Nepal News archive for 19 August 2009

India eager to strengthen ties with Nepal – Top News India (August 19, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Aug 19 : External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday said that New Delhi wants to build its relationship with Kathmandu. Krishna met Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who is on a five-day maiden goodwill visit to India, and …

Nepal will give due priority to Indian investment, says its PM – Newstrack India (August 19, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Aug.19 (ANI): Visitng Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday invited Indian industry to invest in his country, saying his government would give due priority to such moves. Interacting with captains of Indian industry here …

Donors gather at Hobble Creek to review humanitarian projects in Nepal – Daily Herald (August 19, 2009) – [read more]
SPRINGVILLE — His voice soft, eyes fervent, Bishnu Adhikari addresses a packed crowd of humanitarians gathered at Dee’s Ranch in Hobble Creek Canyon on Tuesday. “Namaste,” he begins. “It means, ‘the spirit in me respects the spirit in you.’ ” It’s a …

Indo-Nepal bilateral trade to touch USD 3 bn – MyIris (August 19, 2009) – [read more]
Union minister of commerce & industry, Anand Sharma stressed on increasing the bilateral trade between India and Nepal for energizing the economic development in the region during his interaction with Rajendra Mahato, minister of commerce, government …

Nepal seeks greater Indian investments – Mynews India (August 19, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: With a view to bridge its trade deficit with India and to benefit from the positive spillover effects from its economically resurgent neighbour, Nepal on Wednesday invited Indian investments in hydropower, roads, bridges, infrastructure …

Nepal promises priority treatment to Indian investors – Deccan Herald (August 19, 2009) – [read more]
Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday reached out to Indian business leaders seeking to win back their confidence that was shaken by political events in the neighbouring country since May. “Let me stress here that general political …

Sujata Koirala skipped India tour not on health reasons – Mynews India (August 19, 2009) – [read more]
The cancellation of the visit by 54-year-old Koiarla, the leader of the Nepali Congress — the largest party in the CPN-UML-led ruling coalition, may put Prime Minister Nepal in an awkward position amid the main opposition Maoists” warning to him …

11,000 Nepalese children associated with insurgent groups: UN – Zee News (August 19, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: At least 50,000 IDPs displaced by the decade-long Maoist conflict in Nepal are yet to be rehabilitated, even as about 11,000 children are associated with various insurgent groups in the country, a UN report said on Wednesday. Even after …

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

China eyes Nepal’s mining sector (August 18, 2009) – [read more]

In the last fiscal, around 14 Chinese companies sought the permission of the industry department to extract natural resources like placer gold, copper and natural gas.

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.

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 [...]