Nepal reports outbreak of bird flu
By ians • Feb 4th, 2010Kathmandu, Feb 4,Nepal has reported an outbreak of bird flu in the country, a media report said Thursday.
Kathmandu, Feb 4,Nepal has reported an outbreak of bird flu in the country, a media report said Thursday.
New York, Jan 22, The UN Security Council Thursday extended its peace mission’s mandate in Nepal until May 15 with the request that all work related to the peace process in that nation be completed by that date.
Kathmandu, Jan 7,Five foetuses in a plastic bag fished out by a ragpicker from a dump by the side of one of Kathmandu valley’s holiest – and most polluted – rivers has raised the spectre of flourishing illegal abortions, police said.
Kathmandu, Jan 6, The arrest of the son of a powerful Nepalese politician on charges of heading a major fake Indian currency and drugs smuggling racket allegedly sponsored by Pakistani intelligence agencies has exposed how Islamabad is quietly pouring money into Nepal with the underworld’s help to unleash a propaganda war against India, well placed sources here say.
Kathmandu, Jan 4, The new year will see offerings from two Nepali directors, focussing on the border clashes between Nepal and its southern neighbour India but telling the story from the Nepali perspective, through “Kalapani” and “Dasgaja”.
Kathmandu, Jan 2, On New Year’s Day a sudden protest called by ethnic groups paralysed Nepal but failed to deter filmmaker Shovit Basnet from reaching his office and working on his new project for yet another film on Sikkim where thousands of Nepalis and people of Nepali origin live.
Kathmandu, Jan 1, Continuing with the past year’s legacy of turmoil, the new year in Nepal dawned amid frustration and anger Friday with disadvantaged ethnic groups calling for a nationwide strike with little prior notice, leaving thousands in difficulties.
Kathmandu, Dec 31, A case akin to the Ruchika Girotra molestation has emerged in Nepal with the police trying to cover up an incident of six cops raping a woman colleague. The Nepal media has begun a campaign on the victim’s behalf, triggering a public outcry.
Kathmandu, Dec 30, Begun on a high note after a historic election consolidated peace and the former Maoist guerrillas led Nepal’s first ultra-left government, 2009 saw the nascent republic plunge into chaos with the political parties squandering opportunities of stability.
Kathmandu, Dec 29, Nepal Tuesday sounded its first alarm for the pandemic swine flu with the health ministry publicly disclosing that the number of reported cases had jumped to 150 from the earlier 48.