Nepal News archive for 30 January 2010
Religious complications abound in pair of thrillers - Baton Rouge Advocate (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE By Alex Berenson; G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $25.95; 385 pp. THE GODFATHER OF KATHMANDU By John Burdett; Alfred A. Knopf, $25.95; 298 pp. The Midnight House reeks of bureaucratizing the War on Terror: turf battles among the Washington …
The gritty side of Bangkok and Kathmandu - Concord Monitor (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
But a big drug deal is about to be pulled off, via Kathmandu. And the Nepali supplier in this case is none other than the Tibetan himself: Jitpleecheep’s guru. This is exotic and mysterious territory for most of us, and Burdett pulls off the …
Abu Dhabi : Thousands of Migrant Workers to Have Lives Tracked in … - Daijiworld.com (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
… Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The destination countries include the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Yemen.
Inveneo uses Wi-Fi to help in Haiti - San Francisco Chronicle (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
“We have experience working in challenging conditions,” said the organization’s co-founder and CEO, Kristin Peterson . With funding primarily from the Cisco Foundation, Inveneo has been providing solar-powered computers, Internet connections and high …
NEPAL: Why are so many women killing themselves? - IRIN (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
Suicide is now the leading cause of death among young women, whereas in 1998 it was third (file photo) KATHMANDU, 21 January 2010 (IRIN) - Suicide has emerged as the single leading cause of death among women in Nepal aged 15-49, outranking other …
Ghandy confirms Nepal link, made 4 trips, met top Maoist leaders - Express India (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
… currently in custody of Delhi Police’s Special Cell, has revealed the close ties the Maoist leadership has developed with their counterparts in Nepal. The issue of whether Indian and Nepali Maoists are in touch and working in tandem has been a …
Lashkar seeks brand-new charity avatar - Express India (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
Ghandy confirms Nepal link, tells cops m… ‘ISI agent had voter card on Meerut addr… Maoists in Jharkhand agree to conditiona… New Delhi India’s frustration over Pakistan’s lack of action against Hafiz Mohammed Saeed is only growing by the …
Best of the new: Food - Boston Globe (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
Hotel Chocolat British-born Hotel Chocolat isn’t an ordinary candy shop. Like a fine library, confections are meticulously organized by taste — salty, fruity, nutty — to appeal to the sophisticated sweet tooth. Serious chocoholics should visit …
Nepali Times
Old anthem played at SAG (January 31, 2010) - [read more]
The host of the 11th South Asian Games bungled while playing Nepal’s national anthem during the opening match of the badminton event at Paltan’s Gymnasium.
The organisers played the old Nepali anthem “Sri man gambhir” instead of the new one “Saya thunga
Second day at SAG ends in disappointment (January 31, 2010) - [read more]
The second day of the South Asian Games ended on a dismal note as Nepal’s men’s football team went down against host Bangladesh by 3-0 at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday evening. This is the fifth defeat for Nepal at the hands of
A win for Bangladesh (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal lost by3-0 in men’s football to the hosts, Bangladesh, in South Asian
A win for Bangladesh (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal lost to the host, Bangladesh, by 3-0 in men’s football match that took place in Dhaka Saturday evening. Bangladesh scored a goal in the first seven minutes of the game. Nepal is considered a strong contender in its group that includes
Nepal loses in men’s hockey (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal lost the opening men’s hockey match to India on Saturday by an excruciating 21-0. India scored the first goal, played at the Moulana Bhashani Stadium in Dhaka, in the first 13 seconds of the match. It went on to score 10 goals in the first
Nepal loses in men’s hockey (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal lost the opening men’s hockey match to India on Saturday by an excruciating 21-0. India scored the first goal, played at the Moulana Bhashani Stadium in Dhaka, in
Surprise blow for India (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
India loses to Afghanistan in men’s football on the first day at South Asian Games.
Surprise blow for India (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
India, everyone’s favorite to win in almost every sporting categories in the South Asian Games, suffered a surprise blow in men’s football from Afghanistan. India fielded under-19 teams against Afghanistan’s under-23 at MA Aziz Stadium in
Nepal News
Ratify disappearance convention: NHRC (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: National Human Rights Commission Chairperson Kedar Nath Upadhyay has urged the government to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
NC leader reveals ’secret-deal’ on army integration between NC president and Maoist chairman (January 29, 2010) - [read more]
NC Leader Ram Chandra Poudel Nepali Congress vice president Ram Chandra Poudel has claimed there had been a secret understanding to integrate 3000 to 5000 Maoist combatants in Nepal Army between his party president Girija Prasad Koirala and Unified CPN chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
I stand by what I said: Bhandari (January 27, 2010) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Defense Minister Bidya Devi Bhandari said Thursday that she stands by her Tuesdaya s statement that bulk integration of PLA combatants will not be acceptable even if the Special Committee for Army Integration headed by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal so recommends.
Nepal arrests Japanese in possession of 10 kg of hashish (January 26, 2010) - [read more]
Nepalese police have arrested a Japanese national while he was trying to travel from Kathmandu to Doha with 10 kilograms of high-quality hashish, a police official said Tuesday.
India to Nepal: Terror threat, need marshals on planes (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
New Delhi served a demarche on Nepal last week to persuade its neighbour to allow sky marshals on board Air India flights to the Himalayan nation following ‘concrete intelligence inputs’ that the Lashkar-e-Toiba plans to hijack an Indian carrier flying to and from SAARC countries.
Nepal arrests Indian policemen (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
“Seven Indian policemen posted in Uttar Pradesh of India have been arrested for entering Nepal with arms, without taking permission from us,” said Buddhi Bahadur Khadka, chief district officer of Kanchanpur.
Nepal gay wedding in bid for pink dollar (January 24, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal will play host to a royal wedding with a difference when an openly gay Indian prince marries his partner at a Hindu temple in Kathmandu.
14-province model bad for Nepal: Sujata (January 23, 2010) - [read more]
BIRATNAGAR: Deputy-Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala on Friday said that the 14-province model will put the country in trouble.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Obstacles for Business in Nepal: Instability and Maoists (January 29, 2010) - [read more]
Political instablity and power outage are the two major contributors to Nepal’s poor investment climate, a World Bank report says. It forget to mention the number one reason: the Maoists.
Nepal 2009 Enterprise Survey points out lack of access to finance and labour regulations as other major obstacles. Obstacles, however, differ from industry to industry. Transport [...]
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