Nepal News archive for 10 August 2009

Men offered £400 to marry Nepal’s widows – Belfast Telegraph (August 10, 2009) – [read more]
Women protesters have marched through the streets of Kathmandu in their hundreds after the government announced a “humiliating” scheme to offer financial incentives for men to marry widows. The scheme has been deemed necessary by the government of …

Nepal villagers flock to worship malformed baby as Hindu god – The Guardian (August 10, 2009) – [read more]
Thousands of people have flocked to a remote Nepalese village 2,000 metres up in the Himalayas to worship a baby born with four arms and four legs, revering him as the reincarnation of a Hindu god. Villagers in the district of Ramechhap have said six …

94 new species discovered in Nepal – People’s Daily Online (August 10, 2009) – [read more]
After a decade of research in the Himalayan region from Nepal to the far north of Myanmar, as well as southern parts of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, scientists have documented an amazing treasure trove of 350 new species of plants and animals, 94 …

President of Narconon Intl drug rehabilitation network visits Nepal – Transworld News (August 10, 2009) – [read more]
President of Narconon Intl drug rehabilitation network visits Nepal Pratigya Narconon Nepal drug rehabilitation treatment center in Kathmandu to move into larger facility. Kathmandu, Nepal 8/10/2009 07:55 PM GMT (TransWorldNews) “We could not be …

Nepal observes “Gai Jatra” festival – Xinhua News Agency (August 6, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — The traditional festival of Gai Jatra or the “cow festival” is being observed on Thursday in the three cities of the Kathmandu Valley and some other places in the country amidst fun, gaiety, humor, satire and …

India, Nepal to hold talks on various bilateral issues – New Kerala (August 10, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Aug 10 : Nepalese Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala arrived here today on a five-day visit for talks with Indian leaders on various bilateral issues and hoping to give a ‘new dimension’ to India-Nepal ties. Ms Koirala, who is accompanied by …

Koirala to hold talks on revision of trade treaty with India – Gulf Times (August 10, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala yesterday left for New Delhi for a five-day goodwill visit at the invitation of Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, saying it would add a new dimension to India-Nepal ties and resolve …

2 suspected bombers arrested in Nepali capital – Xinhua News Agency (August 6, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — Nepali police arrested two armed group members with explosives — including an Indian national — in capital Kathmandu, local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported Friday. The two people belong to Janatantrik Tarai Mukti …

Nepali Times

‘When Worlds Collide’ (August 10, 2009) – [read more]
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched ‘When Worlds Collide’ globally on Saturday to commemorate the 353 new animal and plant species discovered by researchers and travelers in the Eastern Himalayas over the last decade. The event was part of an initiative called ‘Living Himalayas’ to bring together Bhutan, India and Nepal to conserve the flourishing ecosystem in the mountains that straddle their

Obstruction (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
CA members are increasingly bemused as the Maoists continue to obstruct parliament in demand of ‘civilian supremacy’, imperiling the constitution-writing process.

Maoists to agitate today (August 7, 2009) – [read more]
The Maoists look set to begin protests today after the government refused to address ‘civilian supremacy’ in the legislature during a meeting of the 22 ruling parties on Thursday evening.

Maoists rap India, Sri Lanka (August 7, 2009) – [read more]
Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal this week slammed India and Sri Lanka for “suppressing” militant groups in their

Promising unity (August 2, 2009) – [read more]
In a major breakthrough, big party leaders agreed on Saturday to form a high-level political taskforce to oversee the peace process.

Tiger census (July 28, 2009) – [read more]
Despite the political upheaval, land encroachment, habitat loss, poaching and illegal trade, the population of tigers in Nepal has remained constant over a

Asia’s other eclipse (July 24, 2009) – [read more]
This century’s longest solar eclipse moved across Asia on 22 July wowing scientists and the public alike. Asia’s media should take as much interest in the eclipse of news about poverty, injustice and neglect in Asian

Flight of the eclipse (July 22, 2009) – [read more]
It was touted as the world’s most spectacular mountain flight: flying past Mt Everest during a total solar eclipse. But it was not to be because a massive monsoon system covered the whole of southeastern Nepal on Wednesday morning, right on the path of

Nepal News

Widows protest marriage incentive (August 10, 2009) – [read more]

A woman sits inside her house in Kathmandu March 19, 2009.[Agencies] KATHMANDU a ‘ About 200 women marched through the Nepali capital Monday to denounce a government scheme to pay cash incentives to men for marrying widows, witnesses said.

Nepal foreign minister on India visit (August 10, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala Monday left for New Delhi for a five-day goodwill visit at the invitation of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, saying it would add a new dimension to India-Nepal ties and resolve misunderstandings.

Nepali gov’t appoints new army chief (August 10, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali government on Sunday decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Chhatraman Singh Gurung, second-in command of the Nepal Army, as the acting army chief.

Global downturn hits Asia’s foreign workers (August 9, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU, Nepal: When Anita Gimmi was unable to find work in her native Nepal last year, she borrowed $1,300 and travelled to Qatar to take up a two-year contract with a cleaning company there.

Nepal Foreign Minister on five-day India visit from Monday (August 9, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu/New Delhi, Aug.9 : Nepal Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala will undertake a five-day visit of India from August 10 to 14.

China education exhibition held in Nepal (August 8, 2009) – [read more]

The sixth China Education Exhibition was held in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Saturday to provide educational information about Chinese universities and colleges.

Madhav Nepal says no agreement will be signed with India without consensus at home (August 8, 2009) – [read more]

India Gazette Saturday 8th August, 2009 Kathmandu, Aug 8: Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has assured Parliament that his government will not sign any agreement with India without taking them into confidence.

Millions in Nepal suffering from food shortages, UN says (August 8, 2009) – [read more]

HUNGER:: A global report said Nepal had the worst rate of malnourishment in Asia and is comparable to the worst countries in Sub-Saharan Africa AFP , KATHMANDU Saturday, Aug 08, 2009, Page 4 In recent years, Nepal has experienced a sharp and sustained decline in food security.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!

By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]

Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]

Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells

By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]

Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]

Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

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 [...]