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Protests in Nepal over alleged Maoist murders - Daily Times (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Protesters in Kathmandu burned tyres and smashed car windows Wednesday to protest the deaths of two young men who were allegedly abducted by the youth wing of Nepal’s ruling Maoists. “There were protests in at least five places where ...

Strike shuts down Kathmandu over double murder blamed on Maoists - Nation - Thailand (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
The crippling strike closed main markets, educational institutions, offices and halted private and public transport. The strike was called by various groups, including those supported by the Communist Party of Nepal - Unified Marxist Leninists, which ...

NEPAL: Building a food bridge to survive the lean times - IRIN (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Family members working on the 9.2 kilometre mule trail renovation project stand at the side of a particularly damaging landslide MAILA, 17 November 2008 (IRIN) - When Richard Ragan, the World Food Programme (WFP) country representative, calls Nepal a ...

Army Integration will invite civil war: Nepali Congress - Daily News and Analysis (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: While strongly opposing the integration of "ideologically indoctrinated" Maoists combatants in the Nepalese army, Nepali Congress has said that such a move would invite another civil war. Contrary to the stand of the NC, Maoist number two ...

Congo rebels pull back from two fronts as malnutrition soars - Daily Times (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
GOMA: Congolese rebel fighters pulled back from two key battlefronts as aid workers warned Wednesday of a massive spike in malnutrition among the displaced and the EU called for UN troops to be boosted. A day... KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti MPs on Wednesday ...

Nepal new constitution within 18 months: Nemwang - Thaindian.com (November 14, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 14 (ANI): Nepal Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Chandra Nemwang today said that the constitution drafting process will be initiated within a couple of days and completed on time stipulated. Speaking at a programme here ...

UML alleges Nepali Congress, Maoists to be extremists - New Kerala (November 11, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 14 : UML General Secretary Jhala Nath Khanal has alleged that the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist) were extremists as far as their views on integration and rehabilitation of the Maoist combatants into the national army were ...

Nepal Police crack down hashish factory - New Kerala (November 11, 2008) - [read more]
''A tip-off from our informer led to the raid of the premises. We found that the hashish factory was run by a foreigner named William. However, we don't want to reveal the identity of the accused for security reasons,'' the Himalayan Times quoted a ...

Nepal holds dialogue with insurgent groups - Gulf Times (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The Nepalese government has held first informal talks with armed rebel groups operating in southern Nepal in a bid to end years of violence in the area, a media report said yesterday. The meeting is the first reported between the Maoist ...

Chinese military delegation to visit Nepal - Hindustan Times (November 14, 2008) - [read more]
As political parties are fighting over the issue of integration of Maoist’s People’s Liberation Army soldiers with the Nepal Army, a high-level delegation of Chinese Army is planning a five-day visit to the Himalayan nation. A high-level ...

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Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14

Another attack on Himal - (November 17, 2008) [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal

Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the

Nearing a deal - (November 10, 2008) [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing

Uncertainties all over (November 6, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the CA regulation drafting committee ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The sticking point was still on whether or not members should obey the party whip on issues.

Ban Ki-moon arrives - (November 1, 2008) [read more]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon landed in Nepal on Friday. He is the first international leader to visit Nepal after the political tranformation and establishment of the Maoist-led

Special head (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
As the political parties approach the sensitive issue of army integration, the tug of war has again started on who would head the special committee for the

Himalmedia CEO attacked - (October 25, 2008) [read more]
The CEO of Himalmedia, Ashutosh Tiwari, was attacked by two unidentified men in motorcycles who threw rocks into a van that was bringing him to the office on Friday

What's in a name? (October 19, 2008) - [read more]
The race is on between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Martxist-Leninist) to change their names to just Comunist Party of

Baburam in DC - (October 13, 2008) [read more]
"Our ultimate goal is communism," said Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai at a talk in Washington DC last week, adding somewhat apologetically, "I don't want to be

Dasain on the Kosi (October 11, 2008) - [read more]

Terrain warning - (October 9, 2008) [read more]
It has happened again. CFIT, the most dreaded acronym in Nepali aviation, has cost another 18 lives.

Yeti Twin Otter crashes (October 8, 2008) - [read more]
A Yeti Airlines Twin Otter crashed near the Tenzing Hillary Airport, Lukla, on Wednesday morning, killing the 18 on board. Only one survived the

National convention - (October 8, 2008) [read more]
The Maoists central committee meeting ends with the decision to hold a national convention . The convention will decide the people's republic vs federal democratic republic

Crucial Maoists meeting (October 5, 2008) - [read more]
An ongoing Maoists central committee is seeing debate between the party's rigidly idealistic and pragmatic wings.

Nepal News

For Big Cinema, it's time to expand operations (November 20, 2008) - [read more]

By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Chennai, Nov 19: The global financial crisis may have forced many companies to put their expansion projects on hold, but Big Cinema, part of the Anil Ambani-promoted Adlabs Films ...

Call for shutdown to protest 'Maoist murders' (November 19, 2008) - [read more]

A Nepalese policeman moves a burning tyre in Kathmandu yesterday after anti-Maoist protesters burned tyres and smashed car windows to protest the deaths of two young men who were allegedly abducted by the youth ...

Prachanda's leadership questioned by Nepal Maoists (November 19, 2008) - [read more]

Kathmandu, Nov 18 : Ahead of a critical meeting of the formerly guerrilla Maoist party starting Thursday, which is expected to have a strong impact on the ongoing peace process and the drafting of a new ...

Kalam offers Nepal world peace mantra (November 19, 2008) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: The father of Indiaa s missile technology and former president APJ Abdul Kalam was given a reverential welcome in Nepal on Monday as he arrived on a two-day visit crammed with programmes.

Nepali minister holds informal talks with armed groups (November 18, 2008) - [read more]

Nepali Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, Janardhan Sharma has held informal talks with leaders of armed groups in South Nepal's Terai plain on Monday, the Nepali national news agency RSS reported.

Prachanda, Maoist hardliners lock horns over ... (November 18, 2008) - [read more]

Kathmandu, November 18: : A serious row has erupted between Nepalese Premier Prachanda and Maoist hardliners on whether to consolidate the democratic republic or pursue a Communist- style dispensation, with the ...

Nepal begins work on new constitution (November 18, 2008) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: Lawmakers in Maoist-run Nepal have officially started work on a new constitution for the young republic, officials said yesterday.

Int'l conference on mountain biodiversity holds in Nepal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]

The International Conference on Mountain Biodiversity is taking place in Kathmandu Valley.

Indian External Affairs Minister to visit Nepal Nov 24-26 (November 17, 2008) - [read more]

External Affairs Minister of India, Pranab Mukherjee, is arriving in Kathmandu on November 24 for a three-day official visit.

Nepal sets date with destiny (November 17, 2008) - [read more]

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Nov 17 : Seven months after holding a historic election that laid down the foundation of peace in insurgency-wracked Nepal, the new Himalayan republic has now set a new date with ...

Climb Everest without uphill (November 16, 2008) - [read more]

Kathmandu - A young Nepali climber is seeking to popularise a toilet fashioned from a plastic bucket with a lid to promote eco-friendly climbing on Mount Everest.

New book creates fresh worry for Sobhraj (November 16, 2008) - [read more]

Counting the days for Nepal's top court to deliver its final verdict in a decades-old murder case that has put him behind bars for life, yesteryear's crime maestro Charles Sobhraj is now in a fresh tizzy over ...

Bhutanese driven to Nepal refugee camp (November 15, 2008) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: A 45-year-old Bhutanese of Nepali origin, who was released from prison after 17 years by the Bhutan government this month, has been forced to take shelter in refugee camps in Nepal.

New king raises Asian eyebrows (November 15, 2008) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: In South Asia - a vast geographic region and the world's most populous - it has been the area's two smallest nations which have attracted the majority of recent media attention.

Portage Daily Graphic (November 14, 2008) - [read more]

It didn't get much attention in Canada at the time, but caused such an uproar in Britain that it persuaded the government last year to amend its immigration policies.

Former royals line up to pay tax (November 13, 2008) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: Bowing to the winds of change that overthrew Nepal's 239-year-old monarchy and ordered the deposed king and his family to start paying taxes and utility bills like other commoners, the country's ...

Nepal: Prachanda stoops to conquer (November 12, 2008) - [read more]

Nepala s Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, whose formerly guerrilla party had in the past believed in seizing power by wielding the gun, on Tuesday switched over to diplomacy to avert a threat ...

Thousands flock to see mystery 'Buddha' boy (November 12, 2008) - [read more]

A monk present khatas to 'Buddha' boy Ram Bahadur Bamjon at Ratanpuri village in Bara district, 100km south of Kathmandu on Monday KATHMANDU: Thousands of people flocked to a remote jungle in southeast Nepal to ...

Int'l theater festival begins in Nepal (November 12, 2008) - [read more]

The "Kathmandu International Theater Festival-2008" began in Nepali capital Kathmandu Tuesday.

Nepal eyes boom in tourism sector (November 11, 2008) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: With Nepal no longer in the grip of civil war and removed from travel warning lists, officials believe the impoverished Himalayan nation is set to benefit from a much-needed surge in tourists.

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Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads By Renu Kshetry The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]

Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness. By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]

Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]

Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said. Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]

Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent. Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]

Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]

On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]

The Maoist Budget of Rs 236 Billion: Bold but Not Beautiful (September 20, 2008) - [read more]
In their first ever budget speech, the Maoists promise to build the infrastructures and propel the economic growth that they mercilessly destroyed and pushed back in the name of revolution during the decade-long insurgency By Prem Khanal the Kathmandu Post The first fiscal-year budget of the Democratic Republic of Nepal unveiled yesterday by the Maoists-led government was extraordinarily [...]

The Koshi Deluge: A History of Disaster for Nepal (September 12, 2008) - [read more]
Impact of Koshi’s devastation The Koshi River breached on the nose of spur 12.90 and 12.10 on the eastern embankment, 12 km north of the barrage near midnight on August 18, 2008. Immediately, five Village Development Committees (VDCs) — West Kushaha, Haripur, Sripur, Laukahi, and Bokraha of Sunsari District — of Nepal and 14 Districts in [...]

Policies and Programmes of a Maoist Led Govt (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
It’s a nice essay but nothing substantial, said chief opposition party NC’s leader Sher Bahadur deuba about the government’s program and policies document. ………………………………………………. With an aim to take the peace process to a logical end, the Maoist-led government today publicized its policies and programmes. Brining out new constitution on time (within two years) is hight on [...]