No tourists; hotel staff on layoff Chintamani PoudelChitwan, March 23:Dwindling tourist traffic in the hotels in Sauraha, the gateway to Royal Chitwan National Park, have started to send their staff on leave for 6 months. Even those hotels which used to be crammed with tourists till May... Travel 23 Mar, 2005
SNIPPETS 200 missing in floods KANDAHAR: More than 200 people were missing, some of them feared drowned, after days of torrential rain pushed the country’s longest river over its banks, officials said on Sunday. The confirmed death toll from flooding stood at... Women 20 Mar, 2005
Dire warning Dire predictions about the effect of global climate change for the people living in the lap of the Himalayas and the basins of the rivers fed by the melting glaciers of the same mountain range have long been afloat. The latest such prediction has come... 15 Mar, 2005
TOPICS : Sea boosts hope of finding signs of life on Mars Peter N Spotts Hopes of finding evidence that organic life gained a toehold on Mars appear to be brightening. To be sure, no one yet has uncovered direct evidence for life there. An experiment designed to look for it, the European Space Agency’s... 01 Mar, 2005
BIZ BRIEFS CFCL holds 8th AGMKATHMANDU: The eight annual general meeting (AGM) of Central Finance Company Ltd (CFCL) was held on Sunday in the capital. Addressing the AGM, Rojaj Man Shrestha, managing director of CFCL said that the company has been able to... 28 Feb, 2005
Reprieve, for now It has come as a relief that the blockade targeting the Kathmandu Valley has been halted. But during the two weeks of the third blockade of the Valley imposed by the rebels, exports from and imports into the capital city by road were virtually stopped;... 27 Feb, 2005
Meet on Koshi dam put off Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 23:The meeting between Nepali and Indian sides concerning the Koshi High Dam (KHD) has been postponed indefinitely following the royal takeover. The meeting was supposed to be the second one as the first was... Travel 24 Feb, 2005
24pc Tananun folks yet to get potable water Himalayan News ServiceTanahun, February 17:Twenty-four per cent population in Tanahun is still deprived of potable water. Reduction in annual budget and country’s fragile security situation are affecting drinking water projects being run in the... Travel 17 Feb, 2005
Flood victims face drinking water shortage Himalayan News ServiceHetauda, February 14: The residents of a flood victims’ settlement in the forest of Ramantar at Manhari VDC are facing an acute shortage of drinking water. The settlement, which was created last July, has 1,000 houses but not a... Travel 15 Feb, 2005
WWF, DHM sign MoU for research Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, February 15: The WWF Nepal and Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct research on climate impact in Nepal for a period of five years. The WWF Nepal and... Travel 15 Feb, 2005
SNIPPETS Pak flood toll over 350:PASNI: A second dam burst in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, pushing the nationwide toll from a week of torrential rain, floods and avalanches past 350. Officials said 1,000 to 1,500 people were missing in coastal villages in... Women 13 Feb, 2005
Global warming Dire predictions as a result of global warming have been floating around for a long time now. Such a predicament, scientists say, is due to the increase in greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, which is released into the atmosphere through... 03 Feb, 2005
