Nepal
Nepal is totally depended on hydro-power, as days goes by the demand for power is increasing whereas the production of power is not sufficient.
The Power situation is still better during the rainy season when the rivers have water. But from autumn as...
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The hot cake of in early this week was the debate on burial grounds for an indigenous community in Nepal named ‘Kirats’. They have demanded to get space on...
made popular Feb 2 2011
As Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk lit 1,000 butter lamps in his throne room to mourn the 18 Bhutanese killed in an air crash in Nepal and the Buddhist...
made popular Dec 17 2010
Hundreds of gays, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters danced through the Nepalese capital in the country’s first international gay parade.
The...
made popular Aug 26 2010
“Like a sugar candy”, this used to be my brief answer to those people who kept on asking me about my recently married life (which is 5 months). Truly, I...
made popular Jul 7 2010
Nepal’s prime minister announced his resignation Wednesday, bowing to pressure from opposition Maoists who have been demanding his ouster in parliament and in...
made popular Jul 1 2010
The Maoist party in Nepal is enforcing what it says will be an indefinite strike, in an attempt to force the government to resign.
Thousands of Maoist opposition...
made popular May 3 2010
The leading political personality of Nepal Mr. Girija Prasad Koirala expired today at 12:11 PM (NST).
Mr. Koirala belonged was associated with Nepali Congress since...
made popular Mar 20 2010
Nepal’s former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has died at the age of 89 in his home town Birat Nagar. The four-time prime minister was suffering from chronic...
made popular Mar 20 2010
Nepal wants to paint Mount Everest pink.
It wants gay honeymooners trekking through the Himalayas.
It wants to host the world’s highest same-sex wedding at...
made popular Mar 16 2010
Yesterday Evening, I listened to a news, which was really shocking. The news was that the poverty forced three members of a family to commit suicide.
Three family...
made popular Feb 16 2010
Ever since the Maoists became a strong political outfit in Nepal, there are growing signs that the small Himalayan kingdom’s politicians are looking for better...
made popular Feb 8 2010
Is India really heading for nuclear war? Is she trying to divert world attention from her domestic communal violence, regional terrorism and brutality against...
made popular Jan 7 2010
Maoist-led strikes are endangering Nepal’s peace process and the writing of a new constitution, ruling party leaders said as the former rebels vowed to continue...
made popular Dec 22 2009
Nearly 3,000 child soldiers who fought as Maoist guerrillas in Nepal are finally to be released from the camps where they have been confined for the past three years,...
made popular Dec 18 2009
My memories of Nepal, some 45 years back, are very pleasant. Off late, it has courted controversies like never before. Deeply under Chinese influence, it may be another...
made popular Dec 18 2009
Dhanusha district in Nepal’s Terai plains, that celebrated the wedding of Ram and Janaki last month with the arrival of tens...
made popular Dec 9 2009
The world’s biggest animal sacrifice began in Nepal today with the killing of the first of more than 250,000 animals as part of a Hindu festival in the village of...
made popular Nov 25 2009
Mahad Abdullahi Hassan had never heard of Nepal before the day he landed there. When the 28-year-old Somali boarded a flight from Dubai to Kathmandu on May 23, 2007, he...
made popular Nov 11 2009
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Nepalese authorities say landslides and floods triggered by days of heavy rains killed at least 34 people in the western part of the Himalayan nation Tuesday.
Local...
made popular Oct 7 2009
Dazed Digital talked to photojournalist Frankie Nazardo about his controversial portraits of glue sniffing teenage gangs in Kathmandu.
Dazed Digital: What an insane...
made popular Oct 3 2009
A church building collapsed during a Christian convention in eastern Nepal, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens more, police said Wednesday.
Around 1,500...
made popular Sep 30 2009
Traditionally the strength of a nation has always been determined by hard factors like the military, economic productivity and influence in the diplomatic circle. But...
made popular Sep 10 2009
- This article tries to understand the acuity of women in relation to their marital status. The basis of this article is the strong rooted patriarchal society prevalent...
made popular Sep 10 2009
The Pashupatinath temple row took an ugly turn in Nepal on Friday with a mob assaulting the two newly-appointed Indian priests, stripping them naked and tearing off...
made popular Sep 5 2009
Nepal’s Vice-president Paramananda Jha ignores retaking oath in Nepali. After this decision, his position will be inactive from tomorrow.
Today, with the...
made popular Aug 31 2009
Current burning issue of Nepal is about Vice-president Paramananda Jha’s oath in Hindi. Oath taken by Vice-prez in Hindi was declared illegal by Supreme Court of...
made popular Aug 25 2009
Photo: Food Supplied by WFP in remote Nepal
World Food Program (WFP) has threatened to suspend food aid in Nepal refuting the reports that the food distributed under...
made popular Aug 24 2009
Thousands of people have flocked to a remote Nepalese village 2,000 metres up in the Himalayas to worship a baby born with four arms and four legs, revering him as the...
made popular Aug 12 2009
The Future role/relevance of Pakistan and ISI in international/ national scenario becomes utmost important for creating stability in the country and guarding national...
made popular Aug 11 2009
In Pakistan, Nepal, China, India and Bangladesh burning territorial and water disputes are interconnected and hanging with each other since their inceptions. The...
made popular Jul 22 2009
The investigations have given a new revelation of relation between Nepal’s ex-prince Paras with Underworld kingpin Dawood Ibrahim on the fake currency smuggling....
made popular Sep 2 2009
Nepal’s new Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal says his predecessor’s move to sack the army chief was a mistake.
Mr Nepal was speaking to the BBC in his...
made popular May 28 2009
On 26 May, late evening, the Koshi River water levels were high due to incessant rainfall in the region over the past four days, causing overflow on the Koshi coffer...
made popular May 31 2009
Last week (23 May, Saturday), I traveled through the Beach (I like to say it beach rather than bank) of Koshi River, which was flooded last year in rainy season. More...
made popular May 27 2009
Being the capital city of Nepal, many facilities should be available, but just opposite we can find many obstacles and difficulties and people are feeling hard. Nor we...
made popular May 12 2009
Today is the 2553rd Buddha Jayanti–the birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha which is being celebrated across the nation on Saturday.
Buddhists around the...
made popular May 9 2009
Selected transcript of Maoist Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s videotaped address
Shaktikhor Cantonment, 2 January 2008
(15 min excerpts from 80 min speech)
On...
made popular May 9 2009
Gautama Buddha or Siddhartha Gautam was the founder of Buddhism. This spiritual leader is regarded in high regard among followers of Buddhism as he left all worldly...
made popular May 9 2009
Recently Nepal Prime Minister Pranchanad resigned because of the President Ram Baran denied his decision regarding the appointment of the Maoists in defense forces.
As...
made popular May 8 2009
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In this Nov. 13, 2008 file photo Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal gestures during a joint press conference in New Delhi, India. Dahal announced his resignation on Monday, May 4, 2009, on national television following confrontation with the...
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