Pashupatinath: Tradition under attack – Zee News (January 6, 2009) – [read more]
Only those who see the imbroglio over the replacing of head priests at Pashupatinath from the viewpoint of Nepal’s Maoist PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda will have no problems with the order to replace traditional Indian priests with those …

Nepal bans protests around temple over priest row – Reuters India (January 6, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Temple authorities in Nepal banned demonstrations around one of the holiest Hindu shrines in Kathmandu on Tuesday amid a row over the replacement of an Indian chief priest with a Nepali holy man. Regular prayers at the centuries …

Battle over Pashupatinath begins in Nepal’s court – Thaindian.com (January 6, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 6 (IANS) The battle for control of Nepal’s revered Pashupatinath temple has now reached the republic’s apex court with the pro-Nepali lobby crossing legal swords with the pro-Indian group.A week after three separate groups of …

Ex-Nepal “slave girls” demand rehabilitation – MSN UK News (January 6, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Hundreds of Nepali girls, rescued after being sold off by their poor parents as domestic help, marched in Kathmandu Tuesday demanding rehabilitation like jobs and an education, activists said. Traditionally girls as young as six …

All India Nepali Bhasha Parishad (AINBP) condemns politics on … – New Kerala (January 6, 2009) – [read more]
Kolkata, Jan 6 : All India Nepali Bhasha Parishad (AINBP) today condemned the Nepal governmment for politicising the affairs of the Pashupatinath temple. A release of the AINBP here deplored the Nepal government for instigation to make it a political …

Shabana Azmi keeps her date with Nepal – Daily News and Analysis (January 6, 2009) – [read more]
Though Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan dropped his plans to visit Nepal in view of the growing dispute over the revered Pashupatinath temple, another cinema icon from India, Shabana Azmi, has kept her date with the Himalayan republic. Shabana …

Protests erupt over Maoist appointments at Nepal temple – Monsters and Critics (January 6, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu – Hundreds of protestors burnt tyres and blocked streets in Kathmandu Tuesday as protests escalated over the Maoist-led government’s appointment of top clergy at the country’s largest Hindu temple. The protests followed demonstrations by …

Will Pashupatinath temple row mar India-Nepal ties? – Thaindian.com (December 30, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 31 (IANS) 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 …

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

After Pashupatinath, Maoists lock horns with army (January 5, 2009) – [read more]

Nepalese policemen stand guard at the entrance of Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal on Monday, Jan.

Idle CPN-M combatants in cantonments hope to work (January 5, 2009) – [read more]

The Communist Party of Nepal combatants who fought tough against “feudalism” during ten years armed conflict live sluggish life inside temporary cantonments and wished to work.

One Man’s Quest To Help The World Learn (January 5, 2009) – [read more]

Eight hundred million people are illiterate. John Wood aims to change that. After a trek in the Himalayas brought him face-to-face with extreme poverty and illiteracy, John Wood left his position as a director …

Mulayam Singh tells Prachanda to resolve Pashupatinath crisis (January 5, 2009) – [read more]

After BJP’s anger over the controversial issue on appointment of Nepali priests at Pashupatinath temple, the Samajvadi Party also on Monday termed the problem as a bad omen and requested the Nepal government to …

A step towards timely flood forecasting — Satellite rainfall estimation comes to South Asia (January 5, 2009) – [read more]

PRESSWIRE A step towards timely flood forecasting — Satellite rainfall estimation comes to South Asia A step towards timely flood forecasting — Satellite rainfall estimation comes to South Asia EIN News – A …

Big B cancels Nepal trip due to Pashupatinath row (January 5, 2009) – [read more]

The two celebrities Anil Ambani and Amitabh decided not to come after a political row and violence erupted in the 17th century temple that is revered by billions of Hindus worldwide.

Investment in infrastructure: Nepal can learn from Bangladesh (January 5, 2009) – [read more]

On December 24, our van carrying five of us, including driver and an interpreter, rushed to Laxmipur , the five-hour drive to south-east from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.

Death toll in Koshi tragedy reaches 6 (January 5, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Three more bodies of persons who went missing after an overcrowded boat overturned in Koshi River yesterday have been found near the Indian border, taking the death toll in the tragedy to 6. The …

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Resham! Nepathya Shares Sorrow and Joy with Sydney (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Premium Rock/Folk band performs in Australia
“Let me share with you all a real life story,” said Amrit Gurung amidst his debut performance in Sydney on Saturday. “I was talking to a second generation Nepali immigrant residing in Europe. When I asked him if he liked visiting Nepal, he simply answered ‘no’. When asked why, [...]

Jai Shambho: Row Over Appointment of Pashupatinath Priests (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
It’s been a week since the row over the appointment of the priests in Pashupatinath erupted. The Maoist led government, with the direct orders from the Prime Minister, has appointed Nepali priests replacing the Indians in the largest temple of Nepal. Some people have protested the move for different reasons and they have their own [...]

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 [...]

Hunt for missing from Nepal ferry – BBC South-Asia (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
After the incident the administration in Sunsari said it was clamping down on any boats found to be over capacity. The BBC’s Ishwar Rauniyar in Kathmandu says there are rules in place on how many passengers boats can carry but they are often ignored …

Nepal opposition’s youth wing to take on Maoists over Pashupatinath – New Kerala (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 5: The youth wing of Nepal’s main opposition party Monday joined the fray over the ouster of Indian priests at the revered Pashupatinath temple, saying they were ready to cross swords with the Maoists. Mahendra Yadav, chief of Nepal …

Dozens missing after boat capsizes in east Nepal – International Herald Tribune (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal : Officials say dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in a river in eastern Nepal. Government administrator Durga Bhandari says more than 50 people are believed to have been on board the boat and only six …

RIGHTS-NEPAL: Maoists Attack Journos, Threaten Media Freedom – Inter Press Service (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec 29 (IPS) – When Kunda Dixit, editor of the ‘Nepali Times’ and 12 other staff members of the Himalmedia publishing house were attacked and injured by supporters of Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), a week ago, it was a sign …

Deposed King Gyanendra Of Nepal Urges Public To Separate Religion And … – All Headline News (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Nepal (BANG) – Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra has reportedly urged his former public to separate religion and politics and end protests at a Kathmandu holy shrine. Junior priests have been protesting at Pashupatinath Temple – a United …

Pashupatinath in Nepal declared prohibited area (Roundup) – Thaindian.com (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 5 (IANS) As violence and public anger continued to mount over the ruling Maoist party’s intervention in Nepal’s revered Pashupatinath temple, the 17th century temple and its surroundings were Monday declared prohibited areas where …

Nepal opposition’s youth wing to take on Maoists over Pashupatinath – Newstrack India (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 5 (IANS) The youth wing of Nepal’s main opposition party Monday joined the fray over the ouster of Indian priests at the revered Pashupatinath temple, saying they were ready to cross swords with the Maoists. Mahendra Yadav, chief of …

RIGHTS-NEPAL: Truth, Reconciliation in Limbo – Inter Press Service (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Journalist Bhaikaji Ghimire was tortured in custody by the Nepal army during the war. Credit:Mallika Aryal/IPS KATHMANDU, Sep 5 (IPS) – When Nepal’s Supreme Court directed the government in June 2007 to form a commission to investigate cases of …

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

‘Temple move not targeted at Indians’: Much Ado by India Media (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan. 4: Fissures seemed to be appearing in Nepal’s ruling coalition today with a key ally flaying Maoists for trying to ‘capture’ Pashupatinath temple, but the Premier sought to calm tempers saying …

The projection of Pasupatinath Priest issue in the India media as an anti-India move shows how the media instead of helping you for making right judgment only infringes upon your right to correct information.India media do not seem to have realized how they helped the terrorists by sensationally covering the Mumbai Terror Attack, and inciting the public for Pakistan hatred.

Comment by Divas from Nepal

Army will be out of controversy: Katawal (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal today urged the Maoist-led government that the army shouldn’t be dragged into any controversy.

Feature: Internally displaced Nepalese welcome new year with new hope (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

A group of conflict affected Nepali people welcomed new year 2009 with the new hope of peaceful “New Nepal” by exchanging yellow rose to each other.

Kathmandu ripples in Karnataka (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

Newly appointed Pashupatinath priests Bishnu Prasad Dahal and Saligram Dhakal at the temple on January 1. New Delhi, Jan.

Nepal priests to conduct worship at Pashupatinath (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: A top Maoist minister has said the government would allow Nepalese priests to conduct worship at the Pashupatinath Temple despite the ban by the Supreme Court, a move that could further ignite the …

Prachanda says Nepal Army integration proceeding positively (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan 4 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda has said that the process of army integration is heading towards a positive direction.

Pashupatinath move not targeted at Indians clears Prachanda (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan 4: Fissures seemed to be appearing in Nepal’s ruling coalition today with a key ally flaying Maoists for trying to “capture” Pashupatinath temple, but the premier sought to calm tempers saying …

2 dead, 20 missing in Nepal boat accident: police (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

At least two people drowned and another 20 were missing after a crowded ferry capsized in a river in eastern Nepal, police said.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Resham! Nepathya Shares Sorrow and Joy with Sydney (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Premium Rock/Folk band performs in Australia
“Let me share with you all a real life story,” said Amrit Gurung amidst his debut performance in Sydney on Saturday. “I was talking to a second generation Nepali immigrant residing in Europe. When I asked him if he liked visiting Nepal, he simply answered ‘no’. When asked why, [...]

Jai Shambho: Row Over Appointment of Pashupatinath Priests (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
It’s been a week since the row over the appointment of the priests in Pashupatinath erupted. The Maoist led government, with the direct orders from the Prime Minister, has appointed Nepali priests replacing the Indians in the largest temple of Nepal. Some people have protested the move for different reasons and they have their own [...]

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 [...]

Nepal opposition’s youth wing to take on Maoists over Pashupatinath – New Kerala (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 5: The youth wing of Nepal’s main opposition party Monday joined the fray over the ouster of Indian priests at the revered Pashupatinath temple, saying they were ready to cross swords with the Maoists. Mahendra Yadav, chief of Nepal …

Dozens missing after boat capsizes in east Nepal – International Herald Tribune (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal : Officials say dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in a river in eastern Nepal. Government administrator Durga Bhandari says more than 50 people are believed to have been on board the boat and only six …

Nepal opposition’s youth wing to take on Maoists over Pashupatinath – Thaindian.com (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 5 (IANS) The youth wing of Nepal’s main opposition party Monday joined the fray over the ouster of Indian priests at the revered Pashupatinath temple, saying they were ready to cross swords with the Maoists.Mahendra Yadav, chief of …

Big B cancels Nepal trip due to Pashupatinath row – Zee News (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 05: Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan cancelled his scheduled visit to Nepal this week at the last moment due to the deepening row over the hallowed Pashupatinath temple that has pitted Nepal’s Maoist government against priests and Hindu …

Pashupatinath in Nepal declared prohibited area – Sify (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: As violence and public anger continued to mount over the ruling Maoist party’s intervention in Nepal’s revered Pashupatinath temple, the 17th century temple and its surroundings were on Monday declared prohibited areas where rallies …

Big B, Anil Ambani cancel Nepal trip – Economic Times (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Amitabh Bachchan & Anil Ambani have cancelled their scheduled visit to Nepal this week at the last moment due to the deepening row over the Pashupatinath temple, said a report on Monday. Mulayam Singh Yadav told Nepal’s media the Big B and …

King Gyanendra’s public warning – femalefirst.co.uk (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra has reportedly urged his former public to separate religion and politics and end protests at a Kathmandu holy shrine. Junior priests have been protesting at Pashupatinath Temple – a United Nations World Heritage Site …

Nepal’s defence minister trains gun at Army chief – Hindustan Times (January 5, 2009) – [read more]
While the Maoist-led government in Nepal is under tremendous pressure over the removal of Indian priests from Pashupatinath temple, the Defence minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has started training guns at the Nepal Army. Defense Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa …

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

‘Temple move not targeted at Indians’: Much Ado by India Media (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan. 4: Fissures seemed to be appearing in Nepal’s ruling coalition today with a key ally flaying Maoists for trying to ‘capture’ Pashupatinath temple, but the Premier sought to calm tempers saying …

The projection of Pasupatinath Priest issue in the India media as an anti-India move shows how the media instead of helping you for making right judgment only infringes upon your right to correct information.India media do not seem to have realized how they helped the terrorists by sensationally covering the Mumbai Terror Attack, and inciting the public for Pakistan hatred.

Comment by Divas from Nepal

Army will be out of controversy: Katawal (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal today urged the Maoist-led government that the army shouldn’t be dragged into any controversy.

Feature: Internally displaced Nepalese welcome new year with new hope (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

A group of conflict affected Nepali people welcomed new year 2009 with the new hope of peaceful “New Nepal” by exchanging yellow rose to each other.

Kathmandu ripples in Karnataka (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

Newly appointed Pashupatinath priests Bishnu Prasad Dahal and Saligram Dhakal at the temple on January 1. New Delhi, Jan.

Nepal priests to conduct worship at Pashupatinath (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: A top Maoist minister has said the government would allow Nepalese priests to conduct worship at the Pashupatinath Temple despite the ban by the Supreme Court, a move that could further ignite the …

Prachanda says Nepal Army integration proceeding positively (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan 4 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda has said that the process of army integration is heading towards a positive direction.

Pashupatinath move not targeted at Indians clears Prachanda (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan 4: Fissures seemed to be appearing in Nepal’s ruling coalition today with a key ally flaying Maoists for trying to “capture” Pashupatinath temple, but the premier sought to calm tempers saying …

2 dead, 20 missing in Nepal boat accident: police (January 4, 2009) – [read more]

At least two people drowned and another 20 were missing after a crowded ferry capsized in a river in eastern Nepal, police said.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Resham! Nepathya Shares Sorrow and Joy with Sydney (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Premium Rock/Folk band performs in Australia
“Let me share with you all a real life story,” said Amrit Gurung amidst his debut performance in Sydney on Saturday. “I was talking to a second generation Nepali immigrant residing in Europe. When I asked him if he liked visiting Nepal, he simply answered ‘no’. When asked why, [...]

Jai Shambho: Row Over Appointment of Pashupatinath Priests (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
It’s been a week since the row over the appointment of the priests in Pashupatinath erupted. The Maoist led government, with the direct orders from the Prime Minister, has appointed Nepali priests replacing the Indians in the largest temple of Nepal. Some people have protested the move for different reasons and they have their own [...]

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 [...]

Don’t politicise Pashupatinath issue, appeals Gyanendra – MSN India (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: Nepal’s dethroned King Gyanendra, who was once seen as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, appealed to the people not to “politicise” the dispute at Pashupatinath Temple, which was stormed by the Maoists cadres defying a court order. Gyanendra …

Ex-Nepal King Urges End To Temple Priest Row – Javno (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra has urged an end to a row over the appointment of a chief priest for one of the holiest Hindu shrines in Kathmandu, an aide said on Sunday. Regular worship and religious functions at the centuries-old Pashupatinath …

Mulayam meets Nepal president – Thaindian.com (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 4 (IANS) Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Indian central minister and chief of the Samajwadi Party, arrived Sunday in Nepal at the personal invitation of President Ram Baran Yadav.Mulayam Singh Yadav, a former chief minister of Uttar …

Nepal priests to conduct worship at Pashupatinath – Times of India (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: A top Maoist minister has said the government would allow Nepalese priests to conduct worship at the Pashupatinath Temple despite the ban by the Supreme Court, a move that could further ignite the row in the country. The former guerrillas …

Protest against removal of priests in Nepal – Thaindian.com (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Jan.4 (ANI): A number of people in the national capital staged protest at the Embassy of Nepal on Sunday to protest against the removal of the Indian priests from the famous Pashupatinath temple. Agitated protestors shouted slogans against …

Nepal: 2 dead, 30 rescued after boat capsizes – CNN (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) — Eight people were missing and two confirmed dead after a boat capsized on Nepal’s Koshi River, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Kathmandu, police said. More than 30 people have been pulled alive from the river …

2 dead, 19 missing in Nepal boat capsizing – United Press International (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan. 4 (UPI) — The bodies of two victims were recovered and 19 people were missing Sunday after an overcrowded boat capsized in a Nepal river, local media reported. Local reports quoted police as saying most of those still missing …

Maoists announce yatra to defuse Pashupatinath row – Hindustan Times (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Stung by the controversy over the unceremonious removal of Indian priests from Pashupatinath temple, Nepal’s Maoist government on Sunday resorted to a desperate damage-control exercise and decided to start a yatra for religious concord. The three …

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

Jha seeks more role for vice president (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

BIRATNAGAR: Vice-president Paramananda Jha speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Second National Homeopathic Conference organised by the Nepal Homeopathic Physicians’ Association here on Saturday, urged all …

Wildlife team out to catch man-eater tiger alive (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

Faizabad : With the Centre withdrawing its order on eliminating the man-eater tiger, a team of World Wildlife Federation has arrived here to catch the big cat alive.

Mulayam, Anil Ambani, Shabana to visit Nepal (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Jan 3: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, who heads the Samajwadi Party, and noted Indian industrialist Anil Ambani are arriving in Nepal Sunday on a private …

Indian Army delegation meets PLA commanders (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

Visiting Indian Army delegation led by Lt. Gen. SPS Dhillon met the Maoist People’s Liberation Army commanders in Kathmandu Saturday.

Power import from India gives relief to western Terai (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

The additional 20 MW electricity imported by Nepal Electricity Authority from India has given some relief to the people of western terai districts from Saturday.

Dead victim still alive in Sobhraj case in Nepal? (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

As Charles Sobhraj awaits Nepal’s top court to pronounce its verdict on a sensational murder trial that harks back to the bygone hippie era of free sex and drug experimentations in the 70s, his lawyers have …

Nepal govt is not considering sacking Army Chief: Dr. Bhattarai (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan 2 : Nepal Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that the government does not think it was necessary to sack General Rookmangud Katawal.

Maoists replace Indian priests in Nepal (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Riot police have been deployed at Nepala s holiest Hindu temple to stop protests after the Maoist government tried to throw out Indian priests who have officiated there for generations.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Resham! Nepathya Shares Sorrow and Joy with Sydney (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Premium Rock/Folk band performs in Australia
“Let me share with you all a real life story,” said Amrit Gurung amidst his debut performance in Sydney on Saturday. “I was talking to a second generation Nepali immigrant residing in Europe. When I asked him if he liked visiting Nepal, he simply answered ‘no’. When asked why, [...]

Jai Shambho: Row Over Appointment of Pashupatinath Priests (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
It’s been a week since the row over the appointment of the priests in Pashupatinath erupted. The Maoist led government, with the direct orders from the Prime Minister, has appointed Nepali priests replacing the Indians in the largest temple of Nepal. Some people have protested the move for different reasons and they have their own [...]

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 [...]

Don’t politicise Pashupatinath issue, appeals Gyanendra – MSN India (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: Nepal’s dethroned King Gyanendra, who was once seen as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, appealed to the people not to “politicise” the dispute at Pashupatinath Temple, which was stormed by the Maoists cadres defying a court order. Gyanendra …

Row in Nepal over army recruitment, Prachanda warns of action – Daily News and Analysis (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: A row has erupted in Nepal over fresh recruitment to the national army, with the military chief seemingly at loggerheads with the prime minister, who has opposed enlarging the military ahead of the integration of the former guerrillas into …

Ex-Nepal king urges end to temple priest row – Hindustan Times (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra has urged an end to a row over the appointment of a chief priest for one of the holiest Hindu shrines in Kathmandu, an aide said on Sunday. Regular worship and religious functions at the centuries-old Pashupatinath …

Mulayam meets Nepal president – Thaindian.com (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 4 (IANS) Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Indian central minister and chief of the Samajwadi Party, arrived Sunday in Nepal at the personal invitation of President Ram Baran Yadav.Mulayam Singh Yadav, a former chief minister of Uttar …

Protest against removal of priests in Nepal – Newstrack India (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
An effigy of Prachanda was also burnt.Protesters accused the Nepalese Government of hurting Hindu sentiments by appointing Nepalese national as priest at the ancient temple. “By staging this protest, we want to send a message to the Nepaleseovernment …

Nepal priests to conduct worship at Pashupatinath – Times of India (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: A top Maoist minister has said the government would allow Nepalese priests to conduct worship at the Pashupatinath Temple despite the ban by the Supreme Court, a move that could further ignite the row in the country. The former guerrillas …

Prachanda says Nepal Army integration proceeding positively – New Kerala (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 4 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda has said that the process of army integration is heading towards a positive direction. Addressing the general staff meeting of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) here on Saturday, he said, “Though the …

Nepal: 2 dead, 30 rescued after boat capsizes – CNN (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) — Eight people were missing and two confirmed dead after a boat capsized on Nepal’s Koshi River, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Kathmandu, police said. More than 30 people have been pulled alive from the river …

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

Jha seeks more role for vice president (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

BIRATNAGAR: Vice-president Paramananda Jha speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Second National Homeopathic Conference organised by the Nepal Homeopathic Physicians’ Association here on Saturday, urged all …

Wildlife team out to catch man-eater tiger alive (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

Faizabad : With the Centre withdrawing its order on eliminating the man-eater tiger, a team of World Wildlife Federation has arrived here to catch the big cat alive.

Mulayam, Anil Ambani, Shabana to visit Nepal (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Jan 3: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, who heads the Samajwadi Party, and noted Indian industrialist Anil Ambani are arriving in Nepal Sunday on a private …

Indian Army delegation meets PLA commanders (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

Visiting Indian Army delegation led by Lt. Gen. SPS Dhillon met the Maoist People’s Liberation Army commanders in Kathmandu Saturday.

Power import from India gives relief to western Terai (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

The additional 20 MW electricity imported by Nepal Electricity Authority from India has given some relief to the people of western terai districts from Saturday.

Dead victim still alive in Sobhraj case in Nepal? (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

As Charles Sobhraj awaits Nepal’s top court to pronounce its verdict on a sensational murder trial that harks back to the bygone hippie era of free sex and drug experimentations in the 70s, his lawyers have …

Nepal govt is not considering sacking Army Chief: Dr. Bhattarai (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan 2 : Nepal Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that the government does not think it was necessary to sack General Rookmangud Katawal.

Maoists replace Indian priests in Nepal (January 3, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Riot police have been deployed at Nepala s holiest Hindu temple to stop protests after the Maoist government tried to throw out Indian priests who have officiated there for generations.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Resham! Nepathya Shares Sorrow and Joy with Sydney (January 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Premium Rock/Folk band performs in Australia
“Let me share with you all a real life story,” said Amrit Gurung amidst his debut performance in Sydney on Saturday. “I was talking to a second generation Nepali immigrant residing in Europe. When I asked him if he liked visiting Nepal, he simply answered ‘no’. When asked why, [...]

Jai Shambho: Row Over Appointment of Pashupatinath Priests (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
It’s been a week since the row over the appointment of the priests in Pashupatinath erupted. The Maoist led government, with the direct orders from the Prime Minister, has appointed Nepali priests replacing the Indians in the largest temple of Nepal. Some people have protested the move for different reasons and they have their own [...]

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 [...]

Nepal Maoists blame Hindu ‘fanatics’ for Pashupatinath row – Zee News (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 03: Nepal’s ruling Maoist party is blaming “Hindu fanatics” for the raging controversy over the sacking of three Indian priests at the Pashupatinath temple, one of the holiest Hindu shrines revered by millions of Hindus worldwide. The …

Dead man walking in Sobhraj case in Nepal? – Daily News and Analysis (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: As Charles Sobhraj awaits Nepal’s top court to pronounce its verdict on a sensational murder trial that harks back to the bygone hippie era of free sex and drug experimentations in the 70s, his lawyers have raised the spectre of a dead …

Nepal Maoists blame ‘fanatics’ for Pashupatinath row – New Kerala (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Jan 3 : Nepal’s ruling Maoist party is blaming ‘Hindu fanatics’ for the raging controversy over the sacking of three Indian priests at the Pashupatinath temple, one of the holiest Hindu shrines revered by millions of …

Mulayam, Anil Ambani, Shabana to visit Nepal – That’s Cricket (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, who heads the Samajwadi Party, and noted Indian industrialist Anil Ambani are arriving in Nepal Sunday on a private visit. Actress-activist Shabana Azmi is also headed for Kathmandu …

Young Communist League pledges to implement pact – New Kerala (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 3 : Young Communist League (YCL) chief Ganesh Man Pun has said that the YCL would fully comply with the agreement between the Maoists and the Nepali Congress (NC). The commitment comes a day after Prime Minister Prachanda assured the …

Nepal-based group responsible – Kuensel Online (January 3, 2009) – [read more]
UPDATE 3 January, 2009 – The United Revolutionary Front of Bhutan, believed to be the militant arm of the Nepal-based Communist Party of Bhutan, has claimed responsibility for the attack on Bhutanese forest guards, in which four were killed and two …

RIGHTS-NEPAL: Maoists Attack Journos, Threaten Media Freedom – Inter Press Service (December 29, 2008) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec 29 (IPS) – When Kunda Dixit, editor of the ‘Nepali Times’ and 12 other staff members of the Himalmedia publishing house were attacked and injured by supporters of Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), a week ago, it was a sign …

Follow the spiritual trail in the valley of Kathmandu – The Independent (December 27, 2008) – [read more]
There are other paths to take when the winter snows put Nepal’s mountains out of reach, says Raymond Whitaker Nepal is a country tipped up on its side, where an Indian rhinoceros munching subtropical vegetation can lift its head and see snow glinting …

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

PM, NC strike deal on YCL, property (January 2, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal a Prachandaa today struck a deal with the Nepali Congress , which recently boycotted the House six times.

Nepal Supreme Court (SC) orders not to let non-Indian priests perform in temple (January 2, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan 1 : The Supreme Court of Nepal today issued an interim order not to let the newly appointed non-Indian priests of the Pashupatinath Temple offer ritual prayers, media reports said here today.

Indian teenager wounded in Kathmandu blast (January 2, 2009) – [read more]

A 16-year-old Indian teenager was hurt as a bomb went off in a busy area of the capital Thursday, the third blast to disrupt life in the city since last week.

Himalayan villagers on global warming frontline (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

This picture taken on October 14, 2008, shows Nepalese lodge owner Rinjin Dorje Lama talking to a tourist and guide at Kyangjin Gompa in the Lantang Valley.

Bicycle Diaries Belgaum youth’s unique tribute (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

BELGAUM: 26-year-old Dhiraj Revankar from Belgaum has travelled all the way to Hotel Taj on a bicycle, covering a distance of about 550 km, to pay homage to those killed in the Mumbai terror attacks.

Investigation cites pilot error for air crash near Everest (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

An investigation into air crash near Mount Everest in October blamed pilot error for the accident, a government report said Thursday.

No excuse for media attack: FNJ (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

GORKHA: Federation of Nepalese Journalists President Dharmendra Jha Wednesday said that the Nepali press has not been able to perform as expected due to the impediments posed by the ones doing a political …

Korea job hopes dashed (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: The dream of thousands of Nepali youth to find lucrative jobs in South Korea has been shattered, for the time being, after the Korean government announced on Tuesday to temporarily halt issuing the …

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: Maoists storm temple, replace Indian priests – Rediff (January 2, 2009) – [read more]
The Maoist government has deployed riot police at Nepal’s holiest temple Pashupatinath to stop protesters as the party cadres escorted their newly-appointed priest into the complex, defying the Supreme Court order. Maoists and cadres of the Young …

Nepal govt is not considering sacking Army Chief: Dr. Bhattarai – Newstrack India (January 2, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 2 (ANI): Nepal Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that the government does not think it was necessary to sack General Rookmangud Katawal. Nepalnews quoted him as saying that the government was not considering sacking the …

Record number of tourists visit Nepal in 2008 – Top News India (January 2, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu  – Nepal’s tourism industry recorded strong growth in 2008, making it the most successful year for the industry in eight years, tourism officials said Friday. The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) said preliminary figures for the year showed total …

Nepal Supreme Court (SC) orders not to let non-Indian priests perform … – New Kerala (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 1 : The Supreme Court (SC) of Nepal today issued an interim order not to let the newly appointed non-Indian priests of the Pashupatinath Temple offer ritual prayers, media reports said here today. A writ petition demanding the …

Maoist cannot abandon ‘Prachanda Path’, says Baidya – Newstrack India (January 2, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 2 (ANI): Senior Maoist leader Mohan Baidya today said that his party will not unify with any other party at the cost of ‘Prachanda Path’, which has been the party’s guiding ideology for the past few years. Baidya clarified that his …

Nepal’s Maoists provoke temple rebellion – West Online (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
Riot police have been deployed at Nepal’s holiest Hindu temple to stop protests after the Maoist government tried to throw out Indian priests who have officiated there for generations. The threat to centuries of tradition at the Pashupati temple …

Politics puts Lord Pashupatinath’s worship in jeopardy – New Kerala (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Jan 1 : For the first time in the history of Nepal’s centuries-old Pashupatinath temple, devotees were unable to worship the deity revered by billions of Hindus all over the world, thanks to an unholy row between local …

Nepal Army asked to stop recruitment – Thaindian.com (December 27, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 27 (ANI): The Ministry of Defense has asked the Nepal Army (NA) to stop the recruitment process. According to Nepalnews, the Ministry wrote a letter to army headquarters on Wednesday ordering it to suspend the process. On Friday, army …

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

PM, NC strike deal on YCL, property (January 2, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal a Prachandaa today struck a deal with the Nepali Congress , which recently boycotted the House six times.

Nepal Supreme Court (SC) orders not to let non-Indian priests perform in temple (January 2, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Jan 1 : The Supreme Court of Nepal today issued an interim order not to let the newly appointed non-Indian priests of the Pashupatinath Temple offer ritual prayers, media reports said here today.

Indian teenager wounded in Kathmandu blast (January 2, 2009) – [read more]

A 16-year-old Indian teenager was hurt as a bomb went off in a busy area of the capital Thursday, the third blast to disrupt life in the city since last week.

Himalayan villagers on global warming frontline (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

This picture taken on October 14, 2008, shows Nepalese lodge owner Rinjin Dorje Lama talking to a tourist and guide at Kyangjin Gompa in the Lantang Valley.

Bicycle Diaries Belgaum youth’s unique tribute (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

BELGAUM: 26-year-old Dhiraj Revankar from Belgaum has travelled all the way to Hotel Taj on a bicycle, covering a distance of about 550 km, to pay homage to those killed in the Mumbai terror attacks.

Investigation cites pilot error for air crash near Everest (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

An investigation into air crash near Mount Everest in October blamed pilot error for the accident, a government report said Thursday.

No excuse for media attack: FNJ (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

GORKHA: Federation of Nepalese Journalists President Dharmendra Jha Wednesday said that the Nepali press has not been able to perform as expected due to the impediments posed by the ones doing a political …

Korea job hopes dashed (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: The dream of thousands of Nepali youth to find lucrative jobs in South Korea has been shattered, for the time being, after the Korean government announced on Tuesday to temporarily halt issuing the …

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 investigators blame crew for plane crash near Mount Everest – Chicago Tribune (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese investigators probing a plane crash near Mount Everest have blamed the pilots for the accident that killed 18 people, a report said Thursday. The report said the two pilots misjudged deteriorating weather conditions …

Late shot powers UNLV over No. 18 Louisville – Las Vegas Sun (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
UNLV’s Oscar Bellfield shoots over Louisville’s Samardo Samuels for the winning basket in the closing seconds of the game in Louisville, Ky. UNLV won 56-55. Ryan Greene and Rob Miech dissect UNLV’s 56-55 upset win at No. 18 Louisville on …

1 wounded in blast at Nepal market place – Gulf News (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: A blast hit a market place in the Nepali capital on Thursday, police said, injuring one person in what is the second such explosion in under a week. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast outside a shopping mall in the heart of …

Indian teenager wounded in Kathmandu blast – Thaindian.com (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 1 (IANS) A 16-year-old Indian teenager was hurt as a bomb went off in a busy area of the capital Thursday, the third blast to disrupt life in the city since last week.Bimal Gupta, who came from Barganiya village in India’s Bihar …

One hurt in Kathmandu blast – police – Reuters AlertNet (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Jan 1 (Reuters) – At least one person was wounded in a blast at a market place in the Nepali capital on Thursday, police said, the second such explosion in under a week. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast outside a shopping …

India-aided projects move at snail’s pace in Nepal – Silicon India (December 31, 2008) – [read more]
Kathmandu: India-aided projects have been moving at a snail’s pace in Nepal with only about one-fourth of the schemes being completed in three years, the Himalayan republic’s finance ministry has said. The ministry Monday held a meeting with Indian …

Blast in Nepalese capital injures one – Earthtimes (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu – A bomb explosion in central Kathmandu injured one person, police said Thursday. The blast targeted a busy public transport station in the commercial district of the Nepalese capital. Police said one person sustained injuries when the bomb …

Nepal investigators blame crew for plane crash near Mount Everest – Chicago Tribune (January 1, 2009) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese investigators probing a plane crash near Mount Everest have blamed the pilots for the accident that killed 18 people, a report said Thursday. The report said the two pilots misjudged deteriorating weather conditions …

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

Himalayan villagers on global warming frontline (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

This picture taken on October 14, 2008, shows Nepalese lodge owner Rinjin Dorje Lama talking to a tourist and guide at Kyangjin Gompa in the Lantang Valley.

Bicycle Diaries Belgaum youth’s unique tribute (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

BELGAUM: 26-year-old Dhiraj Revankar from Belgaum has travelled all the way to Hotel Taj on a bicycle, covering a distance of about 550 km, to pay homage to those killed in the Mumbai terror attacks.

Investigation cites pilot error for air crash near Everest (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

An investigation into air crash near Mount Everest in October blamed pilot error for the accident, a government report said Thursday.

No excuse for media attack: FNJ (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

GORKHA: Federation of Nepalese Journalists President Dharmendra Jha Wednesday said that the Nepali press has not been able to perform as expected due to the impediments posed by the ones doing a political …

Korea job hopes dashed (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: The dream of thousands of Nepali youth to find lucrative jobs in South Korea has been shattered, for the time being, after the Korean government announced on Tuesday to temporarily halt issuing the …

NEA mulls 16-hour daily power cut (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Even as the Nepali people have been facing daily-life-crippling 12-hour power cut, the Nepal Electricity Authority is set to increase the load-shedding hours up to 16 hours a day from mid February, …

Sky marshals on Nepal flights? (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

Sky marshals on Nepal flights? 1 Jan 2009, 0129 hrs IST, TNN KATHMANDU: Nine years after the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft to Kandahar from Kathmandu, resulting in the killing of a passenger, Nepal is …

Nepal’s ruling Maoists refuse to hand over illegal arms (January 1, 2009) – [read more]

Two years after signing a peace pact and now heading the government, Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas Wednesday rejected an ally’s plea to hand over their weapons to win the trust of the international community …

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 [...]