Nepal News archive for 25 July 2010

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Newari Cultural Show promotes indigenous culture (July 25, 2010) – [read more]

A Nepalese Newari girl displays the Newari traditional ornaments during a Newari Cultural Show in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, July 24, 2010.

Leftist leaders harp on unity (July 24, 2010) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Top guns of the two largest left parties, United Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal , claim they can move ahead together to execute the new constitution and take the peace process to a logical finish.

Govt scraps multiple secretary provision; four posts to go (July 24, 2010) – [read more]

The Ministry of General Administration took a decision to this effect recently on the basis of the performance evaluation of multiple secretaries.

No headway in Dhital murder probe (July 24, 2010) – [read more]

But the police are yet to know the motive behind the murder and trace the criminals.

An open letter to President of Pakistan to punish killers of Christian Brothers (July 24, 2010) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Nepal: July 24, 2010. A prominent Human Right Activist in South Asia, Shelly Keith Benjamin have written an open letter to President Asif Ali Zardari for immediate trial of killers of Martyr Pastor Rasid Emmanuel and Martyr Sajjid Emmanuel.

Govt wasting Rs 120m every month (July 24, 2010) – [read more]

In spite of having appointed over 20,000 teachers at primary, lower secondary and secondary levels in the last three years under relief quotas provided for by donor agencies, the Ministry of Education is still short of over 40,000 teachers.

JSC suspends Attorney for failure to appeal against flawed ruling (July 24, 2010) – [read more]

The Judicial Service Commission has suspended Deputy Attorney General Surendra Thapa for his failure to appeal against a flawed decision to release repeat offenders Bhimsen Pandit, Sanjay Shrestha and Rohit Paliwal Agrawal on low bail by erstwhile judge of Kathmandu District Court Tej Bahadur Karki.

Nepal intends to sign FTA with Pakistan (July 23, 2010) – [read more]

KARACHI: Nepal intends to sign Free Trade Agreement with Pakisan in the next meeting of Joint Economic Commission , scheduled in October this year, Daily Times learnt on Friday.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

New and Old India (July 15, 2010) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle Old India trudges through waterlogged roads; new India flies. This is because Indian democracy is dictated by the flourishing middle class, according to a professor. The eagerly awaited monsoon arrived last week in Delhi bringing great relief to the residents. The temperature dropped by as much as 10 degrees celsius to 30. [...]

An Encounter with a Baburam Bhattarai Supporter in Delhi (July 9, 2010) – [read more]
The young man is from Dr. Bhattarai’s constituency in Gorkha district By Dinesh Wagle It was the hottest June day in five years, Delhi boiling at 45 degrees Celsius. I was waiting for someone at the international airport. There I met him. He had gone there to receive one of his relatives from Kathmandu who [...]