Closure of border with China due to Covid-19 hits Nepali entrepreneurs


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Kathmandu [Nepal], April 26 (ANI): The closure of the Nepal-China border due to the Covid pandemic has affected a large number of Nepali entrepreneursexporting goods to the country. According to The Kathmandu Post, the Kerung and Tatopani border points have been reopened but export and import trade has not picked up. The export of carpets, thanka, silver jewellery, wooden crafts, pashmina, statues among others from Thamel, Patan and Bhaktapur is almost zero, said Rajesh Kaji Shrestha, immediate former president of Nepal Chamber of Commerce. There are more than 700 members in the chamber, he added. China closed its border points...