Deadlock with parties Political settlement with Maoists is a dream Bijay AryalWhile King Gyanendra was enjoying felicitation programmes organised in his honour, listening to eulogies read out by loyal organisers, gladhanding the local people, holding aloft babies and fondling their cheeks, and signing autographs, the... 19 Apr, 2004
TADA again The life of a highly controversial law, the Terrorist and Destructive Activities (Control and Punishment) Act, has been extended. The law, which had received a two-year term from the parliament while Sher Bahadur Deuba was prime minister in 2002, was... 11 Apr, 2004
Gathering storm King Gyanendra is busy visiting districts whereas the political parties and the Maoists are pushing their political agendas with increased vigour in their own separate ways. After the failure of one year of the on-again-off-again movement against... 04 Apr, 2004
Message from Myagdi The events within the past three weeks alone show that the elections the government has promised are unlikely to be held in the present situation, except as a farce. At a time when the impression being given by those in power was that the Maoists had... 23 Mar, 2004
THE WORLD OVER Landslide kills 10 ALMATY: A landslide in southeastern Kazakhstan on Sunday killed at least 10 people including a number of Chinese migrant workers, while another 14 people remained unaccounted for, an emergencies spokes-man said. The mudslide... Women 14 Mar, 2004
No sign as yet Amid government claims that the Maoists had been losing their strength and were unable to mount any major assault, they have increased their activities visibly in recent weeks, one of them being the recent attack on the headquarters of the Bhojpur... 11 Mar, 2004
Siege within Restrictions on the movement of people and goods have been imposed from time to time in certain areas, particularly those held by the Maoists. They have also announced the formation of local and regional “people’s governments.” They have formed... 03 Mar, 2004
Democracy Day But the democracy is in a comaBijay Aryal Democracy Day is being observed today, with the King preaching the virtues of democracy in his customary Democracy Day message. In contrast, the major political parties are organising protest rallies against... 19 Feb, 2004
