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Should older generation politicians like Girija Koirala and Surya Bahadur Thapa retire from active politics, and hand over leadership of their parties to younger generation leaders?
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18th, January, 2006 (Wednesday)

Curfew extended (Breaking News)

Policeman commits suicide at Singha Durbar gate

Heartfelt Condolences

One Maoist killed

Carry identity cards

Swiss grant

SBL profit jumps

Acting foreign secretary

Five Congress students on indefinite hunger strike
Army orders probe into youth's death
BoK records Rs 70m net profit
Seven parties to protest in Kirtipur today
A senior US official visiting Nepal
Work of Nepali peacekeepers in Congo appreciated
Carpet importers to be given five-year visas
Three arrested
House owners ask govt offices to vacate property
International organizations to be invited to monitor elections
Regional member resigns
Why are human rights activists silent?
Democracy ruined because of the leaders: Govind Prasad Upadhyaya
China declines India’s appeal to cut down support to Nepal
Parties, Maoists implement agreement

17th, January, 2006 (Tuesday)

Violation of human rights

Seven parties should take responsibility of bloodbath

Alliance with Maoists not possible: Sushil Koirala

Election wave in Eastern Nepal

BBC’s confusing reporting

Girija is not sleeping these days
Indian double standard and its objectives
Maoists targeting police: Analyst
India to make available 50 MW electricity
Father judge, decision favours son
UNHCR asks travel permits for refugees
Situation of abducted unknown
India announces reward
Two industrialists arrested
No international monitors for elections
Kashiram Shrestha elected

16th, January, 2006 (Monday)

Curfew announced in the Valley

Lochan S Thapa cremated at Aryaghat

Lochan S. Thapa dead

Australian ambassador designate arrives

Seven party conflict due to foreign money

Differences immediately after national convention
Social boycott against Dr Om Gurung
Per party 10 m from India to agitators
Seven political parties contest in being pro-Monarch
Government, people united to protest SPA agitation
Their Majesties heartily greeted in Dharan
NHRC initiates probe into Thankot attack
Public cautioned against SKorea job rumours
Commentary: Mukherjee’s Opposition Agenda

15th, January, 2006 (Sunday)

Commentary: Seven parties support Maoists in Kathmandu attacks
Senior journalist Govinda Biyogi passes away
King, Queen visiting Khadbari today
Nepse index stable
Red flags in the Nepalese sky
People eagerly waiting for polls
We take part in polls to support the king: Kuber Sharma
February 1 move constitutional
Who are foreign agents, who are palace agents?
Commentary: India’s absurd warning to China on Nepal
Commentary: Yet Another Split
House revival front’s common agenda: Sushil
Finance ordinance ‘consumer-oriented’
Pleasant surprise
His Majesty with Itahari locals
New revenue policy to encourage honesty, transparency: Dr. Jyoti

14th, January, 2006 (Saturday)

At least 20 security personnel feared dead (Breaking News!)
Police casualties in Thankot may be fourteen (Breaking News!)
Maoists attack Kathmandu Valley (Breaking News!)
Finance ordinance being promulgated today
Maoists bomb bridge
Maghe Sankratni being celebrated today
Shares of Shree National Hydropower Co Ltd listed
UN to resettle Bhutanese refugees
EC to mitigate effect of conflict
Constitutional monarchy is not the obstacle
Don’t suspect on the King’s intention: Khetan
Dispute among the seven parties
Commentary: Poll opponents further autocratic designs

13th, January, 2006 (Friday)

King, Queen visiting Siraha today
UIC registers Rs 15.48m profit
Foreign funding for agitation
All need security network
Autocracy on the name of democracy
Metropolis citizens to counter seven party boycott
Restoration of peace and significance of national unity day
Royal Couple hailed by the masses in Diktel
Their Majesties listen to people
Visit expected to boost development
RNA says 10 Maoists killed in latest clash
Govt to merge +2 with schooling system
Ambassador Mukherjee exceeds his diplomatic "limits"
"Item-sky is the limit" to be imposed on Nepal 's mother nature
Stop bullying!

12th, January, 2006 (Thursday)

11 missing policemen report (Breaking News)
Gopal Man Shrestha appointed NC(D) vice-president
India discusses Nepal with China
Work with King: Bista
Keep the nation on top
India's economic blockade to fear the King
Polls will take place at any cost: Spokesman
Protest because party activists were not appointed
Movement for democracy through RAW fund
Election environment in Bhaktapur
284th Prithivi anniversary
Democratic Congress lost its existence
Koirala still thinks others as blind followers
Indian leaders' gathering
Indian plan to denounce Royal institution
The King's worry
NSU rebels to launch struggle
Seven parties' strategy against people's right
Bomb to disturb polls
Prithivi Thought, strength for national unity
King, Queen visiting Khotang today
Maoist killed
Seven party rally in Janakpur today
Prudential Bittiya Sansthan registers Rs 1.53m net profit
RPP convention expresses commitment to polls
TU approves autonomy law
Maoists, forces clash in Dhangadhi
REQUEST TO FRIENDS
NEWS
Parties playing into Indian hand
Open involvement in Nepal

The seven agitating parties are playing into the hand of some outside power, specially India, in further bringing dis-stability to the nation. At a time when the people are desperately asking for peace, including when they got the opportunity to talk to the ....more

By Pushpa Raj Pradhan

King likely to visit China soon

A high level Chinese delegation is visiting Nepal shortly. According to Foreign Ministry sources, the Chinese delegation will be headed by a very high ranking Chinese leader, of the Central Committee rank ....more

By Our Reporter

RPP rebels elect Kamal Thapa president

Rebel RPP members Tuesday unanimously elected home minister Kamal Thapa chairman. A special two-day general convention in the capital elected Thapa. Thapa took over leadership of the rebel faction even .... more

By Bhola B Rana

Illuminating American insights into war, peace and SPAM deal

The most recent authentic position on American policy vis-à-vis the current political crisis in Nepal and the Maoist insurgency in particular has been spelt out in the 3 January statement issued in Washington by State Department ...more

By M. R. Josse

P. Kharel quits NPI

P. Kharel, executive chairman, RSS, who was the elected general secretary of the Nepal Press Institute (NPI), submitted his resignation from his current position as well as from the general membership of NPI. ....more

By Our Reporter

NIB makes 232 m profit

Nepal Investment Bank Limited has made a profit of Rs. 232 million in the fiscal year 2061/62, which is an increase of 51 per cent over the profit made in the previous . ....more

By Our Reporter

HBL earns Rs 308 m net profit

Himalayan Bank Ltd., first private sector joint venture bank in the country, has earned net profit worth Rs. 308.52 million. Manoj Bahadur Shrestha, chairman of the Bank, presenting the Bank's report for the fiscal year 2004/05 .... more

By Our Reporter

Hydropower Invest Mart

The Small Hydropower Promotion Project of GTZ, Winrock International and Confederation of Nepalese Industries are jointly organizing Hydropower Invest Mart in Kathmandu on January 24 to 26..... more

By Our Reporter

Deuba undisputed leader of NC (D)

Sher Bahadur Deuba has emerged the undisputed leader of the NC (D) after the 11th party general convention elected him president unopposed for a second term. Deuba sent his nomination paper from his detention...more

By Bhola B Rana

When crime becomes business

Crime has become into business and it is affecting people from all walks of life in all parts of the cities. In the inner city areas, crime is happening almost every hour of the day. The condition is turning worse. Crime has become a .... more

By Shreeja Basnet

Coping with post-conflict situation

What should be the post conflict arrangement to manage the country? The Management Association of Nepal (MAN) organized last week a talk program on post-conflict management at the Public Information Center ... more

By Shreeja Basnet & Richa Bhattarai

CNI warns of reducing import duty on finished goods

The Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) has warned that any decrease in the customs duty on the imported finished goods it will ruin the domestic industries. The finance ordinance to be announced on January 14 must .... more

By Our Reporter

Nation

Everest Press Club has announced that it would organise an interaction programme 'Anaupacharik' (Informal) every Friday and would provide privilege cards for journalists. President of the Club Shiva Kumar Khadka announced the programmes at the first 'Informal' programme last .... more

 

BETWEEN YOU AND ME

Mukherjee's Mumbo-Jumbo, Yechuri's Braggadocio and related yams

Why is it that Indian envoys to Nepal behave like Roman pro-consuls? And, why is it that, more often than not, they seem to be afflicted by oral diarrhea? Furthermore, how on earth do they – and their political hakims in Hindustan ... more

By M.R. Josse

COMMENTS

Misguided media doing more harm to the nation

Maybe it’s because of the holiday spirit, parties seem to be coming one after the other and I am not talking of those “card-holding” diplomatic parties that all seem to attend, but the more enjoyable and intimate ones with a few people around. To .... more

By Cocktail Man

REMITTANCE: An unsubstantial paradox

Ever since, Nepalese people started working abroad, the income sent by them has been called remittance, which has become the viable alternative source of foreign income. Studies show that remittance has become the ..... more

By Prahlad Giri

Indian perspectives of the Royal Nepal Army

Ashok K. Mehta, a retired major-general of the Indian Army (Fifth Gorkhas) has ostensibly written a book on the RNA titled: ‘’The Royal Nepal Army. Meeting the Maoist Challenge’’. However, it is more than what the title suggests. .... more

By Sashi P.B. Malla

Democracy, election and politics of boycott

The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 2047 has established constitutional monarchy, multi-party system with parliamentary democracy in the country. But the parliament was dissolved twice because of the feud among ... more

By Narayan Prasad Mishra

Three Gorges: ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENT

Whether the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River will have a negative ecological and environmental impact has been a widely shared concern ever since the grand project started four years ago. The Government, also concerned about ... more

By Mu Zi

Shattered DREAM of a PALATIAL hotel

Tom was very happy and excited with the grand success of the Christmas dinner party that he had hosted in the palatial Laksmi Niwas, his proposed new hotel. He could not sleep for many nights as he was always thinking and ... more

By Gyanendra P. Adhikari "Hanson"

From India WITH deception

It was interesting watching the Indian Ambassador’s interview on Kantipur television. He showed great concerns for the well-being of Nepal as everyone else seems to be doing as well but how much of it is sincere is another ... more

By Bhuwan Sharma

 

EDITORIAL

They are no more democrats

Even as the date for the municipal elections draws nearer, the Maoists and also the seven agitating political parties have intensified attacks on the government and even the people. While the Maoists have attacked security personnel .... more

 

ON/OFF THE RECORD

Friendly neighbour's unfriendly attitude

ONE CAN be called a diplomat if he or she can express views indirectly. What do you understand if you say elections are essential in a democracy but you raise the question of credibility? What do you understand when a ..... more

By PR Pradhan

MEDIA WATCH

Excerpts from weeklies and dailies

Compiled and translated by BHOLA B. RANA... more

 
REQUEST TO FRIENDS
Opinion
We Hail National Unity Day

On the occasion of the 184th birth anniversary of His Majesty Prithivi Narayan Shah the great and the National Unity Day, we pray our tributes to His Late Majesty and extend best wishes to our countrymen.

Readers' Forum
Question of the week

Has Pasupati Rana succeeded in developing the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) as a viable alternative party to Girija Koirala's Nepali Congress (NC) or Madhav Kumar's communists (CPN-UML).

Readers' Comment
Has Pasupati Rana succeeded in developing the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) as a viable alternative party to Girija Koirala's Nepali Congress (NC) or Madhav Kumar's communists (CPN-UML).
Thought of the day

When you have faults, do not fear to abondon them.

Confucius
Photo Gallery

HRH Crown Princesses Himani inaugurating the first anniversary ceremony of the Government Officials Wives Association amidst a function Monday.

Photo: People's Review

Aung Khin Soe, Ambassador of Myanmar, hosted a reception on the occasion of the 58th Anniversary of the Independence Day of Myanmar on 4 June in Kathmandu.
Seen in the photo: Vice Chairman of the cabinet of ministers, Kirtinidhi Bista, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey and Myanmar Ambassador.

Photo: People's Review

*National Journalists Federation, a newly constituted organisation, organised a function in honour of newly appointed State Minister for Communications and Information, Shrish S Rana and president of the Federation, P. Kharel, appointed as the executive chairman of the RSS on Sunday. About 300 journalists had attended the function.

Photo: People's Review

Splinter Group of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party held two-day special national convention of the party on Tuesday and Monday. Above 90 percent of the RPP central commitee level leaders and central representatives participated the convenction.

Photo: People's Review
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