Story of the Day – Page 7

LOCKED Future!

While his peers tread towards schools with a heavy bag and a pencil in their hands, five-year-old Sandeep Karki tries to recite A B C D inside a cell of the Morang District. Kantipur daily has a heart-touching story of the son of an inmate, who was reportedly raped by policeman Pradeep Kumar Shah, onContinue reading “LOCKED Future!”

Tulsi Giri Conference: No News Is Good News?

Dr. Tulsi Giri, Nepal’s royal deputy, organized a news conference to talk nothing Yes, Dr. Tulsi Giri repeated the stunt of waving a copy of the Constitution 1990 in today’s news conference. Today’s attraction: he waved a few other newspapers cuttings as well. Pic by Gopal Chitrakar via Kantipur So that was nothing but justContinue reading “Tulsi Giri Conference: No News Is Good News?”

All The King’s Parties

Lets look at the Nepal’s ‘political parties’ from whose help king Gyanendra hopes to bring democracy back in Nepal. Of the 72 parties taking part in the civic poll, 52 have never taken part in elections. Of the remaining 20, only one party had representation in the last parliament. They collectively got less than 2Continue reading “All The King’s Parties”

Collateral Damage: A Reporter Lost His Job

By Dinesh Wagle on August 5th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal Nepal One TV, an Indian channel, has fired a reporter who famously scooped a live fighting between the Army and the Maoists nearly 9 months ago. The reporter complains that the network did dirty bargain with authorities to resume its service banned in NepalContinue reading “Collateral Damage: A Reporter Lost His Job”

Dr Tulsi Giri in Willful Defaulters’ Blacklist

Nepal’s Vice-chairman of Council of Minister Among Wilful Defaulters Nepal Bank Limited Fact Sheet Let’s look at the face of our vice-chairman of Council of Minister from a different angle – an angle provided by this morning’s main story of The Kathmandu Post and Kantipur daily. Dr Giri who remained in exile for 18 yearsContinue reading “Dr Tulsi Giri in Willful Defaulters’ Blacklist”