Though the recent verdict by Royal Court of Justice has addressed one of the long-running grievances of Gurkha veterans, thornier issues related to their pension and benefits remain unresolved. But for now, the verdict allowing the gallant Gurkhas to stay in the UK comes as a good news for ex-soldiers and their families...Read more
The money sent home by hard-working Nepali
workers in the Gulf has become a major source of
coveted foreign currency for Nepal.Subash Shrestha and Maya Shrestha,
a couple from Dolakha, earn Rs.
25,000 a month in Qatar. They find
it very difficult to manage to pay school
fees of their children back home with their
earnings. They have three children aged in
between seven and 15 years studying at a
school at Bouddha, Kathmandu. The school
charges them Rs. 18,000 every month in the
form of tuition and accommodation fees.
Subash and Maya work in separate places .... Read More
Bhutanese refugees: Starting Life anew On a recent sunny afternoon, a group of ten Bhutanese refugees walked through a winding road to Whitehall, six miles from downtown Pittsburgh. They had boarded a colourful Port Authority bus, getting off few miles away from their apartments. On Sundays, the bus doesn’t run along the route to Prospect Park where the Bhutanese refugees have been resettled. The group .. .Read More |
Interview With Andrew Hall Some three decades ago, ANDREW HALL spent over a year in remote northern district of Rasuwa studying the local Tamang community. He joined the British foreign service in 1980 as a specialist on South Asian affairs. When he was appointed as British ambassador to Nepal in July 2006, Nepali society was on the verge of a major transition. He has witnessed the peaceful abolition of monarchy and .. Read More |
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Opinion By Dr. Bhimarjun Acharya The term of the Constituent Assembly
(CA), unless it passes a resolution to
dissolve itself sooner, is two years
from the date of its first meeting. The two year
time limit is a constitutional mandate,
and the CA has to adopt a new constitution
within this deadline. However, in case the
task of drafting the constitution is not completed
due to the proclamation of a state of
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Bishwa Kanta Mainali: ONE MAN ARMY When President of Nepal Bar Association
(NBA) Bishwa Kanta
Mainali commented publicly that
to become a judge in Nepal was tantamount
to getting a license for corruption,
he knew he was going to stir the hornet’s
nest—literally. Mainali’s remarks invited
serious backlash from the top echelon’s of
the country’s judiciary. On September 18,
Judges at various ... Read More |
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Prime Minister Prachanda in New York It was the first Friday of October and Nepali
Ambassador to the United Nations,
Madhu Raman Acharya, breathed a sigh
of relief. “I don’t know how it happens, but
in the end it all falls into place somehow,”
he said at a dinner gathering hosted in honor
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Sky Diving In The Everest As thrilling as it sounds, Skydiving is even more spectacular when it is done from above the world’s highest mountain. The pulsating scene did come alive right above Mount Everest this October, generating interest from all around the globe. In the morning on October 9, a Swiss Pilatus... Read More
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