Indian police involved in collective robbery at Banbasa

Indian police in the areas bordering Western Nepal are reported to have been involved in massive robbery against Nepali workers, who return to Nepal from India. According to BBC Nepali Service, dozens of Nepali workers have complained of atrocities by Indian police in the...

African leaders seek humanitarian corridors in DR Congo

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo could engulf the wider region. His remark on the crisis has come at a time when African leaders following  a summit  in Nairobi on the Congolese crisis have...

Crucial question to Obama

The world has welcomed new American President-elect Barack Obama. When French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said that the French and others around the world "welcome the election of a man committed to dialogue between peoples and communities and cooperation among...

Look into profiteers’ pockets too

It is quite natural for doctoral degree-holding economists and financial analysts to absolutely fail in making out the grassroot meaning of the current world financial recession since they are too theory-oriented in their analysis and predictions. They basically look at what...

TV School for Iraqi children: example for other conflict-hit countries

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Iraqi education ministry on Tuesday jointly launched an educational TV channel Iraqi Edu in Iraq. According to UNESCO sources, the new television facilitates distance learning...

Ban welcomes denuclearization progress in Korean Peninsula

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement between the Untied States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on denuclearization verification measures for attaining a non-nuclear Korean Peninsula. Moon stressed on the need for all to meet their...

Man killed in the name of sorcerer

One person has been murdered in Nepal’s far western district Kanchanpur in the name of sorcerer. According to Kanchanpur district police, Kaliram Chaudhari, 40, of Sripur Ultan village has been killed on Saturday night. Kaliram Chaudhari’s wife has been injured in the...

World Bank puts preconditions for aid to Nepal

World Bank officials have put preconditions for Nepal to follow in order to be eligible for getting the Bank’s aid and loans. Sources based in Washington said that the officials explicitly told Nepal’s Finance Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, who is in Washington DC now...

Maoist Prime Minister going to New York

Nepal’s Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist), Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda is leaving on Saturday for the United States to attend the UN General Assembly New York. Prachanda, whom the US Administration previously labeled as a...

No animal sacrifices by state in Dashain

After the Nepal government, through yesterday's annual budget speech, declared that the government would no longer allocate money for animal sacrifices during the grand Hindu festival, cultural sources affiliated to the government have revealed that the state will not perform...

Two Nepali School Girls Sold to Mumbai Brothel

The Janadisha daily has reported on Sunday that two Nepali school girls of Bardiya district have been sold to a Mumbai brothel by long-involved brokers for a sum of Nepali Rs. 33,000 to 40,000. Tulasa Hamal and Chandrani Tharu, both not more than 14 years of age, were taken...

5th Global Investigative Journalism Conference to Be Held Soon

The Fifth Global Investigative Journalism Conference is going to be held from September 11 to September 14 at Lillehammer, Norway. So far, 488 participants from 86 countries are reported to have registered. Nepal will be one of the participating nations. There will...

Mumbai Blast Suspects Captured in Kathmandu

Nepal Police have reportedly arrested two Mumbai blast suspects in Kathmandu. The Indian agencies have accused them of their involvement in the Mumbai bomb blasts of 1993.Sources state that the captured suspects, namely, Abdul Gani Gazi alias Asfak Ahmad Shah Asfa and Riaz...