Prachanda directs civil servants to serve people Kathmandu, August 19:A day after he took charge, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” today remained busy meeting bureaucrats, security officials and international delegations at his office.He called a meeting with all top-level government... Travel 20 Aug, 2008
Indian leader calls to tap water resources Kathmandu, August 19:President of Nepal-India Friendship Forum Sharad Yadav today advised Nepal and India to start work on better management of Nepal’s water resources as the first work of this era. Yadav, who came along with his colleagues to take... Travel 20 Aug, 2008
Bursting at the seams The bursting of two spurs on Monday of the Saptakosi embankment situated in west Kusaha of Sunsari district has put six VDCs in a spate of water, and dozens of people are reported to have been washed away, with many more still out of contact. More than... 20 Aug, 2008
Maoists beat up man during Itahari, August 17:Maoist cadres, who were celebrating the election of their leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda as the first Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, beat up a commoner in Itahari today. Ambar Gurung, a resident of... Travel 18 Aug, 2008
LETTERS Unexplored frontiersThis is in reference to the edit page article “Modern biotechnology and food products” (THT, August 15). Biotech scientists claim that food production can be doubled using modern methods of biotechnology. Most African countries... 18 Aug, 2008
Prachanda inaugurates maternity ward Kathmandu, August 17:Newly elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today inaugurated Nick Simons Block (NSB), a new maternity ward, in the Patan Hospital.The new ward was built at the cost of Rs 260 million in memory of Nick Simons, who worked in a... Horoscopes 18 Aug, 2008
Looking for signs Prime Minister-elect Pushpa Kamal Dahal (better known as Prachanda) takes his oath of office and secrecy today, and it is hoped that the sticky points of portfolio distribution, particularly between the CPN-UML and the MJF, will have been sorted out by... 17 Aug, 2008
Japan, Bangladesh, Pakistan greet PM Kathmandu, August 16:Japan, Bangladesh and Pakistan have congratulated newly- elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.Issuing a press statement, the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu hoped that the peace process would move forward through... Horoscopes 17 Aug, 2008
Inflation can be tamed: IMF Kathmandu, June 27:A visiting mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) thinks that the inflation in Nepal that is inching towards double digits is ‘still’ under control and manageable. “Nepal has a disciplined budget policy for the last... 27 Jun, 2008
PM will quit after prez’s election, says Deuba Kathmandu, June 24:Senior leader of the Nepali Congress (NC) Sher Bahadur Deuba today said Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala would submit his resignation in a constitutional manner after the election of the president.Speaking at a function organised... Travel 25 Jun, 2008
Maoists’ no-trust motion threat against govt Kathmandu, June 17:The CPN (Maoist) would not, at any rate, support Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala as the country’s first President, said party leader Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ today.Thapa also said the party might consider a no-trust... Travel 18 Jun, 2008
IN BRIEF CA verdict put offKATHMANDU: The Supreme Court on Sunday rescheduled for Friday the date to announce its decision on whether to issue show cause notice to the defendants in a case related to constitutionality of the first Constituent Assembly meeting... Horoscopes 16 Jun, 2008
