“Living goddesses” have rights, Nepal court says – Reuters India (August 19, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to ensure basic health care and education for virgin girls worshipped as “living goddesses” in a centuries-old tradition in the Himalayan nation. A few children, some as young as …

Nepal’s new Maoist PM to attend Olympics close – Reuters India (August 19, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s new Maoist prime minister will travel to Beijing to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, a government official said on Tuesday, in what would be his first trip abroad as the country’s leader. Pushpa Kamal Dahal …

Nepal court tells government to ensure ‘living goddess’ rights – Daily Times (August 19, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to ensure basic health care and education for virgin girls worshipped as “living goddesses” in a centuries-old tradition in the Himalayan nation. A few children, some as young as three …

CMP to be signed after New Nepali gov’t formed – Xinhua News Agency (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — Chairman Upendra Yadav of the Madhesi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF) said on Monday that the Common Minimum Program (CMP) will only be signed after the finalization of the cabinet. The Nepali party alliance formed in last …

Annapurna: Nepali trekker route at risk from push for richer tourists – Guardian Unlimited (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
One of the world’s classic mountain trekking routes is at risk of obliteration from plans to bring golf and skiing package tourism to the Himalayas. Tourism chiefs in Nepal are keen to replace the stereotypical “trekker on a shoestring” with credit …

Prachanda elected Nepal Prime Minister – Times of India (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Maoist chief Prachanda was on Friday elected as the first Prime Minister in post-monarchy Nepal as he swept a Constituent Assembly vote trouncing his Nepali Congress rival, four months after leading the former rebels to a surprise victory …

Nepal Prepares to Name Cabinet as Prachanda Sworn in (Update1) – Bloomberg (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — Nepal’s coalition government may announce a Cabinet today after former rebel leader, Prachanda, is sworn in as the Himalayan nation’s new prime minister. The ruling parties are discussing the allocation of portfolios and will …

Prachanda sworn-in as Nepal’s first post-monarchy PM – Hindustan Times (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
Maoist chief Prachanda was on Monday sworn-in as the first Prime Minister of the post-monarchy Nepal, three days after his emphatic victory in a Constituent Assembly vote ended the four-month-long political deadlock. 53-year-old Pushpa Kamal Dahal …

Nepali Times

A divided alliance (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal takes the oath of office and secrecy even as the coalition wrangle over the division of the ministries continues.

“Peace process comes first” (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
In his first interview after being elected prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal spoke to Himal Khabarpatrika.

Miss New Nepal (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
Organisers of the Dabur Vatika Miss Nepal competition have appealed to Prime Minister Dahal to save their show from threats by Maoist-affiliated organizations and other

PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
Former guerrilla chieftain, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has been elected the first prime minister of the Republic of Nepal after winning a vote in the Constituent Assembly in which the UML, MJF and 13 smaller parties supported his

Prachanda likely PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

On offensive over defence (August 12, 2008) – [read more]
With the election of prime minister slated for Friday, political parties are still trying to cobble together a consensus candidate. But there has been hard bargaining in closed-door sessions over the defence

PM to be elected by CA (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Big Four failed to agree on the formation of a new government, despite a three day extension of the deadline given by President Yadav that ended at 8PM on

Breakthrough on govt (August 4, 2008) – [read more]
On the eve of the deadline given by President Yadav the Maoists have succeeded in getting the agreement of the three other parties in forming a new joint

Nepal News

Bihar fears repeat of last year’s floods (August 19, 2008) – [read more]

Patna, Aug 19 : Hundreds of villages across Bihar feared a repeat of last year’s devastating floods following breaches in barrages and embankments, official sources said Tuesday.

Prachanda is sworn in (August 19, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: A former Maoist guerilla leader who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal’s Hindu monarchy was sworn in yesterday as the Himalayan republic’s first prime minister.

“Living goddesses” have rights, court says (August 19, 2008) – [read more]

Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to ensure basic health care and education for virgin girls worshipped as “living goddesses” in a centuries-old tradition in the Himalayan nation.

USAID Launches Short-Film Competition To Promote HIV/AIDS Awareness, Prevention In Nepal (August 19, 2008) – [read more]

USAID recently launched a short-film competition, called “You Are No Exception,” to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in Nepal, the Kathmandu Post reports.

Nepali capital observes Cow Festival (August 18, 2008) – [read more]

Nepali capital Kathmandu on Sunday is celebrating Gaii Jatra, the Cow Festival. Sunday is the day of Gaii Jatra Festival.

Prachanda to be sworn-in as Nepal Prime Minister today (August 18, 2008) – [read more]

Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal a.k.a. Prachanda will be sworn-in as the first Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal here on Monday.

Prachanda victory kickstarts author’s career (August 18, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: While analysts debate over the pluses and minuses of Maoist chief Prachanda’s election as republic Nepal’s first prime minister, one man is certainly regarding it as a blessing.

Challenges remain for peace and democracy: Poudel (August 17, 2008) – [read more]

Kathmandu, August 17 : Nepali Congress Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel on Sunday said that challenges remain for peace and democracy as the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist is still weaving “strategic …

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

New Editors in Kantipur, Kathmandu Post and Nepal Magazine (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
Narayan Wagle and Prateek Pradhan, the original reporters of Kantipur and the Post respectively, who rose to the helm of the papers signaling the new era in Nepali journalism, call it a day

Outgoing editor Narayan Wagle (second from right) addresses reporters in the newsroom of Kantipur. The newly appointed editor Sudheer Sharma, first from right, [...]

Maoist ‘Revolutionary’ is the Prime Minister of Nepal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
In what will go on the pages of the history books as one of the most important days of Nepal, Maoist revolutionary (and leader of an outfit that was branded terrorist until two years ago) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) has been elected the Prime Minister of Nepal by a majority of votes in the [...]

Hopeless Hope for New Nepal (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
Post Constituent Assembly election Nepal has witnessed a series of political dramas that only few people get to see in their lifetime. Some of these dramas are provocative, some are reprehensible, some are revolting and some are unpatriotic. The beauty is they all are happening in the name of democracy. I am fascinated [...]

One World, One Dream: Salute to the Olympic Spirit! (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Summer Games have begun in Beijing today in a spectacular fashion. This is one of those rare moments when the majority of the will be watching the same thing-on their TV sets- at the same time with, perhaps, the same emotions. The world is taking part in this grand ceremony of sportsmanship and celebration [...]

Nepal’s Presidential Election: Victory of Anti-Maoist Forces (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak
The 100-day marathon of uncertainty after the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election finally ended on July 21, 2008 when Dr. Ram Baran Yadav of the NC-UML-MJF alliance won the run-off with 306 (52%) out of the 590 ballots cast. The Maoists candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh was defeated with 282 [...]

New Nepal, New Thoughts (August 6, 2008) – [read more]
By Bhupendra Khanal
Efforts to form the first ever Maoist-led government in Nepal are going on. The new government will have many challenges going forward and they will have to work actively and aggressively. It is challenging but not impossible.
Here are my suggestions for the new Nepal Government.
1. Integration to Global Economy Free Trade Agreement with [...]

British Belles Bethi (Plant Paddy and Dance) (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday photo blog: British girls and boys and locals of Ghattitaar village of Ilam district in eastern Nepal take part in paddy plantation in tune with the Bethi tradition. The tradition has almost disappeared in other parts of the district though it has survived itself in this village. While some farmers are starting to plant [...]

Covering Bhutanese Refugees in America (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday blog: A reporter’s notebook

Bhutanese siblings Dilli Prasad Odari, 20, Man Maya Odari, 25, Yani Maya Odari, 22, stand in the doorway of their Pittsburgh apartment. Pic by Andy Starnes/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Deepak Adhikari
On the chilly winter mornings in Kathmandu, I would nurture a dream. It was not an American Dream per se. But it [...]

Bomb Blast At Nepal VP Palace – Post Chronicle (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
Nepal’s vice presidential palace was rocked by an explosion from a device thrown into the compound Sunday evening, a government official said. One of Vice President Parmanada Jha’s bodyguards was injured in the blast from the improvised explosive …

Nepal’s former guerrilla chief to be sworn in as PM – Reuters UK (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug 18 (Reuters) – A former Maoist guerrilla leader who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal’s Hindu monarchy will be sworn in on Monday as the Himalayan republic’s first prime minister. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who still goes by his nom …

Annapurna: Nepali trekker route at risk from push for richer tourists – Guardian Unlimited (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
One of the world’s classic mountain trekking routes is at risk of obliteration from plans to bring golf and skiing package tourism to the Himalayas. Tourism chiefs in Nepal are keen to replace the stereotypical “trekker on a shoestring” with credit …

Nepali party alliance agrees on new gov’t program – Xinhua News Agency (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — The Nepali party alliance formed in Friday’s prime minister election reached an agreement on Sunday over the Common Minimum Program (CMP) of the new government. The CMP is to be signed and publicized on Monday morning …

Minor explosion at Nepali vice president’s residence – Xinhua News Agency (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — KATHMANDU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — A minor explosion occurred at Vice President Parmananda Jha’s residence in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu Sunday evening, Nepali police said.

Nepal’s Maoists in talks to form govt – Daily Times (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Maoists aim to form the nation’s first post-royal government this week, a party official said, marking a major step on their journey from rebel army to legitimate political power. The talks come after former guerrilla chief …

Maoist is prime minister of Nepal – Boston Globe (August 16, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal – The leader of the decade-long Maoist rebellion in Nepal was finally elected prime minister yesterday, after four months of political wrangling. His victory sets the stage for the former rebels’ toughest challenge: how to uplift the …

Prachanda elected Nepal Prime Minister – Times of India (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Maoist chief Prachanda was on Friday elected as the first Prime Minister in post-monarchy Nepal as he swept a Constituent Assembly vote trouncing his Nepali Congress rival, four months after leading the former rebels to a surprise victory …

Nepali Times

A divided alliance (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal takes the oath of office and secrecy even as the coalition wrangle over the division of the ministries continues.

“Peace process comes first” (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
In his first interview after being elected prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal spoke to Himal Khabarpatrika.

Miss New Nepal (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
Organisers of the Dabur Vatika Miss Nepal competition have appealed to Prime Minister Dahal to save their show from threats by Maoist-affiliated organizations and other

PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
Former guerrilla chieftain, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has been elected the first prime minister of the Republic of Nepal after winning a vote in the Constituent Assembly in which the UML, MJF and 13 smaller parties supported his

Prachanda likely PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

On offensive over defence (August 12, 2008) – [read more]
With the election of prime minister slated for Friday, political parties are still trying to cobble together a consensus candidate. But there has been hard bargaining in closed-door sessions over the defence

PM to be elected by CA (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Big Four failed to agree on the formation of a new government, despite a three day extension of the deadline given by President Yadav that ended at 8PM on

Breakthrough on govt (August 4, 2008) – [read more]
On the eve of the deadline given by President Yadav the Maoists have succeeded in getting the agreement of the three other parties in forming a new joint

Nepal News

Nepali capital observes Cow Festival (August 18, 2008) – [read more]

Nepali capital Kathmandu on Sunday is celebrating Gaii Jatra, the Cow Festival. Sunday is the day of Gaii Jatra Festival.

Prachanda to be sworn-in as Nepal Prime Minister today (August 18, 2008) – [read more]

Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal a.k.a. Prachanda will be sworn-in as the first Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal here on Monday.

Prachanda victory kickstarts author’s career (August 18, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: While analysts debate over the pluses and minuses of Maoist chief Prachanda’s election as republic Nepal’s first prime minister, one man is certainly regarding it as a blessing.

Challenges remain for peace and democracy: Poudel (August 17, 2008) – [read more]

Kathmandu, August 17 : Nepali Congress Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel on Sunday said that challenges remain for peace and democracy as the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist is still weaving “strategic …

VP’s home is attacked in Nepal (August 17, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: A bomb exploded at the private residence of Nepalese Vice President Parmananda Jha, injuring at least one person, police said yesterday.

Bombing outside Nepal VP’s house kills 1 (August 17, 2008) – [read more]

A small bomb exploded outside the home of Nepal’s vice-president, injuring a soldier guarding the recently sworn-in politician in the world’s newest republic.

Police tighten security after blast hurts 1 at Nepal vice-president’s home (August 17, 2008) – [read more]

A bomb exploded at the home of Nepal’s vice-president Sunday, wounding a soldier but not harming the politician, police said.

India, US, EU, Japan congratulate Nepal (August 16, 2008) – [read more]

South East Asia News.Net Saturday 16th August, 2008 Kathmandu, Aug 16 : India, United States, the European Union and Japan have congratulated Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias ‘Prachanda’ on being elected as the first …

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

New Editors in Kantipur, Kathmandu Post and Nepal Magazine (August 18, 2008) – [read more]
Narayan Wagle and Prateek Pradhan, the original reporters of Kantipur and the Post respectively, who rose to the helm of the papers signaling the new era in Nepali journalism, call it a day

Outgoing editor Narayan Wagle (second from right) addresses reporters in the newsroom of Kantipur. The newly appointed editor Sudheer Sharma, first from right, [...]

Maoist ‘Revolutionary’ is the Prime Minister of Nepal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
In what will go on the pages of the history books as one of the most important days of Nepal, Maoist revolutionary (and leader of an outfit that was branded terrorist until two years ago) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) has been elected the Prime Minister of Nepal by a majority of votes in the [...]

Hopeless Hope for New Nepal (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
Post Constituent Assembly election Nepal has witnessed a series of political dramas that only few people get to see in their lifetime. Some of these dramas are provocative, some are reprehensible, some are revolting and some are unpatriotic. The beauty is they all are happening in the name of democracy. I am fascinated [...]

One World, One Dream: Salute to the Olympic Spirit! (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Summer Games have begun in Beijing today in a spectacular fashion. This is one of those rare moments when the majority of the will be watching the same thing-on their TV sets- at the same time with, perhaps, the same emotions. The world is taking part in this grand ceremony of sportsmanship and celebration [...]

Nepal’s Presidential Election: Victory of Anti-Maoist Forces (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak
The 100-day marathon of uncertainty after the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election finally ended on July 21, 2008 when Dr. Ram Baran Yadav of the NC-UML-MJF alliance won the run-off with 306 (52%) out of the 590 ballots cast. The Maoists candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh was defeated with 282 [...]

New Nepal, New Thoughts (August 6, 2008) – [read more]
By Bhupendra Khanal
Efforts to form the first ever Maoist-led government in Nepal are going on. The new government will have many challenges going forward and they will have to work actively and aggressively. It is challenging but not impossible.
Here are my suggestions for the new Nepal Government.
1. Integration to Global Economy Free Trade Agreement with [...]

British Belles Bethi (Plant Paddy and Dance) (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday photo blog: British girls and boys and locals of Ghattitaar village of Ilam district in eastern Nepal take part in paddy plantation in tune with the Bethi tradition. The tradition has almost disappeared in other parts of the district though it has survived itself in this village. While some farmers are starting to plant [...]

Covering Bhutanese Refugees in America (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday blog: A reporter’s notebook

Bhutanese siblings Dilli Prasad Odari, 20, Man Maya Odari, 25, Yani Maya Odari, 22, stand in the doorway of their Pittsburgh apartment. Pic by Andy Starnes/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Deepak Adhikari
On the chilly winter mornings in Kathmandu, I would nurture a dream. It was not an American Dream per se. But it [...]

Former rebel chief takes helm in Nepal – Houston Chronicle (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, NEPAL — The Nepalese national assembly chose the leader of the Himalayan nation’s former rebels as the new prime minister Friday, two years after he gave up a bloody insurgency and joined the peace process. Prachanda, chairman of …

Annapurna: Nepali trekker route at risk from push for richer tourists – Guardian Unlimited (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
One of the world’s classic mountain trekking routes is at risk of obliteration from plans to bring golf and skiing package tourism to the Himalayas. Tourism chiefs in Nepal are keen to replace the stereotypical “trekker on a shoestring” with credit …

Nepali party alliance agrees on new gov’t program – Xinhua News Agency (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — The Nepali party alliance formed in Friday’s prime minister election reached an agreement on Sunday over the Common Minimum Program (CMP) of the new government. The CMP is to be signed and publicized on Monday morning …

Minor explosion at Nepali vice president’s residence – Xinhua News Agency (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — KATHMANDU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — A minor explosion occurred at Vice President Parmananda Jha’s residence in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu Sunday evening, Nepali police said.

Nepal’s Maoists in talks to form govt – Daily Times (August 17, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Maoists aim to form the nation’s first post-royal government this week, a party official said, marking a major step on their journey from rebel army to legitimate political power. The talks come after former guerrilla chief …

Maoist is prime minister of Nepal – Boston Globe (August 16, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal – The leader of the decade-long Maoist rebellion in Nepal was finally elected prime minister yesterday, after four months of political wrangling. His victory sets the stage for the former rebels’ toughest challenge: how to uplift the …

Prachanda elected Nepal Prime Minister – Times of India (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Maoist chief Prachanda was on Friday elected as the first Prime Minister in post-monarchy Nepal as he swept a Constituent Assembly vote trouncing his Nepali Congress rival, four months after leading the former rebels to a surprise victory …

Nepal Elects a Maoist to Be the Prime Minister – The Ledger (August 16, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — The leader of the decade-long Maoist rebellion in Nepal was elected prime minister on Friday after four months of political wrangling. His victory sets the stage for the former rebels’ toughest challenge: how to uplift the lives …

Nepali Times

PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
Former guerrilla chieftain, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has been elected the first prime minister of the Republic of Nepal after winning a vote in the Constituent Assembly in which the UML, MJF and 13 smaller parties supported his

Prachanda likely PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

On offensive over defence (August 12, 2008) – [read more]
With the election of prime minister slated for Friday, political parties are still trying to cobble together a consensus candidate. But there has been hard bargaining in closed-door sessions over the defence

PM to be elected by CA (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Big Four failed to agree on the formation of a new government, despite a three day extension of the deadline given by President Yadav that ended at 8PM on

Breakthrough on govt (August 4, 2008) – [read more]
On the eve of the deadline given by President Yadav the Maoists have succeeded in getting the agreement of the three other parties in forming a new joint

Maoists to form govt (August 1, 2008) – [read more]
The Maoist central committee decided after two days of debate on Friday to form a new government, hinting its three pre-conditions could be

Sworn in (August 1, 2008) – [read more]
President Ram Baran Yadav, clad in daura suruwal, took his oath of office at the new President House at Sital Nibas on

GPK to CMB after all (July 30, 2008) – [read more]
Prime Minister Girija Koirala is going to lead the Nepali delegation to the SAARC Summit in Colombo this weekend despite opposition from the

Nepal News

Bombing outside Nepal VP’s house kills 1 (August 17, 2008) – [read more]

A small bomb exploded outside the home of Nepal’s vice-president, injuring a soldier guarding the recently sworn-in politician in the world’s newest republic.

Police tighten security after blast hurts 1 at Nepal vice-president’s home (August 17, 2008) – [read more]

A bomb exploded at the home of Nepal’s vice-president Sunday, wounding a soldier but not harming the politician, police said.

India, US, EU, Japan congratulate Nepal (August 16, 2008) – [read more]

South East Asia News.Net Saturday 16th August, 2008 Kathmandu, Aug 16 : India, United States, the European Union and Japan have congratulated Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias ‘Prachanda’ on being elected as the first …

Nepali parties finalize code of conduct for ministers (August 16, 2008) – [read more]

The Nepali party alliance formed in Friday’s prime minister election on Saturday finalized the code of conduct for ministers in the new government.

Prachanda Elected Prime Minister of Republic Nepal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu, August 15 – Chairman of the CPN-Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has been elected as the prime minister of the federal democratic republic of Nepal.The constituent assembly this evening announced that Prachanda has been choosen as the prime minister after majority of the lawmakers voted against NC leader Sher Bahadur Deuba. Prachanda has secured majority votes in the CA, chairman Subash Chandra Nembang announced. According to him, Prachanda got 464 votes.NC leader Deuba lost the election as he failed to garner majority votes in the constituent assembly. According to election officials, Deuba got only 113 votes in the 594-member CA. 551 members took part in today’s voting.Prachanda have enough support in the CA to be handed the reins of government after the CPN-UML and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum among other fringe parties supported Prachanda in the race.Born into a poor farming family, Prachanda was driven to politics by the extreme poverty he witnessed in rural Nepal. The school teacher-turned-revolutionary Prachanda whose party is still blacklisted by the United States, led the Maoists in a decade-long insurgency before signing the peace deal with mainstream political parties in 2006.

Dozens of inmates on the run after Nepal jailbreak (August 15, 2008) – [read more]

Forty-eight prisoners, including some linked to armed rebel groups, were on the run on Thursday after a mass breakout from a jail in southeast Nepal, officials said.

Old rivals vie to be new Nepal PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Nepal is finally to choose a new prime minister on Friday – four months after its elections.

Nepalese police arrest 760 Tibetan protestors (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Nepalese police detained 760 Tibetan exiles in renewed crackdowns against protests outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu today, police and witnesses said.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Maoist ‘Revolutionary’ is the Prime Minister of Nepal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
In what will go on the pages of the history books as one of the most important days of Nepal, Maoist revolutionary (and leader of an outfit that was branded terrorist until two years ago) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) has been elected the Prime Minister of Nepal by a majority of votes in the [...]

Hopeless Hope for New Nepal (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
Post Constituent Assembly election Nepal has witnessed a series of political dramas that only few people get to see in their lifetime. Some of these dramas are provocative, some are reprehensible, some are revolting and some are unpatriotic. The beauty is they all are happening in the name of democracy. I am fascinated [...]

One World, One Dream: Salute to the Olympic Spirit! (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Summer Games have begun in Beijing today in a spectacular fashion. This is one of those rare moments when the majority of the will be watching the same thing-on their TV sets- at the same time with, perhaps, the same emotions. The world is taking part in this grand ceremony of sportsmanship and celebration [...]

Nepal’s Presidential Election: Victory of Anti-Maoist Forces (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak
The 100-day marathon of uncertainty after the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election finally ended on July 21, 2008 when Dr. Ram Baran Yadav of the NC-UML-MJF alliance won the run-off with 306 (52%) out of the 590 ballots cast. The Maoists candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh was defeated with 282 [...]

New Nepal, New Thoughts (August 6, 2008) – [read more]
By Bhupendra Khanal
Efforts to form the first ever Maoist-led government in Nepal are going on. The new government will have many challenges going forward and they will have to work actively and aggressively. It is challenging but not impossible.
Here are my suggestions for the new Nepal Government.
1. Integration to Global Economy Free Trade Agreement with [...]

British Belles Bethi (Plant Paddy and Dance) (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday photo blog: British girls and boys and locals of Ghattitaar village of Ilam district in eastern Nepal take part in paddy plantation in tune with the Bethi tradition. The tradition has almost disappeared in other parts of the district though it has survived itself in this village. While some farmers are starting to plant [...]

Covering Bhutanese Refugees in America (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday blog: A reporter’s notebook

Bhutanese siblings Dilli Prasad Odari, 20, Man Maya Odari, 25, Yani Maya Odari, 22, stand in the doorway of their Pittsburgh apartment. Pic by Andy Starnes/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Deepak Adhikari
On the chilly winter mornings in Kathmandu, I would nurture a dream. It was not an American Dream per se. But it [...]

Dogs and a Piece of Bone (July 29, 2008) – [read more]
This is a typical third world story, the story of poverty and frustration and greed and anger and feud. For poor and deprived, every opportunity however small that may be, comes as an equivalent to the piece of bone for hungry stray dogs. Those people fight like those dogs. I am talking about the current [...]

Tibetans in Nepal protest against China, Olympics – Houston Chronicle (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese police clashed with Tibetan protesters and detained more than 500 of them Thursday while breaking up a demonstration in front of the Chinese diplomatic mission in Katmandu. More than 1,000 Tibetan exiles had gathered …

Nepalese police search for 53 escaped inmates – International Herald Tribune (August 13, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal : Police combed villages and forests near a southern Nepalese town Thursday for 53 inmates who escaped from a jail. The prisoners broke out Wednesday night after overpowering guards at the jail in Siraha, about 250 miles southeast of …

Gov’t probing jail break in south Nepal – Xinhua News Agency (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — Nepali government on Thursday formed a three-member probe panel to investigate into the incident related to Siraha jailbreak, local newspaper The Rising Nepal reported on Friday. The probe panel headed by director …

Nepal assemby set to pick Maoist chief for PM – Reuters India (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – After weeks of political battles, Nepal’s special assembly will choose a new prime minister on Friday that is widely expected to be the Maoist chief Prachanda. The assembly vote is a key step in a 2006 peace deal that ended a …

Nepali CA to elect PM on Friday afternoon – Xinhua News Agency (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — The Constituent Assembly (CA) of Nepal is to elect the first prime minister of the youngest republic of the world on Friday afternoon. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda’s candidacy for the …

Old rivals vie to be new Nepal PM – BBC News (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
It will be a contest between the leader of the former Maoist rebels and a man who served three times as premier. The Maoist leader, Prachanda, is likely to be the winner but the party of his rival says it is worried about what the former rebels will …

Nepal to elect PM today, Prachanda enjoys the edge – Newstrack India (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
After weeks of political uncertainties, Nepal supposes to get its Prime Minister elected today (August 15) in the Constituent Assembly. The Himalayan nation, though it had general election on April 10, was running without a legitimate government at …

Nepal parties want Prachanda to resign – Times of India (August 13, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML have demanded Maoist Chief Prachanda’s resignation as head of the rebel guerrilla army as a pre-condition for their support in forming a government led by his party on Friday. “How can one party control …

Nepali Times

PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
Former guerrilla chieftain, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has been elected the first prime minister of the Republic of Nepal after winning a vote in the Constituent Assembly in which the UML, MJF and 13 smaller parties supported his

Prachanda likely PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

On offensive over defence (August 12, 2008) – [read more]
With the election of prime minister slated for Friday, political parties are still trying to cobble together a consensus candidate. But there has been hard bargaining in closed-door sessions over the defence

PM to be elected by CA (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Big Four failed to agree on the formation of a new government, despite a three day extension of the deadline given by President Yadav that ended at 8PM on

Breakthrough on govt (August 4, 2008) – [read more]
On the eve of the deadline given by President Yadav the Maoists have succeeded in getting the agreement of the three other parties in forming a new joint

Maoists to form govt (August 1, 2008) – [read more]
The Maoist central committee decided after two days of debate on Friday to form a new government, hinting its three pre-conditions could be

Sworn in (August 1, 2008) – [read more]
President Ram Baran Yadav, clad in daura suruwal, took his oath of office at the new President House at Sital Nibas on

GPK to CMB after all (July 30, 2008) – [read more]
Prime Minister Girija Koirala is going to lead the Nepali delegation to the SAARC Summit in Colombo this weekend despite opposition from the

Nepal News

Prachanda Elected Prime Minister of Republic Nepal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu, August 15 – Chairman of the CPN-Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has been elected as the prime minister of the federal democratic republic of Nepal.The constituent assembly this evening announced that Prachanda has been choosen as the prime minister after majority of the lawmakers voted against NC leader Sher Bahadur Deuba. Prachanda has secured majority votes in the CA, chairman Subash Chandra Nembang announced. According to him, Prachanda got 464 votes.NC leader Deuba lost the election as he failed to garner majority votes in the constituent assembly. According to election officials, Deuba got only 113 votes in the 594-member CA. 551 members took part in today’s voting.Prachanda have enough support in the CA to be handed the reins of government after the CPN-UML and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum among other fringe parties supported Prachanda in the race.Born into a poor farming family, Prachanda was driven to politics by the extreme poverty he witnessed in rural Nepal. The school teacher-turned-revolutionary Prachanda whose party is still blacklisted by the United States, led the Maoists in a decade-long insurgency before signing the peace deal with mainstream political parties in 2006.

Dozens of inmates on the run after Nepal jailbreak (August 15, 2008) – [read more]

Forty-eight prisoners, including some linked to armed rebel groups, were on the run on Thursday after a mass breakout from a jail in southeast Nepal, officials said.

Old rivals vie to be new Nepal PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Nepal is finally to choose a new prime minister on Friday – four months after its elections.

Nepalese police arrest 760 Tibetan protestors (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Nepalese police detained 760 Tibetan exiles in renewed crackdowns against protests outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu today, police and witnesses said.

Over 3,000 Bhutanese in Nepal resettled (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Over 3,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal has been resettled in western countries, The Kathmandu Post reported on Thursday.

Nepali Congress to stay in opposition (August 13, 2008) – [read more]

Nepali Congress , the second largest party in the Constituent Assembly , has decided to stay in opposition.

Eight die in Nepal accident (August 12, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Eight people were killed and more than 30 were injured in a bus accident in southern Nepal, media reports said yesterday.

Nepal Premier election on August 15 (August 12, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Four months after the Constituent Assembly elections were held, Nepal will have a government soon, with the election of the Prime Minister slated for August 15.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Maoist ‘Revolutionary’ is the Prime Minister of Nepal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
In what will go on the pages of the history books as one of the most important days of Nepal, Maoist revolutionary (and leader of an outfit that was branded terrorist until two years ago) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) has been elected the Prime Minister of Nepal by a majority of votes in the [...]

Hopeless Hope for New Nepal (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
Post Constituent Assembly election Nepal has witnessed a series of political dramas that only few people get to see in their lifetime. Some of these dramas are provocative, some are reprehensible, some are revolting and some are unpatriotic. The beauty is they all are happening in the name of democracy. I am fascinated [...]

One World, One Dream: Salute to the Olympic Spirit! (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Summer Games have begun in Beijing today in a spectacular fashion. This is one of those rare moments when the majority of the will be watching the same thing-on their TV sets- at the same time with, perhaps, the same emotions. The world is taking part in this grand ceremony of sportsmanship and celebration [...]

Nepal’s Presidential Election: Victory of Anti-Maoist Forces (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak
The 100-day marathon of uncertainty after the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election finally ended on July 21, 2008 when Dr. Ram Baran Yadav of the NC-UML-MJF alliance won the run-off with 306 (52%) out of the 590 ballots cast. The Maoists candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh was defeated with 282 [...]

New Nepal, New Thoughts (August 6, 2008) – [read more]
By Bhupendra Khanal
Efforts to form the first ever Maoist-led government in Nepal are going on. The new government will have many challenges going forward and they will have to work actively and aggressively. It is challenging but not impossible.
Here are my suggestions for the new Nepal Government.
1. Integration to Global Economy Free Trade Agreement with [...]

British Belles Bethi (Plant Paddy and Dance) (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday photo blog: British girls and boys and locals of Ghattitaar village of Ilam district in eastern Nepal take part in paddy plantation in tune with the Bethi tradition. The tradition has almost disappeared in other parts of the district though it has survived itself in this village. While some farmers are starting to plant [...]

Covering Bhutanese Refugees in America (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday blog: A reporter’s notebook

Bhutanese siblings Dilli Prasad Odari, 20, Man Maya Odari, 25, Yani Maya Odari, 22, stand in the doorway of their Pittsburgh apartment. Pic by Andy Starnes/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Deepak Adhikari
On the chilly winter mornings in Kathmandu, I would nurture a dream. It was not an American Dream per se. But it [...]

Dogs and a Piece of Bone (July 29, 2008) – [read more]
This is a typical third world story, the story of poverty and frustration and greed and anger and feud. For poor and deprived, every opportunity however small that may be, comes as an equivalent to the piece of bone for hungry stray dogs. Those people fight like those dogs. I am talking about the current [...]

Tibetans in Nepal protest against China, Olympics – Houston Chronicle (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese police clashed with Tibetan protesters and detained more than 500 of them Thursday while breaking up a demonstration in front of the Chinese diplomatic mission in Katmandu. More than 1,000 Tibetan exiles had gathered …

Nepalese police search for 53 escaped inmates – International Herald Tribune (August 13, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal : Police combed villages and forests near a southern Nepalese town Thursday for 53 inmates who escaped from a jail. The prisoners broke out Wednesday night after overpowering guards at the jail in Siraha, about 250 miles southeast of …

Gov’t probing jail break in south Nepal – Xinhua News Agency (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — Nepali government on Thursday formed a three-member probe panel to investigate into the incident related to Siraha jailbreak, local newspaper The Rising Nepal reported on Friday. The probe panel headed by director …

Nepal assemby set to pick Maoist chief for PM – Reuters India (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – After weeks of political battles, Nepal’s special assembly will choose a new prime minister on Friday that is widely expected to be the Maoist chief Prachanda. The assembly vote is a key step in a 2006 peace deal that ended a …

Nepali CA to elect PM on Friday afternoon – Xinhua News Agency (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — The Constituent Assembly (CA) of Nepal is to elect the first prime minister of the youngest republic of the world on Friday afternoon. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda’s candidacy for the …

Old rivals vie to be new Nepal PM – BBC News (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
It will be a contest between the leader of the former Maoist rebels and a man who served three times as premier. The Maoist leader, Prachanda, is likely to be the winner but the party of his rival says it is worried about what the former rebels will …

Nepal to elect PM today, Prachanda enjoys the edge – Newstrack India (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
After weeks of political uncertainties, Nepal supposes to get its Prime Minister elected today (August 15) in the Constituent Assembly. The Himalayan nation, though it had general election on April 10, was running without a legitimate government at …

Nepal parties want Prachanda to resign – Times of India (August 13, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML have demanded Maoist Chief Prachanda’s resignation as head of the rebel guerrilla army as a pre-condition for their support in forming a government led by his party on Friday. “How can one party control …

Nepali Times

PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
Former guerrilla chieftain, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has been elected the first prime minister of the Republic of Nepal after winning a vote in the Constituent Assembly in which the UML, MJF and 13 smaller parties supported his

Prachanda likely PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

On offensive over defence (August 12, 2008) – [read more]
With the election of prime minister slated for Friday, political parties are still trying to cobble together a consensus candidate. But there has been hard bargaining in closed-door sessions over the defence

PM to be elected by CA (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Big Four failed to agree on the formation of a new government, despite a three day extension of the deadline given by President Yadav that ended at 8PM on

Breakthrough on govt (August 4, 2008) – [read more]
On the eve of the deadline given by President Yadav the Maoists have succeeded in getting the agreement of the three other parties in forming a new joint

Maoists to form govt (August 1, 2008) – [read more]
The Maoist central committee decided after two days of debate on Friday to form a new government, hinting its three pre-conditions could be

Sworn in (August 1, 2008) – [read more]
President Ram Baran Yadav, clad in daura suruwal, took his oath of office at the new President House at Sital Nibas on

GPK to CMB after all (July 30, 2008) – [read more]
Prime Minister Girija Koirala is going to lead the Nepali delegation to the SAARC Summit in Colombo this weekend despite opposition from the

Nepal News

Prachanda Elected Prime Minister of Republic Nepal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu, August 15 – Chairman of the CPN-Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has been elected as the prime minister of the federal democratic republic of Nepal.The constituent assembly this evening announced that Prachanda has been choosen as the prime minister after majority of the lawmakers voted against NC leader Sher Bahadur Deuba. Prachanda has secured majority votes in the CA, chairman Subash Chandra Nembang announced. According to him, Prachanda got 464 votes.NC leader Deuba lost the election as he failed to garner majority votes in the constituent assembly. According to election officials, Deuba got only 113 votes in the 594-member CA. 551 members took part in today’s voting.Prachanda have enough support in the CA to be handed the reins of government after the CPN-UML and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum among other fringe parties supported Prachanda in the race.Born into a poor farming family, Prachanda was driven to politics by the extreme poverty he witnessed in rural Nepal. The school teacher-turned-revolutionary Prachanda whose party is still blacklisted by the United States, led the Maoists in a decade-long insurgency before signing the peace deal with mainstream political parties in 2006.

Dozens of inmates on the run after Nepal jailbreak (August 15, 2008) – [read more]

Forty-eight prisoners, including some linked to armed rebel groups, were on the run on Thursday after a mass breakout from a jail in southeast Nepal, officials said.

Old rivals vie to be new Nepal PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Nepal is finally to choose a new prime minister on Friday – four months after its elections.

Nepalese police arrest 760 Tibetan protestors (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Nepalese police detained 760 Tibetan exiles in renewed crackdowns against protests outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu today, police and witnesses said.

Over 3,000 Bhutanese in Nepal resettled (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Over 3,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal has been resettled in western countries, The Kathmandu Post reported on Thursday.

Nepali Congress to stay in opposition (August 13, 2008) – [read more]

Nepali Congress , the second largest party in the Constituent Assembly , has decided to stay in opposition.

Eight die in Nepal accident (August 12, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Eight people were killed and more than 30 were injured in a bus accident in southern Nepal, media reports said yesterday.

Nepal Premier election on August 15 (August 12, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Four months after the Constituent Assembly elections were held, Nepal will have a government soon, with the election of the Prime Minister slated for August 15.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Maoist ‘Revolutionary’ is the Prime Minister of Nepal (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
In what will go on the pages of the history books as one of the most important days of Nepal, Maoist revolutionary (and leader of an outfit that was branded terrorist until two years ago) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) has been elected the Prime Minister of Nepal by a majority of votes in the [...]

Hopeless Hope for New Nepal (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
Post Constituent Assembly election Nepal has witnessed a series of political dramas that only few people get to see in their lifetime. Some of these dramas are provocative, some are reprehensible, some are revolting and some are unpatriotic. The beauty is they all are happening in the name of democracy. I am fascinated [...]

One World, One Dream: Salute to the Olympic Spirit! (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Summer Games have begun in Beijing today in a spectacular fashion. This is one of those rare moments when the majority of the will be watching the same thing-on their TV sets- at the same time with, perhaps, the same emotions. The world is taking part in this grand ceremony of sportsmanship and celebration [...]

Nepal’s Presidential Election: Victory of Anti-Maoist Forces (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak
The 100-day marathon of uncertainty after the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election finally ended on July 21, 2008 when Dr. Ram Baran Yadav of the NC-UML-MJF alliance won the run-off with 306 (52%) out of the 590 ballots cast. The Maoists candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh was defeated with 282 [...]

New Nepal, New Thoughts (August 6, 2008) – [read more]
By Bhupendra Khanal
Efforts to form the first ever Maoist-led government in Nepal are going on. The new government will have many challenges going forward and they will have to work actively and aggressively. It is challenging but not impossible.
Here are my suggestions for the new Nepal Government.
1. Integration to Global Economy Free Trade Agreement with [...]

British Belles Bethi (Plant Paddy and Dance) (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday photo blog: British girls and boys and locals of Ghattitaar village of Ilam district in eastern Nepal take part in paddy plantation in tune with the Bethi tradition. The tradition has almost disappeared in other parts of the district though it has survived itself in this village. While some farmers are starting to plant [...]

Covering Bhutanese Refugees in America (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday blog: A reporter’s notebook

Bhutanese siblings Dilli Prasad Odari, 20, Man Maya Odari, 25, Yani Maya Odari, 22, stand in the doorway of their Pittsburgh apartment. Pic by Andy Starnes/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Deepak Adhikari
On the chilly winter mornings in Kathmandu, I would nurture a dream. It was not an American Dream per se. But it [...]

Dogs and a Piece of Bone (July 29, 2008) – [read more]
This is a typical third world story, the story of poverty and frustration and greed and anger and feud. For poor and deprived, every opportunity however small that may be, comes as an equivalent to the piece of bone for hungry stray dogs. Those people fight like those dogs. I am talking about the current [...]

Tibetans in Nepal protest against China, Olympics – Houston Chronicle (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese police clashed with Tibetan protesters and detained more than 500 of them Thursday while breaking up a demonstration in front of the Chinese diplomatic mission in Katmandu. More than 1,000 Tibetan exiles had gathered …

Nepalese police search for 53 escaped inmates – International Herald Tribune (August 13, 2008) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal : Police combed villages and forests near a southern Nepalese town Thursday for 53 inmates who escaped from a jail. The prisoners broke out Wednesday night after overpowering guards at the jail in Siraha, about 250 miles southeast of …

Gov’t probing jail break in south Nepal – Xinhua News Agency (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — Nepali government on Thursday formed a three-member probe panel to investigate into the incident related to Siraha jailbreak, local newspaper The Rising Nepal reported on Friday. The probe panel headed by director …

Nepal assemby set to pick Maoist chief for PM – Reuters India (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – After weeks of political battles, Nepal’s special assembly will choose a new prime minister on Friday that is widely expected to be the Maoist chief Prachanda. The assembly vote is a key step in a 2006 peace deal that ended a …

Nepali CA to elect PM on Friday afternoon – Xinhua News Agency (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — The Constituent Assembly (CA) of Nepal is to elect the first prime minister of the youngest republic of the world on Friday afternoon. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda’s candidacy for the …

Old rivals vie to be new Nepal PM – BBC News (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
It will be a contest between the leader of the former Maoist rebels and a man who served three times as premier. The Maoist leader, Prachanda, is likely to be the winner but the party of his rival says it is worried about what the former rebels will …

Nepal to elect PM today, Prachanda enjoys the edge – Newstrack India (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
After weeks of political uncertainties, Nepal supposes to get its Prime Minister elected today (August 15) in the Constituent Assembly. The Himalayan nation, though it had general election on April 10, was running without a legitimate government at …

Nepal parties want Prachanda to resign – Times of India (August 13, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML have demanded Maoist Chief Prachanda’s resignation as head of the rebel guerrilla army as a pre-condition for their support in forming a government led by his party on Friday. “How can one party control …

Maoist leader Prachanda appears set to become Nepal’s next PM – New Straits Times (August 15, 2008) – [read more]
After 25 years underground and a decade of armed struggle across Nepal’s jungles and hills, Maoist leader Prachanda appeared poised Friday to become the country’s next prime minister. Months of political limbo were set to end as lawmakers prepared to …

Dozens of inmates on the run after Nepal jailbreak – Reuters India (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Forty-eight prisoners, including some linked to armed rebel groups, were on the run on Thursday after a mass breakout from a jail in southeast Nepal, officials said. One prisoner was killed when guards shot at the fleeing …

Nepali Times

Prachanda likely PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

On offensive over defence (August 12, 2008) – [read more]
With the election of prime minister slated for Friday, political parties are still trying to cobble together a consensus candidate. But there has been hard bargaining in closed-door sessions over the defence

PM to be elected by CA (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Big Four failed to agree on the formation of a new government, despite a three day extension of the deadline given by President Yadav that ended at 8PM on

Breakthrough on govt (August 4, 2008) – [read more]
On the eve of the deadline given by President Yadav the Maoists have succeeded in getting the agreement of the three other parties in forming a new joint

Maoists to form govt (August 1, 2008) – [read more]
The Maoist central committee decided after two days of debate on Friday to form a new government, hinting its three pre-conditions could be

Sworn in (August 1, 2008) – [read more]
President Ram Baran Yadav, clad in daura suruwal, took his oath of office at the new President House at Sital Nibas on

GPK to CMB after all (July 30, 2008) – [read more]
Prime Minister Girija Koirala is going to lead the Nepali delegation to the SAARC Summit in Colombo this weekend despite opposition from the

GPK MKN meet (July 29, 2008) – [read more]
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and former UML General Secretary Madhab Kumar Nepal met Tuesday morning at the latter’s residence in

While we wait (July 27, 2008) – [read more]
President Ram Baran Yadav’s first address to the nation on Sunday was eagerly awaited because he was expected to call on the parties to form the new government. But it turned out to be just a thanksgiving speech for electing him to the office of head of

President Ram Baran Yadav (July 21, 2008) – [read more]
It’s official: after much lobbying, back-stabbing and cross-voting by fickle political alliances, veteran kangresi Ram Baran Yadav has been elected the first president of a republican

Repoll for president (July 19, 2008) – [read more]
Suspense over the election of Nepal’s first president is to be prolonged by another day because none of the three candidates could muster the simple majority in the Constituent Assembly voting on

Three Rams (July 18, 2008) – [read more]
Political parties spent Friday in hectic behind-the-scene consultations to lobby for three candidates for president and four for

The first president (July 17, 2008) – [read more]
In a last-minute turning of the tables, the Maoists on Thursday put forward veteran Madhesi republican, Ram Raja Prasad Singh, as their candidate for

Presidential election (July 15, 2008) – [read more]
After their two-month deadlock among the Big Three parties over who should
be president the 25-member assembly working group has decided to put the
matter to a vote in the 601-member constituent assembly on 19 July at 11

Nearing a deal? (July 12, 2008) – [read more]
After weeks of hard bargaining, there are indications that the Maoists, UML and NC are finally nearing a deal on the posts of president, prime minister and assembly

Nepal News

Dozens of inmates on the run after Nepal jailbreak (August 15, 2008) – [read more]

Forty-eight prisoners, including some linked to armed rebel groups, were on the run on Thursday after a mass breakout from a jail in southeast Nepal, officials said.

Old rivals vie to be new Nepal PM (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Nepal is finally to choose a new prime minister on Friday – four months after its elections.

Nepalese police arrest 760 Tibetan protestors (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Nepalese police detained 760 Tibetan exiles in renewed crackdowns against protests outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu today, police and witnesses said.

Over 3,000 Bhutanese in Nepal resettled (August 14, 2008) – [read more]

Over 3,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal has been resettled in western countries, The Kathmandu Post reported on Thursday.

Nepali Congress to stay in opposition (August 13, 2008) – [read more]

Nepali Congress , the second largest party in the Constituent Assembly , has decided to stay in opposition.

Eight die in Nepal accident (August 12, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Eight people were killed and more than 30 were injured in a bus accident in southern Nepal, media reports said yesterday.

Nepal Premier election on August 15 (August 12, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Four months after the Constituent Assembly elections were held, Nepal will have a government soon, with the election of the Prime Minister slated for August 15.

UN saves Charles Sobhraj from ‘stalker’ (August 12, 2008) – [read more]

Sobhraj, doing time in Kathmandu’s Central Jail for the murder of American tourist Connie Jo Bronzich in 1975, says he is being stalked by a retired Dutch diplomat, Herman Knippenberg.

Engineers receive death threats from Nepal Maoists (August 11, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU:: Maoists supporters in Nepal issued death threats against contractors and engineers involved in the construction of its single largest hydro power project, which has Indians as one of its major …

Nepal President directs Constituent Assembly to elect PM (August 11, 2008) – [read more]

Kathmandu, August 10 : Following failure of the Maoists to garner a simple majority in the last ten days, Nepal’s President Ram Baran Yadav on Sunday directed the Constituent Assembly to take initiatives for …

Nine killed in landslide in Bajura (August 11, 2008) – [read more]

At least nine persons have been killed in a landslide in remote village in Bajura district of mid western Nepal, according to a report in Nepal FM.

CU student’s death in Nepal was first fatality for program (August 10, 2008) – [read more]

Keenan Fernandez A drowned last week in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she was spending the summer with a study-abroad program called the Passage Project.

Top Maoist leader’s wife to defend Sobhraj in court (August 10, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: After a feisty French lawyer, a former Nepali attorney-general, and a legal adviser of Nepali caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, the wife of a top Maoist leader will now defend Charles …

Diplomats fret over Nepal govt deadlock (August 10, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: With nearly four months gone after the April election and yet no sign of a new PM in Nepal, the diplomatic community has begun fretting, stepping up consultations with the government.

‘Bikini killer’ Sobhraj’s fate to be decided tomorrow (August 9, 2008) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Aug 9 The fate of Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj, the criminal mastermind serving life term in Kathmandu’s Central Jail, will be decided tomorrow by Nepal’s top court, which will hear his appeal in the …

Twin blasts injure six in Nepal (August 9, 2008) – [read more]

Two bomb explosions in the western Nepali city of Pokhara injured six people and sparked panic among residents, media reports said on Thursday.

UN’s regional disarmament body to open in Kathmandu from Aug 18 (August 9, 2008) – [read more]

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament is come into operation in Kathmandu from August 18.

Maoists turn heat on Nepal pageant (August 9, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: After having vanquished King Gyanendra, Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas have now turned their wrath on the Himalayan republic’s oldest beauty pageant, threatening to stop the Miss Nepal contest that …

Bhutan-Nepal talks to resume (August 8, 2008) – [read more]

Lyonchhen Jigmi Y thinley meets Nepalese PM G P Koirala 6 August, 2008 – After meeting Nepal’s prime minister, Mr Girija Prasad Koirala, on the sidelines of the 15th SAARC summit in Colombo, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y …

Nepal deadline ends today (August 8, 2008) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: The deadline set by President Ram Baran Yadav for the formation of a government expires on Friday.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Hopeless Hope for New Nepal (August 14, 2008) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
Post Constituent Assembly election Nepal has witnessed a series of political dramas that only few people get to see in their lifetime. Some of these dramas are provocative, some are reprehensible, some are revolting and some are unpatriotic. The beauty is they all are happening in the name of democracy. I am fascinated [...]

One World, One Dream: Salute to the Olympic Spirit! (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
The Summer Games have begun in Beijing today in a spectacular fashion. This is one of those rare moments when the majority of the will be watching the same thing-on their TV sets- at the same time with, perhaps, the same emotions. The world is taking part in this grand ceremony of sportsmanship and celebration [...]

Nepal’s Presidential Election: Victory of Anti-Maoist Forces (August 8, 2008) – [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak
The 100-day marathon of uncertainty after the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election finally ended on July 21, 2008 when Dr. Ram Baran Yadav of the NC-UML-MJF alliance won the run-off with 306 (52%) out of the 590 ballots cast. The Maoists candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh was defeated with 282 [...]

New Nepal, New Thoughts (August 6, 2008) – [read more]
By Bhupendra Khanal
Efforts to form the first ever Maoist-led government in Nepal are going on. The new government will have many challenges going forward and they will have to work actively and aggressively. It is challenging but not impossible.
Here are my suggestions for the new Nepal Government.
1. Integration to Global Economy Free Trade Agreement with [...]

British Belles Bethi (Plant Paddy and Dance) (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday photo blog: British girls and boys and locals of Ghattitaar village of Ilam district in eastern Nepal take part in paddy plantation in tune with the Bethi tradition. The tradition has almost disappeared in other parts of the district though it has survived itself in this village. While some farmers are starting to plant [...]

Covering Bhutanese Refugees in America (August 2, 2008) – [read more]
Saturday blog: A reporter’s notebook

Bhutanese siblings Dilli Prasad Odari, 20, Man Maya Odari, 25, Yani Maya Odari, 22, stand in the doorway of their Pittsburgh apartment. Pic by Andy Starnes/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Deepak Adhikari
On the chilly winter mornings in Kathmandu, I would nurture a dream. It was not an American Dream per se. But it [...]

Dogs and a Piece of Bone (July 29, 2008) – [read more]
This is a typical third world story, the story of poverty and frustration and greed and anger and feud. For poor and deprived, every opportunity however small that may be, comes as an equivalent to the piece of bone for hungry stray dogs. Those people fight like those dogs. I am talking about the current [...]

Maos Start Homework on Government (July 28, 2008) – [read more]
After behaving like a kid for the past several days, the Maoist comrades have started doing homeworks to form the next government. The largest party in the Constituent Assembly has sought support from parties represented in the CA. The Maoist leaders held a meeting yesterday at the parliament secretariat and sought support from all 25 [...]

Mind Your Language, Mr. Vice President! (July 25, 2008) – [read more]
Six reasons why I don’t accept this Vice President for Nepal.
By Bibek Paudel [UWB received this article in email. Photo source: Facebook.]
Preamble:
All over Nepal, protests against Vice President Paramanda Jha are being organized because he chose Hindi as the language while swearing in. There are ongoing debates in Nepali blogs, news sites and Facebook forums. [...]

Ram Baran Yadav is the First President of Republic Nepal (July 21, 2008) – [read more]
Dr Ram Baran Yadav, Nepali Congress General Secretary, has been elected the first President of the republic of Nepal in the presidential run-off held today in the Constituent Assembly. Yadav, backed by a coalition of NC, UML, MPRF and other fringe parties the CA, got 308 votes-almost a dozen more than needed for the simple [...]