Author: UWB
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Editors’ Face To Face With Prachanda
– Nepal’s rebel leader talks face to face with two prominent journalists of the country. By Dinesh Wagle THATS HIM: The real face of the most elusive leader of Nepal called Prachanda, the Chairman Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) that has been declared terrorist by the state. An exclusive photo by Narayan Wagle. People are…
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Election Drama
Cartoon by Batshyaan via Kantipur
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Election Drama
– Cartoon by Batshyaan via Kantipur
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An Editor Calls It a Day
Sudheer Sharma, editor of Nepal Magazine, quits from the post to give time for study. A reporter’s notebook By Deepak Adhikari Every calling is great if greatly pursued A tall and lean and thin guy was admitted in Amrit Science Campus, Lainchaur aka ASCOL in the winter of 1990. Apparently, he either wanted to be…
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Worst of Nepal In 2005
Worst Persons & Events of 2005 (here is the BEST list) 1. The Feb 1 Royal Proclamation: When an angry monarch with autocratic ambitions appeared on TV on the fateful morning of Feb 1, everything in Nepal started going wrong. With his words, king Gyanendra assumed the unrestricted executive power, fired a government, imposed emergency…
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Best of Nepal In 2005
BEST Persons & Events of 2005 (here is the WORST list) 1. The 12-point Agreement: For giving us the hope of bright and peaceful future. This groundbreaking agreement between the seven-party alliance and the CPN Maoist altered the polarization status in Nepali politics. Two of the three forces started talking. However, critics say the agreement…
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United They Appeal For Election Boycott
Alliance of Nepal’s top political parties request people to boycott election that the king’s government plans to hold in February. So, the United Front or seven-party alliance requests us not to vote this time. Top leaders of the member parties jointly issued a statement Thursday (Dec 29) appealing to actively boycott the polls. And millions…
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