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A Cursory Look at Nepali Online Media

Background: After the largest media house in Nepal split, most of the top journalists moved out to form a new media house. They are coming up with two new newspaper Daineeki (Nepali) and Republica (English language) and some have other plans. They claim they hope to redefine...

opinion by salik | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago
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Maoists for more media control

The Maoists have been hostile to the liberal media which has become very strong over the last decade in Nepal. Now that they are the largest party in the Constituent Assembly, there are legitimate doubts over...

created by salik | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Understanding Maoist’s victory in Nepal

"“The results of the general election in Nepal on 10 April 2008, won overwhelmingly by the Maoists - officially the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - have come as a complete shock. Many people thought the former armed rebels would be a distant third, winning perhaps...

created by salik | 1 year ago
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Citizen Journalism in Nepal

"Citizen journalism is a growing movement in Nepal. Although half of the nation lives below the poverty line, without access to clean drinking water, health care and education, there has been a significant rise in level of political consciousness among the people. This is...

created by salik | 1 year ago
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Terai travelogue: New Nepal

A travelogue by an editor of Nepal's leading English broadsheet daily, The Kathmandu Post- Ameet Dhakal. It portrays the picture of Madhesh today."I set out on a 600-km drive from Kathmandu to Jhapa, my home...

created by salik | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Nepalis Take Drugs Worth Rs 9b Annually: Report

" Nepali citizens take drugs worth over Rs 9 billion in a year, reveals a report released here on Wednesday, adding that domestic industries supply 35 per cent of drugs needed. "Nepali citizens spent Rs 9.061 billion in the year 2005-2006. Out of the drugs, consumed here in...

created by salik | 2 years ago
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Human rights abuses still rampant in Nepal

Here is the editorial published in one of the national dailies of the country, The Himalayan Times, today."As it is A report, Torture Still Continues, published by the Advocacy Forum Nepal (AFN) to mark the UN...

created by salik | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Nepal in Chaos; Nepalis in Doubts

"A nationwide opinion poll conducted last month by the research group Interdisciplinary Analysts shows that Nepalis still don’t have much faith in politicians. Respondents were also found to be surprisingly ill-informed about the constituent assembly elections. As in...

created by salik | 2 years ago
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Nepal: Mood to Go Republic

"Opinion swinging in favour of republic Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, June 7: The republican setup has far more takers now than it had in 2004, a survey on the State of Democracy in Nepal has revealed. The survey was conducted by the Nepal chapter of South Asia...

created by salik | 2 years ago
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British Gurkha Win's Yet Another Battle

Now finally, an old man's struggle to get visa to enter Britain has materialized after British media took up his cause and forced the government to reverse its decisions. It must be noted that several hundreds of other British-Gurkha ex-soldiers are still struggling to get...

created by salik | 2 years ago
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Nepal: 16 Killed, Many Missing in Dolpa Snowfall

"At least 16 persons were killed and around a thousand missing in Dolpa district after they were buried in heavy snowfall at Tangtyange Lekh area on Saturday. The incident occurred on Saturday night while heavy snowfall hit the tents being used by the locals who were there to...

created by salik | 2 years ago
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Nepal: 16 Killed, Many Missing in Dolpa Snowfall

"At least 16 persons were killed and around a thousand missing in Dolpa district after they were buried in heavy snowfall at Tangtyange Lekh area on Saturday. The incident occurred on Saturday night while heavy snowfall hit the tents being used by the locals who were there to...

created by salik | 2 years ago
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Bhutanese Refugees Engage Into Fight

Finally, the Bhutanese refugees living in exile for nearly two-decades in Nepali soil are rejuvenating efforts to enter their mother country. Two of them have been killed since last day after the tensions broke...

created by salik | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Forced to Exile

Going abroad is not a sin, the sin is not to return back home to serve one's own country. "I still remember when I was then back in school, we were always taught that we should live within our country no matter whatsoever the difficulties be hounding our lives. We were...

created by salik | 2 years ago
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Appa Sherpa Summits Everest for Record 17th Time

"Appa Sherpa Summits Everest for Record 17th Time THT Online Kathmandu, May 16 Appa Sherpa broke his own world record on Wednesday by summitting Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, for a staggering seventeenth time, reports said. "Despite bad weather, Appa Sherpa and...

created by salik | 2 years ago
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