Nepal News archive for 22 November 2009

Lethal injection creator fine with 1 drug in Ohio – Star-Tribune (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
FILE – In this May 8, 2007 file photo, Dr. Jay Chapman holds a human skull from Nepal that has been hand decorated with silver at his home in Napa, Calif. The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States says he never gave much …

All sitting comfortably? – Financial Times (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
F rom a distance it sounds like the chanting of monks. Only as one approaches the building, set in the lush fields of a school playground, does it become apparent who is making the sound: dozens of girls quietly reading books. Sat on rows of wooden …

Nepal, India to set up Pancheshwor Development Authority – English_Xinhua (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — Nepal and India on Sunday signed an agreement to set up Pancheshwor Development Authority (PDA) as a key step in the implementation of the much-anticipated Pancheshwor Hydropower project in western Nepal. According to …

Postie Plus 1st-qtr sales rise 15% – Scoop (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
Nov 23. (BusinessWire) – Postie Plus Group Ltd., a clothing and baby-ware chain 18% owned by Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron, has posted a 15% increase in sales in the first quarter, putting it on track for a narrower first-half loss. The increase in …

Kathmandu on to NZX Top 50 index – New Zealand Herald (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu Holdings Ltd, the outdoor goods retailer, is replacing Methven Ltd in the NZX 50 Index. Kathmandu listed on the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges on November 13 at a premium to its offer price. Shares in the outdoor retailer opened …

Iran launches war games to protect nuclear sites – Daily Times (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
TEHRAN: Iran’s armed forces launched large-scale air defence war … KATHMANDU: Nepal’s former communist rebels announced on Sunday they would launch an indefinite general strike nationwide next month until their demand for the removal of the …

Nepal ex-rebels announce nationwide general strike – Daily Times (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s former communist rebels announced on Sunday they would launch an indefinite general strike nationwide next month until their demand for the removal of the country’s army chief is met. A statement issued by the Communist Party …

Financial markets – Newstalk ZB (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
To the markets where the NZX50 up two points on 3,115. AMP down 2c to $7.95, ANZ down 43c to $27.37, Goodman Fielder down 2c to $1.94, Kathmandu down 3c to $2.14, Kingfish down 1c to 96c, Nuplex down 1c to $2.45, Property For Industry down 1c to $1 …

Nepali Times

Maoists agree to let budget pass (November 22, 2009) – [read more]
The parliament will resume for three

Merry-go-round (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
Political parties try, and fail, to reach an agreement to pass the

Dahal follows Koirala to Singapore (November 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman will visit NC president in

Feeling poorly (November 15, 2009) – [read more]
Girija Prasad Koirala has been admitted to a hospital in

Backlashing out (November 13, 2009) – [read more]
Police issued an arrest warrant for State Minister Karima Begum for slapping Parsa’s Chief District Officer.

Cadres clog capital (November 12, 2009) – [read more]
Throngs of Maoists picket Singha Darbar in a demonstration of power.

Ow, Minister! (November 11, 2009) – [read more]
Minister slaps Chief District Officer saying he offended her by providing an old vehicle to pick her up at Simara

Pants on fire (November 10, 2009) – [read more]
UML leader Ashok Rai withdraws statement on CA dissolution, says media exaggerated his

Nepal News

Jan scales the heights for Nepalese charity (November 22, 2009) – [read more]

A WELLINGTON woman who until recently had “struggled with more than two flights of stairs” has just completed a six day hike in the mountains of Nepal for charity.

Nepal’s dethroned king Gyanendra gets first passport (November 22, 2009) – [read more]

Agencies Kathmandu, Nov 21: Nepal’s deposed king Gyanendra has for the first time acquired a passport in his name at the age of 64, more than a year after he became a commoner, a Foreign Ministry official said.

Nepal’s working children face perilous labor (November 21, 2009) – [read more]

The sight of young children engaged in perilous labor and with an uncertain future is common in Nepal’s cities.

Mass animal sacrifice festival to go ahead in southern Nepal despite protests (November 20, 2009) – [read more]

A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday.

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.

ICRA forms joint venture in Nepal (November 19, 2009) – [read more]

India Gazette Monday 16th November, 2009 Credit rating agency ICRA Monday signed a pact with Himalayan Infrastructure Fund Ltd of Nepal to set up a joint venture to replicate its rating businesses in that country, the company said.

Self-declared Nepal expert says he never was a RAW man (November 18, 2009) – [read more]

India Gazette Wednesday 18th November, 2009 New Delhi, Nov.18 : Professor S. D. Muni, India’s self proclaimed Nepal expert talking to a daily in Kathmandu, has refuted media allegations that he is associated with RAW , India’s notorious intelligence agency.

BR proposes ‘best’ rail route to Nepal (November 18, 2009) – [read more]

Bangladesh Railway has proposed “the most convenient” route for rail transit to Nepal, ahead of the prime minister’s India visit, top officials have said.

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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. [...]