Nepal News archive for 30 November 2008
Indian Forces End Mumbai Siege - Wall Street Journal (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
Commandos leave after a successful operation at the Taj Mahal hotel. MUMBAI – Indian commandos killed the last remaining terrorists holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India’s business capital by suspected …
Nepal Three Star Lift Gold Cup - Goal.com (November 30, 2008) - [read more]
One bullet, one kill’ - This bone chilling tagline of the Hollywood movie ‘Sniper’ could easily reflect the temperament of Nepal Three Star in their 1-0 victory over Army XI in Saturday’s final to lift the 30th All India Governor’s Gold Cup here at …
Nepali ex-PM: politicization of army unacceptable - Xinhua News Agency (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — Nepali Congress (NC) president and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala Saturday said he would not let the politicization of Nepal Army happen at any rate, local newspaper The Himalayan Times reported on Sunday …
A thankfulness as high as Mount Everest - Biloxi Sun Herald (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
T he sun cracked open like an egg, spreading its yolk across the sky, turning the snow atop Mount Everest into Monet’s orange-hued pallet. The moon, claiming its rightful place in the night sky, returned the snow to white. “When I admire the wonder …
Pranab’s three-day visit under close scrutiny in Nepal - Thaindian.com (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 24 (IANS) India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee begins his three-day official trip to Nepal Monday, eclipsing visits by a British minister and a senior UN official who also arrive in Kathmandu the same day.Mukherjee’s …
NC not in favour of Maoist integration into Nepal Army: Koirala - New Kerala (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 22: Nepali Congress (NC) president and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army. ”The NC is against the army integration now since the Maoists …
Nepal: open for business - Times Online (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
It’s the year 2065 and change is in the air in Kathmandu. A new living goddess, the Kumari Devi, has just taken up residence in her city-centre temple. Aged just three and a half, she faces a decade of worshipful house arrest before being retired …
Mystery “Buddha boy” in Nepal vanishes, again - Reuters India (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A teenage Nepali boy many believe is an incarnation of Lord Buddha went missing after blessing thousands of supporters, police said on Saturday. Ram Bahadur Bamjon, 17, blessed devotees for nearly 10 days in the remote forest of …
Nepali Times
Interview: Per Stig Moller (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
Despite an emergency landing by his Danish Air Force aircraft in Cyprus and being stranded in Thailand because of the closure of Bangkok airport, Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller made it to Kathmandu for a two-day
CA vice-chair elected (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
The vice-chair of the CA has been finally filled after the elections on Friday. Maoist CA member Purna Kumari Subedi got elected to the position with a landslide
Parties beware (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The latest examples of violent attacks across the country show that unless the political parties rein in their militant youth wings, they will finish off the mother
Himalmedia staff get death threats (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Three staff of Himalmedia have been getting death threats by phone since Thursday and have been moved to safe houses, the management of the publishing house
Agreeing to disagree (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
The conference of over 1,000 Maoist national level cadres kicked off on Friday to discuss the two political documents presented by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mohan
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nepal News
Nine killed in bus accident in eastern Nepal (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
At least nine persons were killed and over three dozen have been injured when two vehicles collided head in Jhapa district in eastern Nepal on Thursday night.
Nepal accused of rights violation (November 28, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The United Nations Human Rights Committee has accused Nepal of violation of its human rights obligations in relation to an enforced disappearance case.
India, Nepal to sign updated extradition treaty (November 27, 2008) - [read more]
There would be better management of the 1,800 km open border between India and Nepal and both the neighbours would soon sign an updated extradition treaty… Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee …
Nepal’s Maoists find revolution is going slow (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
By Deepesh Shrestha ‘Its been hard for the Maoists to transform their strategy and tactics from the period of war to being in charge of the government’ Nepal’s Maoists mark their 100th day in office this week, …
Nepal President invited to visit India (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 26th November, 2008 Kathmandu, Nov 26 : Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee handed over the invitation by President Pratibha Patil to Nepal President Dr.
Thumb for Decades of Violence (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
Married at the age of 12, Radha Neupane has been a victim of domestic violence for two decades.
Colgate-Palmolive after-sale row continues in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 24 : Four days after oral care giant Colgate-Palmolive announced the handover of its wholly owned Nepal subsidiary to a Nepali company, dispute by workers continued to dog the sale with two other …
Global recession could hit Nepal’s remittance income: IMF (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The ongoing global economic crisis could hit the remittance earnings for Nepal, according to officials of International Monetary Fund .
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Tomorrow: Thoughts of a Nepali Student in New York (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
The real question is what will each of us give back to the country to which we owe our identity? Or will there be no members of our generations to shoulder the responsibility – will there just be a void?
By Nisha Shrestha
This article titled was originally published in the Nov 1-15 issue of [...]
A Nepali Survives The Mumbai Attack (November 27, 2008) - [read more]
Purushottam Basyal Was Making Chinese Cuisine When Terrorists Stormed Into Taj Mahal Palace Hotel In Mumbai
By Dinesh Wagle in New Delhi
Wagle Street Journal
[Read it here in Nepali on the front page of Kantipur]
Purushottam Basyal, who hails from Malungwa village in Syangja district, works a Chef specializing in Chinese cuisine at the Taj Palace. He was [...]
Army Integration….Nepali Congress Speaks (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
For the record: Nepali Congress “will not let the integration happen if the Maoists continued their criminal activities.”
Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala today said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA). He said that the NC, the opposition party in the Constituent Assembly, will [...]
Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Nepal News archive for 28 November 2008
ISI chief to go to India - Saudi Gazette (November 28, 2008) - [read more]
NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD – In an unprecedented move, Pakistan said Friday it would send the head of the Pakistani military’s Inter Services Intelligence agency (ISI) to India to share information about the attacks in Mumbai, at the request of Indian …
DT and TFT cartoonists win laurels in Nepal - Daily Times (November 28, 2008) - [read more]
PESHAWAR: Zahoor of Daily Times and Sabir Nazar of The Friday Times were adjudged among the best cartoonists of S Asia at the first-ever regional Cartoon Congress November 14-15 in Kathmandu in Nepal. A total of 36 cartoonists from Bangladesh, India …
Nepali ex-PM: politicization of army unacceptable - Xinhua News Agency (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — Nepali Congress (NC) president and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala Saturday said he would not let the politicization of Nepal Army happen at any rate, local newspaper The Himalayan Times reported on Sunday …
Mystery “Buddha boy” in Nepal vanishes, again - Los Angeles Times (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Ram Bahadur Bamjan, center in white, is surrounded by Buddhist monks in Nijgadh town, about 100 miles south of Katmandu, Nepal. KATHMANDU — A teenage Nepali boy many believe is an incarnation of Lord Buddha went missing after blessing thousands of …
NC not in favour of Maoist integration into Nepal Army: Koirala - New Kerala (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 22: Nepali Congress (NC) president and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army. ”The NC is against the army integration now since the Maoists …
Indian first secy caught in Kathmandu mob fury - Economic Times (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
NEW DELHI: Ahead of external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Nepal, an Indian diplomat unwittingly became the target of mob violence in Kathmandu where violent anti-Maoist protests have broken out over the murder of two men allegedly …
Latest Pictures - Newstrack India (November 28, 2008) - [read more]
New Delhi , Nov 11 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said he was satisfied with the distribution of party tickets to contest the assembly… younger boys. I am not unhappy with the distribution of tickets ,” Rahul Gandhi New …
Chinese FM to visit - Himalayan Times (November 28, 2008) - [read more]
Foreign Minister of China Yang Jiechi is paying a three-day official visit to Nepal at the invitation of Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav. He will arrive in Kathmandu on December 2. Minister Jiechi will sign an agreement on economic and technical …
Nepali Times
CA vice-chair elected (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
The vice-chair of the CA has been finally filled after the elections on Friday. Maoist CA member Purna Kumari Subedi got elected to the position with a landslide
Parties beware (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The latest examples of violent attacks across the country show that unless the political parties rein in their militant youth wings, they will finish off the mother
Himalmedia staff get death threats (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Three staff of Himalmedia have been getting death threats by phone since Thursday and have been moved to safe houses, the management of the publishing house
Agreeing to disagree (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
The conference of over 1,000 Maoist national level cadres kicked off on Friday to discuss the two political documents presented by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mohan
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nearing a deal (November 10, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing
Nepal News
Nepal accused of rights violation (November 28, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The United Nations Human Rights Committee has accused Nepal of violation of its human rights obligations in relation to an enforced disappearance case.
India, Nepal to sign updated extradition treaty (November 27, 2008) - [read more]
There would be better management of the 1,800 km open border between India and Nepal and both the neighbours would soon sign an updated extradition treaty… Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee …
Nepal’s Maoists find revolution is going slow (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
By Deepesh Shrestha ‘Its been hard for the Maoists to transform their strategy and tactics from the period of war to being in charge of the government’ Nepal’s Maoists mark their 100th day in office this week, …
Nepal President invited to visit India (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 26th November, 2008 Kathmandu, Nov 26 : Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee handed over the invitation by President Pratibha Patil to Nepal President Dr.
Thumb for Decades of Violence (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
Married at the age of 12, Radha Neupane has been a victim of domestic violence for two decades.
Colgate-Palmolive after-sale row continues in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 24 : Four days after oral care giant Colgate-Palmolive announced the handover of its wholly owned Nepal subsidiary to a Nepali company, dispute by workers continued to dog the sale with two other …
Global recession could hit Nepal’s remittance income: IMF (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The ongoing global economic crisis could hit the remittance earnings for Nepal, according to officials of International Monetary Fund .
Pranab’s visit under close scrutiny in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee begins his three-day official trip to Nepal Monday, eclipsing visits by a British minister and a senior UN official who also arrive in Kathmandu the …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
A Nepali Survives The Mumbai Attack (November 27, 2008) - [read more]
Purushottam Basyal Was Making Chinese Cuisine When Terrorists Stormed Into Taj Mahal Palace Hotel In Mumbai
By Dinesh Wagle in New Delhi
Wagle Street Journal
[Read it here in Nepali on the front page of Kantipur]
Purushottam Basyal, who hails from Malungwa village in Syangja district, works a Chef specializing in Chinese cuisine at the Taj Palace. He was [...]
Army Integration….Nepali Congress Speaks (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
For the record: Nepali Congress “will not let the integration happen if the Maoists continued their criminal activities.”
Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala today said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA). He said that the NC, the opposition party in the Constituent Assembly, will [...]
Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
Nepal News archive for 27 November 2008
Airports security up after Mumbai attacks - ABS-CBN (November 27, 2008) - [read more]
Security at the country’s airports has been intensified Friday following the carnage in Mumbai, India that has killed at least 100 people. The Philippine National Police-Aviation Security Group said that it has placed more personnel at air terminals …
Colgate Palmolive’s Nepal officials freed after high drama - Thaindian.com (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) Two senior officials of oral care giant Colgate Palmolive India Ltd’s Nepal subsidiary, who were captured by a wing of a ruling political party Thursday, have been freed and are on their way to India, Nepal police said …
Mystery “Buddha boy” in Nepal vanishes, again - Los Angeles Times (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Ram Bahadur Bamjan, center in white, is surrounded by Buddhist monks in Nijgadh town, about 100 miles south of Katmandu, Nepal. KATHMANDU — A teenage Nepali boy many believe is an incarnation of Lord Buddha went missing after blessing thousands of …
Colgate Palmolive’s Nepal officials freed after high drama - Newstrack India (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) Two senior officials of oral care giant Colgate Palmolive India Ltd?s Nepal subsidiary, who were captured by a wing of a ruling political party Thursday, have been freed and are on their way to India, Nepal police said Friday …
Wanted: Politicians - Business Standard (November 27, 2008) - [read more]
Politicians in South Asian countries do not work for the people, they work for the benefit of cartoonists — this appeared the consensus at the first-ever South Asian Cartoonist’s Congress last weekend, in Kathmandu, which assembled together 40 …
Colgate Palmolive’s Nepal chief handed over to police - Silicon India (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: There was massive upheaval at the factory of Colgate Palmolive India’s subsidiary in Nepal Thursday with the company announcing the sale of Colgate Palmolive (Nepal)after 20 years of operations to Nepali company Everest Hygiene Products …
IT?s happening in Bhaktapur - TMCnet (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Laxman Shrestha, leans down to press the start button of the newly installed computer at Bhaktapur DDC. It is an old and slow machine that takes five minutes to boot up. But it?s better than nothing in Nepal?s most IT-savvy DDC office. Shrestha works …
Indian embassy downplays attack on diplomat’s car in Nepal - Thaindian.com (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) A day after the car of an Indian diplomat was stoned by a mob in Kathmandu, the Indian embassy here tried to downplay the incident Friday, saying that it was not a specific “attack on an Indian diplomat or Indian interests …
Nepali Times
Parties beware (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The latest examples of violent attacks across the country show that unless the political parties rein in their militant youth wings, they will finish off the mother
Himalmedia staff get death threats (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Three staff of Himalmedia have been getting death threats by phone since Thursday and have been moved to safe houses, the management of the publishing house
Agreeing to disagree (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
The conference of over 1,000 Maoist national level cadres kicked off on Friday to discuss the two political documents presented by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mohan
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nearing a deal (November 10, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing
Uncertainties all over (November 6, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the CA regulation drafting committee ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The sticking point was still on whether or not members should obey the party whip on issues.
Nepal News
India, Nepal to sign updated extradition treaty (November 27, 2008) - [read more]
There would be better management of the 1,800 km open border between India and Nepal and both the neighbours would soon sign an updated extradition treaty… Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee …
Nepal’s Maoists find revolution is going slow (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
By Deepesh Shrestha ‘Its been hard for the Maoists to transform their strategy and tactics from the period of war to being in charge of the government’ Nepal’s Maoists mark their 100th day in office this week, …
Nepal President invited to visit India (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 26th November, 2008 Kathmandu, Nov 26 : Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee handed over the invitation by President Pratibha Patil to Nepal President Dr.
Thumb for Decades of Violence (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
Married at the age of 12, Radha Neupane has been a victim of domestic violence for two decades.
Colgate-Palmolive after-sale row continues in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 24 : Four days after oral care giant Colgate-Palmolive announced the handover of its wholly owned Nepal subsidiary to a Nepali company, dispute by workers continued to dog the sale with two other …
Global recession could hit Nepal’s remittance income: IMF (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The ongoing global economic crisis could hit the remittance earnings for Nepal, according to officials of International Monetary Fund .
Pranab’s visit under close scrutiny in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee begins his three-day official trip to Nepal Monday, eclipsing visits by a British minister and a senior UN official who also arrive in Kathmandu the …
China changes Nepal ambassador after Tibet fiasco (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Asia Pacific News.Net Sunday 23rd November, 2008 China has replaced its envoy to Nepal, Zheng Xianglin, apparently over his failure to effectively block anti-China protests here that lasted almost five months …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Army Integration….Nepali Congress Speaks (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
For the record: Nepali Congress “will not let the integration happen if the Maoists continued their criminal activities.”
Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala today said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA). He said that the NC, the opposition party in the Constituent Assembly, will [...]
Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]
Nepal News archive for 26 November 2008
India ready to revise existing bilateral treaties with Nepal - New Kerala (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 26 : Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today reiterated that India is ready to replace the old treaties between the two neighbours with new ones. Talking to mediapersons in Sunsari district where he inspected …
Nepal’s Maoists find revolution is going slow - Daily Times (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
‘Its been hard for the Maoists to transform their strategy and tactics from the period of war to being in charge of the government’ Nepal’s Maoists mark their 100th day in office this week, and the former rebels appear to have found treading …
India ready to revise existing bilateral treaties with Nepal - New Kerala (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 26 : Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today reiterated that India is ready to replace the old treaties between the two neighbours with new ones. Talking to mediapersons in Sunsari district where he inspected …
Maoists find revolution going slow - Gulf Times (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Maoists mark their 100th day in office this week, and the former rebels appear to have found treading the corridors of power as much of a challenge as fighting a guerrilla war. Since the ultra-leftists took over running the new …
From the Print Edition - Hindu (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged that the UPA government violated the model code of conduct by announcing that it was considering a cut in fuel prices after the Assembly elections. “This is … Mumbai train blasts accused …
Colgate Palmolive’s Nepal officials freed after high drama - Thaindian.com (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) Two senior officials of oral care giant Colgate Palmolive India Ltd’s Nepal subsidiary, who were captured by a wing of a ruling political party Thursday, have been freed and are on their way to India, Nepal police said …
Wanted: Politicians - Business Standard (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
Politicians in South Asian countries do not work for the people, they work for the benefit of cartoonists — this appeared the consensus at the first-ever South Asian Cartoonist’s Congress last weekend, in Kathmandu, which assembled together 40 …
Nepal vows to provide security to businessmen - That’s Cricket (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: With India seeking “urgent and effective” measures to address the grievances of its Nepal- based entrepreneurs, Prime Minister Prachanda has promised to provide security to the businessmen facing frequent labour unrest which has affected …
Nepali Times
Parties beware (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The latest examples of violent attacks across the country show that unless the political parties rein in their militant youth wings, they will finish off the mother
Himalmedia staff get death threats (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Three staff of Himalmedia have been getting death threats by phone since Thursday and have been moved to safe houses, the management of the publishing house
Agreeing to disagree (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
The conference of over 1,000 Maoist national level cadres kicked off on Friday to discuss the two political documents presented by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mohan
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nearing a deal (November 10, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing
Uncertainties all over (November 6, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the CA regulation drafting committee ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The sticking point was still on whether or not members should obey the party whip on issues.
Nepal News
Nepal President invited to visit India (November 26, 2008) - [read more]
Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 26th November, 2008 Kathmandu, Nov 26 : Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee handed over the invitation by President Pratibha Patil to Nepal President Dr.
Thumb for Decades of Violence (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
Married at the age of 12, Radha Neupane has been a victim of domestic violence for two decades.
Colgate-Palmolive after-sale row continues in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 24 : Four days after oral care giant Colgate-Palmolive announced the handover of its wholly owned Nepal subsidiary to a Nepali company, dispute by workers continued to dog the sale with two other …
Global recession could hit Nepal’s remittance income: IMF (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The ongoing global economic crisis could hit the remittance earnings for Nepal, according to officials of International Monetary Fund .
Pranab’s visit under close scrutiny in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee begins his three-day official trip to Nepal Monday, eclipsing visits by a British minister and a senior UN official who also arrive in Kathmandu the …
China changes Nepal ambassador after Tibet fiasco (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Asia Pacific News.Net Sunday 23rd November, 2008 China has replaced its envoy to Nepal, Zheng Xianglin, apparently over his failure to effectively block anti-China protests here that lasted almost five months …
Crackdown on illegal alcohol sales as new rule is enforced (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
“I don’t think the government move to regulate the sale of alcohol will work,” Shrestha added.
Same-sex marriage gets court nod in Nepal (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Indo-Asian News Service Kathmandu, Nov. 18: Close on the heels of an international furore over the state of California’s decision to ban same-sex marriages, the apex court of nascent Himalayan republic Nepal …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Army Integration….Nepali Congress Speaks (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
For the record: Nepali Congress “will not let the integration happen if the Maoists continued their criminal activities.”
Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala today said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA). He said that the NC, the opposition party in the Constituent Assembly, will [...]
Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]
Nepal News archive for 25 November 2008
India to help restore peace in Nepal - Hindustan Times (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday promised Nepal’s Prime Minister Prachanda to extend all possible help for peace and development of the Himalayan nation. Mukherjee met Prachanda at his official residence on Tuesday. Though …
Building Bridges from Virginia Tech to Nepal - Planet Blacksburg (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
Jane Vance laughed when her friend and teacher, Amchi Tsampa Ngawang Gurung Lama, stepped on the Virginia Tech campus in 2001, saw maroon and orange, and remarked, “ah, Virginia Tech, very Buddhist university. Hokies, very Buddhist.” Buddhist holy …
Bangladesh, Nepal outdo India in reducing child mortality rate: UN - Zee News (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
New Delhi, Nov 25: Even as India is doing well in reducing its drop-out rates of children in schools at primary level, high rate of child malnutrition remains a major area of concern, a UN report said on Tuesday. UNESCO’s report ‘EFA Global …
Showing entries for Category: daughter - San Francisco Examiner (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
“Kumari” or living goddess of Nepal In a centuries-old tradition, three year-old Matani Shakya was appointed earlier this month as the Royal Kumari, or living goddess, of Nepal. The Kumari is a sacred symbol of Hindu and Nepali Buddhist worship. As a …
The Bikini Murders’ author Farrukh Dhondy slams Charles Sobhraj - Zee News (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
New Delhi, Nov 18: The author of ‘The Bikini Murders’, Farrukh Dhondy has strongly chastised yesteryear’s serial killer Charles Sobhraj for threatening to sue him for the unauthorised portrayal of his life in his latest work. According to …
Young Nepali Woman Dies in Car Accident in Virginia - Newsblaze.com (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
A 21 year old Nepali, Kritika Singh, died in a car accident while driving on Interstate 66 West in Virginia, last night. Apparently, the young woman was not wearing a seat belt and she was ejected from the vehicle. The vehicle hit a mattress, which …
Maoists under fire as Kathmandu shuts down over murders - Newstrack India (November 19, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 20 (IANS) The Kathmandu valley shut down Thursday over the murder of two young men blamed on Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas as protestors intensified their demand for a judicial probe, an apology from the prime minister and the …
China expands police presence at the base of Mount Everest - USA Today (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
China’s border police have increased their presence at the base of Mount Everest amid rising visitor numbers and increasing cases of theft, prostitution and gambling. BEIJING (AP) — China’s border police have significantly beefed up their presence …
Nepali Times
Parties beware (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The latest examples of violent attacks across the country show that unless the political parties rein in their militant youth wings, they will finish off the mother
Himalmedia staff get death threats (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Three staff of Himalmedia have been getting death threats by phone since Thursday and have been moved to safe houses, the management of the publishing house
Agreeing to disagree (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
The conference of over 1,000 Maoist national level cadres kicked off on Friday to discuss the two political documents presented by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mohan
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nearing a deal (November 10, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing
Uncertainties all over (November 6, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the CA regulation drafting committee ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The sticking point was still on whether or not members should obey the party whip on issues.
Nepal News
Thumb for Decades of Violence (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
Married at the age of 12, Radha Neupane has been a victim of domestic violence for two decades.
Colgate-Palmolive after-sale row continues in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 24 : Four days after oral care giant Colgate-Palmolive announced the handover of its wholly owned Nepal subsidiary to a Nepali company, dispute by workers continued to dog the sale with two other …
Global recession could hit Nepal’s remittance income: IMF (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The ongoing global economic crisis could hit the remittance earnings for Nepal, according to officials of International Monetary Fund .
Pranab’s visit under close scrutiny in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee begins his three-day official trip to Nepal Monday, eclipsing visits by a British minister and a senior UN official who also arrive in Kathmandu the …
China changes Nepal ambassador after Tibet fiasco (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Asia Pacific News.Net Sunday 23rd November, 2008 China has replaced its envoy to Nepal, Zheng Xianglin, apparently over his failure to effectively block anti-China protests here that lasted almost five months …
Crackdown on illegal alcohol sales as new rule is enforced (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
“I don’t think the government move to regulate the sale of alcohol will work,” Shrestha added.
Same-sex marriage gets court nod in Nepal (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Indo-Asian News Service Kathmandu, Nov. 18: Close on the heels of an international furore over the state of California’s decision to ban same-sex marriages, the apex court of nascent Himalayan republic Nepal …
Alarming rise in Nepal’s suicide rate (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Most of the suicide cases involved young people and the most common methods were hanging, consuming poison, jumping from cliffs and shooting themselves, the newspaper said.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Army Integration….Nepali Congress Speaks (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
For the record: Nepali Congress “will not let the integration happen if the Maoists continued their criminal activities.”
Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala today said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA). He said that the NC, the opposition party in the Constituent Assembly, will [...]
Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]
Nepal News archive for 25 November 2008
Pranab wants Kalapani, Susta issues resolved soon - Hindu (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee believes the differences regarding Kalapani and Susta need to be resolved soon for better Nepal-India relations. After holding discussions with his Nepali counterpart, Upendra Yadav, Mr. Mukherjee …
India, Nepal Boost Cooperation - La Prensa Latina (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
Katmandu, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and other Nepali figures welcomed here Tuesday Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to boost bilateral links. Details of the meeting with the leader and president of Maoist …
Showing entries for Category: daughter - San Francisco Examiner (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
“Kumari” or living goddess of Nepal In a centuries-old tradition, three year-old Matani Shakya was appointed earlier this month as the Royal Kumari, or living goddess, of Nepal. The Kumari is a sacred symbol of Hindu and Nepali Buddhist worship. As a …
Koirala meets Pranab Mukherjee, seeks India’s help - Hindustan Times (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
As whole world is looking at Nepal for its “fast democratic transformation”, the Himalayan nation’s veteran leaders are still skeptical about the political future. Nepal’s octogenarian leader and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on …
The Bikini Murders’ author Farrukh Dhondy slams Charles Sobhraj - Zee News (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
New Delhi, Nov 18: The author of ‘The Bikini Murders’, Farrukh Dhondy has strongly chastised yesteryear’s serial killer Charles Sobhraj for threatening to sue him for the unauthorised portrayal of his life in his latest work. According to …
Colgate Palmolive’s Nepal officials freed after high drama - New Kerala (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Nov 21 : Two senior officials of oral care giant Colgate Palmolive India Ltd’s Nepal subsidiary, who were captured by a wing of a ruling political party Thursday, have been freed and are on their way to India, Nepal …
IT?s happening in Bhaktapur - TMCnet (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Laxman Shrestha, leans down to press the start button of the newly installed computer at Bhaktapur DDC. It is an old and slow machine that takes five minutes to boot up. But it?s better than nothing in Nepal?s most IT-savvy DDC office. Shrestha works …
Questions for the Nepal Maoists - Sify (November 18, 2008) - [read more]
Bhaskar Roy, who retired recently as a senior government official with decades of national and international experience, is an expert on international relations and Indian strategic interests. W hen External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee lands at …
Nepali Times
Parties beware (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The latest examples of violent attacks across the country show that unless the political parties rein in their militant youth wings, they will finish off the mother
Himalmedia staff get death threats (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Three staff of Himalmedia have been getting death threats by phone since Thursday and have been moved to safe houses, the management of the publishing house
Agreeing to disagree (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
The conference of over 1,000 Maoist national level cadres kicked off on Friday to discuss the two political documents presented by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mohan
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nearing a deal (November 10, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing
Uncertainties all over (November 6, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the CA regulation drafting committee ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The sticking point was still on whether or not members should obey the party whip on issues.
Nepal News
Thumb for Decades of Violence (November 25, 2008) - [read more]
Married at the age of 12, Radha Neupane has been a victim of domestic violence for two decades.
Colgate-Palmolive after-sale row continues in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 24 : Four days after oral care giant Colgate-Palmolive announced the handover of its wholly owned Nepal subsidiary to a Nepali company, dispute by workers continued to dog the sale with two other …
Global recession could hit Nepal’s remittance income: IMF (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The ongoing global economic crisis could hit the remittance earnings for Nepal, according to officials of International Monetary Fund .
Pranab’s visit under close scrutiny in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee begins his three-day official trip to Nepal Monday, eclipsing visits by a British minister and a senior UN official who also arrive in Kathmandu the …
China changes Nepal ambassador after Tibet fiasco (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Asia Pacific News.Net Sunday 23rd November, 2008 China has replaced its envoy to Nepal, Zheng Xianglin, apparently over his failure to effectively block anti-China protests here that lasted almost five months …
Crackdown on illegal alcohol sales as new rule is enforced (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
“I don’t think the government move to regulate the sale of alcohol will work,” Shrestha added.
Same-sex marriage gets court nod in Nepal (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Indo-Asian News Service Kathmandu, Nov. 18: Close on the heels of an international furore over the state of California’s decision to ban same-sex marriages, the apex court of nascent Himalayan republic Nepal …
Alarming rise in Nepal’s suicide rate (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Most of the suicide cases involved young people and the most common methods were hanging, consuming poison, jumping from cliffs and shooting themselves, the newspaper said.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Army Integration….Nepali Congress Speaks (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
For the record: Nepali Congress “will not let the integration happen if the Maoists continued their criminal activities.”
Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala today said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA). He said that the NC, the opposition party in the Constituent Assembly, will [...]
Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]
Nepal News archive for 24 November 2008
Mukherjee meets Nepal FM, backs transition to democracy - Zee News (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Mukherjee, who arrived here earlier in the day marking the first high-level visit from India after the formation of the Maoist government in August, also discussed the political situation with Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN-UML …
NEPAL: Clock ticking for earthquake preparedness - Reuters AlertNet (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author’s alone. KATHMANDU, 24 November 2008 ( IRIN ) - Kathmandu, one of the most seismically vulnerable cities …
India, Nepal to review Friendship Treaty - Zee News (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
India, Nepal to review Friendship Treaty Kathmandu, Nov 24: In the first high-level visit from India after formation of the Maoist government, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived here today to push the bilateral ties to the “full …
Colgate-Palmolive after-sale row continues in Nepal - Daily News and Analysis (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Four days after oral care giant Colgate-Palmolive (India) announced the handover of its wholly owned Nepal subsidiary to a Nepali company, dispute by workers continued to dog the sale with two other local agencies also jumping into the …
Indo-China tug of war over Nepal - Times of India (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: With his arrival in Kathmandu on Monday on a three-day visit to discuss bilateral ties, Indian external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee is triggering a potential tug of war with another giant in the subcontinent, China, over wooing Nepal …
North Gujarat to have medical college soon - Thaindian.com (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
Ahmedabad, Nov 24 (IANS) The north Gujarat will soon have its first medical college in Patan.The state government last week cleared the appointment of M.M. Prabhakar, director (paraplegia) of the Civil Hospital here, and Sunil Awasiya, deputy …
Former Indian president suggests focus for transformation of Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — Visiting former Indian President Dr. A P. J Abdul Kalam suggested to focus on five key areas for societal transformation of Nepal — agriculture, education, healthcare, infrastructure and tourism development, local …
China’s reform and opening-up benefits Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — Improvement in Chinese lifestyle during 30 years, development in trade and commerce and organizational development of private sector is the outcome of policy of reform and opening-up, said Dipak Sarkar, President of …
Nepali Times
Parties beware (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The latest examples of violent attacks across the country show that unless the political parties rein in their militant youth wings, they will finish off the mother
Himalmedia staff get death threats (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Three staff of Himalmedia have been getting death threats by phone since Thursday and have been moved to safe houses, the management of the publishing house
Agreeing to disagree (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
The conference of over 1,000 Maoist national level cadres kicked off on Friday to discuss the two political documents presented by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mohan
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nearing a deal (November 10, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing
Uncertainties all over (November 6, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the CA regulation drafting committee ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The sticking point was still on whether or not members should obey the party whip on issues.
Nepal News
Pranab’s visit under close scrutiny in Nepal (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee begins his three-day official trip to Nepal Monday, eclipsing visits by a British minister and a senior UN official who also arrive in Kathmandu the …
China changes Nepal ambassador after Tibet fiasco (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Asia Pacific News.Net Sunday 23rd November, 2008 China has replaced its envoy to Nepal, Zheng Xianglin, apparently over his failure to effectively block anti-China protests here that lasted almost five months …
Crackdown on illegal alcohol sales as new rule is enforced (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
“I don’t think the government move to regulate the sale of alcohol will work,” Shrestha added.
Same-sex marriage gets court nod in Nepal (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Indo-Asian News Service Kathmandu, Nov. 18: Close on the heels of an international furore over the state of California’s decision to ban same-sex marriages, the apex court of nascent Himalayan republic Nepal …
Alarming rise in Nepal’s suicide rate (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Most of the suicide cases involved young people and the most common methods were hanging, consuming poison, jumping from cliffs and shooting themselves, the newspaper said.
FEATURE: Nepal again tries foreign adoptions (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
A Nepalese boy plays bat and ball with a flower and a piece of cardboard at an orphanage in Kathmandu on Oct.
‘Buddha Boy’ back in jungle (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
A YOUNG man believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to Nepal’s jungles to meditate alone, police said on Saturday, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters’ claims.
5 killed, 17 injured in Nepal accident (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Five persons, including a woman, were killed and 17 others were seriously injured on Friday afternoon when a passenger bus plunged into a river at Tanahu district in Central Nepal.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Army Integration….Nepali Congress Speaks (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
For the record: Nepali Congress “will not let the integration happen if the Maoists continued their criminal activities.”
Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala today said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA). He said that the NC, the opposition party in the Constituent Assembly, will [...]
Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]
Nepal News archive for 23 November 2008
Nepal’s Buddha boy returns to jungle - Santa Rosa Press Democrat (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two weeks, officials said Saturday. Click to enlarge Ram Bahadur Bamjan returned to the jungles to …
Trips support rehab in Nepal - Hawk Eye (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
GENEVA, Ill. — For nearly 30 years, Jake Epperly worked in alcohol and addiction treatment, eventually opening his own clinics in Chicago and Geneva. About two years ago, he got an e-mail query from Nepal. “It said, ‘Me and my three friends got …
Nepal’s Buddha boy returns to jungle - Santa Rosa Press Democrat (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two weeks, officials said Saturday. Click to enlarge Ram Bahadur Bamjan returned to the jungles to …
Sold Colgate-Palmolive subsidiary closed by workers - Times of India (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Expressing anger at the decision by Colgate-Palmolive (India) to sell its wholly owned subsidiary Colgate-Palmolive (Nepal) to Nepali company Everest Hygiene Products Pvt Ltd, nearly five dozen workers of the sold company have enforced a shutdown at …
THE GIRLS WHO ARE FIGHTING TO BE GURKHAS - Daily Express (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
FOR 18 months, Lina Thapa has led a double life. Before and after school, the 19-year-old makes her way across Kathmandu to Bull’s indoor sports hall, the region’s best private training site for would-be members of the British Army. Her mission …
Wanted: Politicians - Business Standard (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Politicians in South Asian countries do not work for the people, they work for the benefit of cartoonists — this appeared the consensus at the first-ever South Asian Cartoonist’s Congress last weekend, in Kathmandu, which assembled together 40 …
China’s reform and opening-up benefits Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — Improvement in Chinese lifestyle during 30 years, development in trade and commerce and organizational development of private sector is the outcome of policy of reform and opening-up, said Dipak Sarkar, President of …
This paanwala will spook superstitions out of you - Daily News and Analysis (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
PATAN (Gujarat): A picture of a skull nestling over crossed bones welcomes you to ‘Bhoot Tambul Gruh’ (Ghost Paan House) in this north Gujarat town. Inside sits owner Ramukaka, who refuses to sell tobacco products and instead makes ayurvedic paans …
Nepali Times
Himalmedia staff get death threats (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Three staff of Himalmedia have been getting death threats by phone since Thursday and have been moved to safe houses, the management of the publishing house
Agreeing to disagree (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
The conference of over 1,000 Maoist national level cadres kicked off on Friday to discuss the two political documents presented by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mohan
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nearing a deal (November 10, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing
Uncertainties all over (November 6, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the CA regulation drafting committee ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The sticking point was still on whether or not members should obey the party whip on issues.
Ban Ki-moon arrives (November 1, 2008) - [read more]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon landed in Nepal on Friday. He is the first international leader to visit Nepal after the political tranformation and establishment of the Maoist-led
Nepal News
Same-sex marriage gets court nod in Nepal (November 23, 2008) - [read more]
Indo-Asian News Service Kathmandu, Nov. 18: Close on the heels of an international furore over the state of California’s decision to ban same-sex marriages, the apex court of nascent Himalayan republic Nepal …
Alarming rise in Nepal’s suicide rate (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Most of the suicide cases involved young people and the most common methods were hanging, consuming poison, jumping from cliffs and shooting themselves, the newspaper said.
FEATURE: Nepal again tries foreign adoptions (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
A Nepalese boy plays bat and ball with a flower and a piece of cardboard at an orphanage in Kathmandu on Oct.
‘Buddha Boy’ back in jungle (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
A YOUNG man believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to Nepal’s jungles to meditate alone, police said on Saturday, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters’ claims.
5 killed, 17 injured in Nepal accident (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Five persons, including a woman, were killed and 17 others were seriously injured on Friday afternoon when a passenger bus plunged into a river at Tanahu district in Central Nepal.
Nepal wants China mediate Kalapani dispute with India (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 21: Nepal has sought China’s help in resolving its border disputes with India, including the issue of Kalapani, a strategic border stretch on the tri-junction of the three countries, a media …
Nepal Government Promises for a Probe on Murder Case: Protests Continue (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
By Divas
Kathmandu observed a transport strike to protest the murder of two youths by the suspected Maoist cadres. Pushkar & Nirmal, both professional sportsmen, were abducted by the Maoist cadres a month ago. However, the Maoists deny the accusation.
If you’re visiting Kathmandu for the first time, it must have been an interesting experience for you. All public transport, except the private vehicles, were grounded till afternoon. Locals & tourists alike were seen walking to their destination, or taking a Rickshaw ride.Transport operations were resumed in the evening.
The youth wings of the Maoists & the opposing parties clashed at some places especially around campuses in the day. Some shops at the tourist center of Kathmandu’s Thamel were also vandalized. Although foreigners are generally respected in Nepal, stay away from any local scuffle that may arise in future.
A deal was reached between the government & opposing youths to compensate the families of the murder victims, & form a high level commission to probe into the case.
The Maoist youth wing chief talking to the BBC in the evening lamented that it was unfortunate to blame every incidence of violence on the Maoists, even when they were following, in his own words, “Buddha & Gandhi’s principles” after the country was declared a republic early this year.
Although life came back to normalcy the same evening, students have continued the protests in Kathmandu campuses asking for a ban on Maoist youth wing, the YCL.
Pic: nepalnews.com
Nepal capital shut down over alleged Maoist killings (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Shops were shuttered, cars stayed off the streets, schools were closed and demonstrators burnt tyres in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on Thursday in a protest against the murder of two men blamed on Nepal’s …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Army Integration….Nepali Congress Speaks (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
For the record: Nepali Congress “will not let the integration happen if the Maoists continued their criminal activities.”
Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala today said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA). He said that the NC, the opposition party in the Constituent Assembly, will [...]
Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]
Nepal News archive for 22 November 2008
Nepal ‘Buddha Boy’ returns to jungle - Raw Story (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
A young man believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to Nepal’s jungles to meditate alone, police said Saturday, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters’ claims. Known as the “Buddha Boy,” Ram Bahadur Bomjam, 18, became …
Mystery “Buddha boy” in Nepal vanishes, again - Reuters India (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A teenage Nepali boy many believe is an incarnation of Lord Buddha went missing after blessing thousands of supporters, police said on Saturday. Ram Bahadur Bamjon, 17, blessed devotees for nearly 10 days in the remote forest of …
Nepali revered as Buddha goes back into the jungle - Detroit Free Press (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal– A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha returned to the jungle to meditate after spending several days blessing thousands of followers who lined up to see him, officials said today. Followers of Ram Bahadur …
Nepal ‘Buddha Boy’ returns to jungle - Raw Story (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
A young man believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to Nepal’s jungles to meditate alone, police said Saturday, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters’ claims. Known as the “Buddha Boy,” Ram Bahadur Bomjam, 18, became …
Women Personnel to
Guard Indo-Nepal Border - Khaleej Times (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
PATNA - India’s paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) will deploy about 750 women constables at the Indo-Nepal border soon to check human trafficking, smuggling and other illegal activities, an official said on Friday. “In a bid to strengthen …
Nepal’s Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate - Canton Repository (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two weeks, officials said Saturday. Ram Bahadur Bamjan, 18, reappeared on Nov. 10 after several …
1 killed 4 injured in a bomb explosion in Nepal - That’s Cricket (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: A minor was killed and four people were injured in a bomb explosion in a Nepalese district during a function which was to be attended by Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav. The bomb detonated by unidentified group at Gaur Municipality in …
Police report alarming rise in Nepal’s suicide rate - Monsters and Critics (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu - Nepal’s suicide rate has nearly doubled in the past four years, blamed mostly on growing depression among youth, a media report said Saturday. The Kathmandu Post newspaper said the number of suicides reported by police rose by 40 per cent …
Nepali Times
Agreeing to disagree (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
The conference of over 1,000 Maoist national level cadres kicked off on Friday to discuss the two political documents presented by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mohan
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nearing a deal (November 10, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing
Uncertainties all over (November 6, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the CA regulation drafting committee ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The sticking point was still on whether or not members should obey the party whip on issues.
Ban Ki-moon arrives (November 1, 2008) - [read more]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon landed in Nepal on Friday. He is the first international leader to visit Nepal after the political tranformation and establishment of the Maoist-led
Special head (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
As the political parties approach the sensitive issue of army integration, the tug of war has again started on who would head the special committee for the
Nepal News
‘Buddha Boy’ back in jungle (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
A YOUNG man believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to Nepal’s jungles to meditate alone, police said on Saturday, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters’ claims.
5 killed, 17 injured in Nepal accident (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Five persons, including a woman, were killed and 17 others were seriously injured on Friday afternoon when a passenger bus plunged into a river at Tanahu district in Central Nepal.
Nepal wants China mediate Kalapani dispute with India (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 21: Nepal has sought China’s help in resolving its border disputes with India, including the issue of Kalapani, a strategic border stretch on the tri-junction of the three countries, a media …
Nepal Government Promises for a Probe on Murder Case: Protests Continue (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
By Divas
Kathmandu observed a transport strike to protest the murder of two youths by the suspected Maoist cadres. Pushkar & Nirmal, both professional sportsmen, were abducted by the Maoist cadres a month ago. However, the Maoists deny the accusation.
If you’re visiting Kathmandu for the first time, it must have been an interesting experience for you. All public transport, except the private vehicles, were grounded till afternoon. Locals & tourists alike were seen walking to their destination, or taking a Rickshaw ride.Transport operations were resumed in the evening.
The youth wings of the Maoists & the opposing parties clashed at some places especially around campuses in the day. Some shops at the tourist center of Kathmandu’s Thamel were also vandalized. Although foreigners are generally respected in Nepal, stay away from any local scuffle that may arise in future.
A deal was reached between the government & opposing youths to compensate the families of the murder victims, & form a high level commission to probe into the case.
The Maoist youth wing chief talking to the BBC in the evening lamented that it was unfortunate to blame every incidence of violence on the Maoists, even when they were following, in his own words, “Buddha & Gandhi’s principles” after the country was declared a republic early this year.
Although life came back to normalcy the same evening, students have continued the protests in Kathmandu campuses asking for a ban on Maoist youth wing, the YCL.
Pic: nepalnews.com
Nepal capital shut down over alleged Maoist killings (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Shops were shuttered, cars stayed off the streets, schools were closed and demonstrators burnt tyres in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on Thursday in a protest against the murder of two men blamed on Nepal’s …
Nepal protests after murders (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Nov 20 - Demonstrations against country’s ruling Maoists after two men killed. The protests in Kathmandu forced shops and schools to close.
For Big Cinema, it’s time to expand operations (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Chennai, Nov 19: The global financial crisis may have forced many companies to put their expansion projects on hold, but Big Cinema, part of the Anil Ambani-promoted Adlabs Films …
Call for shutdown to protest ‘Maoist murders’ (November 19, 2008) - [read more]
A Nepalese policeman moves a burning tyre in Kathmandu yesterday after anti-Maoist protesters burned tyres and smashed car windows to protest the deaths of two young men who were allegedly abducted by the youth …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]
The Maoist Budget of Rs 236 Billion: Bold but Not Beautiful (September 20, 2008) - [read more]
In their first ever budget speech, the Maoists promise to build the infrastructures and propel the economic growth that they mercilessly destroyed and pushed back in the name of revolution during the decade-long insurgency
By Prem Khanal
the Kathmandu Post
The first fiscal-year budget of the Democratic Republic of Nepal unveiled yesterday by the Maoists-led government was extraordinarily [...]
Nepal News archive for 21 November 2008
China is a cyber threat - Straits Times (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
WASHINGTON - CHINA has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel warned on Thursday. ‘China has an active cyber espionage …
Air Canada flight attendant helped land plane - International Herald Tribune (November 19, 2008) - [read more]
DUBLIN, Ireland : An Air Canada co-pilot having a mental breakdown had to be forcibly removed from the cockpit, restrained and sedated, and a stewardess with flying experience helped the pilot safely make an emergency landing, an Irish investigation …
Colgate Palmolive’s Nepal chief handed over to police - Silicon India (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: There was massive upheaval at the factory of Colgate Palmolive India’s subsidiary in Nepal Thursday with the company announcing the sale of Colgate Palmolive (Nepal)after 20 years of operations to Nepali company Everest Hygiene Products …
Nepal PM Prachanda offers to quit - Times of India (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Facing strengthening public anger over the murder of two youths, allegedly by his own party cadres, and facing a persistent challenge to his leadership from his own comrades, Nepal’s Maoist prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda …
Five killed, 17 injured in Nepal bus accident - Thaindian.com (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) Five people were killed and 17 others injured when a bus fell into a river in western Nepal Friday, police said.The bus, carrying around 25 passengers, was going to Chitwan in south Nepal from tourist city Pokhara in western …
After people’s war, Nepal Maoists begin peer war - Thaindian.com (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) Twelve years ago, Nepal’s Maoist party decided to quit parliament and wage a war against the state with the aim of establishing a people’s republic. Now, after coming to power, the former guerrillas are geared for a new …
Colgate Palmolive’s Nepal officials freed after high drama - Newstrack India (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) Two senior officials of oral care giant Colgate Palmolive India Ltd?s Nepal subsidiary, who were captured by a wing of a ruling political party Thursday, have been freed and are on their way to India, Nepal police said Friday …
About 750 women personnel to guard Indo-Nepal border - New Kerala (November 21, 2008) - [read more]
Patna, Nov 21 : India’s paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) will deploy about 750 women constables at the Indo-Nepal border soon to check human trafficking, smuggling and other illegal activities, an official said Friday. “In a bid to strengthen …
Nepali Times
Nepali Times reporter awarded (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Times reporter Mallika Aryal has been presented the Young Development Journalist 2008 Award by the Asian Development Bank Institute at a ceremony in Tokyo on 14
Another attack on Himal (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Eight masked men attacked the distributor of Himalmedia at Maitighar on Sunday night, setting fire to issues of the Nepali magazine, Himal
Constitution timetable (November 15, 2008) - [read more]
Worried by the political wrangling that is delaying the writing of the new
constitution, the CA Secretariat this week unveiled its desired timetable
that it hopes will focus the minds of assembly members and the
Nearing a deal (November 10, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the Constituent Assembly regulation drafting committee finally passed the house rules of procedure on Sunday after months of wrangling that had delayed the constitution writing
Uncertainties all over (November 6, 2008) - [read more]
The meeting of the CA regulation drafting committee ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The sticking point was still on whether or not members should obey the party whip on issues.
Ban Ki-moon arrives (November 1, 2008) - [read more]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon landed in Nepal on Friday. He is the first international leader to visit Nepal after the political tranformation and establishment of the Maoist-led
Special head (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
As the political parties approach the sensitive issue of army integration, the tug of war has again started on who would head the special committee for the
Himalmedia CEO attacked (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
The CEO of Himalmedia, Ashutosh Tiwari, was attacked by two unidentified
men in motorcycles who threw rocks into a van that was bringing him to the
office on Friday
Nepal News
Nepal Government Promises for a Probe on Murder Case: Protests Continue (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
By Divas
Kathmandu observed a transport strike to protest the murder of two youths by the suspected Maoist cadres. Pushkar & Nirmal, both professional sportsmen, were abducted by the Maoist cadres a month ago. However, the Maoists deny the accusation.
If you’re visiting Kathmandu for the first time, it must have been an interesting experience for you. All public transport, except the private vehicles, were grounded till afternoon. Locals & tourists alike were seen walking to their destination, or taking a Rickshaw ride.Transport operations were resumed in the evening.
The youth wings of the Maoists & the opposing parties clashed at some places especially around campuses in the day. Some shops at the tourist center of Kathmandu’s Thamel were also vandalized. Although foreigners are generally respected in Nepal, stay away from any local scuffle that may arise in future.
A deal was reached between the government & opposing youths to compensate the families of the murder victims, & form a high level commission to probe into the case.
The Maoist youth wing chief talking to the BBC in the evening lamented that it was unfortunate to blame every incidence of violence on the Maoists, even when they were following, in his own words, “Buddha & Gandhi’s principles” after the country was declared a republic early this year.
Although life came back to normalcy the same evening, students have continued the protests in Kathmandu campuses asking for a ban on Maoist youth wing, the YCL.
Pic: nepalnews.com
Nepal capital shut down over alleged Maoist killings (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Shops were shuttered, cars stayed off the streets, schools were closed and demonstrators burnt tyres in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on Thursday in a protest against the murder of two men blamed on Nepal’s …
Nepal protests after murders (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
Nov 20 - Demonstrations against country’s ruling Maoists after two men killed. The protests in Kathmandu forced shops and schools to close.
For Big Cinema, it’s time to expand operations (November 20, 2008) - [read more]
By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Chennai, Nov 19: The global financial crisis may have forced many companies to put their expansion projects on hold, but Big Cinema, part of the Anil Ambani-promoted Adlabs Films …
Call for shutdown to protest ‘Maoist murders’ (November 19, 2008) - [read more]
A Nepalese policeman moves a burning tyre in Kathmandu yesterday after anti-Maoist protesters burned tyres and smashed car windows to protest the deaths of two young men who were allegedly abducted by the youth …
Prachanda’s leadership questioned by Nepal Maoists (November 19, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 18 : Ahead of a critical meeting of the formerly guerrilla Maoist party starting Thursday, which is expected to have a strong impact on the ongoing peace process and the drafting of a new …
Kalam offers Nepal world peace mantra (November 19, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The father of Indiaa s missile technology and former president APJ Abdul Kalam was given a reverential welcome in Nepal on Monday as he arrived on a two-day visit crammed with programmes.
Nepali minister holds informal talks with armed groups (November 18, 2008) - [read more]
Nepali Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, Janardhan Sharma has held informal talks with leaders of armed groups in South Nepal’s Terai plain on Monday, the Nepali national news agency RSS reported.
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Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight (November 17, 2008) - [read more]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads
By Renu Kshetry
The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism - the federal democratic republic, people’s republic [...]
Selling poverty (November 13, 2008) - [read more]
Fundraising literature ditches efforts to portray the complexity, diversity and positive signs in Nepal in favour of a plethora of statistics that prove the extent of Nepal’s poverty and backwardness.
By James Sharrock in The Kathmandu Post
Around this time just before Christmas INGOs and development organisations across Europe are gearing up for their big Christmas [...]
Obama in America (November 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Congratulations America! Thanks for electing Barack Obama the president of your country. Wish I was in Chicago. This is time for celebration. History has been made, in a spectacular fashion. Yesterday evening when TV was showing black people standing in lines to vote, my mom asked: America ma pani kala hunchhan ra? [Are [...]
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]
The Maoist Budget of Rs 236 Billion: Bold but Not Beautiful (September 20, 2008) - [read more]
In their first ever budget speech, the Maoists promise to build the infrastructures and propel the economic growth that they mercilessly destroyed and pushed back in the name of revolution during the decade-long insurgency
By Prem Khanal
the Kathmandu Post
The first fiscal-year budget of the Democratic Republic of Nepal unveiled yesterday by the Maoists-led government was extraordinarily [...]