Gangster Chakre Milan sent to jail
KATHMANDU, APR 08, 2011-Once the most wanted man in Kathmandu, Nepal police has worked hard and risk their life to catch one of the most dangerous and politically safe gangster Milan Gurung aka chakre milan is now serving jail term for a while.
The Kathmandu District Court (KDC) on Thursday sent notorious [...]
Ten dead in Afghan Quaran burning protests
April 02, 2010- Kandahar, Afghanistan- After a deadly attack on UN Mission in Afghanistan on Friday At least 10 people have been killed and 83 wounded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said on Saturday, on a second day of violent protests over the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist [...]
Massive car pile-up leaves two people dead in Abu Dhabi
April 02, 2011, Abu Dhabi UAE- High traffic, careless drivers and increasing speed of wheels are killing hundreds of people in road accidents yearly in UAE. travel insurance . In a massive car pile-up today leaves two people killed instanlty and more than 15 are in critical condition as Abu [...]
Plutonium found in soil outside nuke plant in Japan
TOKYO, March 28, 2011- Earthquake and tsunami devastated Japanese nuclear plants and the aftermath is about to seen as Tiny amounts of plutonium have been detected in the soil outside of the stricken Japanese nuclear complex, the plant operator said Monday.
Experts had expected traces would be detected [...]
Nirupama Rao to visit Nepal from Jan 18
KATHMANDU: Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao would visit Nepal next month to take up bilateral issues with the government of Nepal and assess the Himalayan republic’s halted peace process. Rao is arriving on a three-day visit on Jan 18 and will meet the prime minister, foreign and other ministers [...]
Nepali youth dream of making cycle city
KATHMANDU, Nov. 20, 2010-”Hundreds of the participant completed the cycle rally on Saturday which is one of the positive note for us,” said Rajan Kathet, Communication Coordinator of the Kathmandu Cycle City (KCC) 2020 in an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Saturday.
Nepali youths leading [...]
Nepal to lift ban on domestic helps for Gulf states
Nepal is preparing to lift ban on domestic helps in Gulf countries, The Himalayan Times daily reported on Friday.
Over 100,000 Nepali women are believed to be working in Gulf countries — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and others.
“We are preparing guidelines [...]
More than 51 killed in a building collapse in New Delhi
NEW DELHI, November 16, 2010-Police and rescuers raced Tuesday to pull survivors from the debris of a four-story apartment building that collapsed in a congested neighborhood in New Delhi, killing at least 51 people and injuring 76 others.
The 15-year-old building housing about 200 people — mostly [...]
Saudi fatwa bans women from cashier jobs
Jeddah Saudi Arabia, Nov 02, 2010- Conservative Islamic Kingdom Saudi Arabia’s top clerics have challenged the government’s policy to expand jobs for women with a fatwa ruling that they should not work as cashiers in markets.
In the statement obtained by AFP the official fatwa issuing body said [...]
Nepal tourism’s short cut
Kathmandu Nepal: The world’s shortest person Khagendra Thapa Magar had a heavy burden placed on his tiny shoulders on Friday.
Nepal’s tourism board hopes the 22 inch small 17-year-old will help the country attract one million tourists when it celebrates Nepal Tourism Year next year.
The [...]
Nepal firm takes high speed internet to Mt Everest
Kathmandu Nov, 01, 2010- Now you can talk to your mom while climbing Mt. Everest, you can tweet to the world that you have just reached to the summit, and you can upload your summit experience in a video to the world after A private telecom firm Ncell took high speed internet facilities to the top [...]
President Yadav returning today
Kathmandu November 01, 2010-President Ram Baran Yadav is returning to Nepal today after completing a six-day friendly visit to China.
He left for China to attend the closing ceremony of Shanghai Expo 2010 leading a 17-member Nepali delegation on October 26.
In addition to attending the Expo, President [...]
Constitutional Council preparing to issue public notice to invite Dahal
Kathmandu, November 01, 2010-The Constitutional Council (CC) is planning to invite Unified CPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal for a meeting through public notices after he refused to receive an invitation letter, Kantipur daily reported.
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who is the ex-officio [...]
UN political chief urges swift action to meet Nepal’s peace process deadline
Kathmandu, October 15, 2010- The United Nations Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe, who visited Nepal October 6 to 8, has cautioned that swift action is required to overcome the political impasse in Nepal and to meet the mid-January 2011 deadline to wrap up the stalled peace [...]
Nepalese parliament fails for dozen time to elect PM
KATHMANDU, Oct. 10,2010-The Parliament has failed for a dozen times on Sunday to elect a new Prime Minister for the nation.
On Sunday, Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader and sole candidate in the PM run off election Ram Chandra Poudel failed for the 12th time in the election.
Poudel has been [...]
