UN mission on IDP meets Army Chief Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 18:A high-level UN mission to assess the situation of the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) met the Chief of Army Staff, General Pyar Jung Thapa, at the Royal Nepalese Army Headquarters here today. Prof Walter... Travel 19 Apr, 2005
Sowing fear Nawalparasi has been the latest target of terror after Maoists killed 10 unarmed civilians and pillaged 15 houses in one of the villages in the district on Friday. Over 1,000 locals from Bargadwa of Somni VDC have been forced to flee and seek refuge... 18 Apr, 2005
BIZ BRIEFS Pant NB Bank’s new CEO KATHMANDU: Shovan Dev Pant, a senior banker involved in the banking service for last 16 years, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nepal Bangladesh Bank Ltd with effect from April 14. Earlier, Pant had worked as... 17 Apr, 2005
Indigenous vehicles ride market Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 14:Riding ‘Made in Nepal’ cars is no more just a dream for Nepalis. Initiation of Hulas Motor Company (HMC), the manufacturers of first Nepali four wheelers, has fulfilled the wish of domestic clients. And the... 14 Apr, 2005
ONCE-OVER Campus chief attacked LAHAN:Anil Kumar Jha, the chief of JS Muraraka Campus, Lahan, was injured when a group of three khukuri-wielding persons attacked him at his house in Lahan municipality-4 on Friday night. A Bachelor-level student of the campus,... Travel 10 Apr, 2005
Report on missing submitted Rastriya Samachar SamitiKathmandu, April 7:The probe committee constituted for determining the situation of the people said to have gone missing from custodies of the State presented its sixth report to Home Minister Dan Bahadur Shahi today. The... Travel 08 Apr, 2005
Students complain of poor toilets Himalayan News ServiceNawalparasi, March 31: The students writing the SLC exams here are facing problems in exam centres because of lack of proper toilets. The examinees said they find it difficult to use the toilets in open space with just walls of... Travel 01 Apr, 2005
ONCE-OVER RPP politics discussedKathmandu: Nine Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) leaders on Monday discussed the current party politics and ways of thrashing out differences between the party leadership and its workers. In a meeting held at Kundaline Club in... Travel 28 Mar, 2005
ONCE-OVER Lawati’s house set ablazePHIDIM: Suspected Maoists set ablaze the house of RPP vice-president Padamasundar Lawati at Phidim on Friday. They forced Lawati’s wife Tara Khaling and two helpers out of the house and set it on fire, said colonel Tek... Travel 26 Mar, 2005
BIZ BRIEFS China Trade Fair in AprilKATHMANDU: China Trade fair-2005, the first major Chinese Trade fair in Nepal, is being held from April 15-18 at BICC in Kathmandu. The fair is being organised to mark the 50th year of establishment of diplomatic relations... 26 Mar, 2005
BIZ BRIEFS Mobile service to expandSURKHET: Mobile phone service is to be extended to Surkhet, the mid-western regional headquarters, from the beginning of the next fiscal year. Nepal Telecom (NT), New Services Directorate, Lalitpur has already carried out survey... 24 Mar, 2005
Border inspection in final stage Himalayan News ServiceBanbasa, March 20:Nepal India joint inspection team no. 2 has said that the job to observe pillars in the border areas of both the countries have reached at the final phase. The team which started its job from the Narayan river in... Travel 20 Mar, 2005
