Nepal News archive for 18 August 2009
Needles and haystacks: My search for a person I lost in Nepal - Minnpost.com (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
I almost didn’t open the email. The message field held four words, two I didn’t comprehend, two in English: ” something something from Nepal.” At first blink, I took it for one of those foreign “send in all your money” scams. But I’ve been to Nepal …
Nepal FM ill, cancels India visit at last moment - Daily News and Analysis (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu: Nepal’s foreign minister Sujata Koirala, who was to accompany prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on his India tour, today cancelled her visit at the last moment citing health reasons. Koirala, the daughter of Nepali Congress president and …
Nepal PM arrives, hopes to strengthen ties with India - Newstrack India (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Aug.18 (ANI): Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal arrived here on Tuesday on a five-day official visit, as the head of a 64-member delegation. His spouse Gayatri Nepal, six cabinet ministers including the Foreign, Finance and Energy …
India, Nepal to discuss peace process, new friendship treaty - Thaindian.com (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Amid the drifting peace process in Nepal, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Tuesday began a five-day visit to India - his first to the country since he assumed office nearly three months ago. Nepal’s visit is primarily a …
Seven Tibetans arrested at Nepal - China border - Phayul (August 17, 2009) - [read more]
Dharamsala, August 18 – Seven Tibetans have been arrested by Nepalese police from a Lamabagar village near Nepal- China border in Dolakha district, Kantipur online reported. The seven Tibetans were on their way via Nepal to India where the exiled …
Nepal PM leaving for India today - Newstrack India (August 17, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Aug 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will be leaving on a five-day official visit to India leading a 64-member team on Tuesday afternoon. Nepal will be accompanied by his spouse Gayatri Nepal, six cabinet ministers including the …
Nepalese PM meets Yechury - Press Trust of India (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who arrived here today on a maiden goodwill visit, met senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and discussed ways to consolidate relations between the two neighbouring countries. The …
Nepal’s Kumari sets date with Kolkata’s Durga - Thaindian.com (August 14, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Aug 14 (IANS) Two years after one of Nepal’s Living Goddesses — the Kumaris — was sacked by her priests for travelling to the US, another Kumari will make her appearance in the Indian city Kolkata next month to keep a date with her …
Nepali Times
Goodwill visit (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
The prime minister’s upcoming trip to India is strictly a goodwill visit, say authorities.
‘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
Nepal News
Maoists tell Madhav Kumar Nepal not to sign Pancheshwar agreement (August 17, 2009) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Monday 17th August, 2009 Kathmandu, Aug 17 : The Unified CPN has told Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal not to sign any agreements including the Pancheshwar multi-purpose hydro-electric project during his visit to India from August 18.
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.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 18 August 2009
Needles and haystacks: My search for a person I lost in Nepal - Minnpost.com (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
I almost didn’t open the email. The message field held four words, two I didn’t comprehend, two in English: ” something something from Nepal.” At first blink, I took it for one of those foreign “send in all your money” scams. But I’ve been to Nepal …
Nepal FM ill, cancels India visit at last moment - Daily News and Analysis (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu: Nepal’s foreign minister Sujata Koirala, who was to accompany prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on his India tour, today cancelled her visit at the last moment citing health reasons. Koirala, the daughter of Nepali Congress president and …
Nepal PM arrives, hopes to strengthen ties with India - Newstrack India (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Aug.18 (ANI): Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal arrived here on Tuesday on a five-day official visit, as the head of a 64-member delegation. His spouse Gayatri Nepal, six cabinet ministers including the Foreign, Finance and Energy …
India, Nepal to discuss peace process, new friendship treaty - Thaindian.com (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Amid the drifting peace process in Nepal, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Tuesday began a five-day visit to India - his first to the country since he assumed office nearly three months ago. Nepal’s visit is primarily a …
Seven Tibetans arrested at Nepal - China border - Phayul (August 17, 2009) - [read more]
Dharamsala, August 18 – Seven Tibetans have been arrested by Nepalese police from a Lamabagar village near Nepal- China border in Dolakha district, Kantipur online reported. The seven Tibetans were on their way via Nepal to India where the exiled …
Nepal PM leaving for India today - New Kerala (August 17, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Aug 18 : Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will be leaving on a five-day official visit to India leading a 64-member team on Tuesday afternoon. Nepal will be accompanied by his spouse Gayatri Nepal, six cabinet ministers including the …
Nepalese PM meets Yechury - Press Trust of India (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who arrived here today on a maiden goodwill visit, met senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and discussed ways to consolidate relations between the two neighbouring countries. The …
Bomb explodes at Nepal political party headquarters - Earthtimes (August 11, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu - A powerful bomb went off at the headquarters of Nepal’s oldest political party Tuesday, causing severe damage to the building but no injuries, police said. The bomb exploded after it was thrown into the Nepali Congress party headquarters …
Nepali Times
Goodwill visit (August 18, 2009) - [read more]
The prime minister’s upcoming trip to India is strictly a goodwill visit, say authorities.
‘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
Nepal News
Maoists tell Madhav Kumar Nepal not to sign Pancheshwar agreement (August 17, 2009) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Monday 17th August, 2009 Kathmandu, Aug 17 : The Unified CPN has told Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal not to sign any agreements including the Pancheshwar multi-purpose hydro-electric project during his visit to India from August 18.
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.
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 [...]
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