Nepal News archive for 30 April 2009
RIGHTS-NEPAL: Maoists Attack Journos, Threaten Media Freedom - Inter Press Service (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec 29 (IPS) - When Kunda Dixit, editor of the ‘Nepali Times’ and 12 other staff members of the Himalmedia publishing house were attacked and injured by supporters of Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), a week ago, it was a sign …
NEPAL: Poor Planning Behind Rising Food Prices - Inter Press Service (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
Solitary reaper trudges through lush wheat fields in Nepal where food prices are spiralling amidst plenty - as elsehere in Asia Credit:Nepali Times KATHMANDU, May 8 (IPS) - As the sole breadwinner in a family of five, Maya Tamang watches her food …
Campaign launched to reduce neo-natal mortality rate in Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, April 30 (Xinhua) — Save the Children in collaboration with United States Agency for International Development (USAID-Nepal) has launched the “Knit One Save One” advocacy event in Nepal, said a press release issued by Save the Children on …
Nepal’s Constitution Council names new Chief Justice - Zee News (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, April 30: Min Bahadur Rayamajhi has been chosen as the new Chief Justice of Nepal by the powerful Constitution Council to replace incumbent Kedar Prasad Giri, who is retiring on May 3. The seven-member Council headed by Prime Minister …
Ravaging forest fire out of control in Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, April 30 (Xinhua) — The ravaging wild forest fire in Nepal has become more and more calamitous as the country lacks resources to control it. The fire has already affected 50,000 hectares of land in 37 districts which is still spreading in …
NEPAL: Maternal health goal way off, say experts - Reuters AlertNet (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author’s alone. KATHMANDU, 30 April 2009 ( IRIN ) - With only six years left to achieve its Millennium …
EU ‘Food Facility’ to aid Nepal - Himalayan Times (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The European Commission has adopted a € 394 million package of projects to support agriculture and improve the food security situation in developing countries including Nepal. This is the second financing decision in the framework of the …
Nepal Army top generals say ‘we are not divided’ - New Kerala (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Apr 29 : Three top army generals including Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangad Katawal, Lt Gen Kul Bahadur Khadka and Lt Gen Chhatra Mansingh Gurung have said there is no division in Nepal Army and they are united after the media …
Nepali Times
No decision (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
It was just another round of meeting of top leaders of big parties
that agreed to hold another round of
Obstacle course (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
Travelling overland through Nepal is not for the faint hearted
Army compromise (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
Hectic three-way meetings between NC-UML-Maoists expected to come up with compromise formula to defuse army
Shaky ground (April 27, 2009) - [read more]
Political uncertainty looms as the Maoist’s decision to sack Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal faces opposition from the other
Citizen’s charter (April 27, 2009) - [read more]
A statement by 18 citizens, Kathmandu, 24 April 2009
East side story (April 27, 2009) - [read more]
Loktantra Diwas, it’s been three years since the people’s movement brought the hope of a new, peaceful and free
Clarification please (April 20, 2009) - [read more]
Defence Ministry sought clarification from the Army Chief Rookmangad Katawal on his defiance of government orders on Monday.
Dark road (April 18, 2009) - [read more]
We are soon going to be a nation of
Nepal News
Consensus eludes Nepal on proposal to sack Army Chief (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Wednesday 29th April, 2009 Kathmandu, Apr 29 : The meeting of the major political parties at Singh Durbar on Wednesday morning failed to reach a consensus over the Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal row.
Drought cripples life in W Nepal (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
The life of the local people in western Nepal has crippled as most of the water sources dried up due to drought.
Nepal vigilantes detain another Indian (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
An Indian man, said to be in his 40s and apparently mentally unbalanced, has been taken into control by villagers in a Nepali town near the Indian border and handed over to police amidst allegations that he was a kidnapper as anti-Indian propaganda continued to incite mob fury in Nepal’s Terai lowlands.
The Big Question: Who are the Gurkhas and what is their contribution to military history? (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
Why are we asking this now? Because yesterday the Government was forced into a climb down over its refusal to allow all former Gurkha soldiers to settle in the UK after they had left the British Army.
Above the clouds (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
The statue, a tribute to the king of Nepal who was murdered in a bloody massacre in 2002, stands shrouded in a common blue tarpaulin, a benign symbol of the latest chapter in the gruesome struggles that have gripped this country for hundreds of years.
Little Lhasa emerges in Nepal (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
Tibet is once again in the news, and once again in a negative fashion. Chinese authorities, after crushing all protests from Tibetan refugees during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, once again cracked down hard on all forms of dissent in Tibet during the 50th anniversary of the Chinese invasion.
Rebuilding Nepal: Part I (April 30, 2009) - [read more]
Nestled in the Himalayas of Southwest Asia, landlocked by India and China, lies a nation unlike any other.
The Military Coup That Wasnt (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
It sounds surreal, reads like a page from a nail-biting thriller. On Thursday , 25 generals were present at the meeting of Principal Staff Officers at the Army Headquarters.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
India’s Two Big Leagues (April 25, 2009) - [read more]
India is currently consumed by its two great passions: cricket and elections
By Dinesh Wagle
This article first appeared in the Op-Ed page of today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.
This is a season of fierce competition in India. The two great Indian games are going on and, if the television viewership rating [...]
The Military Coup That Wasnt (April 24, 2009) - [read more]
UWB Note: The Nepal Army today issued a statement strongly refuting the following report (and the one appeared in today’s Kantipur) as “imaginary and illusionary.” “We would like to let the general public know through this statement that the unified and disciplined Nepali Army is working according to laws and the chain of the command [...]
Gorkhaland Goes BJP (April 18, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This is part of an article that appeared on today’s Op-Ed of the Kahtmandu Post. The other part is here. The complete article in PDF is here.
The high pitched movement for the state of Gorkhaland within India by the Nepali-speaking people of the Darjeeling area has reached an awkward situation. [...]
Naya Barshako Suba-Kamana! [Happy New Year 2066!] (April 13, 2009) - [read more]
Today is 01 Baishak 2066
Change they can believe in: America’s new approach to public diplomacy. Hillary Clinton issues a New Year message to us:
Nepali New Year (Bikram Sambat) Message
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
April 13, 2009
To all those around the world who share common Nepali cultural and linguistic traditions, I send best wishes for a [...]
Ex-Prince Paras on Nepali Royal Massacre (March 31, 2009) - [read more]
Eight years after the royal massacre, ex-Crown Prince Paras Bikram Shah talks to the New Paper of Singapore. Why?
UWB Note: The exclusive interview has been translated and reproduced by many Nepali media including top selling and most influential newspaeprs in Nepal. That is one of the most read items in newspapers in Nepal today and [...]
Nepali Constitution: In search of Excellence (March 25, 2009) - [read more]
By Prof. Suryabahadur Singh*
The experimentation of various types of Constitutions was carried out in Nepal. The country had to experience six more Constitutions until elections to Constituent Assembly, 2065 (2008) were held. It had been observed that, these procedural delay jeopardized the growth of democratic system to a greater extent and derail overall national development [...]
Intellectual Poverty (March 23, 2009) - [read more]
By Darshan Karki, after attending the David Seddon lecture last week
There is a distinct pattern to the workshops, public discussion and lecture series that take place in Kathmandu. Firstly there is the speaker or pundit or whatever name they are called by. They are supposed to have mastered the issue in question. In most [...]
BAD: PLA’s Reaction to Nepal Army Recruitment (March 5, 2009) - [read more]
By Lilu Thapa
Following the lines of the Nepal Army’s recruitment, the PLA also has started its own recruitment process for the “vacant posts”. How sane is that decision by the Maoist leadership or what will be the extent and effect of this new development is yet to be seen. However, if this new recruitment from [...]
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