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These are troubled times in Nepal these days — as the recently elected Maoist government moves to in-effect phase out private schools within two years, reports Christian Science Monitor correspondent Bikash Sangraula:
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Accusing the Prachanda-led Government of putting the constitution-drafting job in limbo, Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala today said that his party would not let the CPN-Maoist break the “politics of consensus”. “Such...
“Today, many countries set a lower minimum age for marriage for women.” UNICEF said. However, there are an increasing number of women who insist that young girls not be married until they reach a sufficient age.
Nepal’s Constituent Assembly is set to begin the process of drafting a new constitution from November 16 that would institutionalise the nascent republican system in the country.
The teenage boy revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha sat silently in the jungle as he blessed his devotees Wednesday with a light tap on the head, which they consider the touch of the divine.
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While checking various Nepali news Web sites last week, I was greeted with pictures of happy faces celebrating the festival of “Chhat.” Chhat is mostly celebrated in Nepal’s Terai region and in parts of neighboring India just days...
The rise in global temperatures and climate change caused by greenhouse gases are posing risks for Nepal’s Himalayan glaciers and glacial lakes, official media reported Wednesday.
A brain storming but yet a healthy debate commenced today in Kathmandu among and between the noted academicians, intellectuals, political personalities and media men who expressed their respective views on the topic, “ New Dynamics of Conflict in...
According to the International Monetary Fund the current crisis in the world’s financial markets is the worst in 75 years. Most significantly, it is the 21st century’s first global financial crisis that is putting financial capitalism,...
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