Posted on June 27th, 2005 by Dinesh Wagle
By Dinesh Wagle on June 27th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal
Acquitted from one graft charge, Nepal’s ex-PM continues struggling with another
The moment I heard the news about former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s acquittal form a charge related to the distribution of money to internally displaced citizens from the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, one question [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2005 by UWB
By Vishnu on June 26th, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff
Nepalis suffer from famine: I/NGOS hold seminars at Five Star Hotels, ostensibly to alleviate poverty.
Recently I have had the privilege of attending a number of seminars and workshops on child rights or poverty alleviation, which are usually held at star hotels. I have very rarely visited [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2005 by Dinesh Wagle
By Dinesh Wagle on June 26th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal
Press Freedom for Democracy Nepali journalists think that nationwide rallies will help keep the issue of democracy and press freedom alive
An American reporter asked me this morning about the journalists’ ongoing agitation against autocracy in Nepal. “I’m wondering if journalists feel, now more than ever, [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2005 by UWB
By Rama Parajuli
Nepal Politics: The King has to step back for a talk
Nilambar Acharya, a prominent political analyst has answers to any question regarding the present political situation of Nepal. He is for a peaceful movement to restore democracy. He expressed his ideas about the ongoing movement in Martin Chautari on 21 June 2005. The [...]
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Posted on June 22nd, 2005 by UWB
Nepal’s infamous royal commission: hype and hoopla is over
By NAMA
Royal Commission Complain List Chart
Number complaints registered with the Royal Commission for Corruption Control.
What had happened to our loyal, sorry, royal commission? Is it dead or just in deep slumber? We have not heard much from it, particularly, after Deuba’s detention/DCP’s suicide/ TG’s blacklisting. Or is [...]
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Posted on June 21st, 2005 by UWB
A screen-print of the BBC News web page that contains article that explores the importance of blogging in countries like Nepal and Iran.
“In places like Nepal and Iran, the big questions about weblogs are questions about the future of a free press.”
So says the latest BBC News web site report about blogs in Nepal [...]
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Posted on June 18th, 2005 by UWB
A Nepal reporter describes the unexpected odyssey that nearly took his life when he was abducted recently by the Maoists in the western boarder region of Kalapani, Nepali land that is under Indian encroached for decades.
By Bikram Giri
[Reporter’s Diary]
Charung (Darchula)– I left for Kalapani on June 1. As people mostly use the Indian route to [...]
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Posted on June 11th, 2005 by uzz
Nepal’s Vice-chairman of Council of Minister Among Wilful Defaulters
Nepal Bank Limited Fact Sheet
Let’s look at the face of our vice-chairman of Council of Minister from a different angle - an angle provided by this morning’s main story of The Kathmandu Post and Kantipur daily. Dr Giri who remained in exile for 18 years before returning [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2005 by Dinesh Wagle
By Dinesh Wagle on June 8th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal
No easy breath in Nepal’s famous open air theater: Gauri Kala Upadhaya, 58, from Jumla, West Nepal, lost her belongings in the forceful evacuation. All Pics by Wagle.
Tundikhel is mourning now. This open air space in the heart of Kathmandu is mourning the sudden, forceful [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2005 by Dinesh Wagle
By Dinesh Wagle
Updated on 03 AM GMT June 9: Police released all journalists this morning who were arrested from a protest rally in Kathmandu yesterday. Journalists were requested to sign a paper that stated, not exact wordings, “Some people who were arrested today for ignoring the prohibitory orders…have been released..” They didn’t mention specifically about [...]
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