Indian leader calls to tap water resources Kathmandu, August 19:President of Nepal-India Friendship Forum Sharad Yadav today advised Nepal and India to start work on better management of Nepal’s water resources as the first work of this era. Yadav, who came along with his colleagues to take... Travel 20 Aug, 2008
Coalition partners still at odds over ministerial berths Kathmandu, August 18:Persisting differences among the CPN-Maoist, CPN-UML and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum over ministerial berths indicate that power-sharing is not going to be easy.Differences among coalition partners threw cold water on the Prime... Travel 19 Aug, 2008
Take it eas The most stable characteristic of our national culture, no reservations with the 10-hour delay before the inaugural CA meeting. What we don’t understand is why the meeting was scheduled for 11 am instead of 11 pm? That way, while the midnight oil... Travel 01 Jun, 2008
Time of reckoning The political processes in the past few weeks have left a lot to be desired. First, the political parties have found it difficult to agree on how to implement republicanism. The delay in framing constitutional provisions to end monarchy has also... 28 May, 2008
All set for swearing-in ceremony: Speaker Kathmandu, May 22:Speaker Subas Chandra Nembang said today that all preparations have been made for conducting the first full meeting of the Constituent Assembly. He said the first CA meeting will implement the republican agenda passed by the interim... Travel 23 May, 2008
LETTERS Fuelling hatredApropos of the news report “ Matrika stages matribhasa stunt” (THT, Jan3), it is quite inappropriate that a responsible Maoist leader like Matrika Yadav created such a scene refusing to be sworn in only in his own mother tongue.... 06 Jan, 2008
First-ever BJP govt formed in south India Bangalore, November 12: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s first government in the south was ushered today amid widespread celebration by thousands of party cadres who burst firecrackers and danced in the streets to drumbeats and trumpet-blaring. The... Women 12 Nov, 2007
IN BRIEF KMP chief appointedKATHMANDU: The Cabinet on Thursday appoined Deputy Inspector General of Police and the chief of the Valley Police Office, Dipak Thangden, the officiating Police Commissioner of the Kathmandu Metropolitan Police (KMP). The Cabinet... Horoscopes 11 Nov, 2006
King can’t take over on Nepal Army’s strength: Dr Mahat Kathmandu, September 11 :Finance minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat today ruled out monarchy taking over the reigns of the country again on the strength of the Nepali Army.“I do not think the Nepali Army will back the King in seizing power in the future as... Travel 12 Sep, 2006
Declaration 2063 : Proper place to proper parties The parliamentary Declaration 2006 is indeed a landmark in the history of Nepal vesting the sovereign power on the people. But it is only a headway towards real democracy embodied in the concept of loktantra in the new political scenario. The real... 21 May, 2006
TAAN takes up issues of eco-tourism Kathmandu, October 7:Speakers at the swearing-in ceremony of the executive committee of the TAAN (Trekking Agents Association of Nepal) stressed on partnership among tourism entrepreneurs working for eco-tourism for sustainable development of the... 07 Oct, 2005
LETTERS Learn from neighbour For the past few days, the Monarch has been looking for a person with a “clean image” for the privileged post of prime minister. However, there seems no consensus candidate. Look at India. The Congress is working towards... 19 May, 2004
