Nepal News archive for 08 December 2009

From Copenhagen – Bangladesh News 24 hours (December 8, 2009) – [read more]
Copenhagen, Dec 08 (bdnews24.com) – Bangladesh, speaking for the poorest countries, has said that 75 percent of global climate money must go to the most vulnerable. The plea was made at a press conference, also attended by chairman of the 49-strong …

Books of the decade: Your best books of 2006 – The Guardian (December 8, 2009) – [read more]
Looking back at the lists of 2006′s publishing highlights was a reminder not only of pleasures enjoyed, but of reading duties neglected. High on this list of shame was Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss . Radiating out from the story of a girl …

Pakistan crush Bhutan 7-0 – New Nation (December 8, 2009) – [read more]
Riding on a Arif Mehmood hattrick, Pakistan crushed Bhutan by 7-0 goals to taste the first win in the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship in their last group B match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) on Tuesday. With this win, Pakistan secured four …

Meghbondhu tonight – New Nation (December 8, 2009) – [read more]
The trio take off for Nepal but do they have a fun time?

Helped save ‘many, many’ lives from tuberculosis – Chicago Sun-Times (December 8, 2009) – [read more]
Crofton focused his attention on combatting tuberculosis in the developing world, traveling to Nepal and other countries and writing a book on the subject that was translated into 22 languages. He is survived by his wife, Eileen, their five children …

India arrests hawala money laundering suspect Naresh Jain – The Guardian (December 8, 2009) – [read more]
The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) believes that Naresh Kumar Jain is responsible for … Speaking in New Delhi, Naresh said: “I have a factory in South Africa. I supply ready-made garments in Afghanistan and Nepal. I talked to people in …

The beach life beckons – Age (December 8, 2009) – [read more]
Splash out … spending New Year’s Eve on a beach in Vanuatu is still a holiday option if you book soon. There are some great last-minute holiday deals around, writes Jane E. Fraser. There are some great last-minute holiday deals around, writes …

Maoists plan unity in diversity – Asia Times (December 8, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU – If everything goes according to the agreed schedule, Nepal will have a new constitution by May 28, 2010. Under that statute, the country becomes a republic based on a federal setup. And the “achievements made through the revolutions and …

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Indo-Nepal security talks begin (December 7, 2009) – [read more]

The seventh bilateral consultative meeting between India and Nepal on security issues began here on Friday.

Clear and present danger (December 7, 2009) – [read more]

WAY above us in the Himalayan cloud are jagged, snowbound peaks – Annapurna, Damodar, Gangapurna, Dhalguri.

PM Nepal discusses Kailali incident with Maoist chairman (December 7, 2009) – [read more]

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has met with Unified CPN chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the latter’s residence in Naya Bazaar, Kathmandu Sunday evening and discussed the Kailali incident on Friday.

Climate change threatens 1.3bn in five Asia countries (December 6, 2009) – [read more]

More than a billion people in Asia depend on Himalayan glaciers for water, but experts say they are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring drought to large swathes of the continent.

Nepal: Protests forces Pepsi to hold expansion (December 5, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu Maoists protesters forced virtual shutdown of the Pepsi bottling plant owned by India’s Ravi Jaipuria Group, demanding pay hike, in an re-emergence of threats to Indian owned industry.

4 Indians held in Nepal for Dalit girl’s murder (December 5, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Dec 5 Four Indians are among six people arrested by the Nepal police for the suspected rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl from the Dalit community, a group that is among the most disadvantaged in Nepal.

Nepal to hold 10th cottage industry fair (December 5, 2009) – [read more]

Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries is set to organize the 10th Cottage Industry Fair and National Industrial Exhibition from Dec.

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.

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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. [...]