Nepal News archive for 01 December 2008

Pak seeks China help, calls security meet to defuse tensions with … – Zee News (November 30, 2008) – [read more]
Pak seeks China help, calls security meet to defuse tensions with India Beijing, Nov 30: Pak premier Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday called a national security meet and sought China’s help to improve relations with India which went into a tailspin …

Charles Sobhraj moves UN against Govt of Nepal – MSN India (November 30, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu: Charles Sobhraj, who is serving a life sentence here for the 1975 murder of an American tourist, has now moved the UN for justice, filing a complaint against the government of Nepal. This is not the 64-year-old celebrated international …

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 …

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 …

Pranab’s three-day visit under close scrutiny in Nepal – New Kerala (November 24, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 24 : 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 visit …

India-Nepal to discuss bilateral issues during Pranab’s visit – Zee News (November 24, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Nov 24: India and Nepal are likely to discuss bilateral issues, including trade, transit, border problems and co-operation in water resources, during External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s visit, who is set to arrive here on Monday …

Police strike in southern Nepal over alleged assault by politician – Earthtimes (November 24, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu – Police officers in south-eastern Nepal went on strike accusing a politician and his supporters of assaulting and attempting to abduct their colleagues, media reports said Monday. Officers stopped work across Dhanusa district, about 250 …

Blood Shortage Hits Surgeries in Pokhara – Himalayan Times (November 24, 2008) – [read more]
Blood shortage has hit hospitals in Pokhara so badly that major medical surgeries might not be possible. Chairman of the Nepal Red Cross Society, Kaski, Hari Baral, said Pokhara hospitals had not witnessed such acute shortage in the past. NRCS has …

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 01 December 2008

Pak seeks China help, calls security meet to defuse tensions with … – Zee News (November 30, 2008) – [read more]
Pak seeks China help, calls security meet to defuse tensions with India Beijing, Nov 30: Pak premier Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday called a national security meet and sought China’s help to improve relations with India which went into a tailspin …

Nepali parties to announce political committee – Xinhua News Agency (December 1, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) — The major parties in Nepali coalition government have reached a verbal understanding to form the much-awaited political committee that will work as an advisory body for the government. A meeting of main three ruling …

Charles Sobhraj moves United Nation for justice, files complaint … – Zee News (November 30, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 01: Charles Sobhraj, who is serving a life sentence here for the 1975 murder of an American tourist, has now moved the UN for justice, filing a complaint against the government of Nepal. This is not the 64-year-old celebrated …

Charles Sobhraj moves UN for justice – Hindustan Times (November 30, 2008) – [read more]
Charles Sobhraj, who is serving a life sentence in Kathmandu for the 1975 murder of an American tourist, has now moved the UN for justice, filing a complaint against the government of Nepal. This is not the 64-year-old celebrated international …

Mumbai attacks part of ‘blowback’ for CIA double-cross – Online Journal (November 30, 2008) – [read more]
The violence that is sweeping Mumbai’s tourist and business areas is the work of rival Hindu nationalist terrorists and Muslim gangs, according to WMR’s Asian intelligence sources. Scores have been killed and hundreds injured in the violence that …

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 …

Police strike in southern Nepal over alleged assault by politician – Earthtimes (November 24, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu – Police officers in south-eastern Nepal went on strike accusing a politician and his supporters of assaulting and attempting to abduct their colleagues, media reports said Monday. Officers stopped work across Dhanusa district, about 250 …

Strike Cripples Life in East for 2nd Day – Himalayan Times (November 30, 2008) – [read more]
Normal life in the nine districts of eastern Nepal was paralysed for the second day today due to the two-day strike called by the Federal Limbuwan State Councli-Palungwa. The affected districts are Sankhuwasabha, Terhathum, Dhankuta, Morang, Jhapa …

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 [...]