World Peace Torch going from Nepal to Shanghai World Expo in China – People’s Daily Online (August 20, 2010) – [read more]
The World Peace Torch lit up at Lumbini in southern Nepal is being sent to the Shanghai World Expo in China with a view to popularize Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha. According to Friday’s The Rising Nepal …

Number of US-resettled Bhutanese refugees reaches 30,000 – Nepalnews.com (September 1, 2010) – [read more]
The number of Bhutanese refugees who have departed Nepal for the United States will reach 30,000 sometime this week, according the US embassy in Kathmandu. In a press statement Wednesday, the embassy informed that …

UN concerned over fate of disappeared in Nepal – Earthtimes (August 30, 2010) – [read more]
Kathmandu – The United Nations Monday expressed concern over the fate of forcibly disappeared people in Nepal and urged the government to implement international law on the issue. The Office of the UN High Commissioner …

Plane crash in Nepal kills all 14 aboard – The Keene Sentinel (August 26, 2010) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A single-engine aircraft carrying 11 passengers and three crew members crashed south of Kathmandu, Nepal, this morning, killing everyone on board, government officials said. The Civil …

Small passenger plane crashes near Nepal’s capital – The Sun News (August 23, 2010) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — A small passenger plane carrying 14 people, including some foreigners, to the Mount Everest region crashed into the hills outside Nepal’s capital in heavy rain Tuesday, officials said. A …

2 Utahns killed in Nepal plane crash – ksl.com (August 25, 2010) – [read more]
PROVO — A deadly plane crash in Nepal killed 14 people Monday. Among the victims were two women from Provo. Leuzi Cardoso, 49, and Heather Finch, 40, were on the small plane, making their way to Mt. Everest, when it …

Briton among dead in Nepal plane crash – YAHOO! (August 24, 2010) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (AFP) – A British national was among 14 people killed when a small plane heading for the Everest region crashed in bad weather near the Nepalese capital on Tuesday. “Our teams have now reached the …

Cuban Catholic Church reveals names of 6 more prisoners Castro’s gov’t has promised … – San Francisco Examiner (August 24, 2010) – [read more]
HAVANA, CUBA — Cuba’s Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday revealed the names of six more political prisoners to be released into exile in Spain under an agreement with President Raul Castro’s government. The men are among …

Nepali Times

Power struggle (March 24, 2010) – [read more]
NC leaders fight over the party’s top post. Maoists want to lead the HLPM.

Home sweet home (March 24, 2010) – [read more]
A look at Nepali homes that defy the national obsession with Corinthian columns carved out of

Tough tactics (March 24, 2010) – [read more]
TUTH doctors stop providing emergency services. Maoists threaten to revolt.

Filling his shoes (March 22, 2010) – [read more]
NC will continue to lead the High Level Political Mechanism, says Ram Chandra

Remembering Girijababu (March 22, 2010) – [read more]
Thousands of people thronged the streets of Kathmandu for the funeral procession of the late prime minister and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday. Koirala was cremated in Aryaghat, Pashupatinath on Sunday evening following a

No mercy (March 19, 2010) – [read more]
Young Communist League members beat up a pregnant woman and her mother-in-law in Dang on Thursday because they had a dispute with her husband,

Introducing Nepali Kukur (March 19, 2010) – [read more]
Dining, wining, and pure swining in the back alleys and penthouses of Nepal.

No love lost (March 18, 2010) – [read more]
UNMIN wants the Defence Minister to retract a statement accusing them of favouring the

Nepal News

Gurkhas face their toughest battle as cuts threaten their future (September 2, 2010) – [read more]

By Chris Bond SIR Ralph Turner, who served with the Gurkhas, once said of the famous regiment: “Bravest of the brave, most generous of the generous, never had a country more faithful friends than you.” The Gurkhas have been part of the British Army for nearly 200 years but these Nepalese soldiers, famous across the world for their discipline and …

Nepal seizes gold being smuggled in from India (September 2, 2010) – [read more]

Nepal’s security forces have seized gold worth over NRs10mn that was being smuggled by road from India and arrested two men, an official said yesterday.

Nepal: Media Advocating For Monarchy? (September 2, 2010) – [read more]

Natalie Soysa at In the Lost Queen’s Eyes reports that the slaughter of 300 goats and a countless number of chickens as a sacrifice to Hindu Goddess Kali was carried out in Chilaw, Sri Lanka, amidst protest from animal rights activists.

Exile Tibetans celebrate 50th Tibetan Democracy Day in Kathmandu (September 2, 2010) – [read more]

Tibetans around the world celebrate the 50th Tibetan Democracy Day which marks the anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s efforts to transform Tibetan society into a democracy.

What is art? Aesthetic sense (September 2, 2010) – [read more]

For this section this week, Republica asked the question “What is art?” to Pradeep Yonzon, one of the senior photographers of Nepal, for his perspectives on photography as a form of art.

Miss Nepal 2010 winner Sadikshya Shrestha (centre), first runner up Sahana… (September 2, 2010) – [read more]

Miss Nepal 2010 winner Sadikshya Shrestha , first runner up Sahana Bajracharya and second runner up Samyukta Timsina pose for a group photo, Wednesday, 01 Sept 2010.

Flight data recorders recovered from Nepal plane crash that killed all 14 on board (September 2, 2010) – [read more]

Nepalese investigators have found the flight data recorders from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed last week en route to the Mount Everest area, killing 14 people including six foreigners, officials said Thursday.

More Nepali kids being trafficked to India as labourers (September 1, 2010) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Trafficking of Nepali children into Indian cities as labourers is on the rise lately, and these kids are being trafficked via India’s Raxaul that borders with Birgunj to Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai, reported China’s Xinhua news agency citing a local daily on Thursday.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Indian Embassy in Kathmandu and Nepal’s Free Media (August 30, 2010) – [read more]
These are not very good times for the relationship between the Nepali media industry and the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. They are at loggerheads, most recently, over a statement issued by the embassy on 27th blaming “certain print and television … Continue reading →

India, Universities and World Ambitions (August 29, 2010) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal All the chaos surrounding sloppy preparations for the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi in October may give an impression that India has a long way to go to become a global … Continue reading →

UN concerned over fate of disappeared in Nepal – Earthtimes (August 30, 2010) – [read more]
Kathmandu – The United Nations Monday expressed concern over the fate of forcibly disappeared people in Nepal and urged the government to implement international law on the issue. The Office of the UN High Commissioner …

Plane crash in Nepal kills all 14 aboard – The Keene Sentinel (August 26, 2010) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A single-engine aircraft carrying 11 passengers and three crew members crashed south of Kathmandu, Nepal, this morning, killing everyone on board, government officials said. The Civil …

Small passenger plane crashes near Nepal’s capital – The Sun News (August 23, 2010) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — A small passenger plane carrying 14 people, including some foreigners, to the Mount Everest region crashed into the hills outside Nepal’s capital in heavy rain Tuesday, officials said. A …

2 Utahns killed in Nepal plane crash – ksl.com (August 25, 2010) – [read more]
PROVO — A deadly plane crash in Nepal killed 14 people Monday. Among the victims were two women from Provo. Leuzi Cardoso, 49, and Heather Finch, 40, were on the small plane, making their way to Mt. Everest, when it …

Briton among dead in Nepal plane crash – YAHOO! (August 24, 2010) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (AFP) – A British national was among 14 people killed when a small plane heading for the Everest region crashed in bad weather near the Nepalese capital on Tuesday. “Our teams have now reached the …

Cuban Catholic Church reveals names of 6 more prisoners Castro’s gov’t has promised … – San Francisco Examiner (August 24, 2010) – [read more]
HAVANA, CUBA — Cuba’s Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday revealed the names of six more political prisoners to be released into exile in Spain under an agreement with President Raul Castro’s government. The men are among …

Washington Extra -The audacity of hope? – Reuters Blogs (September 1, 2010) – [read more]
If rescuing the U.S. economy from the Slough of Despond wasn’t enough, President Barack Obama took a stab at finding peace in the Middle East today. Obama is determined to forge a new relationship with the Muslim …

Foreigners among 14 feared dead in Nepal plane crash – msnbc.com (August 23, 2010) – [read more]
Fourteen people, including six foreigners, were feared killed when their small plane crashed in bad weather in Nepal Tuesday, a government official said. The Angi Air plane, returning to Kathmandu after failing to land …

Nepali Times

Nepal News

Yak & Yeti Joins the Nepalese Boom (September 1, 2010) – [read more]

The Boston area, Somerville in particular, is something of an enclave for Tibetan and Nepalese folks, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that restaurant after restaurant opens to serve this cuisine that’s fairly rare in most of America.

Natural orifices use in surgery thrills Nepali docs (September 1, 2010) – [read more]

Called Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery for its use of natural openings in the human body, the technique is special in that it leaves no surgical scar.

Not in my backyard (September 1, 2010) – [read more]

Here we go again. Another group of Okharpauwa Village Development Committee locals obstruct the Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s garbage trucks to enter and unload the municipal waste at the landfill site.

IT should reach to rural areas, says PM (September 1, 2010) – [read more]

Inaugurating the Midas CAN Softech 2010 at Direction Exhibition and Convention Center at United World Trade Center in Tripureshwar on Wednesday, PM Nepal said the usage of software, which is limited to official works at present, should also benefit the rural folks.

Trade body deplores campaign against Indian JVs in Nepal (September 1, 2010) – [read more]

With a section of Nepal’s media keeping up a smear campaign against Indian joint ventures in Nepal and distorting the Indian government’s concern, the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wednesday expressed concern, asking for a halt to the ‘ the economic environment’. Issuing a statement, NICCI said the controversy about some products …

Miss Nepal 2010 today (September 1, 2010) – [read more]

Nepal Television will telecast the program live from 4:15 p.m. Out of the 80 applicants, 50 were short listed and 18 have been chosen for the final, it was informed in a press meet at the International Recreation Centre, Sanepa on August 28.

Nepal and Dahal hold secret meeting (September 1, 2010) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and United Communist Party of Nepal Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal hold a secret meeting at the formera s home in Koteshwor, lasting for about an hour and a half.

Seven die in house collapse as heavy rain lashes Nepal (August 31, 2010) – [read more]

‘s far-western district of Kalikot when a house collapsed after 24 hours of continuous rain, media reported yesterday.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Indian Embassy in Kathmandu and Nepal’s Free Media (August 30, 2010) – [read more]
These are not very good times for the relationship between the Nepali media industry and the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. They are at loggerheads, most recently, over a statement issued by the embassy on 27th blaming “certain print and television … Continue reading →

India, Universities and World Ambitions (August 29, 2010) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal All the chaos surrounding sloppy preparations for the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi in October may give an impression that India has a long way to go to become a global … Continue reading →