Nepal News archive for 26 February 2009
Japan extends food aid to Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — The government of Japan has agreed to extend food aid worth 543 million Nepali rupees (some 6.87 million U.S. dollars) to Nepal, local media reported on Thursday. According to myrepublica.com, Tatsuo Mizuno, Japanese …
In Nepal, celebrating the sacred is simpler - La Crosse Tribune (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
On the other side of the Earth, on a street in Kathmandu, lives a stone. This stone is slightly bigger than the size of my fist and juts out from the ground near the entry to a shop. It’s a humble stone. And I likely never would have noticed it had …
Former Nepal King leaves for India to attend wedding - New Kerala (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Feb 25 : Nepal’s Former King Gyanendra Shah, along with his wife Komal, sister Sobha Singh and other relatives, left for New Delhi this evening to attend wedding of his relative. This is his first visit to any foreign country after he was …
Most rape cases in Nepal occurred in day light : report - Hindustan Times (February 26, 2009) - [read more]
Report jointly produced by Nepal Police and Women and Children Service Centre said that out of 382 rape case reported last year 234 occurred in day light, out of which 90 reported have occurred in the morning and 144 in the afternoon. 71 cases were …
Nepali coalition party chief says to reject army integration - Focus Infomation (February 23, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu. Minister for Foreign Affairs and chairman of a coalition party, Upendra Yadav Monday said the People ’s Liberation Army (PLA) combatants of the ruling party, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M), should not be merged into …
After India, China to send special envoy to Nepal - Thaindian.com (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Feb 22 (IANS) A week after Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon visited Nepal to assess the progress of the commitments pledged between India and Nepal, it is now the turn of the Himalayan republic’s northern neighbour China to …
Four cases of hepatitis-B suspected in city, 10 in Patan - Times of India (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
Ahmedabad : Deadly hepatitis-B virus has hit the city, and has travelled further north to Patan district as well. Civil hospital officials said four new suspected cases of hepatitis-B had been reported and the patients admitted to Civil hospital’s …
NEPAL: Journalist shot at in Birgunj - Asia Media (February 19, 2009) - [read more]
An unidentified group of gunmen have shot at journalist Gyanendraraj Misra in Birgunj, on Thursday. Misra received bullet on his left elbow when he was driving his motorcycle near Narayani Stadium. The gunmen had come in a group of three, according …
Nepali Times
JN wins (February 24, 2009) - [read more]
Jhala Nath Khanal has been elected chairman of the CPN (UML) at the party’s general convention in Butwal on 24 February. Khanal beat his rival KP Oli by 128 votes, managing to secure 942 votes from the assembly.
Counting begins (February 23, 2009) - [read more]
UML awaits results as the ballot counting process takes place at Butwal on Monday. The voting for the party’s new office bearers concluded a day before.
Ballot wait (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
The election for UML leadership at the party’s eight convention in Butwal gets delayed as cadidates start withdrawing their
The Army’s ideas (February 14, 2009) - [read more]
Even as Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal try to stare each other down, the Nepal Army has been the first government body to come up with suggestions for the new
Yadab splits (February 11, 2009) - [read more]
As the Maoists prepare to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the People’s War, Matrika Yadab formally announces that he is no longer a part of the
Ordnance to ordinance (February 10, 2009) - [read more]
President Ram Baran Yadab on Tuesday ratified three ordinances just a day after 18 of the 25 parties represented in the CA had agreed to ask Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to call the parliamentary session.
Endangered freedom (February 8, 2009) - [read more]
A high-level delegation of international media watchdog groups has concluded a four-day inspection visit of Nepal and has said that press freedom is in danger in Nepal.
Roll call (February 5, 2009) - [read more]
With the tension between the Defence Ministry and the Nepal Army showing no sign of cooling down, the parliamentary State Affairs Committee (SAC) has decided to summon Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on February 11 for
Nepal News
Mourning The Losar (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
Tibetans burn effigies of Hu Jintao and Mao Zedong on the second last day of the outgoing year,in Dharamsala.
‘Die with us’ rebels tell Sri Lanka’s refugees (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
The Tamil Tigers gave V. Rasamalar no choice in how she would die — the separatist rebels told her she would die alongside them in Sri Lanka’s war zone.
Breach in Kosi repaired, Rajya Sabha told (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
Patna, : The Union government said that the breach in river Kosi, which had resulted in a devastating flood in August last year, has been repaired and the river is now flowing along its original course.
Last Nepal king finally leaves for India (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s last king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah finally headed for New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, after shelving three earlier visits that, had they taken place, might have changed the course of …
China closes the door on Tibet (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
China closes the door on Tibet By Kent Ewing HONG KONG - Subdued Tibetans on Wednesday marked the beginning of their traditional New Year, called Losar, with their troubled Himalayan region sealed off from …
Slumdog hero invited to visit Nepal (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
Dev Patel, the 18-year-old hero of Oscar-sweeping Slumdog Millionaire, says he is fascinated by Nepal and has received a standing invitation to visit the Himalayan republic.
Nepal ready with guided tour of royal palace (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
As Nepal’s last king Gyanendra heads for India to begin his first visit abroad after being stripped of his crown and throne, the ancestral palace he quit last year readies to throw its gates wide open to the …
Labour of love to save Nepal’s royal statues (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
In this picture taken on December 27, 2008, monarchist Laxman Khadka poses beside a statue of the late Nepalese king Birendra in Kathmandu KATHMANDU: Nepal’s monarchy may have been toppled from power last year …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
A Life Ordinary: Story of a Nepali Chowkidar in Delhi (February 14, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared in the paper. Extended version of this story was published in Nepali in today's Kantipur Koseli. Plus, here is my take on India's Valentines culture in today's Op-Ed of Kantipur.]
Bishnu Prasad Nepal [...]
And the Last Press Briefing by Ian Martin (February 2, 2009) - [read more]
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal, addressed reporters at Reporters’ Club in Kathmandu today. Here is the Q and A, as provided by United Nations Mission in Nepal. Here is Ian’s last briefing to UNSC.
Rishi [Dhamala, the Chair of the Club], Thank you very much indeed for inviting me to come to [...]
Darjeeling Today: Talks of the State of Gorkhaland (January 31, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Indians-Gorkhas-Want Their Own State Under the Union of India
By Swaroop Chetry
A routine day in Darjeeling begins with cabbies waiting for tourist to clamber on to their seats and rush to Tiger Hill to see the majestic Kanchanjunga change colour as the Sun rises from the far [...]
Hail the Republic: How Indians Wrote the Constitution (January 27, 2009) - [read more]
Republic Day is both a day of celebration and introspection for India
Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.]
On the 26th day of every January a grand ceremony is held on Rajpath (formerly King’s Way), a wide road [...]
The Last Briefing by Ian Martin (January 17, 2009) - [read more]
Ian Martin, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Nepal speaks at the Meeting of the Security Council on 16 January 2009
The request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process
Mr President,
This is the tenth and last time I am briefing the Council on the assistance [...]
Burning Effigies [in the Name of Lord Shiva] (January 10, 2009) - [read more]
Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.]
Indian Hindu Rightwing Fundamentalists Demonstrate In Agra, India Against Nepal Government Decision To Apointment Nepali Priest in Pashupatinath Temmple
The other day I came across a Reuters video on an AOL web [...]
Is Nepal Going to Fail? (January 8, 2009) - [read more]
It is really hard to believe that Nepal has a democratic government.
By Krishna Giri
Instead of mocking Nepali leaders, this time my thoughts were going towards the country and countrymen. Bulldozed by the political and leadership changes; besieged by living and security conditions; aggravated by the false hope for water and electricity, people are going through [...]
Resham! Nepathya Shares Sorrow and Joy with Sydney (January 4, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s Premium Rock/Folk band performs in Australia
“Let me share with you all a real life story,” said Amrit Gurung amidst his debut performance in Sydney on Saturday. “I was talking to a second generation Nepali immigrant residing in Europe. When I asked him if he liked visiting Nepal, he simply answered ‘no’. When asked why, [...]
Nepal News archive for 26 February 2009
Japan extends food aid to Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — The government of Japan has agreed to extend food aid worth 543 million Nepali rupees (some 6.87 million U.S. dollars) to Nepal, local media reported on Thursday. According to myrepublica.com, Tatsuo Mizuno, Japanese …
NEPAL: Journalist shot at in Birgunj - Asia Media (February 19, 2009) - [read more]
An unidentified group of gunmen have shot at journalist Gyanendraraj Misra in Birgunj, on Thursday. Misra received bullet on his left elbow when he was driving his motorcycle near Narayani Stadium. The gunmen had come in a group of three, according …
After India, China to send special envoy to Nepal - New Kerala (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Feb 22 : A week after Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon visited Nepal to assess the progress of the commitments pledged between India and Nepal, it is now the turn of the Himalayan republic’s northern neighbour China to send a …
Sri Lanka president to visit Buddhist shrines in Nepal - Thaindian.com (February 19, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Feb 20 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to visit his Nepal in March and pray at holy Buddhist shrines in the land where the Buddha was born. Rajapaksa has accepted the invitation by Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister …
Now Bollywood voices to become ‘Kathmandu’ voices too - Thaindian.com (February 19, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Feb 20 (IANS) While Bollywood ’s kung fu comedy “Chandni Chowk to China” was given the thumbs-down in Nepal, it has now embraced the voices of India’s Hindi film industry as the voices of “Kathmandu”. Maverick Nepali actor-film …
Hepatitis: Toll rises to 48, vaccination drive ends - MSN India (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
Ahmedabad: As the vaccination drive in the Hepatitis-hit Modasa town in Sabarkantha came to an end, the death toll due to the liver disease reached 48, with two more deaths reported today, district health officials said. “Two more deaths and six new …
Rajapakse to visit Nepal - Gulf Times (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: In a bid to boost tourism to Nepal, the birthplace of the Buddha, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will be the first guest on board the national carrier Sri Lankan when it resumes direct flights to and from Kathmandu next month after …
Lankan President to visit Nepal - Times of India (February 20, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Moving forcefully to boost tourism to Nepal, the birthplace of the Buddha, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be the first guest on board the national carrier Sri Lankan when it resumes direct flights to and from Kathmandu next …
Nepali Times
JN wins (February 24, 2009) - [read more]
Jhala Nath Khanal has been elected chairman of the CPN (UML) at the party’s general convention in Butwal on 24 February. Khanal beat his rival KP Oli by 128 votes, managing to secure 942 votes from the assembly.
Counting begins (February 23, 2009) - [read more]
UML awaits results as the ballot counting process takes place at Butwal on Monday. The voting for the party’s new office bearers concluded a day before.
Ballot wait (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
The election for UML leadership at the party’s eight convention in Butwal gets delayed as cadidates start withdrawing their
The Army’s ideas (February 14, 2009) - [read more]
Even as Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal try to stare each other down, the Nepal Army has been the first government body to come up with suggestions for the new
Yadab splits (February 11, 2009) - [read more]
As the Maoists prepare to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the People’s War, Matrika Yadab formally announces that he is no longer a part of the
Ordnance to ordinance (February 10, 2009) - [read more]
President Ram Baran Yadab on Tuesday ratified three ordinances just a day after 18 of the 25 parties represented in the CA had agreed to ask Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to call the parliamentary session.
Endangered freedom (February 8, 2009) - [read more]
A high-level delegation of international media watchdog groups has concluded a four-day inspection visit of Nepal and has said that press freedom is in danger in Nepal.
Roll call (February 5, 2009) - [read more]
With the tension between the Defence Ministry and the Nepal Army showing no sign of cooling down, the parliamentary State Affairs Committee (SAC) has decided to summon Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on February 11 for
Nepal News
Mourning The Losar (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
Tibetans burn effigies of Hu Jintao and Mao Zedong on the second last day of the outgoing year,in Dharamsala.
‘Die with us’ rebels tell Sri Lanka’s refugees (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
The Tamil Tigers gave V. Rasamalar no choice in how she would die — the separatist rebels told her she would die alongside them in Sri Lanka’s war zone.
Breach in Kosi repaired, Rajya Sabha told (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
Patna, : The Union government said that the breach in river Kosi, which had resulted in a devastating flood in August last year, has been repaired and the river is now flowing along its original course.
Last Nepal king finally leaves for India (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s last king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah finally headed for New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, after shelving three earlier visits that, had they taken place, might have changed the course of …
China closes the door on Tibet (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
China closes the door on Tibet By Kent Ewing HONG KONG - Subdued Tibetans on Wednesday marked the beginning of their traditional New Year, called Losar, with their troubled Himalayan region sealed off from …
Slumdog hero invited to visit Nepal (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
Dev Patel, the 18-year-old hero of Oscar-sweeping Slumdog Millionaire, says he is fascinated by Nepal and has received a standing invitation to visit the Himalayan republic.
Nepal ready with guided tour of royal palace (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
As Nepal’s last king Gyanendra heads for India to begin his first visit abroad after being stripped of his crown and throne, the ancestral palace he quit last year readies to throw its gates wide open to the …
Labour of love to save Nepal’s royal statues (February 25, 2009) - [read more]
In this picture taken on December 27, 2008, monarchist Laxman Khadka poses beside a statue of the late Nepalese king Birendra in Kathmandu KATHMANDU: Nepal’s monarchy may have been toppled from power last year …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
A Life Ordinary: Story of a Nepali Chowkidar in Delhi (February 14, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared in the paper. Extended version of this story was published in Nepali in today's Kantipur Koseli. Plus, here is my take on India's Valentines culture in today's Op-Ed of Kantipur.]
Bishnu Prasad Nepal [...]
And the Last Press Briefing by Ian Martin (February 2, 2009) - [read more]
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal, addressed reporters at Reporters’ Club in Kathmandu today. Here is the Q and A, as provided by United Nations Mission in Nepal. Here is Ian’s last briefing to UNSC.
Rishi [Dhamala, the Chair of the Club], Thank you very much indeed for inviting me to come to [...]
Darjeeling Today: Talks of the State of Gorkhaland (January 31, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Indians-Gorkhas-Want Their Own State Under the Union of India
By Swaroop Chetry
A routine day in Darjeeling begins with cabbies waiting for tourist to clamber on to their seats and rush to Tiger Hill to see the majestic Kanchanjunga change colour as the Sun rises from the far [...]
Hail the Republic: How Indians Wrote the Constitution (January 27, 2009) - [read more]
Republic Day is both a day of celebration and introspection for India
Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.]
On the 26th day of every January a grand ceremony is held on Rajpath (formerly King’s Way), a wide road [...]
The Last Briefing by Ian Martin (January 17, 2009) - [read more]
Ian Martin, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Nepal speaks at the Meeting of the Security Council on 16 January 2009
The request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process
Mr President,
This is the tenth and last time I am briefing the Council on the assistance [...]
Burning Effigies [in the Name of Lord Shiva] (January 10, 2009) - [read more]
Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.]
Indian Hindu Rightwing Fundamentalists Demonstrate In Agra, India Against Nepal Government Decision To Apointment Nepali Priest in Pashupatinath Temmple
The other day I came across a Reuters video on an AOL web [...]
Is Nepal Going to Fail? (January 8, 2009) - [read more]
It is really hard to believe that Nepal has a democratic government.
By Krishna Giri
Instead of mocking Nepali leaders, this time my thoughts were going towards the country and countrymen. Bulldozed by the political and leadership changes; besieged by living and security conditions; aggravated by the false hope for water and electricity, people are going through [...]
Resham! Nepathya Shares Sorrow and Joy with Sydney (January 4, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s Premium Rock/Folk band performs in Australia
“Let me share with you all a real life story,” said Amrit Gurung amidst his debut performance in Sydney on Saturday. “I was talking to a second generation Nepali immigrant residing in Europe. When I asked him if he liked visiting Nepal, he simply answered ‘no’. When asked why, [...]
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