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12th, April, 2006 (Wednesday)

Nepal knocked out of AFC Challenge Cup Tournament
US Mission curtails activities
Citizens pour out on streets
Daytime curfew lifted (Breaking News)
Mammohan Singh attends meet on Nepal
King, Queen return
Baburam says Maoists constitutional force
India blocks Bardiya entry points
Highway community hospital established
King returning to capital Wednesday (today)
Demonstrators torch government motorcycle
Maoists release three officials
Terrorism unacceptable: King
Koirala's telephone disconnected

11th, April, 2006 (Tuesday)

Opposition activists continue to defy curfew orders
Five Maoists killed in two encounters, other details
Former NC leader Prakash Koirala shot dead in Texas
Kirtipur curfew lifted
Lethal arms add to Red might [Excerpts]
Naxals blow up station, railway track
Four Naxalites arrested for killing police officer
Maoists tie bomb on corpse, injure 7
Naxalites abduct two private firm employees in Orissa
Day curfew relaxed
Seto Machindranath chariot pulled to Lagon
Five dead during general strike
Maoist arrested in Rautahat
UAE to provide more employment to Nepalese

10th, April, 2006 (Monday)

Opposition activists continue to defy curfew, other details
Curfew hours rescheduled
One Maoist killed in Nuwakot
Raj Parishad meeting rescheduled
Night curfew extended
King, people, Army can confront situation unitedly
US ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD BOUCHER
Interview with Satinder Bindra, CNN Senior Correspondent
Curfew relaxed
Maoists launch 'great debate'
General strike is also ours': Prachanda
Students attack Kamal Thapa's home
Civil servants join protests
Maoists bomb home of former minister
Bisket festival in Bhaktapur from Monday
Nepal India's younger twin brother: Sitaram Yachuri
Maoists announced programme to help SPA
Draft for emergency prepared

9th, April, 2006 (Sunday)

Home minister Thapa says curfew will be maintained
Maoists abduct two persons
Seven parties extend strike, other details
Maoists shoot dead three in Sarlahi
Nepal, UAE establish consultative mechanism
Nepal qualifies for AFC Challenge Cup football tournament semi-final
Seven party activists defy curfew orders
SLC answer papers destroyed
India orders border surveillance
Couple displaced

8th, April, 2006 (Saturday)

Valley situation normal
10 Maoists dead
One child injured, two others injured
One dead, four injured in Pokhara
Two dead and six injured in Tibet
SPA, Maoists efforting to push movement [Excerpts]
Night curfew continues in Kathmandu, Lalitpur
International flights normal
Maoist attack assistant minister home
Sharad Chandra Paudel dead
Maoists transport 800 from Dang to Rolpa
Curfew slapped (Breaking News!!!)
Maoists capture police office
Maoists attack Butwal, Taulihawa
Chairman of Maoist victims' association abducted
Govt participation is Swiss conference undecided
Maoist condition for release
Demonstrators defy curfew
At least nine Maoists killed
Maoists kill Tilak Magar
Leaders must be specific on constituent assembly: Devnarayan Chaudhary
Seven parties provoking diplomats
Maoist terror continues

7th, April, 2006 (Friday)

General strike updates
Deuba objection
Dr Pant warned
US medical team in Nepal without permission
Two suspected woman Maoists arrested
Army denies Maoist claim it show down chopper
Annan says law maintenance state responsibility, other details
Army M-17 chopper crashes
EU heads of mission condemn arrests
King, Queen offer worship at Ram Mandir
Ramesh Nath Pandey visiting UAE, Qatar
Seto Machindranath chariot pulled to Ason
Nepal enters quarterfinals of AFC challenge cup

6th, April, 2006 (Thursday)

All killed in army chopper crash (Breaking News)
One dozen vehicles smashed
Raj Parishad meets from 9 April
New Maoist strategy to attract workers
Arrests begin ahead of Maoist, SPA Valley strike
Six security personnel killed, other details [Update]
King, Queen in Bhairahawa
Baburam condemns " decentralization' of Thursday's strike, protest in joint
SLC exams conclude
Naxalites set free police officials
General strike starts
Arrests violate civil rights: US
Maoists kill abducted policeman
Golcha Organization owes govt, labourers Rs 40 million
Maoist axed to death
Two abducted by Maoists

5th, April, 2006 (Wednesday)

Curfew slapped in Kathmandu, Lalitpur (Breaking News)
Koirala's quest to government officials
SPA selling Maoists' name
Koirala's doubt
Seven party leaders support Maoists
Maoists get political prisoner status
Seven parties fail to bag people's support, join Maoists hand
CNI against strike
Soldiers injured in a Jhapa ambush
Entry of vehicles controlled
Two Maoists shot dead
King, Queen visiting Bhairahawa today
Maoist abduct peasant leader
New Maoist leadership
Maoists to eliminate critics
Deuba returns
SAARC home ministers to meet 11 May
Protests banned in Kathmandu, Lalitpur
Quake rocks Sindhupalchowk
Promotions to fill govt vacancies
Directive to prepare list of officials participating in movement
Naxalites threaten to behead minister
Nepal listed as a country affected by landmines
Orissa pulled up for Naxal policy
Inviting foreign interference
Capturing power through guns wrong practice: Prakash Chandra Lohani
Change impossible by destroying constitution: Mani Lama
Parties for power: Krishna P Shahi
Maoists betray agreement
Leaders go underground
Leaders should stop selfishness

4th, April, 2006 (Tuesday)

Policeman abducted in Dang
Pen-down strike in campuses, other details
Carter to mediate conflict
Political appoints being made in VDCs
Maoists seize 10 vehicles
Jhalanath , Bamdev to remain in India
Another appeal for unity in NSP
Everest Insurance Co Ltd announces bonus shares
Tourist arrivals up 27 percent in March
Rebel US students to boycott movement
Cabinet reshuffle imminent
Jimmy Carter to meet Maoists
Maoists, seven party understanding in Jajarkot
Special team to trace missing French tourist
Maoist platoon commander Arrested
Maoists gang up with Indian criminal elements

3rd, April, 2006 (Monday)

Crown Prince returns
Fire kills 10 in Sindhuli
One teenager killed, two others injured
UN condemns Maoist school bomb blast
Panchthar district chairman, deputy abducted by Maoists
Maoists announce Valley ceasefire
Cosmic Air denial
India invite for Deuba
Prachanda's emissary meets Girija
Stay away from Maoist programmes
Nepal beats Bhutan
Action initiated against 13 army personnel
Efforts on to rescue govt officials kidnapped by Naxals [Excerpts]
Govt hides behind figures as Naxal activities gallop [Excerpts]

2nd, April, 2006 (Sunday)

King, Queen in Palpa
American pressure thwarted SPA/ Maoist joint understanding: Baburam
Crown Prince in UAE
Maoists shoot dead two policemen in Rautahat, other details
Nepse index stable
Owner grounds two aircraft of Cosmic Air
King, Queen visiting Palpa today
Leaders could be arrested from Monday
Gobinda Vikal dead
Fire at refugee camp
Three suspected Maoists released
Threat to close down industries
Information technology town declared
Naxalites kill two BJP leaders
Naxalites thrash drivers, torch three trucks

1st, April, 2006 (Saturday)

NC student leader head
NC leader abducted by Maoists
Only 37 parties respond to Election Commission request
Nepal Prajaparishad to go to street
Sit-in staged in New Delhi demanding release of jailed Maoists
Nepali rescued from ship
Purchase prince of tea leaves fixed
One dollar a day at Fulbari
Nepal's candidacy for Human Rights Council uncertain
Nepalese enjoy full press freedom
Indian invades Nepalese soil
Parties against Hinduism
US put pressure for dialogue
Constituent assembly is just a popular slogan: Ambika Dhakal
Assistance Minister's hose bombed
Parties' negligence affects SLC students
Parties unconcerned with general people's will
Parties deny Maoist proposal

31st, March, 2006 (Friday)

Four injured in another Maoist attack on an exam center
RPP on street protests against govt
Dissident Maoists again exposes Prachanda, Bhattarai
Deuba returns 6 April
One Maoist shot dead in Sarlahi, other details
Understanding between SPA, Maoists under cloud
13 teams attempting Everest
Two Maoists killed
Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu elected
American arrested
Prabhu Narayan Chaudhari to lead ULF
Protest greets Deuba in Washington
King visiting Thailand
Kathmandu, Lhasa bus service agreement to be reviewed
NT, Reliance agreement
NSP(D) leader dead
Two Maoists released on court orders
Moriarty meets Koirala for second time
Demonstration against Deuba in Washington
Orange revolution in Nepal?
King should guide the nation: Bal Krishna Neupane
Indians creating conspiracy
Parties' attitude hampers Nepal
Seven parties, Maoists against democracy
Media mission's bias report
Nation to defeat devils
Time to move forward
Transit Treaty uncertain
Terrifying general people
Brawl in NC (D) student organisation
China true friend of Nepal
SPA's authoritarian attitude
India's plan to divide Nepal
Girija developing strategy to counter government intervention
Ban on radio station in Bihar State illustrates unfairness of broadcast law
US to restore arms supplies to Nepal

30th, March, 2006 (Thursday)

Maoists fire on security personnel at exam center
Baburam Bhattarai says seven parties, Maoists working together
Maoists abduct trade union leader
Maoists abduct two persons joining army
Six persons in Maoist labour camp
NEA starts construction of Kulehkhani-III
Another Maoist leader denies a ceasefire
Unification proposal rejected
King returning to palace Thursday
Promotion in palace
Tenure extended
Reshuffle in royal palace
CPN-UML advisor abducted
REQUEST TO FRIENDS
NEWS
Prachanda compromises sovereignty, independence

Maoist chairman Prachanda has compromised Nepal's sovereignty and independence in his drive for a republic. Prachanda has prioritized the overthrow of feudal autocracy [read monarchy] over the country's independence and sovereignty from ....more

By Bhola B Rana

KMTNC launched in Austria

An Austrian chapter of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation (KMTNC) has been launched during the just concluded official visit of Crown Prince Paras. The launch marks the expansion of activities of the ....more

By Our Diplomatic Correspondent

Rumblings in SPAM Utopia: Precursor to what?

Bizarre happenings are taking place in the SPAM world – one half composed of a seven-party conglomeration led by the political Gods who failed democracy and the other of foreign-inspired revolutionaries who have launched a bloody ten year- .... more

By M.R. Josse

Prachanda, Baburam charged for treachery, betrayal

The recent three-day official visit of Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has updated and made crystal clear China’s Nepal policy. It has simultaneously cut through the thick fog of doubt and confusion that anti- ...more

By Our Senior Political Correspondent

HIEPL holds majority shares in Bhotekoshi

Himal International Energy Pvt. Limited (HIEPL) announced the acquisition of majority shares in Bhote Koshi Power Company Private Limited. The deal was completed on 24 March, Friday. ...more

By Our Business Reporter

Managing Editor felicitated

On the occasion of the 56th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen, the Diplomatic Club and Crown Jewels jointly felicitated Jasuda Pradhan, Managing Editor, People's Review, amidst a function organised on 20 March for her most exemplary ....more

By Our Reporter

IFA, CDES establish collaboration

Nishchal N. Pandey, Executive Director, Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), visited the Centre D'Etudes Diplomatiques Et Strategiques (CDES) in Paris, France and interacted with Administrative General Prof. Pascal .... more

By Our Reporter

‘Monarchy indispensable if Nepal is to remain sovereign state’

Noted industrialist Mohan Gopal Khetan has warned of serious danger to the country's sovereignty if all Nepalese do not join hands to ward off foreign aggression in the name of helping Nepal solve the conflict and political crisis besetting the ..... more

By Our Political Correspondent

Priority to internal management of LDT : Suraj Vaidhya

Suraj Vaidya, the newly nominated vice chairman of Lumbini Development Trust (LDT), comes from a family where four different religions have blended together with perfect harmony. His mother is a Buddhist, father a ....more

By Our Special Correspondent

Chaudhary's Kala Mandir honours three

Sri Lunakarandas-Gangadevi Chaudhary Sahitya-Kala Mandir has announced three personalities to be honoured this year by the Mandir in research, literature and art. Those to be honoured with Saraswoti Samman in .... more

By Our Reporter

Media missions: basking on half-truths, distortions

Has Nepal become a whipping boy of international media? There are people – both Nepalese and foreigners and within Nepal and outside -- who think they can say anything contentious about this country with the confidence that they are ... more

By Our Political Correspondent

Basu Shashi prize

Poet Biswobimohan Shrestha has been awarded Basu Shashi Memorial Prize of this year for his outstanding contribution in Nepali literature. The Basu Shashi Memorial Parishad (Council) awarded the prize to poet Shrestha at a programme on Sunday on the 70th .... more

By Our Reporter

 

BETWEEN YOU AND ME

Deuba in the BIG APPLE, Khanal’s PUNDITRY, BLIZZARD OF ERRORS, and SINGING MPs

As readers of this column probably know, Sher Bahadur Deuba, NC (D) boss, is now in the US of A. I note from an email from a contact the contents of his address to a one-sided Columbia University seminar on Nepal that he has said his piece. ... more

By M.R. Josse

COMMENTS

Heavy Friday

Friday seems to be the favourite day for many people to host parties. This is understandable, as after a lavish bash, both the guests and host have the luxury of having a leisurely morning the next day, as Saturday .... more

By Cocktail Man

Concerted attack against Monarchy and RNA

THE DOMESTIC and international vilification of the monarchy and the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) continues unabated. The latest is a spurious article by T.U. political scientist Dhruba Kumar in the March-April 2006 ..... more

By Shashi PBB Malla

Prachanda, Bhattarai in Delhi on several occasions
UPA fumbles on policy as Maoists run amok

TThe daring raid on R Udayagiri, a sleepy Orissa town bordering Andhra Pradesh, by hundreds of heavily armed cadre of Communist Party of India (Maoist) on Friday, followed by Saturday's bombing by Maoists in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, come as a fresh reminder .... more

By Kanchan Gupta/New Delhi

Bangladesh economy makes a mark

Thanks to the leadership of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and her four party Alliance Government, the economy of Bangladesh has made a mark in the world, specialty in South Asia, during the last four years. This achievement ... more

By Mahbubur Rahman Rousseau

Shenjhen outlines metropolis Rim vision in five year plan

Moves to create a 'metropolis rim' in southern China are under way. The Municipal People's Congress of Shenzhen passed its 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10) which attaches strategic importance to the establishment of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong metropolis rim for the first time ... more

 

EDITORIAL

Vibrant Media?

Nepal has a vibrant media sector. If nothing, the sheer numbers can be overwhelming. There are more than 2000 newspapers that have been registered, though a lot less are actually being published, there are dozens of FM radio stations and there are hall a .... more

 

ON/OFF THE RECORD

Professionalism in media

It is interesting to note, when Chinese State Councilor Tang who was here recently, met with political leaders here, some partisan media reported nothing about what Tang had said to the leaders, but highlighted on what the ..... more

By PR Pradhan

TATTLER

The King didn't grant an audience to a British parliamentary delegation even on request. The delegation publicly cribbed. The delegation said an audience would have helped them understand the King's roadmap. An audience is not needed for that. They ..... more

READERS FORUM

Behind NGOs' distorted perspective

As I shall be retiring on 15 March 2006, after more than thirty-one years of long service. I think, I should update you about some little things that seemed important to me, and for which I always utilized my energy. ... more

 

MEDIA WATCH

Excerpts from weeklies and dailies

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

 
REQUEST TO FRIENDS
ADDRESS FROM HIS MAJESTY KING [New !]
 
 
Commentary
 
 
By Dr. Pravin Rajbahak
Commentary
 
 
By David Krieger
Address from His Royal Highness Crown Prince Paras Bir Bikram Shah Dev
 
 
Commentary
 
 
By M.R. Josse
Major highlights of the speech delivered by Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan [New !]
 
 
 
Full text of the speech delivered by Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan [New !]
 
 
 
Readers' Forum
Question of the week

Do you think that there is too much interference in Nepali internal affairs by some foreign country ambassadors and some UN, EU and donor agencies based in Kathmandu?

Readers' Comment
 
Thought of the day
 
When you have faults, do not fear to abondon them.
 
Confucius
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Their Majesties the King and the Queen with officers at Sree Panch Gyanendra Hospital after its inauguration by the King on 20 March at Balambu.

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Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess receiving garlands from the Panchakanya at Tribhuvan International Airport prior to their departure to Austria on Monday. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are visiting Austria at the invitation of the Chancellor of Austria.

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Honorary consulate of Portugal Rajendra K. Khetan informing about screening of Portuguese films in Kathmandu beginning from today, 23 March. The festival will end on 25 March

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