Nepal News archive for 01 November 2009
Australia’s Myer shares debut at 5.4 pct discount - Reuters (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
MELBOURNE, Nov. 2 (Reuters) - Australian department store chain Myer Holdings Ltd’s ( MYR.AX ) shares began trading on Monday at A$3.88, or 5.4 percent below the A$4.10 offer price set in Australia’s biggest public float in two years. The shares were …
UPDATE 1-Australia retailer Myer’s shares slide on debut - Reuters (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
MELBOURNE, Nov. 2 (Reuters) - Shares in department store chain Myer Holdings Ltd ( MYR.AX ) fell 5.4 percent on their debut in Australia’s biggest public float in two years, a negative sign for other retailers with IPOs waiting in the wings. The …
War and Terror in the Noughties - News.com.au (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
So what has been different in the last 10 years? What makes it all seem somehow to have changed in the Noughties? It’s simple - for Australians, on the whole, terrorism had been what happened elsewhere. If you travelled “over there” you could …
Myer Holdings debuts at a discount in weak sharemarket - The Australian (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
SHARES of Myer opened at a 5.4 per cent discount to their offer price in their closely-watched trading debut today. Shares in the department store chain opened at $3.88, compared to the $4.10 a share price investors paid in the group’s initial public …
Who am I? - E Kantipur (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
NOV 02 - My hometown Janakpur is the heartland of the Tarai. Janakpur is a town with a rich tradition, culture and literature. It is also known as Mithila. The goddess Sita is also called Mithila in Hindu scripture. Mythology suggests that Janakpur …
NZ among Lonely Planet’s best 2010 destinations - New Zealand Herald (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
Photos Lonely Planet’s best countries to visit in 2010 (10 pics) New Zealand has been named one of the top countries to visit in 2010 by Lonely Planet’s popular Best in Travel guide. The annual publication draws on the knowledge of Lonely Planet’s …
Australia off Lonely Planet ‘hot list’ - Adelaide Now (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
NEW Zealand, El Salvador and the tiny South American nation of Suriname are on Lonely Planet’s annual “hot list” - but Australia doesn’t make the cut. Australia didn’t make the Lonely Planet Best in Travel guide, although the south-west of Western …
NC mulls giant leap in statute revamp - E Kantipur (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, NOV 02 - Nepali Congress Mahasamiti opened in Kathmandu on Sunday with over 1,200 members joining the divided Central Working Committee (CWC) in the protracted debate over the party’s leadership structure. The confused and divi-ded party …
Nepali Times
Food fight (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
The World Food Programme says it is troubled about allegations over the quality of its
Tarun Dal vs. YCL (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
The Nepali Congress youth wing wants UNMIN camps
Diarrhoea inquiry (October 29, 2009) - [read more]
National Human Rights Commission wants an inquiry into the deaths of diarrhoea
Budget alternatives (October 29, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is looking for ways to bypass parliament to approve the
Marching in (October 28, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists threaten new wave of protests against the
Deal or no deal (October 26, 2009) - [read more]
Another week, another condition: the Maoists are now seeking the resignation of the prime
Peace in pieces (October 23, 2009) - [read more]
Defence Minister Bidya Bhandari’s comment on army recruitment irks UNMIN
Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) - [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.
Nepal News
Nepal Maoists call protests (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
NEPAL’S Maoists said on Sunday they would launch protests aimed at destabilising the government in a dispute over the military that led to the Maoists’ fall from power in May.
Rajapaksa visits Lumbini (October 31, 2009) - [read more]
Rajapaksa, who is on a three-day official visit of Nepal, also inspected the Lankan pilgrims guest house built in Lumbini.
Nepal Maoists ask India to keep out of renewed protests (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Oct 30 : Ahead of their announced blockade of government offices, the Kathmandu valley and Nepal’s only international airport, the republic’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday asked neighbour India not to intervene, saying it was an internal matter of Nepal.
India may allow passage for Nepal trucks to Bangladesh (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
Bangladesh News.Net Friday 30th October, 2009 India is considering granting passage to trucks from Nepal going to Bangladesh, media reports said.
Maoists attack former PM in Nepal (October 29, 2009) - [read more]
A group of Maoists attacked Nepali Congress leaders including former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Parliament member Gagan Thapa in Chitawan district in Nepal.
Tigers kill six children in Nepal (October 28, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: A two-year-old girl was killed and partially eaten by a tiger in central Nepal, bringing the toll of children killed to six even as an international summit started in the capital Tuesday bringing experts together to discuss strategies to save the big cats from extinction.
Nepal for global action on tiger conservation (October 27, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal is seriously engaged in taking the on-going peace process to a positive conclusion, writing a new democratic Constitution within the stipulated time-frame, and meeting the rising aspirations of the Nepalese people.
Indo-Nepal security talks in Nov (October 26, 2009) - [read more]
The government has picked up cross border crime as its main agenda for the dialogue, which in its second edition is going to take place in Kathmandu, informed sources at the Home Ministry.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Another Maoist Agitation: People Will Suffer (November 1, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists have hit the streets from today aiming to topple the current government. They should have gone to the Constituent Assembly instead.
Sticking to their old demand that the presidential action over the sacking of the then army chief by the then Maoist-led government some four months ago be corrected, the Maoists have started today their [...]