Category: UWB Quick Take

Nepal PM: CA Elections Impossible Without Reinstatement of Police Posts

News we are following: Nepal politics Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Monday said that elections to the constituent assembly (CA) would not be possible without first reinstating the police posts and VDC secretaries displaced during the decade-long conflict. Stating that the CA elections couldn’t be held if the Maoists continue to obstruct the reinstatement…

January 1, 2007
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2007

Share Your New Year Thoughts With Kantipur: It’s time to welcome yet another New Year: 2007. How many New Years do we Nepalis welcome in a year in Nepal, by the way? Three? Our own Bikram Sambat will have a new year in Baishak: 2064. Then there is Nepal Sambad (that renews itself every year…

December 24, 2006
Prachanda, Baburam call on Prime Minister

News we are following: Dec 24- In a bid to plug growing fissures between the government and the Maoists, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala held discussions with Maoist Chairman Prachanda and Maoist-second-in-command Dr Baburam Bhattarai Sunday morning (Dec 24) at the formers’ residence in Baluwatar, reports eKantipur. According to sources, the trio discussed the interim…

December 24, 2006