopolitical concerns, especially in neighbouring India ...