TIME OUT Dhankuta win openerLALITPUR: Dhankuta defeated Kathmandu 3-2 in the inaugural match of the U-14 Tribhuvan Memorial Inter-DDC Chairman Cup Football Tournament, which has been organised by All Nepal Football Association, here at ANFA Complex today. In... 16 Jan, 2005
ONCE-OVER Crown Prince in PhidimPHIDIM: Crown Prince Paras visited Phidim, the district headquarters of Panchathar on Saturday. He inspected the Phidim based based Batukdal barrack of the Royal Nepalese Army at 11.35 am and left for Damak of Jhapa after 45... Travel 16 Jan, 2005
Sugarcane price difference hits farmers Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 16:Difference in sugarcane prices in the bordering areas between Nepal and India has hit Nepali sugarcane farmers. They prefer to sell sugarcane to the Indian mills rather than to the domestic one. Prem Chandra... 16 Jan, 2005
ONCE-OVER Maoists torch vehicles NAWALPARASI:Irked that three vehicles with Indian registration plates violated their bandh call, Maoists torched all the three at Arun Khola Bazaar near the Mahendra Highway in Nawalparasi district on Saturday. — HNSRelief for... Travel 15 Jan, 2005
Wonder drug for AIDS? Himalayan News ServiceNawalparasi, January 8: A 64-year-old man has claimed that he can cure HIV/AIDS with the help of Ayurvedic medicine. Murali Raman Poudel, of Amarapuri VDC-3, speaking at a press conference in Kawasoti today, claimed that the... Travel 09 Jan, 2005
LETTERS People want peace: Nepal was once considered a land of peace. But for the last 10 years, the country has been suffering from the ongoing war between the Maoists and the security forces. The blood bath must stop before the country is ruined. People want... 09 Jan, 2005
ONCE-OVER Staffers resign en massePOKHARA: Municipal work came to a halt in Pokhara on Tuesday after the employees of Pokhara sub-metropolitan city resigned en masse due to Maoist threat. There were no one to handle the ambulance, fire brigade and garbage... Travel 05 Jan, 2005
RNA warns rights activists against falling prey to Maoist propaganda Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, December 31:The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) has urged the human rights act-ivists not to give “unnecessary comments” against the security personnel by getting carried away by Maoist propaganda. The army has said that... Travel 01 Jan, 2005
ONCE-OVER VDC chairman shot dead GAIGHAT: Maoists shot dead chairman of Sirise VDC, Karna Bahadur Shrestha, on Saturday evening. Police said around 15 Maoists shot him in the chest while on his way to Katari-Dhurmi road where repair work is going on. Shrestha... Travel 06 Jul, 2004
ONCE-OVER US envoy in townKATHMANDU: James Francis Moriarty, ambassador designate of the US to Nepal, arrived here on Monday to take up his assignment. He was received at the Tribhuvan International Airport by ADC to the king and deputy chief of protocol. —... Travel 05 Jul, 2004
Government policy accused Himalayan News ServiceChitwan, July 5:Participants at the ‘national convention of sick industries,’ said that the government tax policy, current insurgency and businessmen are primary causes for sickness assailing industries. Participants at the... 05 Jul, 2004
Nationwide shortage of BCG vaccines Himalayan News Service Pokhara, April 6: The country is running short of BCG vaccines from the last three months adversely affecting the national immunisation drive. "The stock of vaccine is all used up now and we have not been able to supply such to... Travel 04 Jul, 2004
