Nepal News archive for 30 October 2009
Reds 2.0 - Foreign Policy (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
When you think about communist propaganda, you might think of Stalin glaring down at you from a wall, happy workers singing in strangely clean factories and well-thumbed copies of Mao’s little red book. But it’s the twenty-first century, and even …
Ajay Chhibber and Andreas Schild: “Moving Mountains” - New York Times (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
The roof of the world is springing a dangerous leak. Accelerated melting of glaciers and changes in rainfall patterns in the high Himalayan mountain chain are posing a growing risk to people’s lives and livelihoods in the 10 river basins downstream …
Tata Power plans JV projects with Norway co - Economic Times (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
MUMBAI: Tata Power, India’s largest private utility, has planned a joint equity investment of Rs 4,000-Rs 5,000 crore over five years to build joint venture hydropower projects with Norway’s renewable energy firm SN Power. The move signals Tata …
Doctor says Cambodia’s ‘jungle woman’ is sick and apparently … - The Gaea Times (October 29, 2009) - [read more]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A woman dubbed the “jungle woman” after emerging naked and unable to speak from the wilds of northeastern Cambodia two years ago is sick and apparently suffering from mental illness, a doctor said Friday. Hing Phan …
Collective political commitment needed, say tiger experts - Hindu (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
Majestic beauty: Tiger sightings have increased in the Bandipur National Park. The just-concluded Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop called for strict protection of the beast and its core breeding areas KATHMANDU: Experts from the tiger range countries …
Finally, a Windfall for Tea Farmers - TMCnet (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
Nairobi, Oct 30, 2009 (Inter Press Service/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) — Despite the sweltering sun and with a heavy load on her back Mary Muthoni strides to the tea buying centre with joy and pride painted on her face. “This is a different …
Skyrail, flyovers to decongest Dhaka - Gulf Times (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
Bangladesh’s national capital is going in for a facelift that will include a skyrail, flyovers, underground railways and orbital waterways as part of the effort to decongest the city’s roads. Dhaka, which has a population of over 10mn, also …
Green light for Nepal trucks to Bangladesh - Gulf Times (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
The possibility of a trilateral arrangement was considered when commerce ministers of the three nations met at the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) ministerial council meeting in Kathmandu on Wednesday, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) news …
Nepali Times
Tarun Dal vs. YCL (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
The Nepali Congress youth wing wants UNMIN camps
Diarrhoea inquiry (October 29, 2009) - [read more]
National Human Rights Commission wants an inquiry into the deaths of diarrhoea
Budget alternatives (October 29, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is looking for ways to bypass parliament to approve the
Marching in (October 28, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists threaten new wave of protests against the
Deal or no deal (October 26, 2009) - [read more]
Another week, another condition: the Maoists are now seeking the resignation of the prime
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
Nepal News
India may allow passage for Nepal trucks to Bangladesh (October 30, 2009) - [read more]
Bangladesh News.Net Friday 30th October, 2009 India is considering granting passage to trucks from Nepal going to Bangladesh, media reports said.
Maoists attack former PM in Nepal (October 29, 2009) - [read more]
A group of Maoists attacked Nepali Congress leaders including former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Parliament member Gagan Thapa in Chitawan district in Nepal.
Tigers kill six children in Nepal (October 28, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: A two-year-old girl was killed and partially eaten by a tiger in central Nepal, bringing the toll of children killed to six even as an international summit started in the capital Tuesday bringing experts together to discuss strategies to save the big cats from extinction.
Nepal for global action on tiger conservation (October 27, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal is seriously engaged in taking the on-going peace process to a positive conclusion, writing a new democratic Constitution within the stipulated time-frame, and meeting the rising aspirations of the Nepalese people.
Indo-Nepal security talks in Nov (October 26, 2009) - [read more]
The government has picked up cross border crime as its main agenda for the dialogue, which in its second edition is going to take place in Kathmandu, informed sources at the Home Ministry.
UN Mission in Nepal chief meets UCPN-M chairman (October 25, 2009) - [read more]
United Nations Mission in Nepal Chief Karen Landgren called on Unified Communist Party of Nepal Chairman Prachanda at the latter’s residence in the capital Kathmandu on Sunday.
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.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Blog.com.np redirects here (January 26, 2008) - [read more]
Update: United We Blog at blog.com.np is up and running. Please click here to go the page or at the headlines on the right to go to individual pages.
Plus, click here for Blogmandu’s new address.
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