Nepal News archive for 30 January 2009
Increasing number of children injured in fighting in Sri Lanka - Reliefweb.int (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, 30 January 2009 – Calling the situation a crisis for children, UNICEF today said that an increasing number of children, some just months old, had been injured in the fighting in Sri Lanka in the past 10 days. UNICEF again called upon the …
NEPAL: Umas killers made public - Asia Media (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
Police in Dhanusa said that sister-in-law Lalita Devi hired men for Rs 150,000 to kill journalist Uma Singh 19 days ago. During a press conference on Thursday, police said that the murder is linked to family dispute over ownership of properties …
Learn to appreciate our nation, Nepal tells Bollywood - Times of India (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: When Hindi comedy film “Chandni Chowk to China” ruffled Nepali sentiments by wrongly asserting that the Buddha was born in India, it was not an isolated mistake, say many Nepalis. They feel that Bollywood has been “stereotyping” and …
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Kathmandu - Reuters UK (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors make the most of a short stay in the capital of the Himalayan nation of Nepal, which is seeing a surge in tourism less than three years after the end of a long and bloody civil war. 6.45 a.m …
Nepal to lift ban on import of Chinese milk products - Xinhua News Agency (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — The Nepali government is to lift the five-month long ban on the import of Chinese milk products after an international laboratory found that samples collected from different outlets in the country tested negative for …
Ramesh Sippy expresses regret over CC2C row in Nepal - Times of India (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: As Nepal’s Maoist government banned Chandni Chowk to China at home and asked its foreign ministry to ask the US, Canada and other foreign countries where the controversial film is being screened to halt the shows, Ramesh Sippy, the main …
Let the Nepali National Flag rise - Newsblaze.com (January 25, 2009) - [read more]
Without the King everywhere we can see mess. There is no security to life. A nice, beautiful and a very smart lady reporter Ms. Uma Singh who tried to spread the message of peace had to sacrifice her life. Women have been tortured physically and …
We will not give single inch of Nepal to India: Nepal Foreign Min - New Kerala (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 23 : Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav has said the government will not give a single inch of Nepali land to India, local media reported today. ”Except in Susta and Kalapani there is no dispute over border with India …
Nepali Times
Et tu, Bhutan (January 28, 2009) - [read more]
The Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority (BICMA) has found that a panel discussion aired by the Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corporation (BBSC) broadcaster on the quality of a pre-paid taxi service in the country contravened the media code of conduct and fined the
PKD address (January 26, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has taken the unusual step of addressing the nation to reassure people that the government is serious about service
Clean up begins (January 24, 2009) - [read more]
The garbage collection in the capital resumed on Friday after prime
minister made a written promise to take actions against those involved in the Bibek Debkota case.
Life without electricity (January 19, 2009) - [read more]
As 16 hours of loadshedding cripples life, people in the valley tell Nepali Times how they are dealing with
Busy week (January 19, 2009) - [read more]
It’s been a busy week during which the government has tried to deal with the country’s multiple
Nab Uma Singh’s murderers (January 14, 2009) - [read more]
Statement issued on Wedensday by the Editors Alliance on the murder of Uma Singh.
Uma Singh, 26 (January 12, 2009) - [read more]
The murder of radio reporter Uma Singh in Janakpur is the latest proof that journalism in Nepal has become much more dangerous after the end of the war than during
Editors condemn Sri Lanka killing (January 9, 2009) - [read more]
The Kathmandu-based Editors’ Alliance expressed its shock and dismay at the murder in Colombo of the editor of the Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunga.
Nepal News
‘Nepal could scrap agreement with India, Britain over Gorkha U-turn’ (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
London, Jan 29: Thousands of Gorkha soldiers and their families will be given the right to settle in Britain under a new policy to be announced by the government, a newspaper reported Thursday.
BANGKOK: Bogus rupees smuggled in via Bangkok, Nepal (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
Even to a trained observer, the currency notes look perfect. “I have to be really careful not to mix them up with real notes,” the government official said with a laugh as he fished them out of a safe in his …
A Solo Adventure Holiday in Nepal was a Breath of Fresh Air (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
For many the idea of a holiday usually conjures up images of relaxing beaches and crystal clear sea, but if you have a sense of adventure and feel more like you need a challenge there are lots of stim ulating …
Tighter India-Nepal border check posts by February 2011 (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
India and Nepal have agreed to revamp two key border check posts by February 2011 for greater security as well as better trade and traffic.
UNICEF: Maternal mortality ratio too high in Nepal (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
The maternal mortality ratio is to high in Nepal as about 281 Nepali women per 100,000 live births die of complications during childbirth, said a UNICEF official here on Thursday.
Indefinite curfew at Jaleshwar from 5 p.m. (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, Jan 29 : The local administration clamped curfew for an indefinite period in Jaleshwar town of Mahottari district at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
Acc U-17 fixture revised after Saudi pullout (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Jan 29 : Cricket Association of Nepal has revised the fixture for the ACC U-17 Elite Cup cricket tournament after Saudi Arabia pulled out of the event on Thursday, CAN said in a release.
Sobhraj hangs in limbo in Nepal (January 30, 2009) - [read more]
More than a fortnight after his freedom dreams were dashed by Nepala s Supreme Court, yesteryeara s “Serpent” Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj hangs in limbo in the Himalayan republica s legal labyrinth with the apex …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
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, [...]
Jai Shambho: Row Over Appointment of Pashupatinath Priests (January 3, 2009) - [read more]
It’s been a week since the row over the appointment of the priests in Pashupatinath erupted. The Maoist led government, with the direct orders from the Prime Minister, has appointed Nepali priests replacing the Indians in the largest temple of Nepal. Some people have protested the move for different reasons and they have their own [...]
A Nepali Docs Tragic Death in the US (December 29, 2008) - [read more]
By Deepak Adhikari and Jerome L. Sherman
in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette This story originally appeared in the PG
In this mountainous country bordered by India and China, doctors are considered to be godlike.
That makes the fall of Dr. Shiva Lal Acharya, who left a farming village to attend Nepal’s most prestigious medical school and then moved to [...]
Indians Discuss About the Changed Nepal (December 22, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
A group of eminent Indians with deep interests in Nepal gathered in New Delhi on Saturday to talk about the ‘changed Nepal’ in which they critiqued the first 100 days of the Maoist-led government, raised eyebrows on the Integration, expressed suspicion to ‘the China Card’ and discussed on ways to stop [...]
Maoist, the Party of Prime Minister, Attacks Himalmedia, the Newspaper House (December 21, 2008) - [read more]
Update: The CPN-UML boycotted a scheduled meeting of the political coordination committee, which was supposed to be attended by Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal, as a mark of protest against the Maoist attack on Himalmedia Pvt Ltd on Sunday. The UML also issued a statement condemning the Maoists for “brutal attack” on Himalmedia. Former CPN-UML [...]
Federalizing the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (December 19, 2008) - [read more]
Officially the former kingdom of Nepal has become the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. But the country hasn’t been federalized yet.
By Bipendra Basnyat
Just came out of an evening of brain storming about Naya Nepal; the idea was to discuss some of the scholarly articles on how can Naya (New) Nepal be “federated”. In other words [...]
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