Nepal News archive for 25 November 2009
Bricked in by debt, Pakistan’s child ’slaves’ - CNN (November 25, 2009) - [read more]
Entire families in countries such as India, Nepal and Brazil find themselves unable to escape spiraling … Particularly at risk are those beholden to caste systems in societies across Asia, migrant workers and those who fall prey to human …
Unified Communist Party of Nepal-M to organize nationwide strike - English_Xinhua (November 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — The All Nepal Trade Union Federation of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M) has decided to organize a nationwide strike on Dec. 10, The Himalayan Times reported Thursday. The decision was taken at a …
2010 anti gender-violence year - E Kantipur (November 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, NOV 25 - Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday launched the National Plan of Action for celebrating 2010 as the year against gender-based violence at a function amid donors, women activists and politicians. The programme also …
Nepal mission gets China aid - E Kantipur (November 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, NOV 25 - China has agreed to extend financial assistance for constructing Nepal’s Consulate General Office at Lhasa, Tibet, upon Nepal’s request. According to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala, the Chinese side …
Fred Reed Reports from Half-Everest - Mens Newsdaily (November 25, 2009) - [read more]
We caught the seven-o’clock goat-and-chicken out of Kat, my daughter Macon and I, two porters, and our trusty guide Karna. A Nepalese rural bus is not the Stork Club. It is much better, depending on your nerves. For eight hours we bounced higher …
National Business Briefs - Himalayan Times (November 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Joint National People’s Movement … Maoist headquarters decided to hold demonstrations at the initiative of the party’s sister wings including All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary throughout the …
The oldest mountaineer wishes to break his world record - English_Xinhua (November 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — He has passed 78 cycles of summer and autumn, he has faced dauntless challenges since his childhood, yet he is not exhausted and wishes more. Min Bahadur Sherchan speaks at a program in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, Nov …
FNCCI to take leaf from FMM book - Himalayan Times (November 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The Federation of Nepalese Chambers … investment policy soon which can help Malaysian investors establish their manufacturing units in Nepal. “We have talked about establishing Nepali migrant labour-based industries in Nepal and FMM …
Nepali Times
Money matters (November 24, 2009) - [read more]
The parliament is scheduled to endorse the appropriations bill
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
Nepal News
Biggest animal slaughter on earth (November 25, 2009) - [read more]
By Gopal Sharma Kathmandu - At least 15 000 buffalo and “countless” goats and birds were sacrificed in a temple in southern Nepal, organisers said on Wednesday, a ritual billed as the single biggest animal slaughter on earth.
Nepal, India to set up Pancheshwor Development Authority (November 24, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal and India on Sunday signed an agreement to set up Pancheshwor Development Authority as a key step in the implementation of the much-anticipated Pancheshwor Hydropower project in western Nepal.
Hundreds of thousands of animals to be sacrificed at Hindu festival in southern Nepal (November 24, 2009) - [read more]
Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
Nepal’s septuagenarian reclaims Everest record (November 23, 2009) - [read more]
Sherchan, left, shakes hands with Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal in Kathmandu yesterday, as he receives a certificate formally recognising him as the oldest man to climb Mt Everest A 78-year-old grandfather from Nepal has wrested back from his Japanese rival the record of being the oldest man to conquer Mt Everest, the highest peak in …
Devotees in Nepal prepare to sacrifice 300,000 animals (November 23, 2009) - [read more]
Representatives of various faiths light butter lamps in Kathmandu at a protest against the ritual slaughter of thousands of animals.
Koirala refutes rumours of govt change (November 22, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala has refuted speculations that his Singapore meeting with Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal was for change in government leadership.
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.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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. [...]
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