Nepal News archive for 31 May 2009
Nepal govt’s baptism by fire begins - Times of India (May 31, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: When Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda became Nepal’s first revolutionary prime minister last year, a flood in the south and the disruption of worship at the revered Pashupatinath temple were regarded as bad omens, indicating …
Nepal braces for protests by Maoists, ethnic group - Zee News (May 31, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 31: The new Communist-led government in Nepal will face its first test with the Maoists threatening to launch a nationwide agitation next week and the dominant ethnic group of Kathmandu valley calling a shutdown tomorrow to demand …
Kathmandu Valley strike called, more challenges for government - Newstrack India (May 31, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 31 (IANS) Struggling with infighting among its allies, Nepal’s new Communist government faces more challenges this week with a dominant community calling a shutdown in Kathmandu valley Monday and the Maoist party announcing `token …
Royal ghosts return to haunt Nepal - Gulf Times (May 31, 2009) - [read more]
Eight years after the assassination of Birendra, king of Nepal, and nine more family members in the tightly guarded royal palace in Kathmandu and a year after the formal abolition of monarchy, the Himalayan republic continues to be haunted by its …
Nepal Maoists to go on warpath from Wednesday - New Kerala (May 31, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 31 : Nepal’s former ruling party, the Maoists, will go on the warpath from Wednesday and enforce ‘token’ strikes to force the interim parliament into calling a vote on a contentious issue that brought the fall of their government. The …
New Nepali PM Nepal sworn into office - United Press International (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 25 (UPI) — Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in to office Monday at the Shital Niwas presidential palace in Kathmandu, witnesses said. The oath of office was administered by President Ram Baran Yadav and was …
Madhav Kumar Nepal sworn in as PM of Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May. 25 (Xinhua) — Madhav Kumar Nepal, senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) was sworn in as the second elected prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on Monday. Nepali …
National consensus, priority of new gov’t: Nepali PM - Xinhua News Agency (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 26 (Xinhua) — Newly elected Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Tuesday said national consensus will be the government’s main priority. Addressing the nation for the first time, M.K. Nepal emphasized on consensus between …
Nepali Times
Divided alliance (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
The UML led coalition has run into political quandary even before it had a chance to take off as its partners are embroiled in serious internal
Tables turned (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
The meeting of new coalition partners held on Wednesday decided to revoke the decisions made by the former government. This is likely to deepen the polarisation between the ruling coalition and the Maoists even further in the days to
Nepal to nation (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar, in his first address to the nation, urged the Maoists to join the government to bring the peace process to a logical
On the job (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Having been sworn in, newly elected prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is now preparing to form the next cabinet. PM Nepal has stressed on the need of political consensus in order to find a solution to the present problems in the country.
Nepal sworn in (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in on Monday morning, two days after being elected for the
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Nepal News
India plotting to bring back King: Prachanda (May 31, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Stepping up his anti-India rhetoric, Maoist supremo Prachanda has accused it of backing a “conspiracy” to restore monarchy in Nepal, which had turned into a republic from a kingdom just a year ago.
Nepali PM inaugurates Chinese aided hospital (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal attends the inauguration ceremony of Civil Servants Hospital built with China’s support in Katmandu, Nepal, on May 30, 2009.
Republic day Celebrated in Nepal (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu May 29, 2009: Nepal celebrated its first anniversary of being the Federal Democratic Republic here today.
ITC’s garment factory reopens in Nepal after appeasing Maoists (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
After a 48-hour closure, Indian tobacco major ITC’s NRS 25 crore, state-of-the-art garment factory in southern Nepal has reopened with the management appeasing the Maoist trade union that flexed its muscle.
Nepal celebrates International Everest Day with marathon run (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Phurba Tamang of Nepal emerged as the winner while elder brother Ram Kumar Taman finished runner-up followed by Sudip Kuling in the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon in Kathmandu on Friday.
Prachanda alleges monarchy plot (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The chairman of UCPN-Maoist and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Thursday accused regressive forces of hatching a plot to revive the monarchy.
Gearing up for festival (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
A Nepali man from the “Kulung” ethnic community performs a dance routine before the inauguration of The Indigenous Film Festival 2009 in Kathmandu yesterday.
PM asks Speaker to end winter session; Maoists to obstruct House if their resolution ignored (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today requested Speaker of the legislature parliament Subas Nemwang to end the on going parliamentary session.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Happy Republic Day Nepal 
(May 29, 2009) - [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic
Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Nepal News archive for 30 May 2009
Mob parades woman naked in Kathmandu - Times of India (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Watched by fearful children and passersby, a mob of nearly 50 young men beat up a woman and paraded her naked in the heart of capital city Kathmandu with no one daring to protest even as Nepal’s political parties said they were writing a …
Abi Sharma: Condemn the “constitutional coup” in Nepal - Georgia Straight (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
Progressive Nepali Forum in Americas (PNEFA) reiterates its previous stand that President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav’s move has not only violated the constitution but also seriously undermined the legitimate mandate of a democratically elected civilian …
Nepali PM inaugurates Chinese aided hospital - Xinhua News Agency (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 30 (Xinhua) — Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Saturday inaugurated much awaited Civil Servants Hospital (CSH) amid a formal program in Nepali capital Kathmandu. After the inauguration session organized by the Civil …
Nepali Speaker rejects motion against president - Xinhua News Agency (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 30 (Xinhua) — Nepali Speaker Subas Nembang told the parliamentary Business Advisory Committee on Saturday that resolution motion notice against President Ram Baran Yadav stands rejected. Nembang told the parliamentary body that since …
India backing conspiracy to restore monarchy in Nepal: Prachanda - Times of India (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Maoist supremo Prachanda has accused India of backing a ‘conspiracy’ to restore monarchy in Nepal, which had turned into a republic from a kingdom just a year ago. Prachanda, who quit as premier after a dispute with President Ram Baran …
India plotting to restore King: Prachanda - Statesman (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, 30 MAY: Stepping up his anti-India rhetoric, Maoist supremo Prachanda has accused it of backing a “conspiracy” to restore monarchy in Nepal, which had turned into a republic from a kingdom just a year ago. Prachanda, who quit as …
Nepali Parliament Elects New Prime Minister - Voice of America (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
In Nepal, a veteran communist leader, Madhav Kumar Nepal, has been elected as the country’s new prime minister, ending a political deadlock which followed the resignation of Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda. But the tiny Himalayan country’s political …
Nepal is new Nepali PM - Straits Times (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU - NEPAL’S parliament chose a moderate leftist on Saturday as the nation’s new premier following Maoist chief Prachanda’s resignation three weeks ago when he failed in a bid to fire the army chief. Madhav Kumar Nepal, a senior leader of the …
Nepali Times
Divided alliance (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
The UML led coalition has run into political quandary even before it had a chance to take off as its partners are embroiled in serious internal
Tables turned (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
The meeting of new coalition partners held on Wednesday decided to revoke the decisions made by the former government. This is likely to deepen the polarisation between the ruling coalition and the Maoists even further in the days to
Nepal to nation (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar, in his first address to the nation, urged the Maoists to join the government to bring the peace process to a logical
On the job (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Having been sworn in, newly elected prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is now preparing to form the next cabinet. PM Nepal has stressed on the need of political consensus in order to find a solution to the present problems in the country.
Nepal sworn in (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in on Monday morning, two days after being elected for the
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Nepal News
Republic day Celebrated in Nepal (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu May 29, 2009: Nepal celebrated its first anniversary of being the Federal Democratic Republic here today.
ITC’s garment factory reopens in Nepal after appeasing Maoists (May 30, 2009) - [read more]
After a 48-hour closure, Indian tobacco major ITC’s NRS 25 crore, state-of-the-art garment factory in southern Nepal has reopened with the management appeasing the Maoist trade union that flexed its muscle.
Nepal celebrates International Everest Day with marathon run (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Phurba Tamang of Nepal emerged as the winner while elder brother Ram Kumar Taman finished runner-up followed by Sudip Kuling in the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon in Kathmandu on Friday.
Prachanda alleges monarchy plot (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The chairman of UCPN-Maoist and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Thursday accused regressive forces of hatching a plot to revive the monarchy.
Gearing up for festival (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
A Nepali man from the “Kulung” ethnic community performs a dance routine before the inauguration of The Indigenous Film Festival 2009 in Kathmandu yesterday.
PM asks Speaker to end winter session; Maoists to obstruct House if their resolution ignored (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today requested Speaker of the legislature parliament Subas Nemwang to end the on going parliamentary session.
Common minimum program of Nepali gov’t drafted (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday revealed the priorities of the new government by presenting the draft of the common minimum program , local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported on Thursday.
Nepal, Bangladesh trade talks (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepali and Bangladeshi officials are convening in Dhaka on Thursday for trade talks, during which the two sides will discuss establishing a preferential bilateral trading arrangement and simplifying movements of goods in respective markets.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Happy Republic Day Nepal (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic
Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Nepal News archive for 29 May 2009
Mob parades woman naked in Kathmandu - Times of India (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Watched by fearful children and passersby, a mob of nearly 50 young men beat up a woman and paraded her naked in the heart of capital city Kathmandu with no one daring to protest even as Nepal’s political parties said they were writing a …
Nepal republic turns one under shadow of dissent - Gulf Times (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Once unique as the only Hindu kingdom in the world, Nepal yesterday celebrated the first anniversary of its transformation into a secular, federal republic under the shadow of dissent as the new communist government continued to cross swords with the …
Nepal Maoists force shutdown of ITC garments factory: report - Hindustan Times (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
The Maoists cadres in Nepal have forced the indefinite shutdown of a major textile factory, which is a subsidiary of ITC Ltd, India, over security concerns, a news report said on Friday. Surya Nepal Garments, the largest garment factory in the …
‘Zero Unity’ - Nepal’s Divided Politics - Newsblaze.com (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
In the midst of the unfolding political theatre in Kathmandu, the CPN-UML’s veteran leader Madhav Kumar Nepal might have overcome the internecine struggles within his own party to become the second Prime Minister of the Republic Nepal, but he still …
ITC garments factory in Nepal shuts down after labour trouble - Hindustan Times (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Indian tobacco major ITC’s NRS 250 million, state of the art garments factory in southern Nepal has been shut down indefinitely due to security concerns after disputes with a Maoist labour union. Ravi KC, corporate general manager at Surya Nepal Pvt …
Backgrounder: Madhav Kumar Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 23 (Xinhua) — Madhav Kumar Nepal, a senior leader and Standing Committee Member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) was elected the prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on …
New Nepali PM to assume office Tuesday - Xinhua News Agency (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 24 (Xinhua) — Nepal’s new Prime Minister-elect Madhav Kumar Nepal is likely to assume office Tuesday after being sworn in by President Ram Baran Yadav, his aide and party worker Nitesh Poudel said on Sunday. The 56-year-old communist …
NEPAL: Explosive Reminders of War - Inter Press Service (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
GULMI, Nepal, May 13 (IPS) - Eighteen army deminers are hard at work in the minefields of Wami Taksar in central Nepal. The deminers start out early in the morning, before the sun is too hot. They move meticulously from one mine to another, carefully …
Nepali Times
Tables turned (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
The meeting of new coalition partners held on Wednesday decided to revoke the decisions made by the former government. This is likely to deepen the polarisation between the ruling coalition and the Maoists even further in the days to
Nepal to nation (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar, in his first address to the nation, urged the Maoists to join the government to bring the peace process to a logical
On the job (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Having been sworn in, newly elected prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is now preparing to form the next cabinet. PM Nepal has stressed on the need of political consensus in order to find a solution to the present problems in the country.
Nepal sworn in (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in on Monday morning, two days after being elected for the
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Travels in Nepal’s Nepal (May 18, 2009) - [read more]
This country is being transformed by
Nepal News
Nepal celebrates International Everest Day with marathon run (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Phurba Tamang of Nepal emerged as the winner while elder brother Ram Kumar Taman finished runner-up followed by Sudip Kuling in the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon in Kathmandu on Friday.
Prachanda alleges monarchy plot (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The chairman of UCPN-Maoist and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Thursday accused regressive forces of hatching a plot to revive the monarchy.
Gearing up for festival (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
A Nepali man from the “Kulung” ethnic community performs a dance routine before the inauguration of The Indigenous Film Festival 2009 in Kathmandu yesterday.
PM asks Speaker to end winter session; Maoists to obstruct House if their resolution ignored (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today requested Speaker of the legislature parliament Subas Nemwang to end the on going parliamentary session.
Common minimum program of Nepali gov’t drafted (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday revealed the priorities of the new government by presenting the draft of the common minimum program , local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported on Thursday.
Nepal, Bangladesh trade talks (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepali and Bangladeshi officials are convening in Dhaka on Thursday for trade talks, during which the two sides will discuss establishing a preferential bilateral trading arrangement and simplifying movements of goods in respective markets.
Airbus, Boeing bid for Nepal Airlines Corporation’s deal (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
In response to Nepal Airlines Corporation ’s purchase plan of two jet aircrafts, five bids were received as the deadline expired, local media reported on Friday.
US urges caution on Nepal travel (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
WASHINGTON: The United States on Saturday cautioned Americans about travel to Nepal, warning of a rise in both political violence and street crime in the land of Mount Everest.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Happy Republic Day Nepal (May 29, 2009) - [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic
Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Nepal News archive for 28 May 2009
Nepali major parties discuss power sharing to be based on CA seats - Xinhua News Agency (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 28 (Xinhua) — Senior leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) on Thursday agreed to distribute ministerial portfolios in accordance with the seats they have won in the …
Nepali cabinet to get full shape by Sunday - Xinhua News Agency (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 28 (Xinhua) — Senior political party leaders of Nepal have agreed to give the cabinet a complete shape by Sunday. “We have agreed to expand the cabinet by Sunday and finalize the Common Minimum Program and code of conduct of the …
Army chief sacking a mistake, says PM - Gulf Times (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s new prime minister said on Wednesday that his predecessor’s attempt to sack the army chief was a mistake and the general remained in the post, in an interview with the BBC. Madhav Mumar Nepal, a moderate leftist, was sworn in as premier …
New Nepal PM discusses general’s case - United Press International (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 28 (UPI) — A formal decision on the dismissal of Nepal’s army chief will be taken soon, the country’s new prime minister said. Madhav Kumar Nepal told the BBC in an interview, Gen. Rookmangud Katawal will continue as army chief …
Trekking agencies’ group for one-window TIMS - Himalayan Times (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu: Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN), to control illegal operations and for proper maintenance of trekkers’ data, is trying to implement a one-window Trekking Information Management System (TIMS). According to TAAN president …
View From The Hill - WBKO (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
Western Kentucky University is known as a leading American university with international reach. In this week’s View From The Hill, we learn how a geography professor is extending that reach even further by taking his knowledge half way around the …
Nepali mountaineer summits Everest for record 19th time - Earthtimes (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu - A Nepalese climber on Thursday broke his own world record by scaling 8,848-metre Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, for the 19th time, mountaineering officials said. Appa Sherpa, 48, reached the summit with eight other climbers, the …
UNMIN holds 100th JMCC meet - Himalayan Times (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The United Nations Mission in Nepal held the 100th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Coordination Committee (JMCC) at Hotel Summit in Kathmandu on Thursday. Addressing the meet, the Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal Karin …
Nepali Times
Tables turned (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
The meeting of new coalition partners held on Wednesday decided to revoke the decisions made by the former government. This is likely to deepen the polarisation between the ruling coalition and the Maoists even further in the days to
Nepal to nation (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar, in his first address to the nation, urged the Maoists to join the government to bring the peace process to a logical
On the job (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Having been sworn in, newly elected prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is now preparing to form the next cabinet. PM Nepal has stressed on the need of political consensus in order to find a solution to the present problems in the country.
Nepal sworn in (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in on Monday morning, two days after being elected for the
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Travels in Nepal’s Nepal (May 18, 2009) - [read more]
This country is being transformed by
Nepal News
US urges caution on Nepal travel (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
WASHINGTON: The United States on Saturday cautioned Americans about travel to Nepal, warning of a rise in both political violence and street crime in the land of Mount Everest.
Hundreds of trekkers stranded on Mt. Qomolangma (May 28, 2009) - [read more]
Heavy snowfall and storm have hampered hundreds of tourists and trekkers in Mt. Qomolangma region with most of them stranded at the base camp, 5,365 meters on Tuesday.
Summer at Nepal orphanage life changing experience for two Edison students (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
For Gayathri Kodiyalam and Krithika Varagur, the summer of 2008 goes down as one to remember.
National consensus, priority of new govt: Nepali PM (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
Newly elected Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Tuesday said national consensus will be the government’s main priority.
Maoists refuse Nepal PMs call to join govt (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
The Unified CPN has refused Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepals call to join the government.
Gay mecca no more (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
Women greet one another at a Gay Pride March in Soweto, South Africa. May 27, 2009 When I first moved to San Francisco from India, my aunt said, “Be careful, it’s full of homosexuals.
Maternal health goal in Nepal is way off (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
With only six years left to achieve its Millennium Development Goals , Nepal, like many other Asian countries, is lagging behind and must make further efforts, say local and international health experts.
Bhutan hosts Saarc summit for first time next year (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan will seize world’s attention once again in April 2010 when it hosts the 16th summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation for the first time since the organisation came into being in 1985.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Army in Nepali Politics, Politics in Nepal Army [Everything You Wanted to Know] (May 5, 2009) - [read more]
UWB note: The issue resulted in the resignation of the first democratically elected (and Maoist) Prime Minister of the Republic of Nepal after his split cabinet fired the Army chief only to be rejected by the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Nepal. The country is now into a constitutional crisis with the [...]
Nepal News archive for 27 May 2009
Nepal PM says no foreign hand in Maoist govt’s downfall - Zee News (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 27: Dismissing former premier Prachanda’s allegation of foreign “intervention” in Nepal’s affairs, the newly-elected Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has asserted that the country’s major parties had to take a stand against “unpopular …
30 crore in Danish aid to Nepal - Himalayan Times (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Embassy of Denmark on Wednesday signed an agreement with six Nepali civil society organisations to provide long-term financial and technical support to Nepal, as part of a larger five-year Human Rights and Good Governance programme …
22-party Nepal alliance for task force for cabinet expansion - Daily News and Analysis (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
The task force will include two-member each from four major political parties to sort out the vexed issues, Nepali Congress general secretary Bimlendra Nidhi said after a meeting of 22 parties held at the Prime Minister office today. The meeting was …
California - New California Media (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
Editor’s Note: Opponents of same-sex marriage invested time and money in the battle over Proposition 8 in California, believing that the state was a bellwether for the entire country. They may have missed the real battle taking place in the rest of …
Maoists refuse Nepal PM’s call to join govt - Newstrack India (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 27 (ANI): The Unified CPN (Maoist) has refused Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s call to join the government. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Maoist spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma said there is no possibility of them joining the …
Nepali territory encroached by India - Xinhua News Agency (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 21 (Xinhua) — The Legislature-Parliament’s international relations and human rights committee said that in the course of its on-site visit in south Nepal, Nepali territory was encroached by Indian side, Nepali state-run newspaper The …
Nepali mountaineer summits Everest for record 19th time - Monsters and Critics (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu - A Nepalese climber on Thursday broke his own world record by scaling 8,848-metre Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, for the 19th time, mountaineering officials said. Appa Sherpa, 48, reached the summit with eight other climbers, the …
Swine flu: China shuts border with Nepal - AsiaNews.IT (May 21, 2009) - [read more]
Three border posts are closed; one is kept open. Nepali authorities insist the country is free of the H1N1 virus but increases checks to prevent the virus from spreading to the country. A Dubai woman is quarantined as a precautionary measure …
Nepali Times
Political affairs (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
The meeting of new coalition partners held on Wednesday decided to revoke the decisions made by former government. This is likely to deepen the polarisation between the ruling coalition and the Maoists even further in the days to
Nepal to nation (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar, in his first address to the nation, urged the Maoists to join the government to bring the peace process to a logical
On the job (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Having been sworn in, newly elected prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is now preparing to form the next cabinet. PM Nepal has stressed on the need of political consensus in order to find a solution to the present problems in the country.
Nepal sworn in (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in on Monday morning, two days after being elected for the
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Travels in Nepal’s Nepal (May 18, 2009) - [read more]
This country is being transformed by
Nepal News
National consensus, priority of new govt: Nepali PM (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
Newly elected Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Tuesday said national consensus will be the government’s main priority.
Maoists refuse Nepal PMs call to join govt (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
The Unified CPN has refused Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepals call to join the government.
Gay mecca no more (May 27, 2009) - [read more]
Women greet one another at a Gay Pride March in Soweto, South Africa. May 27, 2009 When I first moved to San Francisco from India, my aunt said, “Be careful, it’s full of homosexuals.
Maternal health goal in Nepal is way off (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
With only six years left to achieve its Millennium Development Goals , Nepal, like many other Asian countries, is lagging behind and must make further efforts, say local and international health experts.
Bhutan hosts Saarc summit for first time next year (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan will seize world’s attention once again in April 2010 when it hosts the 16th summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation for the first time since the organisation came into being in 1985.
East to West, busy first day (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, May 25: S.M. Krishna had a busy first day in office as the country’s new foreign minister, thanks to North Korea’s nuclear test and yesterday’s gurdwara violence in Vienna.
Nepal’s Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims unite after church bomb attack (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
A teenage girl and a woman were killed and over a dozen others wounded when a bomb went off during Mass at the Church of Assumption in Dhobighat on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday 23 May.
Indian envoy, Unmin chief meet M K Nepal (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Monday 25th May, 2009 Kathmandu, May 25 : Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood and United Nations Mission in Nepal chief Karen Ladgren have separately met newly elected Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at the latter’s residence, Koteshwor.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Army in Nepali Politics, Politics in Nepal Army [Everything You Wanted to Know] (May 5, 2009) - [read more]
UWB note: The issue resulted in the resignation of the first democratically elected (and Maoist) Prime Minister of the Republic of Nepal after his split cabinet fired the Army chief only to be rejected by the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Nepal. The country is now into a constitutional crisis with the [...]
Nepal News archive for 26 May 2009
Nepali PM asks UCPN-M to join gov’t - Xinhua News Agency (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 26 (Xinhua) — Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Tuesday said that the new government has been formed on the basis of the civilian supremacy, and asked the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M) to join it …
National consensus, priority of new gov’t: Nepali PM - Xinhua News Agency (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 26 (Xinhua) — Newly elected Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Tuesday said national consensus will be the government’s main priority. Addressing the nation for the first time, M.K. Nepal emphasized on consensus between …
Nepal PM wants constitution to be more people friendly - Newstrack India (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 26 (ANI): : Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today stressed on the need for a Constitution that is not just ‘good’, but is people friendly. Addressing the nation from his office at Singha Durbar, the Prime Minister said, “We …
Bomb Attack on Kathmandu Catholic Cathedral - Catholic Online (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
A Nepalese priest describes the shock of the Christian community. Two Christian faithful died in the attack. After the bomb blast, a bundle of leaflets where found written by the Nepal Defence Army and issued by its leader R.K Mainali. The leaflets …
New Nepal PM appeals to Maoists - BBC South-Asia (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s new Prime Minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal, has appealed to former Maoist rebels to join his government and sign a new constitution. In his first public speech since becoming PM last week, Mr Nepal said the support of all parties in drafting the …
NEPAL: Tough times for displaced women in Kathmandu - Reuters AlertNet (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
According to the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Monitoring Displacement Centre (IDMC), [see: http://www.internal-displacement.org/] 50,000-70,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are dispersed across Nepal, mainly in the cities, even though …
Nepal: UN welcomes steps to investigate church bombing - UN News Centre (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
26 May 2009 – The United Nations has deplored the church bombing in Kathmandu Valley over the weekend which killed two people and wounded eight others, and welcomed steps by Nepalese authorities to investigate the attack. According to a news …
Nepal asks Maoists to join govt - Straits Times (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU - NEPAL’S new prime minister appealed on Tuesday for the Maoist party to join his government, saying the former rebels’ participation was needed to protect the country’s peace process. Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in on Monday after three …
Nepali Times
Nepal to nation (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar, in his first address to the nation, urged the Maoists to join the government to bring the peace process to a logical
On the job (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
Having been sworn in, newly elected prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is now preparing to form the next cabinet. PM Nepal has stressed on the need of political consensus in order to find a solution to the present problems in the country.
Nepal sworn in (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in on Monday morning, two days after being elected for the
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Travels in Nepal’s Nepal (May 18, 2009) - [read more]
This country is being transformed by
Now the UML (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is all set to become the new prime minister in a coalition government of 22
Nepal News
Bhutan hosts Saarc summit for first time next year (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan will seize world’s attention once again in April 2010 when it hosts the 16th summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation for the first time since the organisation came into being in 1985.
East to West, busy first day (May 26, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, May 25: S.M. Krishna had a busy first day in office as the country’s new foreign minister, thanks to North Korea’s nuclear test and yesterday’s gurdwara violence in Vienna.
Nepal’s Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims unite after church bomb attack (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
A teenage girl and a woman were killed and over a dozen others wounded when a bomb went off during Mass at the Church of Assumption in Dhobighat on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday 23 May.
Indian envoy, Unmin chief meet M K Nepal (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Monday 25th May, 2009 Kathmandu, May 25 : Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood and United Nations Mission in Nepal chief Karen Ladgren have separately met newly elected Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at the latter’s residence, Koteshwor.
Madhav Kumar Nepal: The Second PM of Nepal (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 23 2009: With political chaos going on, on Saturday Madhav Kumar Nepal was appointed the second Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
US issues travel warning as Maoists leave government in Nepal (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 23: The US Department of State has warned its citizens of risks of travelling to Nepal and urged to take caution when visiting to the Himalayan nation.
Nepal speaker wants to end House deadlock (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 20 : Nepal speaker of the legislature parliament Subash Chandra emwang has said it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister to end the deadlock of the ouse.
2 dead in Nepal church blast (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
TWO people were killed, including a teenage girl, and 14 wounded when a bomb exploded on Saturday in a Roman Catholic church packed with worshippers on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital, police said.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Army in Nepali Politics, Politics in Nepal Army [Everything You Wanted to Know] (May 5, 2009) - [read more]
UWB note: The issue resulted in the resignation of the first democratically elected (and Maoist) Prime Minister of the Republic of Nepal after his split cabinet fired the Army chief only to be rejected by the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Nepal. The country is now into a constitutional crisis with the [...]
Nepal News archive for 25 May 2009
Sky’s the limit for Nepal’s ex-crown princess - Newstrack India (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 25 (IANS) Fate decreed that on the day Nepal got its second prime minister in 12 months, the headlines would also be dominated by a member of the erstwhile royal family that since last year has been learning to live as commoners …
Nepal police seize 452 kg hashish - Hindustan Times (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal police on Monday seized 452 kgs of ‘hashish’ from a western Kathmandu village, touted as the largest drug haul this year, police said. The Narcotic Drug Control Unit of the Police arrested Ram Lama, 30, a resident of Makawanpur district in …
Nepal’s ex-princess hits headlines during paragliding - Daily News and Analysis (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Himani, the wife of former Crown Prince Paras– notorious for his playboy lifestyle, was on a paragliding session with Brazilian pilot Wildes Antonioli in Pokhara on Sunday. However, the former royalty, who has been shuttling between Kathmandu and …
Nepal gets new three-member communist cabinet - Newstrack India (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 25 (IANS) Veteran communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal dispensed with god but kept the traditional Nepali attire Monday to take oath of office and secrecy at the head of a fledgling three-member cabinet, that, his rivals warned, would …
Sky’s the limit for Nepal’s ex-crown princess - Thaindian.com (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 25 (IANS) Fate decreed that on the day Nepal got its second prime minister in 12 months, the headlines would also be dominated by a member of the erstwhile royal family that since last year has been learning to live as commoners …
Madhav Kumar Nepal sworn in as PM of Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May. 25 (Xinhua) — Madhav Kumar Nepal, senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) was sworn in as the second elected prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on Monday. Nepali …
Nepal’s new PM sworn in, faces wrangling over cabinet - Reuters India (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal’s new prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in on Monday but only two positions in his cabinet were filled because of wrangling over ministerial positions within the coalition, officials and analysts said. Backed by …
Madhav Nepal sworn in as PM, to induct members’ later today - New Kerala (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in today at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Shital Niwas. The prime minister was likely to induct up to five members in the cabinet from major coalition partners without deciding on portfolios later in the day. At the standing …
Nepali Times
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Travels in Nepal’s Nepal (May 18, 2009) - [read more]
This country is being transformed by
Now the UML (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is all set to become the new prime minister in a coalition government of 22
Still uncertain (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
As UML tries to secure a majority for leading the next government, caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal hurries to gather support for a national consensus government.
Letter to UNMIN (May 14, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Congress members of the CA submit a letter to UNMIN Chief Karin following Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s revelations in the Shaktikhor
Political limbo (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
With the Maoists admant on their demand that the president correct his move and the other parties undecisive on their course of action, the formation of a new government seems a difficult undertaking.
Nepal News
Madhav Kumar Nepal: The Second PM of Nepal (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 23 2009: With political chaos going on, on Saturday Madhav Kumar Nepal was appointed the second Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
US issues travel warning as Maoists leave government in Nepal (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 23: The US Department of State has warned its citizens of risks of travelling to Nepal and urged to take caution when visiting to the Himalayan nation.
Nepal speaker wants to end House deadlock (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 20 : Nepal speaker of the legislature parliament Subash Chandra emwang has said it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister to end the deadlock of the ouse.
2 dead in Nepal church blast (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
TWO people were killed, including a teenage girl, and 14 wounded when a bomb exploded on Saturday in a Roman Catholic church packed with worshippers on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital, police said.
Indian businessman killed in Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A 32-year-old Indian who had come to invest in Nepal only four months ago was killed in a remote town in the far west of the country, police said Friday.
Former Gurkhas cheer British settlement rights (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
The British government said on Thursday all of the Nepalese fighters who retired before 1997 and had served at least four years with the British army could now apply for residency.
One killed, dozen hurt in Nepal church blast (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: A teenager and a newly-married woman on her honeymoon from eastern India were killed while over a dozen others, mostly youngsters, were injured as a bomb exploded in one of Nepal’s oldest churches during morning prayers Saturday, triggering fears of more violence on a day Nepal’s parliament is to elect a new prime minister.
Nepal Maoists brace for last fight before quitting power (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s former Maoist guerrilla party Friday said they would run the race for a new prime minister, ending a three-week deadlock that had gripped the nation after the fall of their government and threatened to disrupt the birth of a new constitution.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Army in Nepali Politics, Politics in Nepal Army [Everything You Wanted to Know] (May 5, 2009) - [read more]
UWB note: The issue resulted in the resignation of the first democratically elected (and Maoist) Prime Minister of the Republic of Nepal after his split cabinet fired the Army chief only to be rejected by the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Nepal. The country is now into a constitutional crisis with the [...]
Nepal News archive for 25 May 2009
New Nepali PM Nepal sworn into office - United Press International (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 25 (UPI) — Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in to office Monday at the Shital Niwas presidential palace in Kathmandu, witnesses said. The oath of office was administered by President Ram Baran Yadav and was …
Nepal police seize 452 kg hashish - Hindustan Times (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal police on Monday seized 452 kgs of ‘hashish’ from a western Kathmandu village, touted as the largest drug haul this year, police said. The Narcotic Drug Control Unit of the Police arrested Ram Lama, 30, a resident of Makawanpur district in …
Madhav Kumar Nepal says peace, constitution-drafting top priorities - Newstrack India (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 25 (ANI): Newly elected Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today said that bringing the peace process to its logical conclusion and drafting a new Constitution would be the top priorities of his government. Speaking to mediapersons …
Sky’s the limit for Nepal’s ex-crown princess - Thaindian.com (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 25 (IANS) Fate decreed that on the day Nepal got its second prime minister in 12 months, the headlines would also be dominated by a member of the erstwhile royal family that since last year has been learning to live as commoners …
Nepal’s new PM sworn in, faces wrangling over cabinet - Reuters India (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal’s new prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was sworn in on Monday but only two positions in his cabinet were filled because of wrangling over ministerial positions within the coalition, officials and analysts said. Backed by …
Madhav Nepal elected as Nepal’s PM - Hindustan Times (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
Moderate Communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was elected as the New Prime Minister of Nepal by Parliament, ending the weeks-long political crisis and easing the Maoists out of power after a short stint on Saturday. Madhav, who has backing of 351 …
Devious and dangerous - Daily News and Analysis (May 25, 2009) - [read more]
There are two schools of thought in Nepal about the Maoists. The charitable version is that the ex-rebels have seen the futility of armed struggle and are in a transition to democracy. The sceptics say that Nepal’s Maoists are hardliners and they …
Madhav Nepal a poisonous plant: Prachanda - New Kerala (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 24 : A day after senior CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was elected the new Prime Minister unopposed, outgoing Prime Minister and Unified CPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal today called him a poisonous plant. ”I was displaced …
Nepali Times
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Travels in Nepal’s Nepal (May 18, 2009) - [read more]
This country is being transformed by
Now the UML (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is all set to become the new prime minister in a coalition government of 22
Still uncertain (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
As UML tries to secure a majority for leading the next government, caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal hurries to gather support for a national consensus government.
Letter to UNMIN (May 14, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Congress members of the CA submit a letter to UNMIN Chief Karin following Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s revelations in the Shaktikhor
Political limbo (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
With the Maoists admant on their demand that the president correct his move and the other parties undecisive on their course of action, the formation of a new government seems a difficult undertaking.
Nepal News
Madhav Kumar Nepal: The Second PM of Nepal (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 23 2009: With political chaos going on, on Saturday Madhav Kumar Nepal was appointed the second Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
US issues travel warning as Maoists leave government in Nepal (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 23: The US Department of State has warned its citizens of risks of travelling to Nepal and urged to take caution when visiting to the Himalayan nation.
Nepal speaker wants to end House deadlock (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 20 : Nepal speaker of the legislature parliament Subash Chandra emwang has said it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister to end the deadlock of the ouse.
2 dead in Nepal church blast (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
TWO people were killed, including a teenage girl, and 14 wounded when a bomb exploded on Saturday in a Roman Catholic church packed with worshippers on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital, police said.
Indian businessman killed in Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A 32-year-old Indian who had come to invest in Nepal only four months ago was killed in a remote town in the far west of the country, police said Friday.
Former Gurkhas cheer British settlement rights (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
The British government said on Thursday all of the Nepalese fighters who retired before 1997 and had served at least four years with the British army could now apply for residency.
One killed, dozen hurt in Nepal church blast (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: A teenager and a newly-married woman on her honeymoon from eastern India were killed while over a dozen others, mostly youngsters, were injured as a bomb exploded in one of Nepal’s oldest churches during morning prayers Saturday, triggering fears of more violence on a day Nepal’s parliament is to elect a new prime minister.
Nepal Maoists brace for last fight before quitting power (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s former Maoist guerrilla party Friday said they would run the race for a new prime minister, ending a three-week deadlock that had gripped the nation after the fall of their government and threatened to disrupt the birth of a new constitution.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Army in Nepali Politics, Politics in Nepal Army [Everything You Wanted to Know] (May 5, 2009) - [read more]
UWB note: The issue resulted in the resignation of the first democratically elected (and Maoist) Prime Minister of the Republic of Nepal after his split cabinet fired the Army chief only to be rejected by the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Nepal. The country is now into a constitutional crisis with the [...]
Nepal News archive for 24 May 2009
Newly elected Nepali PM to assume office on Monday - Xinhua News Agency (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 24 (Xinhua) — Newly elected Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will assume office on Monday. Madhav Kumar Nepal smiles after officially being nominated for Nepal’s Prime Minister at the Parliament House in Kathmandu, India May …
Nepal to take oath on Monday amidst dire warning - Times of India (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister-elect Madhav Kumar Nepal will officially replace Maoist premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda Monday when he takes oath of office amidst dire warnings by astrologers. Nepali astrologer Santosh Vashisht reportedly …
Nepal to probe into Church attack which killed 2 Indians - Daily News and Analysis (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu: Nepal’s premier-elect Madhav Kumar Nepal on Sunday promised a probe into the blast in a church here which killed two Indians, a teenage girl and a women, in a first such incident targeting a Christian shrine. A day after he was elected …
Church attack: Nepal to probe killing of 2 Indians - Zee News (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 24: Nepal’s Premier-elect Madhav Kumar Nepal on Sunday promised a probe into the blast in a church here which killed two Indians, a teenage girl and a women, in a first such incident targeting a Christian shrine. A day after he was …
New Nepal PM to be sworn in Monday (Lead) - Thaindian.com (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 24 (IANS) Nepal’s third largest party, the Communists, Sunday said their senior leader and new prime minister-elect Madhav Kumar Nepal will be administered oath of office Monday, heralding an end to a three-week-long political vacuum …
India pledges support to new Nepal PM - Thaindian.com (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 24 (IANS) India’s new government Sunday pledged support to neighbour Nepal’s new prime minister-elect communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, saying it was ready to assist the new cabinet in any way possible. The Indian ambassador to …
Indian Ambassador meets Nepal’s PM-elect - Daily News and Analysis (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu: India on Sunday assured Nepal that it would continue to support the country in taking the peace process towards its logical conclusion as the weeks-long political crisis came to an end with the election of a new prime minister. Indian …
New Nepali PM to assume office Tuesday - People’s Daily Online (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s new Prime Minister-elect Madhav Kumar Nepal is likely to assume office Tuesday after being sworn in by President Ram Baran Yadav, his aide and party worker Nitesh Poudel said on Sunday. The 56-year-old communist leader, who was elected …
Nepali Times
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Travels in Nepal’s Nepal (May 18, 2009) - [read more]
This country is being transformed by
Now the UML (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is all set to become the new prime minister in a coalition government of 22
Still uncertain (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
As UML tries to secure a majority for leading the next government, caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal hurries to gather support for a national consensus government.
Letter to UNMIN (May 14, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Congress members of the CA submit a letter to UNMIN Chief Karin following Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s revelations in the Shaktikhor
Political limbo (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
With the Maoists admant on their demand that the president correct his move and the other parties undecisive on their course of action, the formation of a new government seems a difficult undertaking.
Nepal News
Madhav Kumar Nepal: The Second PM of Nepal (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 23 2009: With political chaos going on, on Saturday Madhav Kumar Nepal was appointed the second Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
US issues travel warning as Maoists leave government in Nepal (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 23: The US Department of State has warned its citizens of risks of travelling to Nepal and urged to take caution when visiting to the Himalayan nation.
Nepal speaker wants to end House deadlock (May 24, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 20 : Nepal speaker of the legislature parliament Subash Chandra emwang has said it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister to end the deadlock of the ouse.
2 dead in Nepal church blast (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
TWO people were killed, including a teenage girl, and 14 wounded when a bomb exploded on Saturday in a Roman Catholic church packed with worshippers on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital, police said.
Indian businessman killed in Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A 32-year-old Indian who had come to invest in Nepal only four months ago was killed in a remote town in the far west of the country, police said Friday.
Former Gurkhas cheer British settlement rights (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
The British government said on Thursday all of the Nepalese fighters who retired before 1997 and had served at least four years with the British army could now apply for residency.
One killed, dozen hurt in Nepal church blast (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: A teenager and a newly-married woman on her honeymoon from eastern India were killed while over a dozen others, mostly youngsters, were injured as a bomb exploded in one of Nepal’s oldest churches during morning prayers Saturday, triggering fears of more violence on a day Nepal’s parliament is to elect a new prime minister.
Nepal Maoists brace for last fight before quitting power (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s former Maoist guerrilla party Friday said they would run the race for a new prime minister, ending a three-week deadlock that had gripped the nation after the fall of their government and threatened to disrupt the birth of a new constitution.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Army in Nepali Politics, Politics in Nepal Army [Everything You Wanted to Know] (May 5, 2009) - [read more]
UWB note: The issue resulted in the resignation of the first democratically elected (and Maoist) Prime Minister of the Republic of Nepal after his split cabinet fired the Army chief only to be rejected by the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Nepal. The country is now into a constitutional crisis with the [...]
Nepal News archive for 23 May 2009
Backgrounder: Madhav Kumar Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, May 23 (Xinhua) — Madhav Kumar Nepal, a senior leader and Standing Committee Member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) was elected the prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on …
Patna couple’s honeymoon ends in Nepal church blast - Times of India (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nine years ago, a newly-wed Indian couple’s honeymoon in Nepal ended in tragedy with the hijack of their aircraft by Islamic militants to Afghanistan and the brutal murder of the groom, Rupen Katyal. On Saturday, fate dealt the same blow …
Moderate communist elected Nepal’s new PM - Boston Globe (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal’s parliament elected a moderate communist leader as the new prime minister on Saturday, hours after two people were killed in an explosion that ripped through a church near the capital. Three weeks ago, Maoist Prime …
Madhav Kumar Nepal new Nepal PM; Maoists boycott voting - Times of India (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Veteran Communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was elected unopposed as the Prime Minister of Nepal, bringing to an end the nearly three-week long political crisis in the country. The 56-year-old CPN-UML leader, who claims to have the support …
Communist leader elected Nepal PM - BBC News (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Mr Nepal, the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), was the only candidate. The former Maoist Prime Minister, Prachanda, resigned on 4 May following a dispute with the country’s president. Earlier, a bomb blast during a …
Bomb explosion in Nepal church leaves 2 dead, 15 injured - Christian Post (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb exploded in a church in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu killing two and injuring dozen others. The explosion occurred at 9.15 a.m Saturday at the Assumption Church in Dhobighat in Lalipur district, police said. According to sources, there were at …
Madhav Kumar Nepal likely to win PM polls - Newstrack India (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, May 23 (ANI): The Legislature-Parliamentary session of the Constituent Assembly (CA) is all set to elect UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal as the new prime minister of Nepal. Only Madhav Kumar Nepal has filed nomination for the scheduled …
Two dead, 14 injured in Nepal church bombing - Raw Story (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Two people, one of them a teenager, were killed and 14 wounded on Saturday when a bomb exploded in a packed church on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, police said. The church — Kathmandu’s only Roman Catholic place of worship — was …
Nepali Times
Nepal PM, Maoists boycott (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
After over a week of political uncertainty, UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected the prime minister by the parliament. The Maoists boycotted the election for the new
Blast at Assumption Church (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
A bomb went off at th Assumption Church, Dhobighat on Saturday morning. The blast killed two, injuring other 14 present at the premises.
House banda (May 20, 2009) - [read more]
The house proceedings failed to resume as the Maoists continued the gherao the rostrum. Meanwhile, they have tabled a ‘commitment proposal’ at the parliament secretariat against the president’s move to reinstate the army
Travels in Nepal’s Nepal (May 18, 2009) - [read more]
This country is being transformed by
Now the UML (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is all set to become the new prime minister in a coalition government of 22
Still uncertain (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
As UML tries to secure a majority for leading the next government, caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal hurries to gather support for a national consensus government.
Letter to UNMIN (May 14, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Congress members of the CA submit a letter to UNMIN Chief Karin following Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s revelations in the Shaktikhor
Political limbo (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
With the Maoists admant on their demand that the president correct his move and the other parties undecisive on their course of action, the formation of a new government seems a difficult undertaking.
Nepal News
Nepal Maoists brace for last fight before quitting power (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s former Maoist guerrilla party Friday said they would run the race for a new prime minister, ending a three-week deadlock that had gripped the nation after the fall of their government and threatened to disrupt the birth of a new constitution.
US, EU urge quick end to Nepal crisis (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
Nepalese caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as - Prachanda’ is escorted by officials as he leaves a meeting with leaders of other political parties at the parliament building in Kathmandu yesterday The US and EU countries have urged Nepal’s feuding political parties to quickly form a new government after the resignation of a …
Nepalese Sherpa climbs Everest for record 19th time (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
A Nepalese ‘Super Sherpa’ conquered Mount Everest for a breathtaking 19th time on Thursday, breaking his own previous world record in a climb he dedicated to environmental awareness.
11 Indians climb Everest in a single day (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
Agencies Kathmandu/Pune, May 21: Marking a historic feat, 11 Indians, including a woman and a 19-year-old girl, conquered the Mount Everest on Thursday, a day that also saw a Nepalese Sherpa climbing the world’s highest peak for a record 19th time.
Peace is trickier than war (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
Kanak Dixit, the resolute editor and human rights activist in Kathmandu, told me once of a word he had to coin in Nepali, shabodhkhanan, to explanation exhumation.
12-point agreement is in jeopardy: K.V Rajan (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
Speaking at a seminar in Kathmandu on Wednesday, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal K.V Rajan said that the 12-point agreement between the Maoists and the then Seven-Party Alliance , which paved the way for democracy and peace process, is at stake now with growing political rift.
Nepal’s Gurkhas Finally Get Their Rights (May 22, 2009) - [read more]
In June 1944 Tul Bahadur Pun showed the courage and determination that has earned Nepal’s Gurkha soldiers the title Bravest of the Brave.
Two Indians arrested for robbing their countryman (May 21, 2009) - [read more]
Police on Thursday arrested two Indian tourists for allegedly robbing their countryman near Kathmandu.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
One thing that provides India with the world’s, particularly the West’s, trust and respect is [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]
India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds (May 8, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page
Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two countries become as [...]
Army in Nepali Politics, Politics in Nepal Army [Everything You Wanted to Know] (May 5, 2009) - [read more]
UWB note: The issue resulted in the resignation of the first democratically elected (and Maoist) Prime Minister of the Republic of Nepal after his split cabinet fired the Army chief only to be rejected by the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Nepal. The country is now into a constitutional crisis with the [...]
Addressing the PLA Combatants, Prachanda Outlined How Maoists Wanted to Capture State and National Army (May 5, 2009) - [read more]
Maos respond to the video: here
The video was first aired yesterday evening by Image Channel. YouTubed today by myrepublica.com
During the uncertain times just two months before the 10 April 2008 Constituent Assembly elections, Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” was addressing a meeting of People’s Liberation Army commanders and combatants at Shatikhor, Chitwan cantonment. In that 2 [...]