Nepal News archive for 31 October 2008
UN chief to reach Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (October 30, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is arriving in Kathmandu for a one-day visit on Friday. Secretary General Ban is scheduled to reach the capital by UN’s special plane from the Delhi Airport at around 6 pm …
Minister: UN chief’s visit to Nepal to be fruitful - Xinhua News Agency (October 31, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Janardan Sharma on Friday said that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon’s visit to Nepal will assist to bring the peace process to the logical end. Speaking at an …
Witnessing history in Nepal - Boston Globe (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal - This city was in the midst of one of its famous “bandhs,” or strikes, when I arrived in late June and driving was not allowed. But a Nepali friend picked me up at the airport anyway, and the roads were open as we cruised on his …
India, Nepal Home Sec level talks to begin today - Zee News (October 30, 2008) - [read more]
The Indian delegation will be led by Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and Nepalese delegation by their Home Secretary Govinda Prasad Kusum. The two sides will discuss a broad range of issues relating, inter-alia, to security, border management …
Nepal to allow foreign adoptions - BBC South-Asia (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
“We’ll soon start accepting applications from prospective families for adoption through the accredited agencies,” said Prakash Kumar Adhikari, from the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare. He said 58 foreign agencies would be allowed to …
Koirala takes on the Maoi - Hindustan Times (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
Playing the active role of opposition, Nepal’s former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has declared a massive war against the Maoists. During the last few weeks, Koirala mounted pressure on the Maoist-led government by starting a series of …
Awestruck at Kathmandu - Global Nation (October 27, 2008) - [read more]
THE PERK I LIKE BEST FROM the work I do is that over the years I have built an international network of like-minded people who enjoy taking friends on insider tours of the places where they live or work. So the moment I had free time on a recent …
Maoists want PLA man as Nepalese Army chief, says Nepali Congress - Thaindian.com (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 24 (ANI): The Nepali Congress (NC) has claimed that the Maoists are trying to promote a former People’’s Liberation Army (PLA) commander to the coveted post of Chief of Nepal Army (NA). Nepali Congress leader Shovakar Parajuli on …
Nepali Times
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
Nepal News
UN Secy Gen Ban Ki-moon stresses on cooperating among political parties (October 31, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 30 : United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his report eleased a few days ahead of his first visit to Nepal, commended the political parties of Nepal for their commitment to …
India, Nepal Home Secretary level talks begin tomorrow (October 30, 2008) - [read more]
New Delhi News.Net Thursday 30th October, 2008 New Delhi, Oct 30 : The Home Secretary-level talks between India and Nepal will be held here tomorrow.
Nepal PM vows to integrate former rebel fighters (October 29, 2008) - [read more]
Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda addressing a press conference in Kathmandu yesterday.
Czech flees India (October 29, 2008) - [read more]
Siliguri: A Czech national who was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a court for collecting rare insects from a national park in Darjeeling has fled India after jumping bail, the police said on Tuesday.
Nepalese-Driven Peace Process Globally Acclaimed (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 2:38 pm Press Release: United Nations The world has recognized the strides towards peace Nepalis have made, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report made public today, …
Rastriya Janashakti Party says Maoists integration threatens peace in Nepal (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 25 : The Chairman of Rastriya Janashakti Party Surya Bahadur Thapa has said that the integration of Maoist combatants into the national army would pose serious threats to democracy, peace and …
Nepal astrologers predict victory for Obama (October 27, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: They made predictions - some with success and some without - about the end of the country’s royal dynasty and the end of the Maoist insurgency.
Nepal, India ready to amend trade treaty (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 22 : Nepal’s Commerce Secretary Purushottam Ojha has said that both Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
Nepal News archive for 30 October 2008
Trip to Nepal is eye-opener - Indianapolis Star (October 29, 2008) - [read more]
It might not be everyone’s idea of a dream vacation, but for New Palestine residents Betty and Bill Widbin, traveling to Nepal was an experience they will never forget. “We received a teacher’s creativity grant through the Lilly Endowment to go to …
Nepali PM commits to institutionalize Dalits people’s rights in CA - Xinhua News Agency (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Nepali Prime Minister Prachanda Thursday committed to institutionalizing the rights of Dalit people (marginilazed group) from the Constituent Assembly. Prachanda said that number of people from Dalit community …
Int’l folk music festival to be held in Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — To mark 100 years of music recording in Nepal and 25 years of commercialization of Nepali music through the establishment of Music Nepal, the Nepal Music Center (NMC) is hosting a four-day international folk music …
Chinese invite draws Nepal opposition ire - Times of India (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: They had forgiven Beijing for arming deposed king Gyanendra in his war on the Maoists and the political parties. But on Thursday, the secretive Chinese government came under fire in parliament from Nepal’s main opposition party, former …
Nepal’s ousted king gets 15 days to pay power bills - Reuters UK (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal’s ousted King Gyanendra and his relatives must pay huge unpaid electricity bills within 15 days or lose the power supply to their homes, the Himalayan nation’s state utility said Thursday. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA …
Ex-Nepal king faces power cut over dues - Times of India (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s ousted King Gyanendra and his relatives must pay huge unpaid electricity bills within 15 days or lose the power supply to their homes, the Himalayan nation’s state utility said on Thursday. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA …
After Dashain Cocktail - Scoop (October 29, 2008) - [read more]
Nepalis celebrated the 15-day long festival called Dashain in October 2008. During the celebration of this festival, they drank a lot of various home-brewed drinks, also imported and locally distilled liquors. They sacrificed thousands of different …
Maoists want PLA man as Nepalese Army chief, says Nepali Congress - Thaindian.com (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 24 (ANI): The Nepali Congress (NC) has claimed that the Maoists are trying to promote a former People’’s Liberation Army (PLA) commander to the coveted post of Chief of Nepal Army (NA). Nepali Congress leader Shovakar Parajuli on …
Nepali Times
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
Nepal News
Nepal PM vows to integrate former rebel fighters (October 29, 2008) - [read more]
Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda addressing a press conference in Kathmandu yesterday.
Czech flees India (October 29, 2008) - [read more]
Siliguri: A Czech national who was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a court for collecting rare insects from a national park in Darjeeling has fled India after jumping bail, the police said on Tuesday.
Nepalese-Driven Peace Process Globally Acclaimed (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 2:38 pm Press Release: United Nations The world has recognized the strides towards peace Nepalis have made, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report made public today, …
Rastriya Janashakti Party says Maoists integration threatens peace in Nepal (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 25 : The Chairman of Rastriya Janashakti Party Surya Bahadur Thapa has said that the integration of Maoist combatants into the national army would pose serious threats to democracy, peace and …
Nepal astrologers predict victory for Obama (October 27, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: They made predictions - some with success and some without - about the end of the country’s royal dynasty and the end of the Maoist insurgency.
Nepal, India ready to amend trade treaty (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 22 : Nepal’s Commerce Secretary Purushottam Ojha has said that both Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.
Municipal officer killed (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: As Nepal’s Maoist government failed to start negotiations with underground rebels from Terai even three weeks after the formation of a ministerial talks team, blood continued to spill in the restive …
Int’l folk music festival to be held in Nepal (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
To mark 100 years of music recording in Nepal and 25 years of commercialization of Nepali music through the establishment of Music Nepal, the Nepal Music Center is hosting a four-day international folk music …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
Nepal News archive for 28 October 2008
Nepal says off-season climbs rise after fee cut - Washington Post (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The number of climbing expeditions to Himalayan mountains, including Mount Everest, has risen since Nepal reduced off season climbing fees three months ago, officials said on Wednesday. Nepal is home to hundreds of mountains of …
Nepal government begins process to integrate former rebel fighters - Monsters and Critics (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu - Nepal’s Maoist-led government began the process to integrate thousands of former rebel fighters into the national army and other security agencies, a government minister said Wednesday. ‘The government formed a high-level committee that …
Peace process in Nepal globally acclaimed: UN chief - New Kerala (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
United Nations, Oct 29 : The international community has recognized the strides made towards peace by the people of Nepal, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report, praising the parties in the Himalayan nation for their commitment to …
Nepali PM commits to institutionalize Dalits people’s rights in CA - Xinhua News Agency (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Nepali Prime Minister Prachanda Thursday committed to institutionalizing the rights of Dalit people (marginilazed group) from the Constituent Assembly. Prachanda said that number of people from Dalit community …
S Korean Air adds direct flight to Nepali capital - Xinhua News Agency (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — South Korean Air is initiating an additional direct flight from Nepali capital Kathmandu to Seoul every Monday to serve Nepali workers selected for employment in South Korea under its Employment Permit System (EPS …
Chinese invite draws Nepal opposition ire - Times of India (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: They had forgiven Beijing for arming deposed king Gyanendra in his war on the Maoists and the political parties. But on Thursday, the secretive Chinese government came under fire in parliament from Nepal’s main opposition party, former …
Nepal’s ousted king gets 15 days to pay power bills - Reuters UK (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal’s ousted King Gyanendra and his relatives must pay huge unpaid electricity bills within 15 days or lose the power supply to their homes, the Himalayan nation’s state utility said Thursday. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA …
Blast in southeast Nepal town, 10 hurt - Hindustan Times (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
A home-made bomb went off at a government office in southeast Nepal on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people, an official said. The blast occurred at a land revenue office in the temple town of Janakpur. “No one is critically wounded, it was a small …
Nepali Times
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
Nepal News
Nepalese-Driven Peace Process Globally Acclaimed (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 2:38 pm Press Release: United Nations The world has recognized the strides towards peace Nepalis have made, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report made public today, …
Rastriya Janashakti Party says Maoists integration threatens peace in Nepal (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 25 : The Chairman of Rastriya Janashakti Party Surya Bahadur Thapa has said that the integration of Maoist combatants into the national army would pose serious threats to democracy, peace and …
Nepal astrologers predict victory for Obama (October 27, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: They made predictions - some with success and some without - about the end of the country’s royal dynasty and the end of the Maoist insurgency.
Nepal, India ready to amend trade treaty (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 22 : Nepal’s Commerce Secretary Purushottam Ojha has said that both Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.
Municipal officer killed (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: As Nepal’s Maoist government failed to start negotiations with underground rebels from Terai even three weeks after the formation of a ministerial talks team, blood continued to spill in the restive …
Int’l folk music festival to be held in Nepal (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
To mark 100 years of music recording in Nepal and 25 years of commercialization of Nepali music through the establishment of Music Nepal, the Nepal Music Center is hosting a four-day international folk music …
Sobhraj faces dark Diwali as hearing delayed (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: While the rest of Nepal celebrates Diwali, the festival of lights, it is however going to be a bleak period for Charles Sobhraj, who is fretting at the delay in the Supreme Court resuming his final …
Cost of Prachanda’s official bed sparks public outrage (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: For nearly two decades he lived a hard life in Spartan bunkers and forest hideouts and survived.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
Nepal News archive for 27 October 2008
Nepal government withdraws criminal charges against Maoist leaders - Earthtimes (October 27, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu - The Nepalese government has withdrawn politically motivated criminal charges against 349 people, including top Maoist leaders, officials said Tuesday. “The list of people against whom the charges have been dropped includes most of the …
S Korean Air adds direct flight to Nepali capital - Xinhua News Agency (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — South Korean Air is initiating an additional direct flight from Nepali capital Kathmandu to Seoul every Monday to serve Nepali workers selected for employment in South Korea under its Employment Permit System (EPS …
Local media: Special committee for Nepal army integration by Wednesday - Xinhua News Agency (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — The process of integrating the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) combatants into the Nepal Army (NA) is likely to begin soon, Local news website Nepalnews.com reported on Tuesday. According to the website …
Somali refugees protest in Nepal - BBC News (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
Somali refugees living in Nepal have been demonstrating in the capital Kathmandu to gain official recognition by the government. They say their lives are miserable because they are not allowed to work and are threatened with heavy fines if they try …
Blast in southeast Nepal town, 10 hurt - Hindustan Times (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
A home-made bomb went off at a government office in southeast Nepal on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people, an official said. The blast occurred at a land revenue office in the temple town of Janakpur. “No one is critically wounded, it was a small …
Watch this - Guardian Unlimited (October 27, 2008) - [read more]
Reeling though you may be from the return of Jo and the death of Adam Carter, not to mention marvelling at how Spooks’ special-effects people managed to make the conflagration that claimed Carter look so convincing, spies are expendable and life goes …
Nepal newspapers shut down - Guardian Unlimited (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Eleven newspapers in Nepal have closed for an indefinite period following a a shooting incident in Dhangadhi in which three people died and six more were injured. Publishers and editors are concerned about a lack of security. Police opened fire when …
Nepali Congress objects to setting up of State restructuring ministry - Thaindian.com (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 21 (ANI): The Nepali Congress (NC) has raised objections to the government decision to allocate a budget for the newly set up Ministry of State Restructuring and demanded that the ministry be scrapped immediately. “The establishment …
Nepali Times
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
Nepal News
Nepal astrologers predict victory for Obama (October 27, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: They made predictions - some with success and some without - about the end of the country’s royal dynasty and the end of the Maoist insurgency.
Nepal, India ready to amend trade treaty (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 22 : Nepal’s Commerce Secretary Purushottam Ojha has said that both Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.
Municipal officer killed (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: As Nepal’s Maoist government failed to start negotiations with underground rebels from Terai even three weeks after the formation of a ministerial talks team, blood continued to spill in the restive …
Int’l folk music festival to be held in Nepal (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
To mark 100 years of music recording in Nepal and 25 years of commercialization of Nepali music through the establishment of Music Nepal, the Nepal Music Center is hosting a four-day international folk music …
Sobhraj faces dark Diwali as hearing delayed (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: While the rest of Nepal celebrates Diwali, the festival of lights, it is however going to be a bleak period for Charles Sobhraj, who is fretting at the delay in the Supreme Court resuming his final …
Cost of Prachanda’s official bed sparks public outrage (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: For nearly two decades he lived a hard life in Spartan bunkers and forest hideouts and survived.
Nepal ex-king told to pay bills (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Nepal’s former royals must pay unpaid bills of more than $1m within 15 days or power to their homes could be cut off, the state utility company says.
Yeti Photo: ‘Abominable Snowman’ Prints Found (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Yeti Print found? What’s Halloween season without a bit of Abominable Snowman? Japanese explorers excitedly announced on Monday that they had located a footprint believed to be left by an Abominable Snowman on …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
Nepal News archive for 26 October 2008
Nepal sets calendar back by 879 years - Hindustan Times (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas have endorsed a decision to switch over from the existing calendar to an ethnic one that will take the former Hindu kingdom back more than eight centuries. While the world ushers in the year 2009 in January the …
Nepal sets calendar back by eight centuries - Gulf Times (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas, who came to power pledging revolution and progress, have now endorsed a decision to switch over from the existing calendar to an ethnic one that will take the former Hindu kingdom back more than eight …
Yeti footprints found in Nepal - Times of India (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet. “The footprints were about 20cm long and looked like a human’s …
Nepal-China ties should be developed to new height: minister - Xinhua News Agency (October 19, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — Minister for Information and Communications Krishna Bahadur Mahara said that Nepal-China relation should be developed in a new height as per the changed political context, The Rising Nepal reported on Monday. “Nepal’s …
Indo-China golf ties built in Nepal - Hindustan Times (October 19, 2008) - [read more]
Sandwiched between India and China, the Himalayan Nation of Nepal has suddenly become the new ground for a stronger Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai diplomacy. Even though Beijing has been trying to make its presence felt in Nepal, to shrink New Delhi’s …
Japanese team finds ‘yeti footprints’ in Nepal - Daily Telegraph (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
The footprints were about 20 centimetres (eight inches) long and looked like a human’s,” Yoshiteru Takahashi, the leader of the Yeti Project Japan, told AFP in Kathmandu. Mr Takahashi was speaking after he returned with his seven-member team …
Casino staff to launch week-long agitation - Economic Times (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Casino workers here will launch a week-long agitation starting tomorrow in protest against frequent police raids, which according to them were adversely affecting their business. The demonstrating staff today handed over a memorandum to …
Nepal sets its calendar back by eight centuries - Newstrack India (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 26 (IANS) Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas, who came to power pledging revolution and progress, have now endorsed a decision to switch over from the existing calendar to an ethnic one that will take the former Hindu kingdom back more …
Nepali Times
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
Nepal News
Municipal officer killed (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: As Nepal’s Maoist government failed to start negotiations with underground rebels from Terai even three weeks after the formation of a ministerial talks team, blood continued to spill in the restive …
Int’l folk music festival to be held in Nepal (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
To mark 100 years of music recording in Nepal and 25 years of commercialization of Nepali music through the establishment of Music Nepal, the Nepal Music Center is hosting a four-day international folk music …
Sobhraj faces dark Diwali as hearing delayed (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: While the rest of Nepal celebrates Diwali, the festival of lights, it is however going to be a bleak period for Charles Sobhraj, who is fretting at the delay in the Supreme Court resuming his final …
Cost of Prachanda’s official bed sparks public outrage (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: For nearly two decades he lived a hard life in Spartan bunkers and forest hideouts and survived.
Nepal ex-king told to pay bills (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Nepal’s former royals must pay unpaid bills of more than $1m within 15 days or power to their homes could be cut off, the state utility company says.
Yeti Photo: ‘Abominable Snowman’ Prints Found (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Yeti Print found? What’s Halloween season without a bit of Abominable Snowman? Japanese explorers excitedly announced on Monday that they had located a footprint believed to be left by an Abominable Snowman on …
Blast in Nepal town, 10 hurt (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
A home-made bomb went off at a government office in southeast Nepal on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people, an official said.
S Korean Air adds direct flight to Nepali capital (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
South Korean Air is initiating an additional direct flight from Nepali capital Kathmandu to Seoul every Monday to serve Nepali workers selected for employment in South Korea under its Employment Permit System .
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
Nepal News archive for 25 October 2008
Koirala takes on the Maoi - Hindustan Times (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
Playing the active role of opposition, Nepal’s former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has declared a massive war against the Maoists. During the last few weeks, Koirala mounted pressure on the Maoist-led government by starting a series of …
Nepali CA prepares schedule on making statute - Xinhua News Agency (October 19, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) — Nepali Constituent Assembly (CA) secretariat has prepared a schedule on constitution making, reported a local news website Nepal news on Sunday. The schedule states that a new constitution will be promulgated in one and …
Gorkha chief threatens to ‘break’ Bengal - Times of India (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
DARJEELING: Forty-eight hours after suspending the name-change agitation, GJM president Bimal Gurung was back to his aggressive ways on Friday. He would wait only till March 10, 2010 — a self-appointed date — to achieve Gorkhaland …
Minister: Nepali gov’t never compromises on national integrity and … - Xinhua News Agency (October 18, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) — Nepal’s Minister for Local Development Ram Chandra Jha said the government would never compromise with anybody on national integrity and sovereignty as member of the government’s talks team were formed to hold dialogues …
Yeti footprints found in Nepal - Times of India (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet. “The footprints were about 20cm long and looked like a human’s …
Indo-China golf ties built in Nepal - Hindustan Times (October 19, 2008) - [read more]
Sandwiched between India and China, the Himalayan Nation of Nepal has suddenly become the new ground for a stronger Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai diplomacy. Even though Beijing has been trying to make its presence felt in Nepal, to shrink New Delhi’s …
Terai rebels kill municipal officer in Nepal - Newstrack India (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 25 (IANS) As Nepal’s Maoist government failed to start negotiations with underground rebels from Terai even three weeks after the formation of a ministerial talks team, blood continued to spill in the restive plains with a municipal …
Japanese team finds ‘yeti footprints’ in Nepal - Daily Telegraph (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
The footprints were about 20 centimetres (eight inches) long and looked like a human’s,” Yoshiteru Takahashi, the leader of the Yeti Project Japan, told AFP in Kathmandu. Mr Takahashi was speaking after he returned with his seven-member team …
Nepali Times
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
Int’l folk music festival to be held in Nepal (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
To mark 100 years of music recording in Nepal and 25 years of commercialization of Nepali music through the establishment of Music Nepal, the Nepal Music Center is hosting a four-day international folk music …
Sobhraj faces dark Diwali as hearing delayed (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: While the rest of Nepal celebrates Diwali, the festival of lights, it is however going to be a bleak period for Charles Sobhraj, who is fretting at the delay in the Supreme Court resuming his final …
Cost of Prachanda’s official bed sparks public outrage (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: For nearly two decades he lived a hard life in Spartan bunkers and forest hideouts and survived.
Nepal ex-king told to pay bills (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Nepal’s former royals must pay unpaid bills of more than $1m within 15 days or power to their homes could be cut off, the state utility company says.
Yeti Photo: ‘Abominable Snowman’ Prints Found (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Yeti Print found? What’s Halloween season without a bit of Abominable Snowman? Japanese explorers excitedly announced on Monday that they had located a footprint believed to be left by an Abominable Snowman on …
Blast in Nepal town, 10 hurt (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
A home-made bomb went off at a government office in southeast Nepal on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people, an official said.
S Korean Air adds direct flight to Nepali capital (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
South Korean Air is initiating an additional direct flight from Nepali capital Kathmandu to Seoul every Monday to serve Nepali workers selected for employment in South Korea under its Employment Permit System .
Japanese climbers say find footprints of abominable snowman (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
Japanese climbers returning from a mountain in western Nepal said on Tuesday they had found footprints they think belonged to the abominable snowman or Yeti.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
Nepal News archive for 24 October 2008
Nepal’s deposed King made to pay bills - IBN LIve (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
ALL THE KING’S BILLS: The Nepal government has ordered the former King Gyanendra to pay his electricity bills. Kathmandu: Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra is paying the price to be a commoner. He will have to shell out over a million dollars as …
FM: Nepal expects enhanced level of development assistance - Xinhua News Agency (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — Nepali Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav Friday said that Nepal expects an enhanced level of development assistance and support from the international aid agencies. Speaking at a program organized by United Nations House …
Nepal to form army integration panel not led by CPN-M - Xinhua News Agency (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — Nepali major political parties on Friday agreed to form a special committee for army integration apart from the leadership of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)(CPN-M). A meeting held among four major parties, the …
Maoists want PLA man as Nepalese Army chief, says Nepali Congress - Top News India (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 24 : The Nepali Congress (NC) has claimed that the Maoists are trying to promote a former People’’s Liberation Army (PLA) commander to the coveted post of Chief of Nepal Army (NA). Nepali Congress leader Shovakar Parajuli on Thursday …
Nepal fears global financial crisis, looks to China - AsiaNews.IT (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
So far, the tiny country has remained immune from the upheavals in the global economy. The Maoist government has not yet taken any measures to avoid repercussions on life in the country. But the fear is that the collapse of main donor countries will …
Nepal’s deposed King made to pay bills - IBN LIve (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
ALL THE KING’S BILLS: The Nepal government has ordered the former King Gyanendra to pay his electricity bills. Kathmandu: Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra is paying the price to be a commoner. He will have to shell out over a million dollars as …
Nepal faces multiple challenges to its peace process, UN says - Earthtimes (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu - A senior United Nations official said Friday that Nepal faced multiple challenges to its peace process despite making tremendous progress in ending its decadelong conflict that pitted the government against Maoist rebels. While the …
Nepal Maoists ready to abandon Mao - Times of India (October 17, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Less than two months after their leader paid his respects at the mausoleum of Chairman Mao in Beijing, Nepal’s Maoist party is now set to abandon the Chinese leader whose ideology had fired them to wage a 10-year guerrilla war against …
Nepali Times
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.
Dateline Varanasi (October 2, 2008) - [read more]
For two days last week, Varanasi was the venue for intensive discussions on the consolidation of the peace process in Nepal.
Nepal News
Cost of Prachanda’s official bed sparks public outrage (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: For nearly two decades he lived a hard life in Spartan bunkers and forest hideouts and survived.
Nepal ex-king told to pay bills (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Nepal’s former royals must pay unpaid bills of more than $1m within 15 days or power to their homes could be cut off, the state utility company says.
Yeti Photo: ‘Abominable Snowman’ Prints Found (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Yeti Print found? What’s Halloween season without a bit of Abominable Snowman? Japanese explorers excitedly announced on Monday that they had located a footprint believed to be left by an Abominable Snowman on …
Blast in Nepal town, 10 hurt (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
A home-made bomb went off at a government office in southeast Nepal on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people, an official said.
S Korean Air adds direct flight to Nepali capital (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
South Korean Air is initiating an additional direct flight from Nepali capital Kathmandu to Seoul every Monday to serve Nepali workers selected for employment in South Korea under its Employment Permit System .
Japanese climbers say find footprints of abominable snowman (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
Japanese climbers returning from a mountain in western Nepal said on Tuesday they had found footprints they think belonged to the abominable snowman or Yeti.
Indo-Nepal trade treaty to be amended within three months (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 21st October, 2008 Kathmandu, Oct 21 : Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.
Japanese team finds ‘yeti footprints’ in Nepal (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
Nepal News archive for 23 October 2008
Nepal’s ousted king gets 15 days to pay power bills - Reuters India (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal’s ousted King Gyanendra and his relatives must pay huge unpaid electricity bills within 15 days or lose the power supply to their homes, the Himalayan nation’s state utility said on Thursday. Nepal Electricity Authority …
Nepal’s ousted king gets 15 days to pay power bills - Reuters India (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal’s ousted King Gyanendra and his relatives must pay huge unpaid electricity bills within 15 days or lose the power supply to their homes, the Himalayan nation’s state utility said on Thursday. Nepal Electricity Authority …
Chinese invite draws Nepal opposition ire - Times of India (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: They had forgiven Beijing for arming deposed king Gyanendra in his war on the Maoists and the political parties. But on Thursday, the secretive Chinese government came under fire in parliament from Nepal’s main opposition party, former …
Nepal’s ex-king to be forced to pay electric bills - San Diego Union-Tribune (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal – In the last year, Nepal’s deposed king has lost his throne, his royal palace and annual allowance. Now, he’s set to lose his free electricity. The chief of the state-owned utility company said Thursday that former King Gyanendra …
Nepal ex-king told to pay bills - BBC News (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Nepal’s former royals must pay unpaid bills of more than $1m within 15 days or power to their homes could be cut off, the state utility company says. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) says the former royals must pay arrears dating back several …
It’s the Nepal PM’s bed of thorns - Daily News and Analysis (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: For nearly two decades he lived a hard life in Spartan bunkers and forest hideouts and survived. But now, after having won a 10-year war on the state as well as a battle of the ballot, Nepal’s first Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal …
Nepal’s former royals may face lights-out - Daily News and Analysis (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Months after losing his crown, deposed King Gyanendra may face lights-out over unpaid electricity bills to the Maoist-led government, who were instrumental in the abolition of the 240-year-old monarchy in Nepal. The Nepal government is set …
The Prachanda Path and The Question of Power in Nepal - Newsblaze.com (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Statements made by Prachanda, Bhattarai and other Maoist leaders, have made it more and more clear that Maoists intend to take power in Nepal in direct and open collaboration with capitalists, and not in their opposition. The theory and practice of …
Nepali Times
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.
Dateline Varanasi (October 2, 2008) - [read more]
For two days last week, Varanasi was the venue for intensive discussions on the consolidation of the peace process in Nepal.
Nepal News
Nepal ex-king told to pay bills (October 23, 2008) - [read more]
Nepal’s former royals must pay unpaid bills of more than $1m within 15 days or power to their homes could be cut off, the state utility company says.
Yeti Photo: ‘Abominable Snowman’ Prints Found (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Yeti Print found? What’s Halloween season without a bit of Abominable Snowman? Japanese explorers excitedly announced on Monday that they had located a footprint believed to be left by an Abominable Snowman on …
Blast in Nepal town, 10 hurt (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
A home-made bomb went off at a government office in southeast Nepal on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people, an official said.
S Korean Air adds direct flight to Nepali capital (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
South Korean Air is initiating an additional direct flight from Nepali capital Kathmandu to Seoul every Monday to serve Nepali workers selected for employment in South Korea under its Employment Permit System .
Japanese climbers say find footprints of abominable snowman (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
Japanese climbers returning from a mountain in western Nepal said on Tuesday they had found footprints they think belonged to the abominable snowman or Yeti.
Indo-Nepal trade treaty to be amended within three months (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 21st October, 2008 Kathmandu, Oct 21 : Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.
Japanese team finds ‘yeti footprints’ in Nepal (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.
Opposition to absorb politically indoctrinated combatants in Nepalese Army (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
While the debate on integration of Maoist combatants continues, Minister for Commerce and Supplies Rajendra Mahato has said that politically indoctrinated combatants should not be integrated into the Nepal Army …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
Nepal News archive for 22 October 2008
Seven injured in blast in S Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — At least seven people, including an accountant, were seriously injured when a powerful bomb went off at Land Revenue Office in Janakpur in southern Nepal’ s Terai district of Dhanusha Wednesday afternoon. According to …
Blast in southeast Nepal town, 10 hurt - Hindustan Times (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
A home-made bomb went off at a government office in southeast Nepal on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people, an official said. The blast occurred at a land revenue office in the temple town of Janakpur. “No one is critically wounded, it was a small …
Nepal to get new industrial policy under Maoists - Thaindian.com (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 22 (IANS) Nepal’s new Maoist-led government Wednesday said it would soon unveil a new industrial policy that would not just adjust or reform the strategies of earlier governments but aim at a “breakthrough”.The republic’s first …
Nepal minister calls Indian flood relief aid pittance - Thaindian.com (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 22 (IANS) Less than a week after the Indian government handed over a cheque for NRS 320 million to Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to help bring relief to the victims of the Kosi flood, a senior Nepali …
Bus driver beats up Nepal reporter - Guardian Unlimited (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Yubaraj Gautam , a journalist with the Nepalese paper Sandakpur Daily , was beaten up by a bus driver because of a story alleging that some drivers were charging more than the public rate. The driver later apologised to the reporter. (Via IFEX
Climbers find footprints of abominable snowman? - Reuters (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Japanese climbers returning from a mountain in western Nepal said Tuesday they had found footprints they think belonged to the abominable snowman or Yeti. “We saw three footprints which looked like that of human beings,” Kuniaki …
Watchdog bans food giants’ Bangladeshi TV ads after accidental UK … - Guardian Unlimited (October 22, 2008) - [read more]
Horlicks ad: made misleading claims about the drink’s benefits for children The marketing strategies of Nestlé and GlaxoSmithKline have been called into question after two TV ads, for Horlicks and Maggi Noodles, meant to target children in …
Moon, Kalam to visit Nepal soon - Times of India (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and APJ Abdul Kalam, India’s former president and architect of the nation’s missile programme, will soon visit Nepal. The UN chief, who was invited by Nepal prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda …
Nepali Times
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.
Dateline Varanasi (October 2, 2008) - [read more]
For two days last week, Varanasi was the venue for intensive discussions on the consolidation of the peace process in Nepal.
Nepal News
S Korean Air adds direct flight to Nepali capital (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
South Korean Air is initiating an additional direct flight from Nepali capital Kathmandu to Seoul every Monday to serve Nepali workers selected for employment in South Korea under its Employment Permit System .
Japanese climbers say find footprints of abominable snowman (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
Japanese climbers returning from a mountain in western Nepal said on Tuesday they had found footprints they think belonged to the abominable snowman or Yeti.
Indo-Nepal trade treaty to be amended within three months (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 21st October, 2008 Kathmandu, Oct 21 : Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.
Japanese team finds ‘yeti footprints’ in Nepal (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.
Opposition to absorb politically indoctrinated combatants in Nepalese Army (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
While the debate on integration of Maoist combatants continues, Minister for Commerce and Supplies Rajendra Mahato has said that politically indoctrinated combatants should not be integrated into the Nepal Army …
After Mao, Marx and Lenin to get marching orders in Nepal (October 19, 2008) - [read more]
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Oct 19: After Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, who inspired a 10-year ferocious guerrilla war in Nepal, it is now the turn of Communist icons Karl Marx and Vladimir Ilyich …
Group threatens indefinite transport strike in Nepal (October 18, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu * Enraged by repeated attacks on mosques and protesting the lack of security, Muslims in eastern Nepal have called an indefinite transport shutdown from today.
Nepali PM pledges special economic areas (October 18, 2008) - [read more]
The Nepali government will start the development campaign from the far-western region, the state-run daily The Rising Nepal reported on Saturday.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
Nepal News archive for 21 October 2008
Scientists discover yeti footprints in Nepal - Thaindian.com (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): A team of Japanese scientists has discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet. The footprints were about 20 centimetres (eight inches) long and …
Nepali gov’t holds informal talks with armed groups - Xinhua News Agency (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — Nepali government is holding informal talks with some of the armed groups operating in southern Nepal’s Terai plains on Tuesday. Peace and Reconstruction Minister and Chief of Nepali government’s talks team Janardan …
Local media: Special committee for Nepal army integration by Wednesday - Xinhua News Agency (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — The process of integrating the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) combatants into the Nepal Army (NA) is likely to begin soon, Local news website Nepalnews.com reported on Tuesday. According to the website …
Nepali Congress objects to setting up of State restructuring ministry - Thaindian.com (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 21 (ANI): The Nepali Congress (NC) has raised objections to the government decision to allocate a budget for the newly set up Ministry of State Restructuring and demanded that the ministry be scrapped immediately. “The establishment …
Prachanda takes army bull by horn - Times of India (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: For 10 hard years, they risked their own lives, torture and the capture of their families to wage a relentless war on the state which helped their Maoist party come to power. But though their chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda became Nepal …
Nepal government moves to merge guerrillas with army - Thaindian.com (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 21 (IANS) Facing a deepening controversy about the merger of the Maoist guerrilla combatants with the state army, Nepal’s Maoist-led government Tuesday decided to go ahead with the unification despite objections by the opposition and …
Take a Volunteer Vacation in Nepal with i-to-i - PR Inside (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
2008-10-21 14:09:51 - The stunning mountain kingdom sits perched amidst the snow-capped peaks of the High Himalaya: hidden valleys, spectacular landscapes, a rich cultural heritage and unmatched opportunities for climbing and trekking are just a few …
Japanese climbers claim to have found the Yeti’s footprints - Guardian Unlimited (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
A composite image from Yeti Project Japan shows what team members claim is a yeti footprint (l) photographed on the Dhaulagiri mountain in Nepal, and a human footprint. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images A team of Japanese climbers claimed they have found …
Nepali Times
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.
Dateline Varanasi (October 2, 2008) - [read more]
For two days last week, Varanasi was the venue for intensive discussions on the consolidation of the peace process in Nepal.
Nepal News
Indo-Nepal trade treaty to be amended within three months (October 21, 2008) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 21st October, 2008 Kathmandu, Oct 21 : Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.
Japanese team finds ‘yeti footprints’ in Nepal (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.
Opposition to absorb politically indoctrinated combatants in Nepalese Army (October 20, 2008) - [read more]
While the debate on integration of Maoist combatants continues, Minister for Commerce and Supplies Rajendra Mahato has said that politically indoctrinated combatants should not be integrated into the Nepal Army …
After Mao, Marx and Lenin to get marching orders in Nepal (October 19, 2008) - [read more]
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Oct 19: After Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, who inspired a 10-year ferocious guerrilla war in Nepal, it is now the turn of Communist icons Karl Marx and Vladimir Ilyich …
Group threatens indefinite transport strike in Nepal (October 18, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu * Enraged by repeated attacks on mosques and protesting the lack of security, Muslims in eastern Nepal have called an indefinite transport shutdown from today.
Nepali PM pledges special economic areas (October 18, 2008) - [read more]
The Nepali government will start the development campaign from the far-western region, the state-run daily The Rising Nepal reported on Saturday.
Somali tourists demand refugee status in Nepal (October 17, 2008) - [read more]
About 35 Somalis, including children and women, on Wednesday afternoon demanded the refugee status from the Nepal government.
UN chief to visit RP in Asian tour late this month (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to kick off an Asian tour late this month with official visits to the Philippines, India, Nepal and Bangladesh, his spokeswoman Michele Montas said Wednesday.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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.
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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 [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]