Only some percentage of Maoist combatants will be merged in Nepal Army: Nepal PM

Posted on June 30, 2009 by admin

Nepal´s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal said Maoist combatants will also be merged in new security organs and only some percentage of Maoist combatants will be integrated in the Nepal Army. In an exclusive interview with me, PM Nepal talkedabout the possibilities of using the Maoist Combatants as the border security forces and industrial security [...]

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Swine Flu Alert in Nepal

Posted on June 8, 2009 by admin

These pictures are from Nepal’s International Airport in Kathmandu.  Nepal’s government has intensified health screening of incoming passengers. According to media reports, 42 year old Italian woman, who flew to China via Nepal was tested for the H1N1 virus. But no swine flu cases have been detected till now in Nepal.

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Nepal gets Nepal as new Prime Minister

Posted on May 30, 2009 by admin

The sound of the rain was enhanced by the music of the army band. Senior political leaders of Nepal – President, Chief Justice and Chairman of the Constituent Assembly – were present in the ceremony. And the man of the day was the newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal.  PM Nepal was taking [...]

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It’s not always ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

Posted on May 26, 2009 by admin

Just near the famous Marina beach is Nochikuppam slum that houses 13 hundred huts where around 5 thousand people live below poverty level. Among them is 35 year old Nandani who sells fish to earn her living. The scorching heat of the summer makes her life more difficult as her husband can’t find fishes in [...]

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The rise of social networking sites in Nepal

Posted on April 21, 2009 by admin

Published in american chronical
The craze about social networking sites in Nepal is increasing. Social networking sites like facebook offer an opportunity to interact, share information and meet famous people; this must be the reason why the number of Nepali facebook users is increasing. 

It (Facebook) has made Nepali more connected to themselves and the outside world,´ [...]

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Police crackdown affects night life and night entreprenurs in Nepal

Posted on April 19, 2009 by admin

Orginally publised on October 04 2008
‘No girl wants to show her body in the dance bar if she is provided better jobs,’ says a 21 year-old girl who works in a dance restaurant in Durbarmarg,’ the government that doesn’t provide such opportunities cannot close down night entrepreneurship.’ People working as night entrepreneurs [...]

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Seto Machhendranath chariot pulling festival ends peacefully in Nepal

Posted on April 13, 2009 by admin

This year´s Seto Machhendranth chariot pulling festival ended peacefully in Nepal on Monday. Seto Macchendranath chariot pulling is one of the most famous festivals celebrated mainly by the Newar community in Kathmandu and Lalitpur.
Last year the chariot fell down in Ratnapark, near Tudhikhel injuring 25 people. It is considered an ill omen if the chariot [...]

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Cutting across ages

Posted on April 7, 2009 by admin

Orginally published in The himalayantimes on Dec 27 
If you aren’t a facebook member, you perhaps don’t belong to this age and time. I was surprised when a friend who takes the least interest in social networking sites informed me about one of our friends’ wedding through the facebook. Facebook users are increasing because social [...]

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Narayanhiti Museum

Posted on April 3, 2009 by admin

Orginally published on Feb 13, 2009
Update: The government has said that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will formally inaugurated Narayanhiti Museum on Feb 26 at 3 pm. The Culture Ministry has said that the Museum will only be open for the public on February 27 after 11 am.
Charges:
Students: 20 Rs
Nepali Citizens: [...]

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Somali refugees desperately want to return home

Posted on April 1, 2009 by admin

Orginally published on Nov 10, 2008
Kantipur Television was interested in covering a story on Somali refugee. News Chief assigned me for the reporting. I made a call to one of the refuges and made arrangement for the interview. The location was Lazimpat. We meet in a café.
 I told him my news objectives and my [...]

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