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  • समाचारका लागि ज्यान बचाउँदै…

    UWB Note: In this blog, written in Nepali language, UWB blogger and Kantipur reporter Benupraj Bhattarai describes how he covered the Ilam attack in which Maoists clashed with security force last Sunday. बेनुपराज भट्टर्राई रिपोर्टरको डायरी माओवादीले इलाम आक्रमण गर्ने हल्ला दुइ वर्षअघिदेखिकै हो । फागुन २१ गते राति यो हल्ला यथार्थमा बदलियो । तिनले…

  • Yes, Comrade is Playing with a Child

    And the child is apparently frightened by the comrade’s toy. This is an example of how giving arms to insane people like the one in the photo could deeply harm our society in the long run. What the two-year-old child (right) might be thinking and how other children standing beside the comrade might grow up?…

  • Explaining Those 25 Words

    Americans explain theirs boss’s words to Nepal’s king Update (20:15 NST): “I am hopeful, but not optimistic,” said Donald Camp, visiting U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs in a news conference organized by the American Embassy in the Ambassador’s residence in Kathmandu. Camp was responding a question about how he felt after…

  • NEPAL Rights Situation: As Seen By Uncle Sam

    The United States’ 2005 Human Rights Report on Nepal (and other countries) was released on March 8, 2006 in Washington D.C. Below is major part of the report. Detail is available here. Nepal is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary form of government and a population of approximately 25 million. On February 1, King Gyanendra…

  • Images of Ilam Attack

    Maoists attacked police and army in Ilam of East Nepal Sunday night. Here are images from the spot. By Benup Raj Bhattarai She is Manaratna Rai, 80, the wife of Harka Bahadur Rai who was killed by the bullet fired by the security force in the fight with Maoists. In this photo, she is seen…

  • The Meeting & Talking

    Nepal’s pro-democracy alliance of seven political parties meets and decides new programs of agitation against autocracy of king Gyanendra. But the question is, Will the Alliance be successful to bring democracy back this time? It has been almost proved that King Gyanendra is not giving any attention whatsoever to them. Instead he keeps them blasting…

  • Aerial Assault: Survivors' Images

    Images from Nepal’s Arghakhachi District where civilians were injured in an army aerial attack against Maoist “terrorists”. By Deepandra Baduwal Surviving an Arial Assault: If you want to know how it feels to be the innocent victim of the ongoing conflict in the country, just ask Jeevan Gautam of Khidim VDC-8, Arghakhachi district. In an…