WTO factor to dominate 13th SAARC summit: Mahat Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 31:Apart from various issues for economic integration in the region, the coming 13th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will discuss how to create a common position of South... Travel 01 Feb, 2005
India sending team to monitor security in Dhaka Agence France PresseNew Delhi, February 1: India is sending a team to Bangladesh to assess security for a regional leader’s summit in Dhaka next week after three-days of opposition sponsored strikes, a foreign ministry spokesman said today.A news... Women 01 Feb, 2005
TOPICS : India-Pakistan nuclear hell in the making? Ranjit Devraj: Not only are the year-old peace talks between India and Pakistan floundering but the South Asian neighbours are also steadily increasing their nuclear arsenals, warn leading physicists on both sides of the common border. R Rajaraman,... 01 Feb, 2005
Pak entrepreneurs keen on JVs in Nepal: Akram Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 6:Zamir Akram, ambassador of Pakistan to Nepal has said Pakistani entrepreneurs are keen on setting up joint ventures with their Nepali counterparts in order to exploit huge trade and business potentialities... 06 Jan, 2005
NKMKA all set for International Karate Championship Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 1:Nepal Kwanmukan Karate Do Association (NKMKA) has completed the final preparations for the upcoming first All Karate Open International Championship and Technical and Referee Seminar 2005 to be held from... 02 Jan, 2005
FDI in Nepal Need for common agenda with Maoists Bishwambher Pyakuryal Although Nepal is open to FDI, bureaucratic delays and inefficiency have distorted policy implementation. Development work in the country has significantly deteriorated. 10 major donors have suspended targeted development... 27 Jun, 2004
Sharma, Pyakuryal to take part in SADGs meet Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, June 6:Prof Biswhamber Pyakuryal, president of Nepal Economic Association (NEA) and Dr Shankar Sharma, vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC) left for Maldives today in connection with working out... 06 Jun, 2004
Education for all remains a distant dream Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, May 21:Violence and disruptions related to Maoists insurgency has dealt a body-blow to one of the most crucial components of socio-economic development in the country, the education sector. It has literally terrorised... Travel Abroad 21 May, 2004
Sonia decision gets kudos in Pakistani media Muhammad NajeebIslamabad, May 19:There were kudos aplenty in Pakistan Wednesday for India’s Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her decision not to become prime minister with papers leading with the story and experts comparing her to Mahatma Gandhi. Most... Women 19 May, 2004
SCL opens new showroom Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, May 2:Syakar Company Ltd (SCL), the authorised distributor of Philips Consumer Electronics, has opened its new showroom at Joyti Bhawan in Kantipath today. SCL has been the authorised distributor for Philips Consumer... 02 May, 2004
Troops to Iraq South Asia balks for lack of UN sanctionM B Naqvi The US government’s renewal of an earlier request to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to send troops to Iraq has been made necessary by the turn of recent events in that country, aflame with attacks... 22 Apr, 2004
Power supply could hit FDI flow to S Asia Himalayan News ServiceNew Delhi, April 22:The irregular power supply in South Asia could become a deterrent to the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to the region, a leading US official said here.“I know what it takes to attract significant... 22 Apr, 2004
