Bagmati, Nepal News Archives

“We have informed the government of such attacks on returning officers”

Kathmandu, Feb 29: With less than one-and-a-half months remaining for the Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal the security scenario in the Terai districts remained a cause for concern. via Newkerala.com

“Its implementation will be an important contribution to the election of an inclusive Government Assembly in a conducive climate”

The Secretary-General's Special Representative to Nepal has welcomed today's agreement between the seven-party alliance that forms the country's Government and the leadership of the ethnic Madhesi movement from ... via InterestAlert.com

The Nepal Government and the agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front on Thursday signed an eight-point agreement thus bringing an end to the 16-day long indefinite strike in Terai. via AndhraNews

“The people of Madhes are not in agitation. Some miscreants are trying create havoc. They have to be dealt accordingly”

Kathmandu, Feb.26 : An indefinite strike called by the United Democratic Madhesi Front in the eastern Terai region entered its fourteenth consecutive day on Tuesday. via Southeast Asia News

Kathmandu, Feb.27 : A leader of the Madhesis in Nepal has said that talks with the coalition government headed by Prime MInister G.P.Koirala have collapsed. via Southeast Asia News

Kathmandu, Feb 25: The Seven Party alliance today firmly rejected the demand of United Democratic Madhesi Front to postpone the Constituent Assembly election by at least one month. via Newkerala.com

The United Nations Children's Fund has agreed to provide a grant assistance of 68,214,000 U.S. dollars to the Nepali government, the national news agency quoted a press release issued by the Ministry of Finance ... via People's Daily Online

“We have agreed on most issues including the autonomous state for Terai”

From correspondents in Kathmandu, Nepal, 11:30 AM IST The Nepalese government and an ethnic group Monday said they were close to clinching a deal to end nearly two weeks of crippling general strike in southern ... via India eNews

Candidates representing Nepal's major political parties filed their nominations for the upcoming Constituent Assembly elections under the first-past-the-post system for different constituencies in Kathmandu ... via People's Daily Online

Talks between the ruling Seven-party Alliance and the agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front failed to reach a final agreement on Saturday, local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported Sunday. via Xinhuanet

“We are ready to meet their demands except the one for the autonomy before the elections”

Activists belonging to the United Democratic Madheshi Front hold banners and shout slogans in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu February 23, 2008. via Boston.com

“I have told India and the UN that I will not compromise on [ Nepal's] sovereignty and integrity”

Nepal's capital on Wednesday appeared like a city under seize, with shops closed and serpentine lines of vehicles in front of gas stations. via Nepalnews.com

“The final decision on the number of federal states and their geographical make up can only be determined by the constituent assembly chosen by the people through elections in early April”

Activists belonging to the United Democratic Madheshi Front shout slogans in Kathmandu yesterday KATHMANDU: The people of southern Nepal faced the prospect of prolonged crippling strike across the region ... via Gulf Times

Kathmandu, Feb.21 : Nepal's India-born Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has charged New Delhi with having betrayed him on the issue of the kidney scam that rocked India and the world earlier this month. via New Delhi News.Net

“Furthermore, it is unacceptable that hundreds of thousands of children in the Terai and some Eastern hill districts have been prevented from attending school due to the imposition of bandhs”

The United Nations Children's Fund and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights today issued a joint warning to all Nepalese to keep the country's children free from harm amid mounting concern that ... via Scoop

“We are not shy of meeting their demands, the only thing we are cautious about is that it should not set a bad precedent”

KATHMANDU: After rounds of negotiations, the agitating Madhesi factions and the government are close to strike a deal that could formally be announced tomorrow, said a highly placed Nepali Congress leader on ... via South Asian Media Net

“What is the use of the government that cannot even give us oil”

Motorists queue up at a petrol station in Kathmandu yesterday. Thousands of cars and motorcycles queued up at the few petrol stations open in Nepal as a strike by an ethnic group demanding more autonomy in the ... via The Peninsula

Pankaj Jha, an alleged accomplice of Indian kidney racket kingpin Dr Amit Kumar, who was arrested in Saptari on Thursday, was brought to Kathmandu for further investigation Friday morning. via Nepalnews.com

“I am shocked by the numbers of blind in the Pacific. It is essential that we invest in Pacific medical leaders so that they can restore sight to our Pacific brothers and sisters.”

Weeks after losing their long-time patron Sir Edmund Hillary, the Fred Hollows Foundation has launched its annual fundraising appeal with an All Black great stepping up to front it. via Manawatu Evening Standard

“Informal talks and sharing of notes have been taking place and we are more positive than in previous days”

Koirala ...no change in poll date KATHMANDU: Ethnic protesters blockading Nepal's capital said yesterday they were in talks with the government to try and end unrest that threatens to disrupt crucial polls and ... via Gulf Times

“If we can show the people's strength in the Terai, the state will meet our demands”

A blockade of Nepal's capital by ethnic activists has entered its second week, with fresh violence reported and no sign of talks between fuel-starved Kathmandu and the demonstrators. via Sunday Times

Last Updated: 06:00 AM NST Kathmandu - February 20, 2008 - Falgun 8, 2064 Nepal Sambat 1128 Sillathwo Chaturdashi - Wednesday. via Gorkhapatra Sansthan

The organiser of Springwood NRN Kathmandu International Marathon finally gave away prizes to the winners after the delay of four months here in Kathmandu. via Nepalnews.com

“Frequent protests and threats by various groups in the Terai have reduced the morale of the tanker drivers who are unwilling to take risks”

KATHMANDU: Nepal's ethnically tense south was hit by an indefinite strike launched Wednesday, compounding a fuel shortage in the impoverished and landlocked nation's capital and fears for the peace process. via Daily Times

“Mechanical equipment and expensive instruments easily get depreciated and this affects the service of hospitals”

At the same time, the flow of patients in the hospitals from outside the Kathmandu Valley has also gone down. via Gulf Times

“If we are talking about fair and reasonably acceptable elections the chances of its taking place in April are almost gone”

By Gopal Sharma

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A convoy of fuel tankers is making its way to Nepal's capital under armed police guard in an attempt to break a crippling blockade which has led to shortages of petrol and food, officials said on Tuesday.

The strike and blockade, which began last week in Nepal's southern plains, has been called by ethnic Madheshi groups demanding greater autonomy for the region.

It has left the highways to the Kathmandu Valley, home to 2 million people, deserted. Read more

“SAWTI is the first wildlife trade initiative of its kind in South Asia and SACEP is confident it will lead to further commitment in the region, and closer engagement among neighbours to effectively address wildlife trade problems”

"SAWTI is the first wildlife trade initiative of its kind in South Asia and SACEP is confident it will lead to further commitment in the region, and closer engagement among neighbours to effectively address ... via Gulf Times

“I will not bow down to pressure from any world power on the issue.”

Kathmandu, Feb 17 : Nepal braced for trouble Sunday after a party pulled out of the ruling coalition government, accusing it of failing to address grievances of the ethnic Madhesi community. via Newkerala.com

“We are very close to achieving the demand for [a new] Constitution from BP (Koirala) babu's time”

The visiting delegation of Congress leaders from India on Wednesday made it clear that their party is not in favour of a monarchy in Nepal. via AndhraNews

“The strike will bring life in the Terai to a halt and paralyse the rest of the country”

Violent ethnic protests in the region last year claimed at least 45 lives, throwing a shadow over Nepal's peace process after a decade-long civil war with Maoist rebels ended in 2006. via The Peninsula

“I thought he was a hotel guest who had a problem. How was I to know that he was an accomplice in the same racket?”

While Indian kidney racket kingpin Amit Kumar was arrested by Nepal Police in a dramatic swoop last week from a holiday resort in the southern plains, did his brother and accomplice Jeevan Kumar manage to give ... via Nerve News

“While the need to address the water crisis is growing, the changing circumstances surrounding the project required adjustments in scope and implementation arrangements.”

A delayed water-supply project in Nepal that includes tunneling 26 kilometers through a mountain to ease chronic water shortages in Kathmandu looks set to proceed. via Tajikistan News.Net

“This is our final battle. We want to ensure that the Madheshis don't have to struggle again for their rights”

KATHMANDU: Three ethnic protest groups from Nepal's southern plains united on Saturday to threaten an indefinite blockade of the capital Kathmandu as they press for regional autonomy. via Daily Times

Security in Nepali capital Kathmandu was tightened Wednesday night after the police surrounded one office of the youth league of the Communist Party of Nepal , the Young Communist League . via People's Daily Online

KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 6: In clear defiance of the comprehensive peace agreement , the Comunist Party of Nepal-Maoists has reactivated the people's revolutionary council, known as the parallel Government, that ... via Express India

“It is believed that during the past eight years around 500 people were forcibly operated on and their kidneys transplanted to foreign patients in a secret operating theatre”

Police in Nepal said Thursday they were hunting for the alleged mastermind of India's biggest illegal kidney transplant racket amid reports he was hiding out in the Himalayan nation. via Arab Times

An Indian court jailed three men for life on Tuesday for their role in the eight-day hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane in 1999. via AlertNet

From correspondents in Kathmandu, Nepal, 05:01 PM IST A skirmish between Indian border security forces and Nepalis led by the Maoists' powerful youth wing worsened Saturday with the rebels torching at least one ... via India eNews

KATHMANDU: Protesting the detention of over two dozen Young Communist League cadres by India's Seema Suraksha Bal in Maheshpur border area in Jhapa district, the Maoist-affiliated YCL resorted to vandalism and ... via South Asian Media Net

“Who are these people? But no one is criticising him.”

Kathmandu * On the third anniversary of King Gyanendra's disastrous coup that triggered an anti-monarchy wave, minister and prime minister's daughter Sujata Koirala yesterday distanced herself from the crown, ... via The Peninsula

“The Maina Sunuwar incident shows up Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who was the 'commander' of the pro-democracy movement in 2006, as the weakest premier of Nepal”

"But Maina's case is one of the most pathetic. "In Europe and the US, parents can't lift a hand against their under-age children. via Gulf Times