Tag: Nepal
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Pokhara ideal venue for cricket
Talks for the construction of a cricket stadium in Pokhara have been going on since the late 1990s. Sadly these talks have mostly gone unheard by the government and the Cricket Association of Nepal for a long time. But now the time seems ripe to amplify that voice. Ever since the unfenced ground by the …
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November 13, 2018 -
Nepal’s clampdown on Press freedoms
Nepal’s government has become more highhanded with regard to freedom of expression and press freedom. It ignored the amendment to the criminal code and its procedures. The code’s provisions relating to national security, social security, law and order, hate speech, blasphemy, obscenity and pornography and social harmony, press freedom and freedom of expression (FOE) are …
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October 19, 2018 -
Oli stirs up a hornet’s nest
The Nepali media and social media both are flushed with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s ‘attack like a swarm of hornets’ diktat. Last week, in signature communist dictator’s fashion, he ‘officially’ provoked his cadres to attack the critics of his government like a swarm of hornets. It amply indicated the modus operandi the government would …
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September 20, 2018 -
Nepal holds national-level meeting on gender-based violence
The event is being held at a time when the cases of violence, especially rape, have increased at an alarming rate across the country.
September 18, 2018 -
Extending a neighbourly hand
What is required now is to let entrepreneurs from South and South-east Asia participate in the Northeast's economy as more diverse investors in a variety of production processes would also link products and services with the larger market access.
September 17, 2018 -
Massive protests in Nepal against minor girl’s rape, murder
Thousands of people staged anti-government protests in Nepal on Saturday, demanding justice to a 13-year-girl who was raped and killed.
September 16, 2018 -
Train to Nepal
The track is particularly strategic as it links a border city in India to the capital of the Himalayan country
September 2, 2018 -
Modi meets Sri Lankan president in Nepal, discusses bilateral cooperation
Modi arrived here this morning to attend the 4th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit.
August 30, 2018 -
PM to visit Nepal for BIMSTEC Summit
PM Modi will be visiting Nepal for the fourth time during his tenure, is also expected to inaugurate a 400-bed 'dharamshala' built with Indian assistance at the Pashupatinath temple premises in Kathmandu during the trip.
August 25, 2018 -
PM Modi to visit Nepal for BIMSTEC Summit next week
Modi is also expected to inaugurate a 400-bed 'dharamshala' built with Indian assistance at Pashupatinath temple
August 24, 2018 -
Another Aspect of Life
Brenda Wright was a well-known cardiac surgeon in Chicago. I met her only once and very briefly. What she said, however, remains seared in my memory. Three days earlier, a large avalanche had come down the Annapurna circuit of the Himalayas and killed a seven-person team of Japanese mountaineers. The story broke on Tokyo television …
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August 13, 2018 -
Nepal to imprison, fine people writing on currency notes
It is the first time that the law has made a provision for penalizing those who write or draw lines on the currency notes.
August 9, 2018 -
Around 200 pilgrims stranded in Nepal’s Simikot
The Indian Embassy in Nepal said on Sunday that it is aware of the stranding of 200 Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims in Simikot in Nepal due to bad weather.
August 5, 2018 -
So, what is the tiger count?
The number of tigers in the wild plunged 97 per cent to 3,000 in the last century due to poaching and habitat loss. In 2010, heads of state and government from tiger range countries agreed to make efforts to double the tiger population in the world by 2022. Nepal conducted a tiger census in 2017, …
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August 5, 2018 -
Five Indians arrested for smuggling gold in Nepal
Five Indian nationals were arrested on Wednesday for being in possession of over 3 kg of smuggled gold, worth Rs 14.7 million, at Tribhuvan International Airport here on Wednesday, police said. Iswar Das, Awatar Singh, Amrit Pal Singh, Harmindar Singh and Rijwan Ansari were arrested for smuggling gold from Bangkok. They were flying on Thai …
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July 25, 2018 -
She could even jump
She had fallen from a height of thirty feet and died, said the initial report. The first part was correct, the second part wasn’t. It was my year as the US Consul in Kathmandu. As a critically injured American overseas, travelling alone, she was my responsibility. I took a large utility vehicle and drove pell-mell …
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July 16, 2018 -
Women participation in agriculture is highest in Nepal
Nepal records the highest participation of women in agriculture while Singapore and Brunei record nil.
July 11, 2018