Nepal soil won’t be allowed to be used against India: Nepal PM – Daily News and Analysis (August 17, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: On the eve of his maiden official visit to New Delhi, premier Madhav Kumar Nepal today affirmed that his country would not allow its soil to be used against India and sought the giant neighbour’s cooperation in the fields of infrastructure …
Take oath in Nepali, government tells vice president – Hindustan Times (August 17, 2009) – [read more]
The Nepal government has asked its Vice President Paramananda Jha to take his oath of office once again in Nepali. Jha had taken the oath in Hindi. But, ahead of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s maiden visit to India, the government also promised …
Nepal to sign bilateral trade treaty with India – New Kerala (August 17, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Aug 17 : Nepal will sign a bilateral trade and commerce treaty with India and also inform the country about the ongoing peace process in the Himalayan nation during Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s five day visit to the country. The …
Ineffective govt stifles Nepal growth – U.N. report – Reuters India (August 17, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Three years after it emerged from a decade-long civil war, Nepal is hamstrung by ineffective government and frustrated former combatants and needs lasting peace to develop, a United Nations report said. The mountainous nation …
‘Nepal soil won’t be allowed to be used against India’ – Zee News (August 17, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: On the eve of his maiden official visit to New Delhi, Premier Madhav Kumar Nepal today affirmed that his country would not allow its soil to be used against India and sought the giant neighbour’s cooperation in the fields of infrastructure …
Jindal loses Nepal bid to another Indian firm – Thaindian.com (August 17, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Aug 17 (IANS) Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, the third largest Indian steel manufacturer whose owners are ranked among the 20 richest Indians by Forbes magazine, has lost its bitter battle for control of a much-sought-after hydro power …
Rabin Bastola talking about Nepal and water and sanitation know-how – IRC (August 17, 2009) – [read more]
WaterCube.tv in Stockhom talks with Rabin Bastola of the Resource Centre Network in Nepal (RCNN). This network shares knowledge in water and sanitation with local partner organisations. WaterCube talks with Rabin about the kind of information the …
Bihar demands security audit of Indo-Nepal border – New Kerala (August 17, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Aug 17 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today demanded security audit of 726 Km-long Indo-Nepal border in the state to check the illegal infilteration, smuggling of narcotics, fake currency, human trafficking and other criminal …
Nepali Times
‘Where Worlds Collide’ (August 10, 2009) – [read more]
353 new Himalyan species commemorated as part of a WWF initiative to bring attention to a looming ecological crisis in the Eastern Himalayas.
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
SAARC Programming body meet in Nepal (August 17, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: The Thirty-sixth session of the SAARC Programming Committee, chaired by the Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Prasad Kariyawasam, was held at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu.
Bus falls into ravine in eastern Nepal, killing 9 (August 16, 2009) – [read more]
At least nine people died and 36 were wounded when a bus plunged off a mountain highway in eastern Nepal, the Kathmandu Post reported on Wednesday.
Nepal arrests four Indians for abducting official (August 16, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: In a joint operation by the police of India and Nepal, four Indians have been arrested for the abduction of a Nepali telecom official who went missing last month.
Swapnobhumi to be screened at Film SA (August 16, 2009) – [read more]
DHAKA: Tanvir Mokammel’s documentary on the Urdu-speaking community in Bangladesh, “Swapnobhumi” , will be screened at the seventh Film South Asia.
More custom points on Indo-Nepal border (August 15, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: India has agreed to add five customs points to the existing 22 on the Nepal-India border.
Nepal’s ex-king seeks discounts in taxes (August 14, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist supporters and activists shout anti-government slogans in Kathmandu yesterday.
Letham Woman’s Third Trip to Nepal (August 14, 2009) – [read more]
HAVING spent three weeks on a camping break following the Arc de Triomphe cycling event in Europe, it’s back to ‘auld claes and porridge’ for Letham woman Helen Henderson later this month.
Nepal’s future: in whose hands? (August 13, 2009) – [read more]
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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 [...]
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