Nepal News archive for 25 October 2009
Bangladesh ranks low in South Asia mobile use - The Daily Star (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
Bangladesh’s mobile penetration rate stood at 28 percent in 2008 lagging behind war-ravaged Afghanistan’s 29 percent in South Asia, according to a regional report. “Of course, the fact that Afghanistan is ahead of Bangladesh in mobile penetration …
EC wants state to fund parties - The Daily Star (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
The Election Commission (EC) will hold talks with the political parties to raise their political funds with the government contribution to bring transparency in their income and expenditure, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said …
International military gather at PaCom event - Air Force Times (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
HONOLULU — Military leaders of more than 20 nations are scheduled to attend a conference in Honolulu hosted by Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command. The 12th annual Chiefs of Defense Conference is set to begin Monday and run …
Gurkhas reunited with families - Daily Telegraph (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
The soldiers from Foxtrot Company, comprising troops from the 1st and 2nd Battalions The Royal Gurkha Rifles, returned to Sir John Moore Barracks in Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent. Pipes and drums greeted the Gurkhas as they arrived in two coaches at …
Nepal, WHO gearing up anti-flu drive for winter - Balita News (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 25 — The Nepali government and the World Health Organization (WHO) have focused on following up a strongly non-pharmaceutical intervention in view of coming three months of winter. “As other seasonal flu or viral activity also …
‘Maoists seek to dislodge Nepal govt’ - Hindustan Times (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal Maoists, who have announced a fresh protest against the government from next month, aim to dislodge the 22-party coalition, a top leader of the former rebels said on Sunday. The UCPN-Maoist have threatened to begin a stir from November 1 if the …
Superpower rivalry, Sino-Indian style - The Guardian (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
The idea of China’s “peaceful rise” has always represented the triumph of imagination over reality. But over the last several months, Beijing has done enough to shatter every hope of peace in Asia. It began with an unprecedented attempt by Beijing in …
Naxal release of kidnapped cop similar to Kandahar, Rubaiya episodes … - New Kerala (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Oct. 24 : West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen has said that the release of kidnapped West Bengal police officer Attindranath Dutta in exchange for 22 Maoist prisoners can be compared to the 1999-2000 Kandahar hijack episode. Sen …
Nepali Times
Peace in pieces (October 23, 2009) - [read more]
Defence Minister Bidya Bhandari’s comment on army recruitment irks UNMIN
Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) - [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.
Freer than before (October 21, 2009) - [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without
Deal near? (October 21, 2009) - [read more]
Thanks to their tea-party diplomacy, the leaders of the Big Three political parties are close to resolving their differences after pledging “flexibility” to seek language acceptable to all
Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime
Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) - [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
Nepal News
UML all for directly-elected PM, MMP electoral system (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
The party has said that it is in support of giving all executive power to the cabinet headed by a prime minister who obtains at least 51 percent of votes directly from the people.
Tiger skin trade in China exposed (October 24, 2009) - [read more]
Tiger skin trade in China exposed By Jody Bourton Earth News reporter Page last updated at 12:51 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 An undercover investigation has revealed the continued trade in tiger skins in China.
New treaty to come into force on Oct 27 (October 24, 2009) - [read more]
Government officials said that the Commerce Ministers from Nepal and India will put ink on the revised treaty amid a function on Tuesday.
Maoists extend ultimatum to Nepal government (October 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday extended the 24-hour ultimatum they had slapped on the coalition government, saying they would start fresh protests if their demands were not addressed by Nov 1. The central committee of the formerly outlawed party began a council of war at the party office in Kathmandu Friday to finalise a new protest …
Poudel blasts PM over Sujata (October 22, 2009) - [read more]
CHITWAN: Nepali Congress Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel on Thursday said relations of NC leaders with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal have gone sour after his decision to promote Sujata Koirala to deputy prime minister.
Three Nepali killed in India road accident (October 22, 2009) - [read more]
The deceased are Santosh Gupta of Dhamboji, Bipun Khetan of Surkhet Road and Rabi Kishor Agrawal of Bageshwori Tole, according to Pradip Gupta, deputy general secretary of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Families divided as refugees start new lives (October 21, 2009) - [read more]
Bhutanese refugee women look out from their bamboo hut at the Beldangi II refugee camp, some 300km south-east of Kathmandu Chandrakhar Adhikari does not know whether he will ever see his two brothers again.
Drive to stop mass animal sacrifice (October 20, 2009) - [read more]
In this picture taken on September 27, 2009, bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the ninth day of Dashain Festival in Kathmandu Every five years a temple in southern Nepal plays host to an extraordinary religious festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed to the Hindu goddess of power Gadhimai.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) - [read more]
By Neil Horning
On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]
Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) - [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]
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 [...]
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