Nepal News archive for 28 March 2010

Beyond narrow boundaries – Tribune (March 28, 2010) – [read more]
It is siphoned off by middlemen in the convoluted PDS chain to adjoining countries like Nepal, Bangladesh and even Myanmar, thereby maintaining the hunger status quo for a majority of the very conservative official figure of 260 million poor people …

Mumbai, March 28 – Tribune (March 28, 2010) – [read more]
While the flights from the Capital would connect Hong Kong, Bangkok, Dubai and Kathmandu, the airlines also fly to Bangkok, Dubai and Kathmandu from Mumbai. All the flights would be started between April 7 and April 24. — PTI

Kingfisher starts New Delhi-London flight; to add 7 … – Economic Times (March 28, 2010) – [read more]
While the flights from the Capital will connect Hong Kong, Bangkok, Dubai and Kathmandu, the airlines will also fly to Bangkok, Dubai and Kathmandu from Mumbai. All the flights will be started between April 7 and April 24.

Who paid Headley’s credit card bill? – IndiaTimes (March 28, 2010) – [read more]
Bills for such cards were paid in US, Canada and Nepal, and establishing a link could unearth the identity of their masters. Intelligence agencies, tracking economic footprints and wide network of jihadis and their sleeper cells in different cities …

Stocks to watch – Sydney Morning Herald (March 28, 2010) – [read more]
… MICLYN EXPRESS OFFSHORE LTD – steady at $1.90 Macquarie Group-backed Miclyn Express Offshore has made a flat Australian stock market debut in the biggest local float since Kathmandu. RIO – RIO TINTO LTD – down 30 cents at $78.32 A Shanghai court …

Monarchy is dead in Nepal, long live monarchy – Hindustan Times (March 28, 2010) – [read more]
… ruled Nepal for 240 years still rules the hearts of many in this Himalayan nation. Photos of late King Birendra and his wife Aishwarya can be found hanging from the walls of schools, colleges, public offices and in many Nepali … Kathmandu

Lebanese kicks off bid to scale Mount Everest – Lebanon Daily Star (March 28, 2010) – [read more]
Saikaly added Money raised for Saikaly’s trek will be donated to the NGO Childhaven International to build an orphanage for children in Nepal. “In the near future, I plan to work with Climb 4 Lebanon to help raise funds for Lebanese charities …

Featured slide shows – NBC Sports (March 28, 2010) – [read more]
An vibrantly erupting volcano in Iceland, an eye surgery patient at a mobile clinic in Nepal, a jubilant Paralympic Games athlete in Canada, a belly-flopping pond skimmer in New Hampshire and more memorable news and features photos from around the …

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Yoga becoming lifestyle trend in urban Nepal (March 28, 2010) – [read more]

By Madhusree Chatterjee, Kathmandu, March 28 : Yoga has almost become a lifestyle trend among the urban middle class in this country, courtesy the Indian television channels which telecast holistic health and lifestyle programmes.

Koirala death deals new blow to fragile Nepal government (March 27, 2010) – [read more]

Former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s death could undermine the fragile Nepal government, which has until May 28 to write a new constitution.

Nepal mourns death of former PM (March 27, 2010) – [read more]

Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar draped the national flag on late Girija Prasad Koirala’s body at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu to pay tribute to the veteran leader who died on Saturday .

Hot Air Balloon In Nepal To Boost Tourism Year 2011 (March 27, 2010) – [read more]

Tara Air is starting commercial hot air balloon flights with two balloons from the first week of April 2010, ahead of Nepal Tourism Year 2011m reports China’s Xinhua news agency citing a local media.

Nepal: UN rights office calls for army cooperation in investigating deaths (March 27, 2010) – [read more]

The United Nations Human Rights Office in Nepal today expressed its continued concern over the deaths of three alleged female poachers – including a 12-year-old child – at a national park in the country’s far west, calling on authorities to carry out investigations with the full cooperation of the army.

A death in Nepal in the age of Twitter and Facebook (March 26, 2010) – [read more]

Nepal’s top leader dies. Nepalis all over the world react hysterically on the Web.

Nepal’s deposed king raises hope of return (March 26, 2010) – [read more]

The former king of Nepal has hinted he hopes the country’s centuries-old Hindu monarchy may one day be restored, nearly two years after he was dethroned.

Indian doctor gets life-term over death of Nepali woman (March 25, 2010) – [read more]

Nepalis in Biratnagar have hailed the court verdict. Dr Bijay Chaudhary, who was working at a hospital in the bordering town of Farbisgunj, had killed Nanu Chhetri of Biratnagar-19 some 20 months ago.

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Struggling For Nepal’s True Sovereignty (March 27, 2010) – [read more]
India wanted to establish Nepal as a dependent state since it had ousted the British colonial regime. It did not want Nepal to have independent foreign relations. In 1975, the late King Birendra had proposed Nepal to be recognized internationally as a “zone of peace” which had received by 1990, support of 112 countries, including [...]

Ex-king Gyanendra says End Of Monarchy in the Republic of Nepal is a Hypothetical Question (March 24, 2010) – [read more]
Suman Giri interviews ex-king Gyanendra (l). Pic via hamroblog. Nagarik newspaper has Nepali version of the interview. Also, read Republica’s coverage of the interview.

Talking to Suman Giri of Avenues TV, a Kathmandu-based private network, for the first time since is ouster three years ago, in Janakpur where he went to worship Janaki, ex-king Gyanendra has [...]