November 22 2010

• HK stuns Nepal cricket team in Asian Games
• UCPN(Maoist) will have to keep on struggling for peace, constitution: Bhattarai
• Private sector bemoans the right of govt to hike tax
• Commerce Department directs VDCs to monitor market
• Closed session begins at Maoist plenum
• Acharya to be honored with Narayan Gopal Memorial Award
• NT staffers charged of helping illegal VOIP operators
• Probe panel shows technical failure as cause of Agni Air plane crash
• Two killed in Bhaktapur road accident
• Coalition partners warn inclusion of combatants in plenum could put army integration at risk
• PM Nepal leaves for Russia to attend Tiger Summit

November 21 2010

• Another teacher in Bara murdered
• Attorney General Karki resigns
• UML demands action against rowdy Maoist lawmakers for attacking Finance Minister
• Maoists to forgo armed conflict for mainstream politics as party's central plenum kicks off in Gorkha
• Nepse down by 2.07 pts
• City of Philadelphia recognises Nepal's flag
• Transporters execute indefinite transport strike in far west
• Koirala named 2010 CNN Hero of the Year
• SEBON gives nod to Profession to issue IPO
• Nemwang asks govt to resume House at the earliest
• Over 1,500 stranded tourists rescued
• NHRC, OHCHR warn failure to implement human rights commitments may jeopardize peace process
• Paudel's candidacy in limbo after parliament session ends
• Gurung film festival concludes in Lamjung
• UCPN (Maoist) Standing Comm meet ends; takes major decision on party's 'extended meeting'
• PM Nepal leaving for Russia today
• Three killed in Sunsari bus accident
• Maoist extended CC meeting beginning today

November 20 2010

• Finance Minister presents Rs 337.9 billion budget for FY 2010/11
• NC asks UNMIN, govt to exclude Maoist PLA from integration if they participate in party's plenum
• Finance Minister presenting budget
• Foreign ambassadors urge fresh efforts on peace process
• UCPN (M) defends its action in Friday's House meeting; accuses govt of provocation
• President questions Dahal about Friday night's incident
• Parties condemn attack on finance minister
• Judicial Council recommends five for SC Justices
• PM election process uncertain
• Budget session ends

November 19 2010

• PM election postponed to December 2
• Govt fails to present budget as Maoist lawmakers obstruct House
• Khyati's murderers get life imprisonment
• 'Industrial security squad' mobilised in Banke
• UNICEF stresses on breastfeeding to reduce problem of under nutrition in Nepali children
• Yoga Guru Ramdev to gift '50000' cows to Nepal
• After US, British envoy also urges Maoists to sever ties with PLA
• South London College in the ‘Highly Trusted Sponsors list’
• Hundreds of tourists stranded in Lukla due to flight cancellation
• Japanese assistance of US$ 197,547 for Safe Mother-and-Childhood
• Asian Games: Deepak Maharjan enters Boxing semis
• Asian Games: Ayasha falters; others too continue poor performance
• UCPN (M) to discuss PLA participation in extended plenum with UNMIN
• FIs agrees to finance 15.5 MW hydropower project
• MJF unhappy with statute amendment, budget presentation
• 'Politics should be kept far away from Tourism'
• PM gives 'clean chit' to UCPN (M) on Naxalite issue
• Int'l Science & Technology conference concludes
• Cabinet awaits statute amendment before approving budget; budget speech to be delayed by few hours
• Education institutions closed to protest student's murder in Sunsari
• FM Pandey unveiling full-fledged budget today; mega projects to get priority
• Nepal 5th in gender equality in education in South Asia
• UNMIN objects to Maoist plan to involve PLA combatants in upcoming plenum
• News on Nepali peacekeepers responsible for cholera outbreak malicious: Nepali Mission

November 18 2010

• US assistance to Nepal to top $225 m over the next three years
• Nine-year old child murdered in Dharan
• Capital market gains 0.49 pts
• There's less possibility of only Dahal's dossier being presented in the plenum: Bhattarai
• Endangered species of vultures found in Gulmi
• NC, UML issue whip to their lawmakers for compulsory presence in Friday's sitting
• Bhattarai, Rai to head to Australia to participate in Indigenous Nationalities convention
• NTY-2011 launched in Paris
• Five-star hotels pay Rs 430 million as tax
• Involving cantoned Maoist combatants in plenum will be against Peace Agreement: Energy Minister
• Australia to celebrate 50 yrs of diplomatic relations with Nepal
• Sujata warns of action if PLA combatants partake in Maoist central plenum
• Canada seeks 50 Nepali job aspirants in construction work
• Big three meet makes no headway towards consensus
• Handicraft exports swell by 8.91 pc
• PM skips PAC summon on aircraft purchase deal
• Russian Chief Justice calls on President, PM
• Tribhuvan Highway closed for 10 nights for repair works
• Sixth Coffee Day observed
• UML lawmakers accuse PM of bypassing parliamentary party
• Today's three-party talks to focus on govt formation; consensus likely on rotational system
• UML parliamentary party meeting underway at Singha Durbar to discuss budget...
• Bardiya closed over murder of NC leader
• Preparations for Maoist extended CC meet almost complete

November 17 2010

• Nepali women’s cricket team crash out from Asian Games
• Cabinet decides to present budget on Friday
• Security chief denies training to Naxalites by Nepali Maoists
• UCPN (M) wants to win confidence of security agencies, says Bhattarai
• Student union padlocks PU charging officials of corruption
• Nepal ’s Youth Tiger Ambassadors in Russia to attend Tiger Forum
• Govt planning to bring uniformity in report cards of migrant workers
• Visitors increase at Sagarmatha Park
• Bakr Eid being observed today
• No integration of combatants if Maoists involve them in plenum: Yadav
• Country to face 29 hrs of power cuts every week from today
• Private sector invests Rs. 300 million for sugar mill in Kanchanpur
• Int’l Theatre Festival opens
• Abandoned octogenarian ex-Gurkhas get Care Home
• NTCDB receives its coffee logo
• High-level taskforce fails to decide on land ownership ceiling
• Central bank compelled to take over control of NBL
• Parties laud decision of major three to bring budget
  
• KC urges journos to fight against tendency to impose ideology forcefully
• 70 flights cancelled due to VIP departure
• Doc arrested for threatening NMC members
• NA objects to PLA inclusion in Maoist extended CC meet

November 16 2010

• Asian Games: Nepali women's cricket team beats HK
• Journalist assaulted over news on corruption in Kailali
• Eight parties demand PM election through new procedure
• House committee okays nomination of three justices
• 'Combatants' participation in Maoist plenum will be against CPA'
• Nepse up by 0.53 point
• Saudi Prince Talal wraps up Nepal visit
• Malaysian paraglider dies in Pokhara
• NT earns net profit of Rs. 2.94 billion in first quarter
• VP Jha greets Nepali Muslims as they celebrate Bakr Eid Wednesday
• First meet of PSC stresses on timely completion of Terai roads
• Taskforce fails to settle land ownership issue
• TMLP alerts PM on probable budget irregularities
• Big three agree to bring full budget after constitution amendment
• NMB collects Rs 10.70 billion in deposits
• Proportion of NCDCL's stake finalised
• Enrollment of Nepali students in US varsities decreases
• Nepali soldiers attacked in Haiti
• Cantoned combatants also likely to attend Maoist extended CC meet
• NC leader murdered in Bardiya
• Maoist cadres indicted in murder of Dhading UML leader suspended

November 15 2010

• RPP-Nepal demands fresh election
• Load shedding hours increased
• Porn sites preying on children
• Fringe parties want an end to PM election uncertainty
• Int'l Graduate Conference on Climate Change and People kicks off
• Saudi Prince meets President; expresses interest to invest
• NC asks House to declare Poudel as winner
• PM election deferred to Nov 19
• Nepal produces over 16.2 m kg of tea annually
• Big three decide to defer 17th round of PM election
• PAC to seek clarification from PM on airplane purchase scandal
• Private sector threatens agitation on budget
• Cabinet fails to take decision on budget
• Third round of 'secret-talks' today
• Ex-King Gyanendra Shah leaving for India today

November 14 2010

• NC asks Speaker Nemwang to declare Paudel as PM unopposed
• Nepali farmers barred from importing seed from India
• Wholesale price index up by 8.2 percent
• Singh says attempt of parties to end deadlock is positive enough
• UML welcomes Suu Kyi's release
• Lack of budget leaves ministries high and dry
• Current deadlock due to power struggle: PM Nepal
• NRB's intervention in NBL is wanton: experts
• Seven-party meet on PM election fiasco ends inconclusively
• UCPN (M) trying to make Nepal a failed state, says Oli
• Nepal participates in WTM 2010 in London
• Right to form party subscribing to any ideology secured in the new constitution
• Finance Ministry urges for fixing timeline for announcing budget
• Post- festival decline in NEPSE
• Home ministry directs police to keep an eye on casino tycoon
• Parents murder two daughters in Bara
• Next prime ministerial election likely to be deferred
• CJ Shrestha returns to Ktm after attending Intl Judicial Conference

November 13 2010

• Saudi Arabian Prince arrives in Kathmandu
• Myanmar's democracy icon Suu Kyi finally walks free
• Cabinet meeting put off again
• Japan stuns Nepal in Women's Cricket
• It's NC's turn to lead govt: Sujata
• Ruling parties' nod for govt to present budget
• PM commits to protection of human rights
• Peace process has stalled due to Maoists : NC Prez
• Khanal asks parties not to impede budget; says consensus will emerge in a few days
• NC deciphers SC directives on prime ministerial elections as indirect ruling to elect Paudel as PM unopposed
• Mount Saipal scaled for the first time
• Govt preparing to present full-fledged budget on November 19
• One shot dead in Janakpur

November 12 2010

• Fringe parties ask govt to clarify its position over Naxalite training; cry foul over expenses of 3-party meetings in luxury resorts
• Aussie gets 15 mths imprisonment for child sex offence in Nepal
• A Nepali youth runs marathon to raise funds
• Stalled peace process disappoints Peace Minister
• Continuing PM elections is meaningless: Legal eagles
• Govt making necessary preparations to bring budget in two weeks time: Finance Minister
• Govt investigating Naxalite training issue: Sujata
• NOC agrees on supply of fuel from Barauni
• ICFJ director pledges support for Nepali journos based in US
• Nepal ranks 2nd in early marriage in South Asia
• KC doubts timely statute writing
• Spice Mobile launches new cell phone with nifty features
• ANWFA Shortlists Women's Squad for SAFF Championship
• Bangladesh to finalise transit, port facilities to Nepal this month
• Bijukchhe holds India responsible for deadlock
• Nepal has 9.63 million telephony users, reveals NTA
• Standard Chartered approves 55 percent cash dividend
• Devotees throng banks of rivers and lakes on final day of Chhath; President Yadav visits Rani Pokhari
• PM Nepal consults with legal experts to find ways to end budget impasse
• Ambassador Acharya meets World Bank officials; highlights issues of LDCs
• Maoist combatant murders one in Baitadi
• Prof Subedi appointed member of the HR advisory group

November 11 2010

• PM Nepal hits back at Maoists over Naxalite training
• 'Further delay in declaring budget will leave negative impact on economy'
• Nemwang hopes SC ruling will help resolve deadlock
• Koirala, Khanal both confident Nov 15 talks will end political deadlock
• Citizenship for NRNs a partial achievement: NRN leaders (Special Report)
• Capital market gains 1.1 points
• MoPPW says it cannot renovate Nagdhunga-Naubise section for 1 year
• UML CC meeting postponed to Dec 14
• PM Nepal confident fresh proposal will end deadlock
• Khetan Group sells Gorkha Brewery shares for US$ 40m
• UCPN (M) hosting tea reception
• Tourism experts urge to develop tour packages to boost wetlands
• India to provide Rs 480 million for irrigation in Terai
• Dahal says allegation that Nepali Maoists are training Naxals is a tall tale
• Energy Minister takes potshot at CPN-UML, Maoists
• Arrest warrants against five casino operators
• ‘Bring budget immediately to shield economy from complete disaster’
• Woman gives birth to quadruplets in Rolpa
• Three killed in bus-truck collision
• Nepali-speaking youths shot dead in Assam

November 10 2010

• Int'l seminar on arms transfer controls kicks off
• SC directs Speaker to review parliamentary regulation to make PM election fruitful
• British embassy changes passport acquiring procedures in Nepal
• Indian assistance of Rs 1.98 crores for school in Surkhet
• Army man accused of involving in fake currency racket gets clean chit
• Ganesh Man Singh remembered
• People will declare new statute from the streets if CA fails: Bogati
• Nepse down by 0.16 point
• Cabinet will take up Naxalite training issue: DPM Koirala
• Sole aim of report on Indian Maoists getting training in Nepal was to detach Maoists from peace process: Pun
• Gold price reaches record high
• Complete peace process before unveiling new statute: Caretaker PM
• NRNA Dubai conference to focus on investments, secured immigration
• Chhath festival begins
• Remittance amounts to 23 pc of Nepal's GDP
• Recommendations forwarded to divest shares of seven ailing enterprises
• Druggist shot dead in Biratnagar
• India to host first South Asian Winter Games; Nepal to take part
• Marathon three-party meeting ends inconclusively

November 09 2010

• Caretaker PM hosts tea reception at Baluwatar
• We’ll really stop trafficking one day: Annuradha Koirala
• Govts from across Asia and the Pacific seek improved collaboration for children
• Stock market opens with a loss after Tihar recess
• FAO promises additional support for affected peasants
• Bijukchhe holds CPN UML responsible for inviting current political mess
• Fishtail Air to get Rs. 187 million as insurance
• Hetauda Hospital closed today
• 'Parties should be serious towards forging unity among them'
• Over 200 tourists arriving in Bandipur daily
• Thakur says big three parties to blame for obstruction in statute drafting, peace process
• UML, RPP chairs confer with NC president
• Nepal to host Global Entrepreneurship Week
• Nepal's envoy requests UNSG to support LDCs in G-20 summit
• CNI, ASI hold workshop to scout ways to help poor
• Parties mull four options for new govt
• Police Headquarters orders sub-ordinate bodies not to finalise ration deals
• Nepali envoy to India apprises President Yadav of India's dissatisfaction over shoe-hurling
• House panel files complaint against SC Justice Lal

November 08 2010

• NC not to withdraw candidacy until Maoists part with arms and army
• AAN endeavoring to set up National Media Center
• Charred remains of Fishtail chopper crash victims brought to Kathmandu
• One injured in afternoon shootout in Ktm
• Hattiban meeting was not 'disappointing': Gurung
• Terai districts faces shortage of wheat seed
• Himchuli earns Rs 80 m
• Family living with HIV/AIDS displaced in Sunsari
• One dead, 8 injured in Gulmi jeep accident
• Stray bomb goes off in Birgunj; two wounded
• Govt determined to unveil new budget by mid-Nov
• Singh, Paudel return to Kathmandu after completing UK trip
• IGP Thakuri leaves for Qatar to attend Interpol general assembly
• Wounded UML leader of Rautahat dies
• Journo attacked in Dang; nine arrested
• Newar community observing Bhaitika today
• NC CWC meeting today
• PM Nepal says 'secret-talks' failed due to lack of honesty
• Man kills wife, brother-in-law in Dang

November 07 2010

• News and media training for trade union leaders and officials held
• Fishtail Air helicopter crashes in Solukhumbu; two crewmembers killed
• Nepal Sambat 1131 New Year celebrated
• Bhaitika observed

November 06 2010

• Caretaker PM greets nation on Nepal Sambat New Year
• Seven killed, ten injured in Rukum road accident
• Nepal ranks 142nd in ICT dev index
• Two-day ‘secret talks’ of big three parties conclude without concrete agreement
• Indian SSB establishes 'check-post' inside Nepali territory
• 'Serious parley' of big three continue on the second day
• Newars celebrating Mha Puja
• Poet Devkota remembered
• Janamorcha expresses concern over EC decision
• Four die, 13 injured in Rukum jeep accident
• Nepali Hindus celebrate Gai Tihar

November 05 2010

• FNJ condemns Singha Durbar incident
• Bijukchhe makes a case for presidential rule again
• Caretaker PM expresses worry over current deadlock
• Foreign trade increases by 21 percent
• Dismantle paramilitary structure, Sitaula asks UCPN (M)
• BoP deficit again rears its ugly head
• Sood alerts DPM Koirala about use of Nepali soil to train Indian Maoists
• Nepal occupies 116th position in Doing Business Report
• Top leaders engage in ‘serious dialogue’ at resort hotel; to continue talks one more day
• Nepali Festival Melbourne to be organised on Nov 20
• Swiss Speaker Pascale confers with Dahal
• Laxmi Puja observed
• Govt revokes licenses of dozens of FMs and TV channels

November 04 2010

• Maoist chairman to visit India soon after extended plenum
• 'PM Nepal didn't propose to make Poudel PM for one month'
• Taskforce tenure extended till Dec 11
• Australian grants Rs. 11.4 million for development activities
• Deuba disgruntled with PM Nepal over budget warning
• UNDP report ranks Nepal third in non-Income HDI; says poor nations making 'faster development gains'
• 80 percent of Nepali workers in Kuwait illegal: report
• PM elections: Poudel gets rejected for the 16th time; next round on Nov 15
• Tests confirm Nepal Army contingent not responsible for Cholera epidemic in Haiti
• Congress minister slams PM Nepal's remarks
• CPN (Masal) terms EC's decision as 'anti-nationalist' step
• Taskforce resolves citizenship row; NRN's to also get citizenship
• 411 CA members fail to return diplomatic passports after foreign visit
• Four overhead bridges to be constructed in Kathmandu
• 16th round of PM election today
• PM Nepal 'threatens' to submit reign to President
• Tihar festivities begin with Kagtihar
• There will be consensus for national govt by Nov 6: Bhattarai

November 03 2010

• Sujata hopeful of NC-led govt soon after Tihar
• Citizenship certificate not mandatory for obtaining voter ID cards: EC
• CJ Shrestha leaves for Japan to attend Judicial Conference
• No consensus in sight as big three stick to their guns
• Capital market lands in red zone
• CA chair suggests parties to deal with constitution-drafting and peace process simultaneously
• Significant rise in outflow of Nepali workers
• Man shot in daylight robbery at Thamel
• NRB increases quota of gold and silver for Tihar festival
• UCPN (M) reiterates only new govt can present budget
• DeLisi confers with RJP chief
• Nepal to operate paragliding during NTY-2011
• Govt to introduce stricter legal measures to safeguard consumers' rights
• 'Maoists keeping disqualified combatants in separate camps'
• Govt approaching donors for mid-hills highway
• Three arrested with equipments to print fake currency notes
• Police shoot dead one in Janakpur
• Taskforce close to agreement on single federal citizenship with provincial identity
• JC recommends three temporary Justices at SC for permanent status
• SP Thapa appointed Kathmandu police chief

November 02 2010

• Samsung JYC makes history by winning first title
• NC 'ready' to accept Dahal as PM provided UCPN (M) commits to peace, constitution
• Pro-monarchy leaders call on senior NC leader Bhattarai
• Save the Children and BoK launch YouthSave Project
• Headmaster abducted over refusal to resign
• MoE for amending education act to implement school reform programme
• People in bordering areas paying dearly for 'shameful act' committed by Maoists: Mahato
• Big three parley inconclusive
• World Bank launches PRAN
• ADB grants $12 m for upgrading roads, airports
• Journalists form committee to boost tourism
• Nepali workers in Malaysia dying of overwork
• Nepse down by 1.63 pts
• NJA announces cash incentive for players
• NRN delegation meets PM Nepal to press for dual citizenship
• Nationwide Vitamin A programme kicks off
• US ambassador meets Khanal, Nemwang
• Girl child raped in Jajarkot
• Parties preparing to cancel out Poudel's candidacy by amending parliamentary regulation: Gautam
• Taskforce decides to adopt Nepali as official national language
• Tourist arrivals go up by 18.4 pc
• SEBON annuls merchant licenses of three BFIs
• Vigilance Centre finds irregularities in Food Corporation’s goat trade
• Teachers close schools, colleges in Narayani zone over lack of security

November 01 2010

• President Yadav returns to Nepal after completing five-day China trip
• SC to announce verdict on PM election writ on Nov 10
• Dahal's personal secretary says invitation for CC meet was not delivered
• Past FNCCI president Giri's last rites performed
• 'Nation will get new PM after Tihar'
• CPN (Masal) to merge with UCPN (Maoist)
• Swiss Speaker meets top party leaders
• NRN's request Maoist Chairman Dahal to end 'political drama'
• Limbuwan cadres held for capturing documents from EC officials
• IFC confident Nepal can further its sustainable economic growth
• Poudel makes a habit of being rejected as he fails for 15th time; next election on Nov 4
• 'Promotion of mountain tourism boosts economy'
• Dahal confers with PM Nepal on budget, PLA integration
• Govt holding meet with donors for bolstering Nepal' trade
• NTB appoints Guiness record holder Bajgain as goodwill ambassador for NTY-2011
• Sejon to award two best economic journalists
• NPTEF to halt supply of petro products
• Taskforce continues to resolve major disputes in constitution drafting
• Fifteenth round of PM election today
• ICT Infotrade Branding Expo to take place
• Minister Bhandari urges Chinese people to visit Nepal
• Woman chops off hubby's member
• Case filed against 16 accused in Nepalgunj twin murder
• Constitutional Council preparing to issue public notice to invite Dahal for meeting
• President Yadav returning today
• Swiss Speaker in Kathmandu