Nepal News archive for 31 December 2008
Gimotive/Stankiewicz seeks bankruptcy - Opelika-Auburn News (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
HAMBURG, Germany - Gimotive/Stankiewicz, a German-based supplier of soundproofing insulation used by auto makers, has sought bankruptcy protection. The announcement by the district court in the central city of Celle, about 60 miles (100 kilometers …
Will Pashupatinath temple priest row mar India-Nepal ties? - Zee News (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 31: As the row over the sacking of three Indian priests at the temple of Nepal’s hallowed Hindu deity Lord Pashupatinath continued to grow, a former temple official warned that the dispute could hurt Nepal’s relations with its southern …
AIDS victims complain misuse of funds in Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — The HIV/AIDS affected people in Nepal have alleged that the funds meant for their well-being were being diverted elsewhere, The Himalayan Times reported on Wednesday. Speaking at a program organized by National HIV …
Nepal Meets PM, Flays Govt Intolerance - Himalayan Times (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
HOME Nepal Meets PM, Flays Govt Intolerance Chiranjibi Dhungana Kathmandu, December 31 Former General Secretary of the CPN(UML) Madhav Kumar Nepal today met Prachanda and expressed his dissatisfaction over the government’s failure to implement the …
Students cut power in protest - Straits Times (December 31, 2008) - [read more]
KATMANDU (Nepal) - STUDENTS stormed an electricity transmission office and shut down power in western Nepal affecting hundreds of thousands of residents in a protest against government imposed power outages. Government administrator Kaladhar Deuja …
Nepali Congress again boycotts Constituent Assembly session - Thaindian.com (December 25, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 25 (ANI): Nepali Congress (NC) has boycotted the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting held in the capacity of legislative assembly for the third consecutive time. Chief whip of NC parliamentary party Laxman Prasad Ghimire announced a …
Nepali newspapers protest attack - United Press International (December 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Many Nepalese newspapers protested an attack by Maoist union activists on a publishing company by printing papers with blank pages Tuesday. Some of the empty spaces had black borders, Voice of America reported. On …
Nepali Army recruitment within law - Newstrack India (December 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 24 (ANI): Nepali Army (NA) has expressed discontent towards criticisms made by the Maoists and the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) against what it calls as ‘legitimate move to fill the vacant positions’ within its organisation …
Nepali Times
Dark ages (December 29, 2008) - [read more]
Nepal is suffering from the worst electricity crisis in the history this year. There will be 12-hour load shedding daily from
Attackers in police custody (December 26, 2008) - [read more]
Two of the attackers in a group of 50 who took part on the assault on Himalmedia last Sunday were handed over to police custory at the CDO office in Lalitpur on Friday
“It will backfire” (December 26, 2008) - [read more]
The Maoists in Nepal came to power by winning an outright (constituent assembly) election, defeating discredited parliamentary opponents and helping in the overthrow of the hated monarchy. They did this by graduating from a guerilla struggle and by debating their every move to enter into a multi-party democratic system. They opened up to the media, built international bridges with civil society and solidarity organisations in south Asia, who were equally enthralled about the removal of a feudal autocratic institution - the monarchy as much as the ordinary Nepali
Protests go on (December 24, 2008) - [read more]
The Alliance for Press Freedom in a statement Wednesday said it continue its agitation because of sustained public threats by a Maoist union leader against Himalmedia and intimidation against APCA Group and Kantipur this week as well as the attack by the Youth Force against Ankur daily in Birganj on
Alliance for Press Freedom formed (December 24, 2008) - [read more]
Five media organisations came together on Tuesday to take forward a joint struggle to protect press freedom from recent serious
More reactions (December 23, 2008) - [read more]
More condemnations against attacks on
Publishers and Editors Announce Protest (December 22, 2008) - [read more]
The Media Society and Editors’ Alliance in a joint statement has strongly condemned the attack by Maoist workers on Himalmedia, and launched a protest program beginning with blank editorials in all member newspapers, television and radio news programs on
Widespread outrage (December 21, 2008) - [read more]
A protest rally comences from the BICC in Baneshwor against the Sunday’s attack on Himalmedia. Various press freedom watchdog groups, the UNOHCHR and other human rights activists expressed outrage at the attack in which 12 staff were
Nepal News
Will Pashupatinath temple row mar India-Nepal ties? (December 31, 2008) - [read more]
As the row over the sacking of three Indian priests at the temple of Nepal’s hallowed Hindu deity Lord Pashupatinath continued to grow, a former temple official warned that the dispute could hurt Nepal’s …
<pic: Nepal’s Former Hindu King Gyanendra>
Nepal ushers in new year ahead of world (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
The new republic of Nepal Tuesday ushered in the new year ahead of the rest of the world - among the five new year days observed in the country in a year.
<pic: Gurungsenis celebrating New Year>
Nepal’s indigenous community celebrate New Year (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
A girl of Nepal’s indigenous Gurung community blows soap bubbles during an event to celebrathe the Tamu Loshar festival in Kathmandu Dec.
Timely statute unlikely: leaders (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Politicians and lawyers have warned that the Constituent Assembly might not be able to write a new constitution if the Maoists deviated from the mandate of Jana Andolan II.
Farewell to India temple priests (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
One of the most famous sites in Hinduism, the Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal, has experienced a significant break with tradition.
No impact of global meltdown yet in Nepal (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 30 : A high level Nepal Government official has said that the ongoing global financial crisis has not yet affected the employment of Nepali youths abroad.
Prachanda admits political interference in education sector (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 30th December, 2008 Kathmandu, Dec 30 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda has said there’s been too much of political interference in the education sector and that he wants this …
Nepal political parties vow to keep press free (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 30 : All 25 political parties in the Nepal Constituent Assembly have made a commitment to press freedom and asked the CPN not to use intimidation and violence to press its demands in future.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
A Nepali Docs Tragic Death in the US (December 29, 2008) - [read more]
By Deepak Adhikari and Jerome L. Sherman
in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette This story originally appeared in the PG
In this mountainous country bordered by India and China, doctors are considered to be godlike.
That makes the fall of Dr. Shiva Lal Acharya, who left a farming village to attend Nepal’s most prestigious medical school and then moved to [...]
Indians Discuss About the Changed Nepal (December 22, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
A group of eminent Indians with deep interests in Nepal gathered in New Delhi on Saturday to talk about the ‘changed Nepal’ in which they critiqued the first 100 days of the Maoist-led government, raised eyebrows on the Integration, expressed suspicion to ‘the China Card’ and discussed on ways to stop [...]
Maoist, the Party of Prime Minister, Attacks Himalmedia, the Newspaper House (December 21, 2008) - [read more]
Update: The CPN-UML boycotted a scheduled meeting of the political coordination committee, which was supposed to be attended by Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal, as a mark of protest against the Maoist attack on Himalmedia Pvt Ltd on Sunday. The UML also issued a statement condemning the Maoists for “brutal attack” on Himalmedia. Former CPN-UML [...]
Federalizing the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (December 19, 2008) - [read more]
Officially the former kingdom of Nepal has become the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. But the country hasn’t been federalized yet.
By Bipendra Basnyat
Just came out of an evening of brain storming about Naya Nepal; the idea was to discuss some of the scholarly articles on how can Naya (New) Nepal be “federated”. In other words [...]
Drafting Of Statute for the Republic of Nepal Formally Begins (December 16, 2008) - [read more]
By Republica
Republica is upcoming English language newspaper from Kathmandu, Nepal.
Newly formed committees at the Constituent Assembly today started the process of drafting a new constitution for the Republic of Nepal, eight months after the people elected the supreme constitution-making body.
Fourteen committees including a Constitutional Committee, 10 thematic committees and three procedural committees held separate [...]
Road Safety in Nepal (December 13, 2008) - [read more]
By Lilu Thapa
OVERCOME WITH GRIEF: Guardians of Pravin and Prabeg Subedi, who died in Thursday’s bus accident in Nawalparasi, at Bharatpur Hospital on Friday afternoon. Pic by Dipendra Baduwal
The bus accident in Nawalparsi which caused death of almost a half century of Children on the way back from a picnic highlights the road safety failure [...]
TEN Reasons to Invest in Nepal (December 9, 2008) - [read more]
By Bhupendra Khanal
Many aggressive companies are staying away from Nepal, thanks to poor security situation. The power majors are considering of huge investment in Hydropower sector to export power to the power hungry states of India and China, and this is good news for Nepal. A country with very high hydro-power potential has one of [...]
B 19, Jangpura Extension [New Delhi-110014, India] (December 9, 2008) - [read more]
The Kathmandu Post intro for the following story: Our New Delhi correspondent finds his bearings in a new city
[Here is the PDF version of the Op-Ed page of the Post dated 10 December where this article appeared after it was first published in Kantipur.]
I live in the third floor of the pink building on the [...]
Nepal News archive for 31 December 2008
Gimotive/Stankiewicz seeks bankruptcy - Opelika-Auburn News (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
HAMBURG, Germany - Gimotive/Stankiewicz, a German-based supplier of soundproofing insulation used by auto makers, has sought bankruptcy protection. The announcement by the district court in the central city of Celle, about 60 miles (100 kilometers …
Will Pashupatinath temple priest row mar India-Nepal ties? - Zee News (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 31: As the row over the sacking of three Indian priests at the temple of Nepal’s hallowed Hindu deity Lord Pashupatinath continued to grow, a former temple official warned that the dispute could hurt Nepal’s relations with its southern …
AIDS victims complain misuse of funds in Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — The HIV/AIDS affected people in Nepal have alleged that the funds meant for their well-being were being diverted elsewhere, The Himalayan Times reported on Wednesday. Speaking at a program organized by National HIV …
Nepal Meets PM, Flays Govt Intolerance - Himalayan Times (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
HOME Nepal Meets PM, Flays Govt Intolerance Chiranjibi Dhungana Kathmandu, December 31 Former General Secretary of the CPN(UML) Madhav Kumar Nepal today met Prachanda and expressed his dissatisfaction over the government’s failure to implement the …
Students cut power in protest - Straits Times (December 31, 2008) - [read more]
KATMANDU (Nepal) - STUDENTS stormed an electricity transmission office and shut down power in western Nepal affecting hundreds of thousands of residents in a protest against government imposed power outages. Government administrator Kaladhar Deuja …
Nepali Congress again boycotts Constituent Assembly session - Thaindian.com (December 25, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 25 (ANI): Nepali Congress (NC) has boycotted the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting held in the capacity of legislative assembly for the third consecutive time. Chief whip of NC parliamentary party Laxman Prasad Ghimire announced a …
Nepali newspapers protest attack - United Press International (December 22, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Many Nepalese newspapers protested an attack by Maoist union activists on a publishing company by printing papers with blank pages Tuesday. Some of the empty spaces had black borders, Voice of America reported. On …
Nepali Army recruitment within law - Newstrack India (December 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 24 (ANI): Nepali Army (NA) has expressed discontent towards criticisms made by the Maoists and the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) against what it calls as ‘legitimate move to fill the vacant positions’ within its organisation …
Nepali Times
Dark ages (December 29, 2008) - [read more]
Nepal is suffering from the worst electricity crisis in the history this year. There will be 12-hour load shedding daily from
Attackers in police custody (December 26, 2008) - [read more]
Two of the attackers in a group of 50 who took part on the assault on Himalmedia last Sunday were handed over to police custory at the CDO office in Lalitpur on Friday
“It will backfire” (December 26, 2008) - [read more]
The Maoists in Nepal came to power by winning an outright (constituent assembly) election, defeating discredited parliamentary opponents and helping in the overthrow of the hated monarchy. They did this by graduating from a guerilla struggle and by debating their every move to enter into a multi-party democratic system. They opened up to the media, built international bridges with civil society and solidarity organisations in south Asia, who were equally enthralled about the removal of a feudal autocratic institution - the monarchy as much as the ordinary Nepali
Protests go on (December 24, 2008) - [read more]
The Alliance for Press Freedom in a statement Wednesday said it continue its agitation because of sustained public threats by a Maoist union leader against Himalmedia and intimidation against APCA Group and Kantipur this week as well as the attack by the Youth Force against Ankur daily in Birganj on
Alliance for Press Freedom formed (December 24, 2008) - [read more]
Five media organisations came together on Tuesday to take forward a joint struggle to protect press freedom from recent serious
More reactions (December 23, 2008) - [read more]
More condemnations against attacks on
Publishers and Editors Announce Protest (December 22, 2008) - [read more]
The Media Society and Editors’ Alliance in a joint statement has strongly condemned the attack by Maoist workers on Himalmedia, and launched a protest program beginning with blank editorials in all member newspapers, television and radio news programs on
Widespread outrage (December 21, 2008) - [read more]
A protest rally comences from the BICC in Baneshwor against the Sunday’s attack on Himalmedia. Various press freedom watchdog groups, the UNOHCHR and other human rights activists expressed outrage at the attack in which 12 staff were
Nepal News
Will Pashupatinath temple row mar India-Nepal ties? (December 31, 2008) - [read more]
As the row over the sacking of three Indian priests at the temple of Nepal’s hallowed Hindu deity Lord Pashupatinath continued to grow, a former temple official warned that the dispute could hurt Nepal’s …
<pic: Nepal’s Former Hindu King Gyanendra>
Nepal ushers in new year ahead of world (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
The new republic of Nepal Tuesday ushered in the new year ahead of the rest of the world - among the five new year days observed in the country in a year.
<pic: Gurungsenis celebrating New Year>
Nepal’s indigenous community celebrate New Year (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
A girl of Nepal’s indigenous Gurung community blows soap bubbles during an event to celebrathe the Tamu Loshar festival in Kathmandu Dec.
Timely statute unlikely: leaders (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Politicians and lawyers have warned that the Constituent Assembly might not be able to write a new constitution if the Maoists deviated from the mandate of Jana Andolan II.
Farewell to India temple priests (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
One of the most famous sites in Hinduism, the Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal, has experienced a significant break with tradition.
No impact of global meltdown yet in Nepal (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 30 : A high level Nepal Government official has said that the ongoing global financial crisis has not yet affected the employment of Nepali youths abroad.
Prachanda admits political interference in education sector (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 30th December, 2008 Kathmandu, Dec 30 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda has said there’s been too much of political interference in the education sector and that he wants this …
Nepal political parties vow to keep press free (December 30, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 30 : All 25 political parties in the Nepal Constituent Assembly have made a commitment to press freedom and asked the CPN not to use intimidation and violence to press its demands in future.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
A Nepali Docs Tragic Death in the US (December 29, 2008) - [read more]
By Deepak Adhikari and Jerome L. Sherman
in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette This story originally appeared in the PG
In this mountainous country bordered by India and China, doctors are considered to be godlike.
That makes the fall of Dr. Shiva Lal Acharya, who left a farming village to attend Nepal’s most prestigious medical school and then moved to [...]
Indians Discuss About the Changed Nepal (December 22, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
A group of eminent Indians with deep interests in Nepal gathered in New Delhi on Saturday to talk about the ‘changed Nepal’ in which they critiqued the first 100 days of the Maoist-led government, raised eyebrows on the Integration, expressed suspicion to ‘the China Card’ and discussed on ways to stop [...]
Maoist, the Party of Prime Minister, Attacks Himalmedia, the Newspaper House (December 21, 2008) - [read more]
Update: The CPN-UML boycotted a scheduled meeting of the political coordination committee, which was supposed to be attended by Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal, as a mark of protest against the Maoist attack on Himalmedia Pvt Ltd on Sunday. The UML also issued a statement condemning the Maoists for “brutal attack” on Himalmedia. Former CPN-UML [...]
Federalizing the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (December 19, 2008) - [read more]
Officially the former kingdom of Nepal has become the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. But the country hasn’t been federalized yet.
By Bipendra Basnyat
Just came out of an evening of brain storming about Naya Nepal; the idea was to discuss some of the scholarly articles on how can Naya (New) Nepal be “federated”. In other words [...]
Drafting Of Statute for the Republic of Nepal Formally Begins (December 16, 2008) - [read more]
By Republica
Republica is upcoming English language newspaper from Kathmandu, Nepal.
Newly formed committees at the Constituent Assembly today started the process of drafting a new constitution for the Republic of Nepal, eight months after the people elected the supreme constitution-making body.
Fourteen committees including a Constitutional Committee, 10 thematic committees and three procedural committees held separate [...]
Road Safety in Nepal (December 13, 2008) - [read more]
By Lilu Thapa
OVERCOME WITH GRIEF: Guardians of Pravin and Prabeg Subedi, who died in Thursday’s bus accident in Nawalparasi, at Bharatpur Hospital on Friday afternoon. Pic by Dipendra Baduwal
The bus accident in Nawalparsi which caused death of almost a half century of Children on the way back from a picnic highlights the road safety failure [...]
TEN Reasons to Invest in Nepal (December 9, 2008) - [read more]
By Bhupendra Khanal
Many aggressive companies are staying away from Nepal, thanks to poor security situation. The power majors are considering of huge investment in Hydropower sector to export power to the power hungry states of India and China, and this is good news for Nepal. A country with very high hydro-power potential has one of [...]
B 19, Jangpura Extension [New Delhi-110014, India] (December 9, 2008) - [read more]
The Kathmandu Post intro for the following story: Our New Delhi correspondent finds his bearings in a new city
[Here is the PDF version of the Op-Ed page of the Post dated 10 December where this article appeared after it was first published in Kantipur.]
I live in the third floor of the pink building on the [...]
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