Maoists abduct APF man, civilian Bhairahawa, January 7:The Maoists today abducted chairman of the Tharu Welfare Assembly (TWA), Rupandehi, Ashta Bhuja Chaudhari, from Khairiya in Tikuligadh VDC-1, an eyewitness said.According to Keshav Chaudhari, a group of five Maoists, who came on... Travel 08 Jan, 2006
Cultural revolution to culture exports While the world is getting used to China’s ballooning global trade surplus, Chinese mandarins fret over the one area that the country has been posting a continuous deficit — in culture. China may now be the world’s fourth largest economy,... 08 Jan, 2006
Arbour calls state, Maoists to respect rights Kathmandu, January 5:The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, today called for full respect for international humanitarian and human rights law in Nepal’s armed conflict, following the end of a four-month unilateral... Travel 06 Jan, 2006
NC-D to be mum on republican set-up Kathmandu, January 5:Nepali Congress (Democratic) leaders today ruled out any differences on the issue of removing the constitutional monarchy from the party statute.The party is expected to follow the Nepali Congress (NC) by striking off the... Travel 06 Jan, 2006
Lawati eyes RPP chairmanship Phidim, January 3:Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) leader Padma Sundar Lawati has said that he will vie for the post of RPP chairman at the special general convention of the party, which will be held on January 16 and 17.The RPP chairman, Pashupati SJB... Travel 04 Jan, 2006
Masal unveils plan to disrupt civic polls Kathmandu, January 3:The Communist Party of Nepal (United-Masal) today announced its independent series of protest programmes aimed at disrupting the municipal election scheduled for February 8.Addressing a press meet here today, spokesperson of... Travel 04 Jan, 2006
China floats blacklist of bribers Beijing, January 2:China’s prosecutors have set up an on-line blacklist of people convicted of bribing officials, in the country’s latest attempt to fight rampant corruption, state media said on Monday.The list includes individuals and... 02 Jan, 2006
A full blooded Marxican The Guardian Had Woody Guthrie not been cremated, his spirit surely would have erupted from the grave in the early hours of November 3 2004, as Republicans celebrating Bush’s re-election in Washington bellowed out his anthem “This Land Is Your... Travel Abroad 03 Dec, 2005
Youths asked to uphold democracy Kathmandu, November 29:A central committee member of the Nepali Congress, Bhim Bahadur Tamang, has called on the youths to embrace democracy not just as a political system but as a way of life. Speaking at an interaction organised by the Democracy... Horoscopes 29 Nov, 2005
Peaceful stir will root out autocracy, says Gyawali Nepalgunj, November 26:Standing Committee member of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), Yubraj Gyawali, today said autocratic monarchy can be rooted out through a peaceful peoples’ movement. Gyawali, who is also the mid-western region chief of the... Travel 26 Nov, 2005
China: Party comes before democracy Hosting President Bush on the weekend, Chinese leaders went along with his democracy rhetoric and even agreed to embark on a dialogue on human rights, but analysts say they have other ideas too. Beijing’s overall aim, the analysts caution, remains... 23 Nov, 2005
US not against parties holding Kathmandu, November 15:The American ambassador to Nepal, James F Moriarty, met the general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist Madhav Kumar Nepal at the party’s headquarters in Balkhu today.In what is being said as... Travel 16 Nov, 2005
