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Rajdhani Daily Covers UWB
Nepali newspaper features United We Blog! In yet another report about blogs in Nepali media, UWB features in today’s issue of Rajdhani, a national daily published from Kathmandu. The article, written by KP Dhungana, a blogger himself, tries to introduce the concept of web logs to its readers. It highlights the importance of the new…
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Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful… Dreams (of Miss Nepal Contestants)
By Dinesh Wagle on August 10th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal What does it mean to be a Miss Nepal? Who Will Be a Miss Nepal?: Contestants of Miss Nepal 2005 are visiting to different places including Bal Mandir, an orphan center, in Kathmandu. They went there on Monday, Aug 8 and collected information regarding…
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Monarchy Debated In Court, First Time in Nepal
By Kiran Chapagain on August 9th, 2005 in Eagle Eye King’s constitutionality questioned in the court for the first time in Nepal. An analysis The debate over the constitutionality of King Gyanendra has now reached to the court from the streets of the capital. Now lawyers have begun to question the constitutionality of the king…
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Government Creates Vigilante Group
By Vishnu on August 8th, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff UPDATED: A Dangerous trend which will worsen the bloody situation in Nepal. In yet another instance of state-supported violence, seven people have been killed while dozens more have been displaced in Agra and surrounding villages of Makawanpur and Dhading districts. It is a state-sponsored lynching…
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Will My Mobile Ring?
This is an absurd question today for many because almost all post-paid mobile phones are ringing. But for me, a man happy with the pre-paid mobile, it’s an important question. My mobile is dead for more than six months, I had almost thought of buying a post-paid one. But an advertisement in newspapers by Nepal…
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How “Breaking” are “Breaking News”?
What struck me was that the news of Ambition Academy Miss Teen Nepal 2005 appeared with the tag line “Breaking News” on Kantipur Online. I still wonder if it was exactly the right decision. A critique of online journalism in Nepal By Satish Jung Shahi On Saturday night, August 6, popular news web portal Kantipur…
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Enigma of Arrival
By Deepak Adhikari on August 7th, 2005 in Dashing Deep On a clear and sunny July morning, three gentlemen in their 40s and 50s tread casually in the corridor of Tribhuvan University, arguably nation’s biggest education hub. A motley of 20-something-year- old students watch them with an air of curiosity and surprise. There is no…
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