Khanal's PM candidacy withdrawal writ quashed
The Supreme Court today quashed the writ petition challenging the CPN-UML July 21 decision to withdraw the candidacy of party Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal for the post of prime minister. A single ben |
Prachanda pays court to Bijukchhe for support
Unified CPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', one of the two candidates in the prime ministerial election scheduled for August 2, today claimed that Nepal Workers and Peasants Party was |
NOC asked to stop bonus
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Friday issued a letter to chief secretary and secretaries of finance, labour, industries and commerce and supplies ministries asking them |
11 student unions to continue protest
Agitating 11 student unions today decided to continue their protests they had announced earlier against the Tribhuvan University decision to phase out Proficiency Certificate Level. "We have decide |
ANNISU-R calls off agitation
All Nepal National Independent Students' Union-Revolutionary today decided to withdraw the protests against the Council for Technical Education Vocational Training after it opened admissions in the in |
Asking student to trim hair lands teachers in soup
Gone are the days when students used to be obedient to what their teachers said, it seems, at least an incident here in a school is anything to go by. Asking a student to trim his hair has landed the |
UML youth leader says NC played foul
CPN-UML youth leader Yogesh Bhattarai today levelled a charge against the Nepali Congress saying the party violated 'the gentleman's agreement' reached earlier between the two parties at NC Vice Presi |
Govt buildings on verge of collapse
Landslides triggered by torrential rain in Khandbari have put government buildings at the risk of collapse. The District Administration Office and District Education Office buildings, said official |
IFJ team to probe Dhital murder
A team of International Federation of Journalists today left for Dang from Kathmandu to probe into the murder of mediaperson Devi Prasad Dhital alias Hemraj. Hemraj, president of Tulsipur FM, was shot |
Fringe left plays Dutch uncle
Fringe left parties today met both the prime ministerial candidate - Unified CPNMaoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and Nepali Congress Vice President and parliamentary party leader Ram Cha |
Downpour lashes Gulmi
Vehicular movement along the RidiBamitaksar road section came to a complete halt after landslides triggered by incessant rain blocked the road since this morning. According to the District Police O |
Fertiliser crunch hits farmers hard
Farmers in this far western district Kanchanpur are yet to receive government subsidised fertilisers, forcing them to dig dip into their pockets to purchase the fertilisers at black market. With th |
Women held for kidnapping
Police on Thursday night detained two women from Madhubangoth on charge of kidnapping an infant. According to Inspector Mukti Narayan Chaudhari at the District Police Office, the detainees have bee |
Kailali villages deluged, hundreds displaced
Incessant downpour for the last few days has put this farwestern district of Kailali under water. According to Nepal Red Cross Society Kailali, dozens of villages in the district have been inundated. |
It doesn't rain but pours for Sunsari flood victims
Flood victims in Inaruwa have been forced to live a miserable life due to lack of relief materials. Khalil Mansuri of Inaruwa-6 has been spending days expecting that some donor agencies or the Dist |
Pakistan three-day flood toll tops 320
Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed more than 320 people in Pakistan in three days and affected at least 300,000, officials said today. Hundreds of homes a |
Blast kills four cops in northeast India
Separatist rebels in northeast India killed four paramilitary police today and injured 30 more in a powerful landmine explosion, the force said. A police spokesman said militants detonated the devi |
Pakistanis see US as enemy: Poll
A majority of Pakistanis view the United States as an enemy, oppose the US-led war in Afghanistan and are less concerned about the Taliban and Al-Qaeda than a year ago, a Pew Research poll said on Thu |
Letter scare in Paris US Embassy
Two employees of the US Embassy in Paris were undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter today, the embassy said. A Paris police official said the employees were "unwell" after the |
Women's views on statute get scant priority
Of the total 668 news materials related to the Constituent Assembly (CA) published in the last six months, only 28 items were written from the woman's perspective stated a report published by Sanchari |
Govt can't foot rail project costs
The government's highly ambitious modern electric railway project, costing about US$ 12 billion (Rs 8 trillion) is unlikely to materialise unless it invests at least 50 per cent of the total cost. |
CTEVT admission open
Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) today opened admission forms for Technical SLC (TSLC) and Annex programmes in 151 technical institutes and training schools affiliated w |
Anti-PCL phase-out stir again
Eleven Student Unions, other than from the group of 13, are declaring their new protest programme tomorrow to protest against Proficiency Certificate Level (PCL) phase-out and government oppression. < |
Win-win deal on upper Tamakoshi
One of the largest loan providers - Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) - for Upper Tamakoshi hydro project (456 MW) has finally agreed to the terms and conditions and will sign a loan agreement of Rs 10 |
Call for alternative judiciary
Experts on Thursday stressed on alternatives to the existing legal system to end disputes related to federal states at an interaction. Speakers said differences on federal system could be resolved if |
Stalled peace concerns UNMIN
United Nations Mission in Nepal Chief Karin Landgren today said the government formation process should not hamper the peace process. During the meeting with UCPN-Maoist Vice Chairman Dr Baburam B |
Politics leading nowhere: Prachanda
Unified CPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' today said Nepali politics was leading the country nowhere. Referring to the current political stalemate coupled with 'tricky' demands mad |
Sujata terms govt `complete failure'
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the caretaker government Sujata Koirala today admitted that the incumbent government was a 'failure'. ''The government was a desperate fail |
Deuba pins hopes on UML
Senior leader of the Nepali Congress and former prime
minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today said he was hopeful that the CPN-UML would back party's prime ministerial candidate Ramchandra Paudel dur |
Chalise meets UK minister
Nepali Ambassador to the United Kingdom Dr Suresh Chalise called on British Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans Andrew Robathan in London and discussed UKNepal military relations and |
Myagdi folks fear landslide disaster
Torrential rain for the last few days has put around 26 houses on the banks of the Raghu Ganga River in Rakhupiple VDC-2 at risk of landslides. According to locals, they have been coping with simil |
Agitating refugees rake in support
Refugees from Bhutan living in Jhapa and Morang camps have expressed solidarity with their fellow refugees, who are on a huger strike, demanding refugee identity cards and relief packages. The dema |
Indian national killed in bus accident
One person was killed when two passenger buses collided with each other at Daunne area along the East-West Highway on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as
Riyaj Khan (42) -a bus driv |
Group linked to al-Qaida owns up to Iraq TV blasts
An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility today for a bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of a panArab television station, describing the deadly attack that killed six people |
French mother admits killing 8 newborns
A French mother admitted killing eight newborn babies today, investigators said, as a shocked nation struggled to digest the latest grisly tragedy of village life. Dominique Cottrez, a nursing assista |
Love tragedy sparks protests
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside city hall in Duisburg, Germany on today as anger grew over the Love Parade disaster in which 21 people died. Protesters chanted 'Sauerland go!' in referen |
Devil may wear Prada, but Virgin Mary dons Louis Vuitton
The devil may well wear Prada, but at a biennial exhibition of sacred art in Italy, a statue of the Virgin Mary is donning Louis Vuitton, local newspaper Il Centro reported today. The veil traditio |
SKorean PM to step down
South Korea's prime minister offered to resign today after parliament shot down his efforts to scrap a plan that would relocate several government ministries out of the capital. Chung Un-chan, an a |
Claims Algeria bombing too
A l Q a i d a's branch in North Africa has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing against security forces in Algeria's eastern Kabylie region, the SITE monitoring group said. AlQaida in the Isla |
Fresh warrant for Thaksin
Thailand's Supreme Court on Thursday issued a new arrest warrant for fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra in connection with allegations of false declaration of assets. "Thaksin failed to appear |
Thai emergency to be lifted partially
Thailand's premier said today he would end emergency rule in six provinces but maintain the strict laws in Bangkok, where a weekend bomb blast rekindled tensions in the wake of deadly street protests. |
Karzai asks West to destroy Pak ultra havens
Afghan President Hamid Karzai today urged his Western allies to destroy Islamist militant sanctuaries in neighbouring Pakistan after thousands of secret US files were leaked. "The time has come for |
Floods kill 60 in Pakistan
Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said today. Hun |
3,000 barrels containing hazardous chemicals washed into China river
Authorities were scrambling today to recover 3,000 barrels full of hazardous chemicals that were washed into a major river in northeastern China by re
cent flooding. A total of 7,000 barre |
British premier sparks `terror' row with Pak
British Prime Minister David Cameron was mired in a diplomatic row with Islamabad today over comments made on a trade-driven trip to India about the "export of terror" from Pakistan. Pakistan's amb |
Tamil hunger striker wins damages from British newspapers
A Sri Lankan Tamil demonstrator who went on hunger strike outside London's Houses of Parliament accepted damages today from British newspapers who accused him of eating burgers during the action. P |
Intermediate level admission halted
Student unions and owners of colleges affiliated to the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) today urged the latter to open admission in the intermediate level in technical |
Obama to get invite to file candidacy
The Ministry of Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture (MoFACAPAC) will be inviting US President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama as well as other peace priz |
`Govt using PCL phase-out to escape responsibility'
Various leaders today charged the government was evading the responsibility of providing intermediate level education to poor students in the name of phasing out Proficiency Certificate Level (PCL). < |
Basic health services still a far cry: PM
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today accepted that the state was still unable to provide basic health facilities to people, although the Interim Constitution -2007 has declared health a fundamental |
UK envoy bids farewell to PM
Outgoing UK Ambassador Andrew Hall paid a farewell visit to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at the latter's office in Singha Durbar on Wednesday. Hall thanked
the PM for contributing to the |
SC fiat to govt hospitals
The Supreme Court (SC) today issued an order to government hospitals providing reproductive services to allocate separate cabins for disabled women. A division bench of Justices Bala Ram KC and Bharat |
Three Tibetan refugees repatriated to China: ICT
Nepal forcibly repatriated three Tibetan refugees last month, two of whom are now in jail in China, the International Campaign for Tibet said today. Two Buddhist monks and one young woman were deta |
`Administration ineffective'
Minister for General Administration, Prabhakar Pradhananga said today that the admin istration has not been effec tive due to political interfer ence. Speaking at the con
cluding function of a |
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Nepal, India to sign trans-boundary treaty
The country is celebrating the National Tiger Day for the first time tomorrow. The celebration is aimed at raising awareness on saving the endangered big cats whose wild population is decreasing at |
A peon does it all as health workers opt to stay away from district
What is expected at a health centre? A doctor? If not, then a health assistant? Or a trained hand who can deal with the patients? But a health post in the district has no one but a peon to attend to t |
UN shows concern about repatriation
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed serious concern about the reports that Tibetans illegally entering Nepal from Lamabagar of Dolakha are being 'forcefully' repatriate |
Water hyacinth ruining beauty of Phewa Lake
Water hyacinth in the Phewa Lake is taking its toll in this tourist hub of Pokhara. These dense floating plants, which grow in a rapid rate, have covered almost all the parts of the lake. Re |
Youth missing
: Dipak Pariyar (21) of Lakeside in Pokhara-6 has gone missing in Phewa Lake while he was crossing the lake in a boat on Wednesday, District Police Office Kaski said. Search operation to find him i |
Colleges flouting HSEB rules
Some Plus Two colleges are conducting classes here in the district though their application for the same had been rejected by the Higher Secondary Education Board. Holy Land Boarding School at Surk |
Former speaker Ranabhat says parties lack confidence
Former Speaker and Nepali Congress leader Taranath Ranabhat today said the political situation of the country had become complex due to lack of political confidence in parties. "Government formatio |
Kin claim APF trainee died of torture
The family of Min Bahadur Rana Chhetri, a deceased trainee APF constable of Saileswori Battalion Pipladi, claimed that Chhetri died of extreme torture he was subjected to during the training. The f |
Armed group detonates bomb
Cadres of Samyukta Jatiya Mukti Morcha, an armed outfit active in eastern hill, detonated a bomb in front of a shop belonging to Rajendra Prasad Shah, chairman, Udayapur Chamber of commerce and Indust |
Drive against drugs
A public awareness campaign has been launched in a bid to make Parsa district a drugs-free zone. The campaign was launched in Subarnapur VDC by an NGO called Sano Paila with support from the District |
Minor found dea
Aapus Das (5), son of Ram Bahadur Das, was found dead nearby his house at Bahundangi in Jhapa on Wednesday, said Area Police Office Kakarbhitta. The dead body was sent to Mechi Zonal Hospital, Bhadrap |
Two drown
Punam Shahi (8) drowned while swimming in Geuriya Khola in Lakahanpur, Jhapa on Wednesday, said police. In a separate incident, Hattiram Pariyar (50) drowned in a pond at Hajariya VDC-2 in Sarlahi dis |
Crushers putting rivers at risk
Crusher industries that have been established on the river banks here in the district without meeting the norms are posing a great threat to Indrawati and Sunkoshi. Sand and boulder extraction in a |
`Leaked data source unknown'
WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief claims his organisation doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret US military documents on the Afghan war, telling journalists the website was set up to hide the source of |
Iraq blasts, crash kill 11
A sandstorm downed an Iraqi military helicopter today, killing its five-man crew, while midmorning Baghdad bombings claimed the lives of six people, officials said. Defence Ministry spokesman Maj G |
Japan to accept 32 refugees
Japan will resettle 32 ethnic minority refugees from military-ruled Myanmar who are now living in a Thai refugee camp, a justice ministry official said today. Japan, by accepting the six ethnic Kar |
TV gossips to go off air in Indonesia
Indonesia's highest Islamic body has followed up a series of contentious fatwas with a new edict banning Muslims from watching TV gossip shows or having sexchange operations. The increasingly asser |
Lying for sex costs man 18-month jail in Israel
Lying for sex. It happens all the time. Yet a married Palestinian man has been ordered jailed for 18 months for having sex with an Israeli woman after giving her the impression he too was Jewish, as w |
Al-Qaida No 2 flays veil ban in France
Al-Qaida's No 2 has slammed France's push to ban the Islamic fullface veil and urged Muslim women to be `holy warriors' in the defense of their headdress against the `secular Western crusade' in a new |
152 killed in Pak plane crash
A passenger jet crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather today, killing all 152 people on board and blazing a path of devastation strewn with body parts and twisted meta |
Floods trap 30,000 in northern China
Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power today, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continues to affect the country. Floods t |
India for 25-member UNSC
India has proposed expansion of the membership of the United Nations Security Council from the existing 15 to 25 by adding six permanent and four nonpermanent members. A proposal in this regard was |
Senators mull US role in Kabul
Any agreement setting up a long-term US military presence in Afghanistan should go to the US Senate for ratification, two senators urged President Barack Obama in a letter released today. "Any such |
Bus hits roadside bomb in Afghanistan; 25 dead
A roadside bomb ripped through a crowded Afghan bus today, killing up to 25 civilians in a southwestern province on the Iranian border in one of the deadliest such attacks in months. The bomb explo |
Contaminated water taking toll on Dharan folks
Contaminated water has taken a toll on Dharan folks. Locals here have been suffering from various diseases like typhoid and diarrhoea among others. A recent report made public by a monitorin |
Diarrhoea claims one
Amar Kumari Malla (36) of Malaikhola at Panchakule VDC in Dang died of diarrhoea on Tuesday. With the outbreak of diarrhoea for the last one week, more than 50 persons have fallen ill in the villa |
Poisonous mushroom
Three persons have been taken ill in Tehrathum and Solukhumbu districts after they consumed mushroom brought from the forest. Man Bahadur Kalikote (15) and Subash Kalikote (13) were taken ill after t |
Adaptation action plan finalised
Officials at the Ministry of Environment today said the National Adaptation Programme of Action had been finalised and that it would be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate |
Maoists to reply to UDMF in a day or two
The Unified CPN-Maoist is preparing its opinion in writing regarding the issues raised by the United Democratic Madhesi Front. "We will let them (UMDF) know about our opinion in a day or two," said |
Landgren clears air on UNMIN's 60-week integration plan
United Nations Mission in Nepal Chief Karin Landgren today called on Nepali Congress acting President Sushil Koirala at the latter's residence in Maharajgunj. Landgren during her conversation with |
Landslide fear prompts villagers' exodus
As many as 73 families of Khaptad VDC in the district have relocated to safer places for the fear of landslide in the wake of incessant downpour in the last few days. Locals of ward no 3 and 4 of K |
DeLisi meets Khanal
US Ambassador to Nepal Scott H DeLisi on Tuesday called on CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal at the latter's residence and urged the latter to `act responsibly' by relinquishing the party's stance t |
Eight hurt in accident
At least eight persons, including six army personnel, were injured when a bus en route to Pokhara from Kuhsma collided head-on with a military van in Shivalaya-1, Khahare. The injured are undergoing t |
`Regular donors needed to meet blood demand'
Nepal Red Cross Society Blood Transfusion Service today blamed the gap between demand and supply for the recent blood crunch. Blood in the blood bank has a life of only five weeks and rare blood is |
RPP-N roots for fresh mandate
Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa today said the Constituent Assembly should be resolved and the country should call for a fresh poll to resolve the protracted political deadlock. |
Ministry blamed for deforestation
The massive tree felling reported in recent past in Tarai was due to corrupt government officials, says a report made public by the Federation of Community Forests Users Nepal. "Quite a few corrupt |
Rural volunteers come to rescue
Mitthu Nepali, in her 40s, is satisfied with her work these days. She visits her village, Lele, Laltipur every day and tries to help villagers by providing treatment and advice regarding their health. |
Inmates taken ill en masse in Rajbiraj jail
Number of inmates falling ill in Rajbiraj Jail due to various diseases is increasing by the day. As many as 52 inmates fell sick today alone. Ailing inmates claimed that the reason behind th |
Nepal-China meet
The first meeting be
tween China and Nepal, on implementation of the law regarding the border issues concluded here in the capital on Tuesday. The meeting was held between the Ministry of Home Affair |
Janjatis'protest
Nepal Federation of
Indigenous Nationalities on Tuesday protested the arrest of leaders during their Monday's peaceful protest at New Road. NEFIN activists shouted slogans against the police adminis |
One held with arms
Dhanusha Police
on Monday night arrested Madhes Rastra Janatantrik Party field commander Pradip Raut along with weapons from Pulchowk in Janakpur Municipality. Two pistols were recovered from Raut |
UDMF forestry rider kicks up row
The Unified Democratic Madhesi Forum's major condition in its basic document to support either of the Nepali Congress and the UCPNMaoist prime-ministerial candidates - revoking the concept of communit |
Janajati leaders arrested
Police today arrested a number of office bearers of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), including general secretary of Aang Kaji Sherpa, from New Road. Those arrested include Vice |
HSEB offices unlocked
KATHMANDU: Agitating students today unlocked the offices of Prof Dr Upendra Koirala, vice chairman; and Ram Bahadur Khadka, member secretary, Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB). The duo's
Board |
FSU takes back stir programme
Students affiliated to All Nepal National Independent Students Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R), the student wing of UCPNMaoist, today withdrew their protest programme of shutting down educational insti |
Friendly media sought
Nepal Disabled Women's Association (NDWA) urged the media fraternity today to prioritise issues of dis abled women. NDWA urged the media to cooperate with margin alised groups and minori ties. The |
Crisis Management seminar held
A seminar titled 'Community Crisis Management', Nilamber Acharya, CA member and Chairman of the Constitutional Committee said, "we should call the city we live in 'Our City'." He also said we should m |
JCI Int'l Chair calls on PM,DPM
JCI International Chairman Senator Roland Kwemain of Cameroon, Monday arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day formal visit to Nepal. The press release issued by Nepal JAYCEES JCI says that Kwemain visited P |
Eight firms in final round
Eight companies, mostly joint ventures, have registered for the final bid to set up a garbage-fuelled plant in Kathmandu Valley. The deadline for submitting RFP (Request for Proposal) ended today. |
Ex-king's Bhaktapur visit sparks scuffle
Former king Gyanendra Shah today afternoon attended a Shreemad Bhagwat Saptaha Gyan Mahayagya held in Bhangal in Chittapol 7, Bhaktapur. However, as he was returning, a scuffle ensued between media |
Journos oppose tax on media
The government's decision to impose tax on newspapers has come under fire. Journalists at an interaction organised by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) today said small media houses would |
FM meets ADB chief
Finance Minister Surendra Pandey and visiting Asian Development Bank (ADB) chief Haruhiko Kuroda held discussions at the Ministry of Finance, today. Minister Pandey informed that the two discussed |
Appeal to join PCL phase-out protest
Eleven student unions today appealed to students throughout the country to join the protest against PCL phase-out to pressurise Tribhuvan University authorities to open admission. At a corner meeti |
British envoy Hall bids adieu
Ambassador of the United Kingdom Andrew Hall is leaving Nepal this week after completing his four-year tenure. Hall paid a farewell call on President Dr Ram Baran Yadav on Monday. The new ambassado |
CPN-UML to abstain from Aug 2 voting
CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal today reiterated that his party was far from changing its earlier stance not to vote in favour of either of the candidates for the post of prime minister unless ther |
Sunsari flood victims stage protest
Locals displaced by the floods triggered by Sunsarikhola today staged demonstration with empty plates, demanding that the concerned agencies provide them relief package. The agitated victims said t |
Man abducted, murdered
An unidentified gang murdered Bhupal Karki (55) of Keroun-8, Morang in the Charkose jungle near Panbari village in Sunsari. Karki was kidnapped from Panipiya area of Tarahara on Sunday evening. A p |
EU fertiliser succour to Sindhuli farmers
The European Union has distributed chemical fertilisers - urea and DAP - to the farmers of 10 VDCs that are considered vulnerable to acute food crisis in the district. EU has identified Hariharpur |
US condemns massive leak of Afghan war files
A whistleblower leaked tens of thousands of secret military files on the Afghan war today, documenting the deaths of innocent civilians and how Pakistan's spy agency secretly supports the Taliban. |
Yemen rebels capture soldiers
Shiite rebels took control of a strategic army post in northern Yemen and captured a number of soldiers today, in the latest clash to endanger an increasingly fragile truce, a tribal source said. " |
German prosecutors probe Love Parade stampede deaths
German prosecutors are investigating whether negligent manslaughter was involved in the deaths of 19 people killed in a crush at the Love Parade techno festival. But amid a clamor of questions abou |
Pressure on mayor to quit
The mayor of the German city of Duisburg faced intense pressure to quit on Monday two days after a panicked stampede at the Love Parade festival left 19 people dead.Authorities had reportedly been wa |
Scientists use noses to help disabled write, surf, move
Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the Internet, thanks to a device developed and tested by doctors in Israel. The device harnesses sn |
Logs handed to DFO
SINDHULIMADHI: District Police Office, Sindhuli on Monday handed over a tractor loaded with illegal saal logs worth Rs 1.3 lakhs to the District Forest Office. The saal logs were seized two days ago f |
If UML backs us, Madhesis will toe the line: Sapkota
Unified CPN-Maoist politburo member Agni Sapkota today said the Madhes-based parties would `definitely' lend their support to Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal provided the CPN-UML showed signs of ba |
Downpour disaster
BAGLUNG: Torrential rain for the past few days that triggered landslip has resulted in collapse of the bus park in Baglung on Sunday night. Locals living near the bus park area have been a terrorised |
Sentence for Khmer jailer riles victims' kin
A UN-backed tribunal sentenced the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer to 35 years for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people the first verdict involving a senior member of the "killing fields" regime th |
L'Oreal heiress grilled
Police probing a financial scandal that rocked President Nicolas Sarkozy's government questioned France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, today. Fraud squad officers visited the |
India test fires missile
India today successfully tested an interceptor missile capable of destroying an incoming ballistic missile, after cancelling a launch earlier this year due to technical glitches, an official said. |
Bomber kills 7 near Pak minister's home
A suicide bomber struck today near the home of a Pakistani provincial minister whose only son was recently killed by suspected Islamist militants, officials said. Seven people were killed and 25 wound |
Pak spy agency denounces US intelligence reports
Pakistan's most powerful spy agency today lashed out against a trove of leaked US intelligence reports that alleged close connections between it and Taliban militants fighting NATO troops in Afghanist |
US arms supplies uneven: New Delhi
India today said the scale of US military assistance to Pakistan was 'disproportionate' to Islamabad's needs and warned it could be used to target India. Defence Minister AK Antony said he had rais |
Than Shwe's visit sparks protests
Myanmar's reclusive military ruler Than Shwe toured one of Buddhism's holiest shrines today on a state visit to India amid protests in New Delhi and condemnation from rights groups. The general, accom |
45 civilians dead in Afghan rocket attack
A rocket attack on an Afghan village killed up to 45 civilians, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai told AFP today, as leaked documents laid bare the civilian toll of the US-led war. Women and c |
Newar body calls off protest
The agitating Newa Swayatya Rajya Mankha Sangharsha Samiti (NSRMSS) today withdrew all its protest programmes after signing a seven-point agreement with Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). The Samiti h |
ADB president arriving today
Rastriya Samachar Samiti
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda is visiting Nepal from July 26-29, according to the bank. The trip coincides with the 20th anniversary of the estab |
Dissident students to protest PCL phase out
Two days after the Ministry of Education and three student unions agreed to phase out Proficiency Certificate Level, eleven student unions today came up with new protest programmes against the decisio |
`Government is the weakest stakeholder'
Vice Chairman of National Planning Commission (NPC) Dr Jagadish Chandra Pokharel today said the government was getting weaker by the day and this had hindered implementation of plans and programmes. < |
ANNISU-R disrupts traffic in Bhaktapur
Students affiliated to All Nepal National Independent Students Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R), the student wing of UCPN-Maoist, today halted traffic at Jadibuti-Sallaghari section of Araniko Highway f |
Madhyapur Thimi to map land to curb mafia
With a view to protecting public land from encroachment, Madhyapur Thimi municipality is all set to start a land mapping campaign. Ram Prasad Pathak, executive officer of Madhyapur Thimi Municipali |
Provide security or we quit: VDC secys
Village Development Committee secretaries today issued an ultimatum to the government to set up local bodies within a week. VDC secretaries have been performing the duties of political representati |
Police monitoring team formed
Nepal Police (NP) today formed a four-member monitoring team led by Additional Inspector General Kiran Kumar Gautam to carry out on-site investigation into the murder of Devi Prasad Dhital (Hemraj), a |
Secularism doesn't bar religion: Rijal
Minister for Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture Dr Minendra Rijal said on Sunday that all religions should be equal in the eyes of the state. At a programme or |
Oberthur to ink MRP deal soon
The French company Oberthur Technologies, which bagged the multi-million dollar tender to print Machine Readable Passport (MRP), is preparing to sign the final deal with the Ministry of Foreign Affair |
Federalism a no no: RJM chief
Rastriya Jana Morcha Nepal Chief Chitra Bahadur KC urged Nepali migrants working across India to join his party's fight against federalism saying ethnofederalism would invite all sorts of problems in |
New breeding bird found
The latest summer bird counting has recorded the Common Moorhen (Gallinnula Chloropus) breeding for the first time in the country. "A pair of Common Moorhen with three healthy chicks was recorded l |
PM, Nepali Congress see eye to eye
Nepali Congress leaders today held consultation with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and sought the support of the CPN-UML for NC's prime ministerial candidate Ram Chandra Paudel in the third round |
HURPES probe panel
KATHMANDU: Human Rights and Peace Society (HURPES) on Sunday formed a fourmember inquiry panel to investigate the murder of Tulsipur FM Chairman Hem Raj Dhital. The panel has been told to submit its r |
Govt staff on leave, public left in a lurch
With most government staff going on home leave after closing official transactions in the last month of the fiscal year, service seekers in Manang district have been inconvenienced to the extent that |
Love hurts many, kills 19 in Germany
The death toll rose to 19 today and police said 342 had been injured in a panicked crush of partygoers in an overcrowded tunnel that served as the sole entrance to a German festival billed as the worl |
4 foreigners among dead
Four foreigners are among the 19 victims of the stampede in Germany's Love Parade techno music festival. The dead included an Australian woman, an Italian woman, a Dutch man and a Chinese man, local p |
Putin `sings songs' with deported Russian spies
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin revealed he met and even sang patriotic Soviet songs with the group of Russian spies deported from the United States in the biggest espionage swap since the Cold War. |
Chopper crash, five killed
A Japanese rescue helicopter crashed today on a mountain near Tokyo, killing five out of seven people on board, police said. The helicopter was carrying two pilots, three aviation security officers |
US, South Korea stage naval exercise
The US and South Korea today launched a major naval exercise involving a nuclearpowered US aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan despite North Korea's threats of nuclear retaliation. The drill is th |
Udayapur VDC secys resign en masse
Following threats from Samyukta Jatiya Mukti Morcha (SJMM), an underground outfit, 44 VDC secretaries in Udayapur district today put in their papers en masse. Yogeswor Khanal, chairman, VDC Secreta |
Budhikhola erodes land
The swollen Budhikhola has been eroding land at an alarming rate in Itahari Municipality-3. The river has already breached over 15 bighas of land in the area. Locals fear more rainfall and f |
Consensus government a must, says Chemjong
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Rakam Chemjong today warned that the country would become a failed state if the next government was not a national consensus government. Speaking at a press me |
Editorials go black in Dang
All the dailies and weeklies of Dang district blackened their editorials yesterday and today at the call of the Federation of Nepali Journalists, Dang chapter, to protest the murder of media entrepren |
Disability no impediment for this couple
Everything is possible in love and war. Here is a tale to tell about physically impaired Sita KC (33). Sita found no limit of happiness when she tied the knot with a kind hearted Japanese citizen N |
Groups clash in Dharan, one cop injured
One policeman was injured when a group of youth led by Diwash Rai of Recovering Group opened fire at Santosh BK of Limbuwan Rajya Parishad over a tender row at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science i |
Drug dealer arrested
Police in Itahari have arrested Santosh Rai (32) along with a large amount of drugs in his possession. Rai, allegedly the biggest illegal dealer in the region, had been running a racket in Bhojpure To |
Refugees to protest
Bhutanese refugees at Beldangi camp in Damak of Jhapa, who have not received refugee cards, have announced they will stage a fastunto-death from Monday until they the government provides them withthe |
Student missing
The whereabouts of Thakur Bhandari of Kolhuwa-9, who has gone missing for the last one month, is still unknown. According to Thakur's father Bishnu Bhandari, he had gone missing since he left home for |
Two hurt in accident
At least two persons were injured when a motorcycle en route to Pokhara from Jamune hit a minor at Dulegauda-8 on Sunday. Police identified the injured as seven-yearold Bipin Thapa and motorcycle ride |
Minor drowns
Eight-year-old Kabi Nepali of Chhang VDC-2 in Tanahu district drowned while he was swim ming in the local Myagde Khola on Saturday, police said. The dead body of Nepali was handed over to the de cease |
Missing US sailor dead, other held
The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a US Navy sailor they said was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said today. US and NATO offi |
Top Myanmar general in India
Myanmar's top military general began a five-day visit to India today for talks with senior leaders aimed at deepening ties between the two South Asian neighbours. Prodemocracy advocates protested his |
British PM off to India this week
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron goes to India this week targeting a new special relationship with the former jewel in its colonial crown, now one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Ca |
ANNISU-R protest plans
All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISUR) has declared phase-wise strikes and gheraos to protest the arrest of their leader in Bhaktapur. Tulsi KC, vice president of Free |
US hopes new govt soon
The United States has urged Nepal's political leaders to reach an agreement on the formation of next government soon. Assistant Secretary Philip J Crowley in the Bureau of Public Affairs in Washington |
NC pulls up socks for unity
Nepali Congress today formed committees to hold talks with different parties and their leaders separately in a bid to forge support for the party's prime ministerial candidate Ram Chandra Paudel in th |
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Eleven student unions. write note of dissent
Eleven student unions today expressed note of dissent and condemned the agreement reached between 13 student unions and the Ministry of Education regarding the phaseout of Tribhuban University's Profi |
Now, planting tree can help you earn
The Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation is launching pay per tree programme from this year to increase the forest density across the country. The new concept of pay per tree is aimed at encour |
Indian Embassy,TU sign MoU to further cooperation
Tribhuvan University and the Embassy of India in Kathmandu have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Indian Council for Cultural Relations LongTerm Chair in Central Department of Poli |
PAC meeting put off
A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting scheduled for this morning to discuss the Machine Readable Passports (MRP) controversy has been put off due to low presence of its members. PAC chairman Ram K |
KMC, Newars to hold talks today
A day after Kathmandu Metropolitan City postponed the job interviews until further notice, the civic body and the agitating Newar community have decided to hold talks tomorrow morning. "We are sitt |
Youth initiative to promote agriculture
An enthusiastic group of youths has come up with a novel concept of commercial agriculture. Commercial Farming Research and Development Programme, an organisation with a slogan 'we can do here in o |
Rohit awaits confirmation
Rohit Timilsina (35), in his bid to get his name into the Guinness Book of World Records for handshaking for the longest time, has successfully shaken his hands with his younger brother Santosh for 19 |
Sujata fumes at party leadership
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sujata Koirala today said Nepali Congress leadership made a mistake by depending on the CPN-UML, especially regarding formation of the new govern |
Nepal malnutrition rate highest in world
Malnutrition is emerging as a major threat to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to Nepal. Forty-one districts are reeling under acute food deficit and the rest have marginal surplus of 10 p |
FNJ demands investigative panel to probe Dhital's murder
Two days after Devi Prasad Dhital, chairman of Radio Tulasipur, was shot dead by an unidentified gang, Poshan KC, Central General Secretary of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists today demanded tha |
NC reschedules local conventions
Nepali Congress Central Working Committee meeting today rescheduled its district level conventions of 59 districts for August 12 taking into account the prime ministerial elections scheduled for Augus |
GROWING WATER WOES
faint drizzle tried to punish the hot summer sun but a few thunder claps later, the sun reigned supreme. The fields nearby comes alive with the delightful cries of children. Beyond the fields a fle |
PEOPLESPEAK
Too much of anything is bad
? I was addicted to social networking sites like Facebook, Hi5 and Twitter. I would not realise that hours had passed since I signed in. In the beginning I got lured by its interesting concept, games, |
Facelift for six municipalities
Despite preliminary concept of developing emerging towns and secondary cities, the Government of Nepal and World Bank have started pre-feasibility study for Urban Governance and Development Programme |
Mahottari jail on verge of collapse
Inmates doing time in Mahottari jail are forced to live under constant threat as the age-old building is on the verge of collapse. The inmates are having sleepless nights for the fear that the buil |
Fifteen injured in bus accident, eight critical
At least 15 persons sustained injury after a commuter bus en route to Birtamod from Taplejung met with an accident at the Phidim-Taplejung road section along Mechi Highway on Saturday. Of the injured, |
6 killed in water
Five persons, including four minors, today died in Sunsari district. Three children drowned in a pond at Narasingh VDC in the district. Police said Salina Khatun (10), Marjina Khatun (11) and Abana Kh |
Entwined cables worry Charikot villagers
Charikot folks are a worried lot for haphazardly stretched electricity, telephone and television cables may result in electric short-circuit anytime. To make matter worse, at some places, the wires |
81 Nepalis die in Malaysia in 6 months
Death toll of Nepali migrant workers in Malaysia has soared up significantly. As many as 81 of them have lost their lives from January to June in 2010, according to the Nepalese Embassy in Malaysia. < |
BOOK REVIEW
Riot of dreams
The final justification of all poetry is that it seeks to express a peculiar fusion of ideas and emotions which are normally on the edge of consciousness, or even beyond it. -TR He |
BROWSE
THROUGH
Potpourri Sunday 1. Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978, published by Simon and Schuster, pp 448, price Rs 1,099 2. My Friend the Fanatic: Travel |
What the books are about Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
An engrossing and evocative memoir... a wonder ful book that should be on the shelf of everyone trying to understand this interminable conflict.' Pulitzer prize winner Kai Bird's memoir of his e |
My Friend the Fanatic
It ranks among the best travelogue type studies of Muslim societies in recent years. Dhume takes us across a fascinating country in the throes of change, and introduces us to artistes, sex writers, s |
Angel of Grozny: Inside Chechnya
In the early hours of New Year's Eve, 1994, Russian troops invaded the Republic of Chechnya, plunging the country into a prolonged and bloody conflict that continues to this day.
Asne Seierstad w |
My Life With the Taliban
This is the autobiography of Abdul Salam Zaeef, a senior former member of the Taliban. His memoirs, translated from Pashto, are more than just the story of his extraordinary life: they offer a cha |
What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight.
From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, he takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of loo |
Nepal Shakes ready to tickle your funny bone
After the tragic sto ry of Othello, Nepal Shakes is all set to tickle the funny bone with their latest production Exit the King. Written in 1962 by Frenc |
ARTSCAPE
Landscapes OF MEMORY
You have to go some where else to know what Kathmandu means to you, some place where you will miss Kathmandu." When artist Sagar Manandhar says this, he is also citing th |
