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Nepal
Prakash Bom
May 20, 2012
People of Nepal have almost lost their hope in leaders of main political parties who have gone cuckoo to lay the cornerstone of a new Nepal with the promulgation of new constitution. Recently, at the eleventh hour, they have shown some competence for the system of government and the federal restr...
Prakash Bom
May 02, 2012
At this turning point, if Nepal fails to recognize its indigenous communities with the federal structure names to honor their ancient yet prevailing history, it will be unfortunate because the obstruction crafted by the main opposition parties – Nepali Congress and UML. Consequently, the new consti...
Prakash Bom
April 21, 2012
Politically, general voters, political parties, and politicians have couple of decade´s experience of how a Westminster Parliamentary system would work in Nepal. So far, the system has worked not for the nation and people, but for the politicians to grab the power and the wealth from nation...
Prakash Bom
April 11, 2012
Nepali people have suffered for centuries living under corrupt forms of government. For decades Nepali people have struggled through number of People´s Movements for Democracy under the leadership of different political leaders who have basically ruled and again wanted to rule the nation under exis...
Nepal initiates investment protection with India, Unites States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Fi
Rudra Sharma
April 06, 2012
As Nepal's peace process is hopefully going to conclude, Nepal mulls into investment through Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) with its closest neighbor India and many other countries. Nepal's peace process is still not concluded since Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) ...
Prakash Bom
March 23, 2012
Nepal has been declared "Federal Democratic Republic" on May 28, 2008 to establish a federal multiparty representative democratic system. Yet, the major political parties in opposition are not sure about the declaration to establish federal representative democratic system! It is obvious that they...
Amit Kothiyal
February 10, 2012
The greatest heights of Himalayas are draped with a beautiful land called Nepal. It is a land of yaks and yetis, stupas and sherpas and of course the best destination point for trekking. Therefore, adventure seekers explore your strength and zeal by making your trip to Nepal trekking.
Prakash Bom
January 19, 2012
People in this time even in a nation like the United Kingdom are filing petitions to elect the Prime Minister through national election. The proponents argue that governing a nation and law making are entirely separate skills. The executive requires managerial skills and generalship. But the legisl...
Prakash Bom
January 10, 2012
In the midst of hibernation of the Maoist hardliner with the temporary arrangement for the future revolt, it is the issue of what form of government will render permanent peace and stability to the nation. It is for sure the nation cannot afford another Maoist-conflict.
In my opinion, the Pa...
Amit Kothiyal
January 07, 2012
Located in mighty Himalayan ranges, Nepal is a beautiful country spreading its charm on all tourists worldwide. The country is considered as one of the most wanted trekking destinations for all adventure and nature lovers.
Prakash Bom
November 26, 2011
NC and UML leaders have to see clearly with their physical eyes that the peace process has not yet completed. The forming of a consensus government becomes only viable when the major provisos of the seven-point agreement, such as combatant integration, rehabilitation, relief conflict victims, disso...
Dhruva Thapa
November 14, 2011
Recently formed The Cheli Group of San Francisco bay area have announced that they have supported Maiti Nepal through the friends of Maiti Nepal based in Boston.
The Cheli group of San Francisco Bay area have been doing some good cause and leaving an example to so many organizations of the are...
Prakash Bom
October 25, 2011
Nepal has been deprived with the politics of nationalistic arrogance since the dawn of Shah Regime, which was dreadfully reinforced later by the Rana Autocracy. As a result, the nation was closed from the entire world for centuries.
Nepal became backward not because it lacked resources but bec...
An Interview With Germany-based Author & Journalist Satis Shroff by Atank Basnet, NepalUnitesGermany
Satis Shroff
October 23, 2011
Satis Shroff gives his views on literature: Literature is translating emotions and facts from truth to fiction. It´s like a borderline syndrome between sanity and insanity there´s fine dividing line. Similarly, non-fiction can be transformed into fiction.
Prakash Bom
October 04, 2011
When September 2011 Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, the forth prime minister of the federal democratic republic of Nepal and vice-chairman of the Maoist party of Nepal, visited New York city on the occasion of the UN General Assembly annual meeting, over a dozen of chiefs of Nepali Diaspora organizations in ...
Satis Shroff
August 10, 2011
The Gurkha never asks why, politics isn't his style. He's fought against all and sundry: Turks, Tibetans, Italians and Indians, Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Argentinians and Vietnamese, Indonesians and Iraqis.Loyalty to the utmost and never fearing a loss.
Prakash Bom
May 21, 2011
When a society fails to doubt the gluttony of power in politics but adapts it as usual then the ´Might´ overrules the ´Right´ against the fairness despite the struggle for Democracy. Literally, Nepali society has no integrity for justice. Besides, its governments and politics have rather perpetuat...
Satis Shroff
May 07, 2011
Education is the best thing in the world for Nepal´s children, be they Gurkhas, Sherpas or Madeshis. And what Nepal needs most in this crucial transitional period is peace, co-operation between the different ethnic groups, a craving to mend ways, build bridges between its cultures, connect and...
Prabindra Shakya
April 12, 2011
The biggest fiscal or ´white´ crime in Nepal´s history
First published in Nepali on JanaAstha Weekly, 6 April 2011, ´देश लुट्ने ठूला औद्योगिक è...
Dhruva Thapa
March 05, 2011
Nepal's former prime minister and one of the prominent leader of Nepal and founding leaders of Nepali Congress died at the Norvic International Hospital . He passed away at the age of 87 while undergoing treatment at Norvic Hospital, Kathmandu on Friday 4 March 2011 at 11:26 P.M.night due to multipl...
Dhruva Thapa
March 02, 2011
Maha or Great Shivasratri (a Great night of Shiva) is a yearly hindu festival that is taking place this year on the 2nd of march in 2011. It's celebrated all over Nepal and India and lots of devotees visit the temple of shiva and worship but the main place to celebrate shiva ratri in Nepal is at...
Prakash Bom
February 21, 2011
It took over seven months for Nepal to elect a prime minister once the elected prime minister (the UML leader MK Nepal whom Maoists had chosen) had resigned under the Maoist pressure. The holdup was primarily grounded by the Maoists.
Once trusted leader, the Maoist chairman Prachanda, who was th...
Surya B. Prasai
February 13, 2011
The US State Department´s Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Maria Otero´s visit to Nepal between 12 to 14, 2011 provides strong moral encouragement to the Nepal Government to curb human trafficking and promote the cause of a planned approach to safeguarding women and chil...
Surya B. Prasai
February 04, 2011
While Nepal´s media kept guessing the outcome of the 17th round of elections for Prime Minister, political leaders in Kathmandu were engaged in last minute negotiations which eventually saw Pushpa Kumar Dahal(Prachanda) from CPN-M withdraw his name in support of Jhalanath Khanal, the CPN-UML´s off...
Dhruva Thapa
January 20, 2011
Nepal is not only famous for the birth place of Buddha or highest peak of the world Mount Everest but it is equally important and famous for the land of festivals. In a row of twelve month there are more than 50 festivals in Nepal and all festivals are equally important for one community to another...
Surya B. Prasai
January 10, 2011
On January 15, 2011, the United Nations Mission will officially end in Nepal, signaling a new opportunity for Nepal´s political parties to forge a long due internal consensus which the UN could not guarantee. Karin Landgren as head of the UN Mission in Nepal did try hard, despite perceived ...
Hari Prasad Shrestha
December 30, 2010
Nepalgunj municipality is well managed big town of mid-western and far-western region of Nepal and only one town which have comfortable and easy access to Indian railway head compared to other municipalities of these regions. This town is considered to be industrial, commercial as well as air and su...
Surya B. Prasai
December 25, 2010
In 2010, the United Nations Mission faced many hurdles in maintaining Nepali peace, which sadly did not culminate in a definite and logical conclusion as desired by the Nepali people and the global diasporas. While Nepali people seemed to be increasingly living at peace with one another, given the ...
Prakash Bom
December 15, 2010
There had been many fierce ones in the past who enjoyed their power to keep Nepal backward. There are still many of them who are so willful to rule Nepal like Stalin. The one who has clearly declared to be the one is "Prachanda" the Maoists chairman, Pushpa Kamal Dahal. As a result, Nepal has been h...
Satis Shroff
December 03, 2010
A Nepalese who sings German and English songs in the Männergesangverein Kappel 'Liederkranz' receives an award for his outstanding social and cultural commitment from the mayor Ulrich von Kirchbach who is responsible for Culture,Youth, Social issues and Integration.
Rudra Sharma
November 26, 2010
Following the event that Nepal's Prime Ministers including other 23 cabinet ministers held a cabinet meeting at the base camp of the Mt. Everest on December 4, 2009 in a bid of drawing world's attention for the safety of Mt. Everest, legal luminaries and conservation workers here in Nepal are callin...
Dr Surendra Bhakta Pradhanang
November 26, 2010
Political economy is considered as a crown of nation that relates to the system developing for production, distribution and timely adjustment in relation to common law, national law and nation´s indigenous custom and rite and government´s capability in order to utilize national wealt...
Surya B. Prasai
November 23, 2010
The International Tiger Conservation Summit held at the beautiful and historic city of St. Petersburg in Russia serves as a testimony to urgent measures required to halt the tiger species from going completely extinct. Nepal´s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal along with Minister for Forest...
National Desk
November 23, 2010
Hindus have applauded supermodel-actress Helena Christensen (Allegro) for highlighting the sufferings of the villagers of southern Nepal due to climate change.
She reportedly recently spent three days with the villagers to have firsthand experience of affect on lifestyles due to climate change ...
Surya B. Prasai
November 14, 2010
Though the Nepal Government has been slow in responding to the ever increasing demand of able Nepali hands in foreign lands for more than two decades, Nepal ranked GDP wise among the top five countries in terms of remittance contribution in 2010. The World Bank´s new report entitled Migrat...
Prabindra Shakya
November 13, 2010
After a decade, Nepal is due to hold its census for the eleventh time in 2011. The history of census in Nepal goes back a hundred years to 1901. National census can facilitate planning of projects targeted towards specific groups if it records actual figures and conditions of those groups. The past ...
Trust BPSM
November 13, 2010
Palace Grounds of Bangalore, India has turned into a treasure trove for book lovers for ten days, began on November 12. The Bangalore Booksellers and Publishers Association entered its eighth year with a gala celebration.
The eighth edition of the Bangalore Book Festival 2010 kicked of...
Prakash Bom
November 01, 2010
First of all, a judiciary system that has sort of appointment mechanism similar to 1990´s constitution as the seven-member high level taskforce lately have reached understanding, will work against the norms and principle of the federal democratic system that Nepal has been fighting to establish sinc...
Surya B. Prasai
October 29, 2010
The 13th failed election for the post of Prime Minister took place in Nepal this week, making it a hard to match record in global democratic practice in electing a leader. Caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal appears confident future attempts will bear the same results. Mr. Nepal has alre...
Hari Prasad Shrestha
October 24, 2010
After several times voting in parliament ,failure to elect new prime minister , Nepal appears to be heading toward clear-cut political polarizations. In this critical juncture of constitution writing, the constituent assembly is highly confused and seems to be out of track. The agenda, other than...
Surya B. Prasai
October 21, 2010
Recently, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told AFP that he was quite confident Nepal will form a new government and get to work on broader issues, despite months of failed attempts to settle on a Prime Minister. Blake was optimistic that differences would n...
Prakash Bom
October 14, 2010
The concern is whether the Maoists in Nepal will fully abide with the rule of law under the democratic constitution at the grass-root level. Historically for last two hundred years, none particularly the privileged-class had abided with the rule of law, except for the poor. The country thoroughly r...
Dr Surendra Bhakta Pradhanang
October 03, 2010
Nepal is facing a political crisis this moment due to political deadlock by political parties and dirty politics played. The tedious round of election of a new premier in the parliament goes on and on. All the times the divided parliament failed to elect premier. For the 9th attempt, the parliam...
Surya B. Prasai
September 30, 2010
The UN´s Political Affairs Chief Lynn B. Pascoe is making another periodic visit to Nepal on October 6 to renew dialogue with Nepali political parties, civil and human rights organizations on the future role of UNMIN after its four month extension on September 16. The UN hopes this visit will he...
Trust BPSM
September 22, 2010
The book ´Melting Everest and falling Mountains´ written by columnist and contributor to the American Chronicle Mr. Hari Prasad Shrestha, is a masterpiece of extraordinary collection of real events and issues of Nepal, Tibet and South Asia.
The heading of book itself indicates seriousness of ice-...
Keshav Bhattarai
September 21, 2010
Dignified, with intelligent eyes beaming through her glasses, Dr. Prativa Pandey is a Nepali doctor who trained Americans in Internal Medicine at Harvard University. Dr. Pandey is the Medical Director of CIWEC Clinic Travel Medicine Center in Kathmandu and she is incidentally the first and only Nepali doctor to work there full time (since 1993) and head the western medical center (since 1998). She is the President of International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM).
Keshav Bhattarai
September 04, 2010
Nepal celebrates its National Pavilion Day on 3rd, September, 2010 with music, dance and exhibitions of art and culture.
The Nepal Pavilion is an exquisite work of art itself, featuring a large Buddhist pagoda as the centerpiece, surrounded by folk houses in different styles dating back to the 11th century.
The exhibition covers not only history and culture but also urban development of its capital city Kathmandu. The theme of the pavilion is "Tales of Kathmandu City — Seeking the Soul of a City: Exploration and Speculation."
Surya B. Prasai
September 04, 2010
As 2010 started, there was building hope among Nepali political parties and the international community that the Nepali peace process might be completed within the next few months that is within the fifth renewal period of UNMIN which now officially ends on September 15, 2010. As of this writing, s...
Hari Prasad Shrestha
September 02, 2010
Freedom House USA has published a report on ´Countries at the Crossroads 2010´ for 35 countries of world including Nepal. This report is an annual survey of government performance in 70 strategically important countries worldwide that are at a serious crossroads in determining their political future...
Surya B. Prasai
August 23, 2010
Nepal might soon go down in the Guinness Book of World Records as the only country that had five, if not six elections if one also includes the next one scheduled on September 5, 2010, to elect a Prime Minister. The fifth round of voting which was held on August 23, once again failed to elect a Prim...
