United We Blog

Month: June 2007

  • Our Poverty, What an Irony :(

    Dailekhis grabbing the rotten rice is a crude irony to our society just like, umm…. let’s say, the hi-fi UN vehicles running on the streets of Kathmandu. Wish the rice had gone to the needy hands on time. Moonshiners in Dailekh district headquarters scavenge rotten rice before it could be disposed of, Thursday (28 June).…

  • A Maoist Comrade Shakes Hand With Kofi Annan (and Others)

    Maoist leader Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, second in rank after Chairman Prachanda, meets… …former UN boss Kofi Annan (right). The bespectacled tall guy is Ian Martin, chief of United Nations Mission to Nepal (UNMIN) Pic by Biwsodeep Pande.

  • A Different Diaspora: Story of Nepali Refugees in Austria

    Contributed by Dr. Bishnu Pathak and Chitra Niraula Case I: Somnath Ghimire of Chitawan reached New Delhi from Kathmandu via Mahendranagar on July 12, 2001. He stayed there for two days and flew to Moscow via Uzbekistan Airline. In Moscow, a broker from Pakistan took his passport and held him in a closed room. He…

  • If Confirmed, These Folks Will Be Nepal’s Ambassadors

    Envoy nominations sent to the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee By Bishnu Budhathoki KATHMANDU- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has sent a list of 14 names to the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee nominating them as the country’s ambassadors in different countries. Talking to the Kathmandu Post on Tuesday (June 26), Minister for Foreign Affairs Sahana…

  • If Confirmed, These Folks Will Be Nepal's Ambassadors

    Envoy nominations sent to the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee By Bishnu Budhathoki KATHMANDU- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has sent a list of 14 names to the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee nominating them as the country’s ambassadors in different countries. Talking to the Kathmandu Post on Tuesday (June 26), Minister for Foreign Affairs Sahana…

  • Do or Die: Constituent Assembly Election on Nov 22

    By Dinesh Wagle Hello everyone, Mark this day in your calendar: November 22, 2007 or Mangsir 6, 2064. The meeting of the Council of Ministers today decided to hold the Constituent Assembly elections on that day. A meeting of the eight-party leaders yesterday had mandated the government to announce the date for the CA polls.…

  • Here Comes Our Powell: Next American Celebrity in Nepal

    Update: Senate confirmed the appointment of Nancy J. Powell as the ambassador to Nepal on June 28. (that is if confirmed by the Senate as ambassador to Kathmandu. Nancy Powell will be replacing James F. Moriarty, the current American face in Nepal (hero for some and villain for others) Transcripts by Federal News Service June…