Nepal News archive for 30 March 2010

Teacher who faced death by machine-gun in release bid … – The Scotsman (March 30, 2010) – [read more]
Four others were also arrested: a Dutch citizen and his girlfriend, a Thai woman, and two men from Nepal. After a trial lasting about nine months, the only person acquitted was the Thai woman. “Mr Gilbey and the others were sentenced to death,” Mr …

A Review of Namaste Nepal Restaurant in Boulder … – Associated Content (March 30, 2010) – [read more]
Namaste Nepal Restaurant is an example of how you can’t judge a book by it’s cover … They specialize in Nepali and Indian cuisine. If you have never had this type of cuisine, like me, this is a good place to have your first experience.

Call for effective, transparent governance in S Asian … – The Daily Star (March 30, 2010) – [read more]
… Chandrasekhar inaugurated the programme, which is being attended by Saarc Secretary General Sheel Kant Sharma and senior officials of India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The workshop faculty …

SANEI conference begins in city: Energy, power crises … – New Nation (March 30, 2010) – [read more]
Some 100 participants from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh are taking part in the conference.

Three Neglected Killers – Doctors Without Borders (March 30, 2010) – [read more]
Ninety per cent of cases occur in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Nepal and Sudan. Treatment is hampered by drug resistance, high prices, lack of access to existing medicines, and slow progress on research into new cures. Chagas disease is endemic in many …

Adventurer’s 12,000-mile swim/bike ride/Everest climb … – Iowa City Press-Citizen (March 30, 2010) – [read more]
Charlie Wittmack knew, at age 15, that the trip he dreamed up sounded ridiculous. Swim the English Channel. Jump on a bike and ride from France to Nepal. Then climb Mount Everest. So he kept the dream – what he now calls the World Triathlon – to …

Featured slide shows – msnbc.com (March 30, 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 …

Suddath Relocation Systems Signs on to be Long-Term … – Biloxi Sun Herald (March 30, 2010) – [read more]
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Koirala, a key architect of peace in Nepal: Yoga Guru Ramdev (March 29, 2010) – [read more]

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has termed former Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala as the champion of democracy in the Himalayan nation.

Prachanda, fellow Maoists flock to Ramdeva s camp (March 29, 2010) – [read more]

Notwithstanding his anti-India outbursts, Nepala s Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal a Prachandaa seems to have developed an affinity with Indian yoga guru Ramdev.

India, Nepal water talks to start soon (March 29, 2010) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: After two years, Nepal and India have agreed to hold joint-secretary level water talks on March 30-31. The two-day meeting of the Joint Standing Technical Committee will be held in Kathmandu.

Interaction on “Relationship between Nepal and China’s Tibet” held in Nepal (March 28, 2010) – [read more]

Interaction on “Relationship between Nepal and China’s Tibet” was held in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Friday on the occasion of 2nd Serfs Emancipation Day … Read Readers are kindly requested to avoid using offensive language and also refrain from issuing threats to others.

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.

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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 [...]