Nepal News archive for 31 October 2008
UN chief to reach Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (October 30, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is arriving in Kathmandu for a one-day visit on Friday. Secretary General Ban is scheduled to reach the capital by UN’s special plane from the Delhi Airport at around 6 pm …
Minister: UN chief’s visit to Nepal to be fruitful - Xinhua News Agency (October 31, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Janardan Sharma on Friday said that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon’s visit to Nepal will assist to bring the peace process to the logical end. Speaking at an …
Witnessing history in Nepal - Boston Globe (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal - This city was in the midst of one of its famous “bandhs,” or strikes, when I arrived in late June and driving was not allowed. But a Nepali friend picked me up at the airport anyway, and the roads were open as we cruised on his …
India, Nepal Home Sec level talks to begin today - Zee News (October 30, 2008) - [read more]
The Indian delegation will be led by Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and Nepalese delegation by their Home Secretary Govinda Prasad Kusum. The two sides will discuss a broad range of issues relating, inter-alia, to security, border management …
Nepal to allow foreign adoptions - BBC South-Asia (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
“We’ll soon start accepting applications from prospective families for adoption through the accredited agencies,” said Prakash Kumar Adhikari, from the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare. He said 58 foreign agencies would be allowed to …
Koirala takes on the Maoi - Hindustan Times (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
Playing the active role of opposition, Nepal’s former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has declared a massive war against the Maoists. During the last few weeks, Koirala mounted pressure on the Maoist-led government by starting a series of …
Awestruck at Kathmandu - Global Nation (October 27, 2008) - [read more]
THE PERK I LIKE BEST FROM the work I do is that over the years I have built an international network of like-minded people who enjoy taking friends on insider tours of the places where they live or work. So the moment I had free time on a recent …
Maoists want PLA man as Nepalese Army chief, says Nepali Congress - Thaindian.com (October 24, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 24 (ANI): The Nepali Congress (NC) has claimed that the Maoists are trying to promote a former People’’s Liberation Army (PLA) commander to the coveted post of Chief of Nepal Army (NA). Nepali Congress leader Shovakar Parajuli on …
Nepali Times
Special head (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
As the political parties approach the sensitive issue of army integration, the tug of war has again started on who would head the special committee for the
Himalmedia CEO attacked (October 25, 2008) - [read more]
The CEO of Himalmedia, Ashutosh Tiwari, was attacked by two unidentified
men in motorcycles who threw rocks into a van that was bringing him to the
office on Friday
What’s in a name? (October 19, 2008) - [read more]
The race is on between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Martxist-Leninist) to change their names to just Comunist Party of
Baburam in DC (October 13, 2008) - [read more]
“Our ultimate goal is communism,” said Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai at a talk in Washington DC last week, adding somewhat apologetically, “I don’t want to be
Dasain on the Kosi (October 11, 2008) - [read more]
Terrain warning (October 9, 2008) - [read more]
It has happened again. CFIT, the most dreaded acronym in Nepali aviation, has cost another 18 lives.
Yeti Twin Otter crashes (October 8, 2008) - [read more]
A Yeti Airlines Twin Otter crashed near the Tenzing Hillary Airport, Lukla, on Wednesday morning, killing the 18 on board. Only one survived the
National convention (October 8, 2008) - [read more]
The Maoists central committee meeting ends with the decision to hold a national convention . The convention will decide the people’s republic vs federal democratic republic
Nepal News
UN Secy Gen Ban Ki-moon stresses on cooperating among political parties (October 31, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 30 : United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his report eleased a few days ahead of his first visit to Nepal, commended the political parties of Nepal for their commitment to …
India, Nepal Home Secretary level talks begin tomorrow (October 30, 2008) - [read more]
New Delhi News.Net Thursday 30th October, 2008 New Delhi, Oct 30 : The Home Secretary-level talks between India and Nepal will be held here tomorrow.
Nepal PM vows to integrate former rebel fighters (October 29, 2008) - [read more]
Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda addressing a press conference in Kathmandu yesterday.
Czech flees India (October 29, 2008) - [read more]
Siliguri: A Czech national who was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a court for collecting rare insects from a national park in Darjeeling has fled India after jumping bail, the police said on Tuesday.
Nepalese-Driven Peace Process Globally Acclaimed (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 2:38 pm Press Release: United Nations The world has recognized the strides towards peace Nepalis have made, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report made public today, …
Rastriya Janashakti Party says Maoists integration threatens peace in Nepal (October 28, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 25 : The Chairman of Rastriya Janashakti Party Surya Bahadur Thapa has said that the integration of Maoist combatants into the national army would pose serious threats to democracy, peace and …
Nepal astrologers predict victory for Obama (October 27, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu: They made predictions - some with success and some without - about the end of the country’s royal dynasty and the end of the Maoist insurgency.
Nepal, India ready to amend trade treaty (October 26, 2008) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 22 : Nepal’s Commerce Secretary Purushottam Ojha has said that both Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press (October 16, 2008) - [read more]
The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said.
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc (October 6, 2008) - [read more]
A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent.
Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed to [...]
Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism (October 1, 2008) - [read more]
By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning
The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists [...]
On the Highway to People’s Republic (September 24, 2008) - [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I do not know much about Tanka P Acharya, who broke the traditional trend by visiting China, and hence can not speculate on the facts of media coverage then. However, when Maoist supremo followed Acharya’s footsteps, many Nepali and Indian tabloid have covered the news as ‘first time’ adding historic, challenging, brave etc. [...]
The Maoist Budget of Rs 236 Billion: Bold but Not Beautiful (September 20, 2008) - [read more]
In their first ever budget speech, the Maoists promise to build the infrastructures and propel the economic growth that they mercilessly destroyed and pushed back in the name of revolution during the decade-long insurgency
By Prem Khanal
the Kathmandu Post
The first fiscal-year budget of the Democratic Republic of Nepal unveiled yesterday by the Maoists-led government was extraordinarily [...]
The Koshi Deluge: A History of Disaster for Nepal (September 12, 2008) - [read more]
Impact of Koshi’s devastation
The Koshi River breached on the nose of spur 12.90 and 12.10 on the eastern embankment, 12 km north of the barrage near midnight on August 18, 2008. Immediately, five Village Development Committees (VDCs) — West Kushaha, Haripur, Sripur, Laukahi, and Bokraha of Sunsari District — of Nepal and 14 Districts in [...]
Policies and Programmes of a Maoist Led Govt (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
It’s a nice essay but nothing substantial, said chief opposition party NC’s leader Sher Bahadur deuba about the government’s program and policies document.
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With an aim to take the peace process to a logical end, the Maoist-led government today publicized its policies and programmes. Brining out new constitution on time (within two years) is hight on [...]
New YCL in Town (September 10, 2008) - [read more]
After UML, Nepali Congress follows the YCL path of the Maoist party
Following the example of the Maoists’ YCL and the CPN-UML’s Youth Force, Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), youth wing of Nepali Congress, has formed its own separate group “to combat corruption and anarchy”. NTD aims to mobilizing the party’s youths to counter the [...]
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