United We Blog

Author: UWB

  • Time For Maoists To Stop Creating Drama And Focus on Elections

    What’s happening to comrade Prachanda these days? He has started speaking nonsense and behaving like a silly child. First, this fiasco about DDR and SSR. Then his statements on using YCL to provide security in elections. Prachanda should know once and for all that YCL and elections can’t come together in a single sentence. They…

  • 15pc pay hike for civil servants,King, royals to receive no allowance in Rs 170b budget

    Report By Prem Khanal KATHMANDU, July 10 – In yet another blow to the embattled monarchy, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat has removed the state allowance for the king and royal family in the budget he is slated to table in the interim parliament Thursday. The budget will, however, arrange for the perks and allowances…

  • Petrol crisis in Kathmandu, supply partially resumed

    Kantipur Report The supply of petroleum fuels in the capital partly resumed from Wednesday after the government and petroleum suppliers reached an understanding yesterday. The tankers filled with petrol reached the capital this morning from Birgunj. 22 petrol tankers and 20 diesel-laden tankers have already arrived at Nepal Oil Corporations’ Thankot Petrol Depot. Similarly, petroleum…

  • Constituent Assembly Polls to be Revolutionary:PM (Government unveils new fiscal policies, programmes)

    Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, July 4 – Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala Wednesday suggested what he calls feudalistic elements to leave the country before the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. Addressing the parliament prior to the unveiling of the government’s annual policies and programmes at the Interim Legislature-Parliament, the PM called for the CA elections slated for…

  • Diamond Jubilee Part of the Grand Design Gimmicks

    Gyanendra, sidelined by people, is planning to organize a lavish party and a procession to mark his birthday that the nation celebrates no more in the next few days (23rd of Ashad) in Soaltee Hotel and in Narayanhitti Palace. No EPA leaders and any sensible person should attend that cursed party and procession. By Prakash…

  • Nepali Politics: In Defense of the "Non-intellectual"

    By Dr Pramod Dhakal The English-educated and Internet savvy Nepalese have started a number of mailing lists that pour emails at a rate that there are not enough hours in the day to read them all. Involved in these groups are some self proclaimed “intelligent” and “educated” cyber-friends who love to edify the self. Although…

  • Come One, Come All To Vote Your Destiny: Election Commission

    As part of its unprecedented campaign, Election Commission will send 8 thousand volunteers in each and every house of all villages of Nepal to deliver invitation cards: You and your family members [who are registered at the Commission] are heartily invited to the nearby voting both for the Constituent Assembly election on November 22. No…