Nepal News archive for 04 December 2009

Nepal holds highest Cabinet meeting at Mt. Everest – Rock Hill Herald (December 4, 2009) – [read more]
SYANGBOCHE, Nepal — Nepal’s top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks Friday and held a Cabinet meeting amid Mount Everest’s frigid, thin air to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers, ahead of next week’s international climate change …

Airbus concludes bumper November with anonymous order for 52 A320s – Atwonline.com (December 4, 2009) – [read more]
It turns out that a “better than expected” Dubai Airshow that featured an order for 12 A350-900s from Ethiopian Airlines was not the highlight of Airbus’s November, which featured an order for 52 A320s from an undisclosed customer that pushed the …

BANGLADESH: Over half of all children living in poverty – IRIN (December 4, 2009) – [read more]
Street children sleep on the path of one of Dhaka’s roads, Bangladesh (file photo) DHAKA, 3 December 2009 (IRIN) – Over half of Bangladesh’s children are living in poverty and there is widespread deprivation amongst them in the basic areas of …

Nepal cabinet stages climate change protest – Financial Times (December 4, 2009) – [read more]
SYANGBOCHE, Nepal, Dec 4 – Nepal’s cabinet began a meeting close to the base camp of Mount Everest on Friday to send a message on the impact of global warming on the Himalayas, days before global climate talks start in Copenhagen . Wearing oxygen …

Empowering people with disabilities; vital for achieving devt target … – Joy Online (December 4, 2009) – [read more]
Efforts to achieve global development targets must include improving living standards and quality of life for everyone, including the world’s 800 million people with disabilities, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, marking the International Day of …

Polanski begin house arrest in Swiss Alpine resort – Earthtimes (December 4, 2009) – [read more]
Gstaad, Switzerland – Movie director Roman Polanski was placed under house arrest on Friday after two months in a Swiss prison, pending extradition to the United States for a sex offence committed 31 years ago. The 76-year old arrived in the ski …

North Korean-made designer jeans label launched in Sweden – Minneapolis Star Tribune (December 4, 2009) – [read more]
Retired diplomat says Guinea’s wounded leader has been evacuated to Morocco on medical plane Clinton says allies can help turn the Afghan tide Official says Iran to limit cooperation with IAEA Gunmen attack mosque in Pakistani city, 35 killed Nepal …

Nepalese cabinet holds Everest meeting – Space Daily (December 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nepalese ministers equipped with oxygen tanks battled freezing temperatures to meet in the shadow of Mount Everest on Friday to highlight the impact of climate change on the Himalayas. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and 22 other ministers …

Nepali Times

(December 4, 2009) – [read more]
East-West with Kunda Dixit: The Kala Patthar meeting was a smart stunt but there is a danger our leaders can now blame everything on climate change.

Everest summit (December 3, 2009) – [read more]
Ministers are heading out to Lukla for the cabinet meeting on Mount Everest.

New chief justice (December 1, 2009) – [read more]
Anup Raj Sharma, a senior judge at the Supreme Court, has been appointed as the chief justice.

Army smells a coup (November 29, 2009) – [read more]
The chief of army assures leaders he will not support a

Money matters (November 24, 2009) – [read more]
The parliament is scheduled to endorse the appropriations bill

Maoists agree to let budget pass (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
The parliament will resume for three

Merry-go-round (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
Political parties try, and fail, to reach an agreement to pass the

Dahal follows Koirala to Singapore (November 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman will visit NC president in

Nepal News

Himalayan trek is a once-in-a lifetime experience (December 4, 2009) – [read more]

The Himalaya mountains in Nepal are a wonderous sight. Photograph by: Merv Parr, special to Canwest News Service The early morning Himalayan Mountain flight was about to end as the STOL Twin Otter prepared for landing by quickly dropping into the river valley below.

First Chinese Song Competition held in Nepal (December 3, 2009) – [read more]

The first Chinese Song Competition was held in Kathmandu on Thursday with participation of students from 12 primary and secondary schools.

Nepal ministers gather for Everest meeting (December 3, 2009) – [read more]

Nepalese ministers arrived Thursday in Lukla, one of the main towns in the Everest region, ahead of a high-altitude cabinet meeting to stress the impact of global warming on the Himalayas.

Nepal Begins Mass Animal Sacrifice to Appease Gods (December 2, 2009) – [read more]

A Hindu temple in Nepal has begun its ritual of animal sacrifice, which it conducts every five years.

‘India wants Nepal CA body dissolved’ (December 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Chandra Prakash Gajurel, one of the senior Maoist party leaders, has claimed that the current movement waged by his party was solely to preserve the incumbent Constituent Assembly from being dissolved and also to draft the new constitution on time.

Bangladesh, Nepal to enhance trade thru’ transit route (November 30, 2009) – [read more]

UNB, Dhaka Bangladesh and Nepal have agreed to enhance bilateral trade and investment through Rohonpur-Singabad-Birganj transit route and proposed Dhaka-Kathmandu bus service via Banglabandha-Kakorvita corridor.

Nepal’s Cabinet to meet at Everest in December (November 29, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s government said Sunday it would hold a Cabinet meeting on Mount Everest on Dec.

Number of Chinese visitors soaring up in Nepal (November 28, 2009) – [read more]

The number of Chinese visitor arrivals has been drastically soared up in Nepal since August, showed the figure released by Nepal’s Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Will India Allow Nepal-Bangladesh Trade? (November 19, 2009) – [read more]
After agreeing to a rail link between Nepal and Bangladesh, will India allow the two countries to use that?It didn’t happen in 1976 when Bangladesh and Nepal signed a transit agreement for boosting bilateral trade but failed to implemented it as India did not allow its territory to be used for passage at that time. [...]