EU earmarks disaster relief fund Kathmandu, February 16:The European Commission has earmarked six million Euro from the humanitarian aid budget to step up its natural disaster preparedness efforts in South Asia, including in Nepal. The funds will be channelled through the... Travel 17 Feb, 2006
Poems Smiling faceA smiling faceA word of cheerCan stop the fallingOf a tearA helping handA word indeedA wish to pleaseGive joy and peace.— Anurag Gangol, Class VII, GEMS School, LalitpurMy catYou sit on my matYou play with my batI love you my catYou are... Travel Abroad 17 Feb, 2006
Plight of Sri Lanka’s displaced people The plight of Sri Lanka’s displaced people whether from the 22-year long ethnic conflict, the tsunami or floods is indeed pathetic. There have been people who have been spending years on the move or living in refugee camps. Muslims resident in the... 07 Feb, 2006
TOPICS: Neither refugees nor citizens In a camp for displaced persons in northern Sri Lanka, Kandhaya Kaliyankumar’s voice softens as he describes the tragedy that destroyed his home and killed his brother. He knows that he was lucky to escape the devastation along with his wife and four... 30 Jan, 2006
LETTERS Weed out corruption: Democracy is commonly defined as a system of governance by the people, of the people and for the people. It is just a model of governance whose fruits can be enjoyed only with the efforts of the people working within the democratic... 19 Jan, 2006
Indrawati riverside left barren due to fear of floods Sindhupalchowk, January 10:More than 4000 ropanis of land on the bank of Indrawati river remains uncultivated as local farmers have not planted the regular crops fearing river floods. Floods in the river have continually swamped the cultivated lands in... Travel 10 Jan, 2006
Dutch build ‘floating houses’ on water Arnhem, November 20:People in the Netherlands have always found it tricky to keep their feet dry, as half the country lies below sea level. But they are now starting to live on water in amphibious houses. These homes look very ordinary. But when the... 20 Nov, 2005
Flashflood threat in Himalayas growing: Experts Kathmandu, October 31:An international conference that concluded in Lhasa last Friday warned that flash floods are a growing threat to mountain-dwellers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region. The conference called for better preparedness and crossborder... Horoscopes 31 Oct, 2005
700 huts of squatters demolished, 16 held Gaighat, October 28: A joint forest and police security team today demolished around 700 huts of squatters who were encroaching upon the Mothihai jungle at Jogidaha Village Development Committee, ward number 8, and arrested 16 leaders of the... Travel 29 Oct, 2005
FPI to replace old irrigation systems Lalitpur, September 26:The conventional approaches to building crossectional river structures for hydropower plants and irrigation canals will be replaced by a system of “Floating Pipe Intake” if it proves economically viable and adheres to the... Travel 26 Sep, 2005
More rain inundates new areas in Andhra Hyderabad, September 23:The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh continued to be grim today as heavy rains lashed coastal regions and river waters rose ominously with new areas being inundated and at least 75 people killed.Rains in West Godavari and... Women 23 Sep, 2005
SNIPPETS Army base attackedMIRAN SHAH: Assailants fired two rockets at a base for army troops in a tribal town in northwestern Pakistan, but no one was hurt, an intelligence official said on Monday. The rockets hit near a soccer field on the base on Sunday in... Women 19 Sep, 2005
