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). The [...]
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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.
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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 was [...]
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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 Pradhan said, [...]
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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.
An informal [...]
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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 20, 2007 [...]
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Nepal Samacharpatra daily is closed: The Maoists should understand that, though very young compared to the world journalism, Nepali media have gone through variety of tough tests and their effort to intimidate the critical journalism will be proved to be futile.
By Dinesh Wagle
Some reporters, proof readers and desk editors wait for vans to ferry them [...]
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Here is the statement by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter made on June 16, last of his four-day trip to Nepal
I’m happy to be back in Nepal and to be briefed by The Carter Center’s long-term observers, political leaders, marginalized groups, and election officials here. I admire deeply what’s been accomplished by the people [...]
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The Lead: Now parliament can remove the monarchy by a two third majority if it finds the 240 year old feudal institution meddling with the election of constitution assembly election. The parliament yesterday passed a bill that has amended the constitution and added the new provision on monarchy. The Maoist has been demanding that [...]
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…because of Pushpa Dahal’s failure- and his party’s failure- to renounce violence.
Speech by U.S. Ambassador James F. Moriarty To Friends and Supporters of the Community Information Center, Pokhara on June 12, 2007Shangri-La Hotel, Pokhara
Thank you all very much for coming today. It is a pleasure to be back in Pokhara again. Soon I [...]
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Ram Baran Yadav is the First President of Republic Nepal:
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