February 14 2012

• UML prescribes 900 local governments; dismisses ethnicity-based federalism 
• Traffic police to take action against overloaded school buses
• One dead, 12 injured in Rukum bus mishap
• Revenue mobilisation stands at Rs. 128 b against target of Rs. 131 b
• Govt decides to table inclusive bill in parliament 
• Sub-Committee discusses disputed issues
• Traffic police to take action against overloaded school buses
• IRD slaps Rs. 5.42 b in fines to 502 firms for tax evasion
• ADB to provide over Rs 5 billion for promotion of quality education
• YCL will get respectful treatment: Chand
• Teaching Hospital gets new emergency ward with advanced facilities courtesy Bhatbhateni

February 13 2012

• Lawmakers demand minister Gupta’s resignation over ‘anti-national’ remarks
• Sudan scam: Special Court hands down jail sentence, hefty fine to three former IGPs, agents  
• European experts to help CAAN develop aviation safety measures
• Visiting UN rep calls on Speaker Nemwang
• Maoist hardliner faction boycotts House session opposing money laundering bill 
• CA advisory panel suggests extension of statute-drafting calender to Feb 22
• 27 people disappeared from Baitadi during insurgency
• Litterateur Dhakal dies in road mishap
• Dahal talks of revolt as Maoist party marks 'People's War' anniversary
• CAN felicitates U-19 women’s winning team
• Prabal Gurung taking fashion world by storm
• NEA slashes load-shedding by an hour
• Recognition sought for Lakhan Thapa Magar as first martyr of Nepal
• Senior UN rep meets Army chief Gurung

February 12 2012

• PAC seeks details of Kathmandu-Nijgadh fast track
• Five killed in Makawanpur jeep accident
• FM Pun directs officials to conduct gainful tax investigation
• Nepal participates in travel tourism SATTE
• RPP leader Khemraj Pandit passes away
• Maoist leaders divided over national unity government
• Maoist cadres padlock land revenue office in Baglung
• NEPSE loses 2.61 pts
• Constitution can be promulgated without settling federalism issue: Mahat
• CC hands over responsibility to amend statute-drafting calendar to CA
• Whitney Houston, pop superstar, film actress, dies at 48
• IME offers special remittance account for Nepali in Japan
• Fire believed to have caused by candle lit during 'load-shedding' destroys three houses in Bhaktapur
• PM Bhattarai confers with President
• Seven die, four injured in separate road mishaps in eastern Nepal
• Distribution of cheque to retiring combatants completes

February 11 2012

• MMC lift 10th Aaha Cup title
• Big three decide to buy time for consensus; CA calendar to be amended one more time 
• Women combatants disrupt cheque distribution in 7th division cantonment
• PM dubs political, administrative leadership as source of corruption
• Senior UN rep urges early consensus during top-level meetings 
• Truck hits two motorbikes; three killed
• India to help Nepal cope with power woes

February 10 2012

• Maoist chairman downplays fresh dispute in party; says there is no immediate threat to govt   
• Bangladeshi national arrested for VOIP racket
• Education Minister inaugurates UK Education Exhibition 2012
• Nepal defend ACC U-19 women´s cricket title
• Program to enhance conservation and sustainable forest launched
• NC cadres enforce Kailali bandh
• Maoists padlock land revenue offices to protest govt decision
• Maoist radical faction demands PM's resignation for 'surrendering before landlords'
• Nepal failing to benefit from zero tariff facility provided by China: Traders
• Digital signature launched
• 20th Tibetan self-immolates in China amid bloody clashes
• Dead lizard disrupts telephone service for almost a week in Kapilvastu
• Tourists feel insecure in Bhaktapur
• Special panel asks banks to only make payment to former combatants as seizure of pay cheques continues

February 09 2012

• Case filed against Gupta for businessman's kidnapping
• RPP leader Mohsin passes away
• House resumes after PM Bhattarai announces revocation of controversial cabinet decision
• Names recommended for CIAA chief, commissioners
• MMC enter to finals defeating African United
• Baidya faction demands PM’s resignation for revoking cabinet decision
• Baitadi village terrorised by man-eating leopard as teenage girl becomes latest victim
• Disputes will enter CA if CC fails to resolve them by Sunday: Dahal
• PAC instructs NTC to improve quality of mobile service
• Nepal enter ACC U-19 Women´s Championship
• Maoist-led govt craftily decides not to implement controversial decision for now to avert opposition backlash 
• Two persons die of electric shock
• Ambassador Acharya highlights issues and expectations of LDCs during meeting with UNSG
• Israeli Embassy celebrates 'Tu Bishvat' by planting trees at Dhulikhel hospital
• Suspected abductors arrested in Kavre

February 08 2012

• NC lawmakers from far-west up in arms against SRC recommendation
• Gokarna meeting: PM agrees to revoke controversial cabinet decision
• Nepali Times Eco-Fair from Feb 11
• Prime Bank introduces electricity bill payment service
• House meeting deferred till Thursday
• Three Karnataka ministers caught red-handed watching porn in House step down
• Handicraft export up by 39 pc
• 'Decisive' big three meet underway at Gorkarna Resort
• Govt increases custom duty on gold, silver
• Govt forms panel to probe fire outbreak near TIA runway
• Govt to provide Rs 100,000 to couples entering into inter-caste union
• Killer DIG's mistress sent to judicial custody

February 07 2012

• Massive fire sweeps through grassy field near TIA runway; all flights cancelled   
• MMC enter semis defeating Police in Aaha Cup
• Indian investors ask PM to set up mechanism to develop hydropower
• UCPN (M) decides to provide 'assistance package' to YCL cadres   
• Flood displaced families lose hit hard by hut demolition drive
• Finance Minister Pun in Masuriya to appease agitating YCL men
• India's growth rate projected at three-year low of 6.9 pc
• Two teenagers die in scooter accident
• IME extends its remittance service to the UAE
• PM Bhattarai must step down to end deadlock: Khanal
• YCL obstructs road connecting 7th division cantonment in Kalali
• Indian investors in Nepal to study country’s hydropower potential
• Timber smuggler shot dead inside CNP
• U.S. welcomes former combatants discarding uniform to rejoin society; announces Rs 155 m to facilitate army integration  
• US Under Secy of State for Human Rights to visit Nepal from Feb 15
• Army all set to pull out of National Games 
• Maitighar-Bhadrakali road section closed by Nepal Army opens to ease traffic

February 06 2012

• HSEB publishes results of grade 11 supplementary exams
• Cheque controversy is party’s internal matter: PLA chief
• YCL, disqualified combatants padlock party offices in far-western region
• Dahal assures alternative place for landless squatters before removing their settlements
• JYC beat Three Star to enter Semis of Aaha Cup
• Nepal sideline Thailand to enter semis of ACC Women's Championship
• Nepal-India border sealed ahead of Assembly polls in UP
• NC, UML join forces against govt; give one-week ultimatum to expedite peace process 
• Jaleswor life crippled as strike enters 19th day
• Temporary teachers continue protest
• Maoist commanders 'seize' cheques from voluntarily retiring combatants
• NT offers discounts in its various services
• President, PM extend best wishes to New Zealand on its national day
• Police detain nine drug peddlers
• 'Peace centre' established in villages of mid and far-western regions
• Kantipur hit by plagiarism scandal after staff writer is found to have copied articles from NYT 

February 05 2012

• Minister Bhatta recommends Rs. 8 b for NOC to ease fuel crisis
• Bird flu found in Ilam also
• Blue Airways to operate domestic flights
• African United into semi-finals; HSC out of Aaha Cup
• Kamlahari practice sees no sign of ebbing
• Nepal inch closer to qualifying for semi-finals of ACC C'ship after beating the UAE
• Three party meet makes no headway as parties stick to their position   
• CC meeting inconclusive
• Lab tests confirm outbreak of bird flu in Sunsari
• NEPSE witnesses marginal decline by 0.09 pts
• Nepali National Team beat Nirlon Club by five wickets in T20 practice match
• Delhi airport authority orders improvements after Nepalnews column reveals mistreatment to Nepali passengers   
• Pune FC defeat Sahara to enter semis of Aaha Gold Cup
• Nepali youth who can write with both hands, legs, mouth and elbows eyes Guinness records
• Three killed, 20 hurt after bus crashes into culvert
• Nepal maintains winning streak beating Malaysia by 97 runs 
• Symposium on Nepali, Indian languages and literary tradition concludes

February 04 2012

• UCPN (Maoist) supports SRC report recommending 11 federal provinces
• Discharge of PLA combatants starts in Chulachuli
• UML chair demands PM Bhattarai’s resignation
• Authorities bulldoze illegally constructed buildings at Lazimpat amidst locals’ objection 
• Fringe parties urge major parties to resolve disputes at the earliest
• DPM Shrestha returns from Japan after 18-day medical trip
• Dahal says he is not interested to head govt; dubs NC's claim for govt leadership 'valid'
• Police arrest police
• Man found dead in Kaushaltar

February 03 2012

• Lawyers stage sit-in for timely statute
• Bus runs over APF officer
• Discharge of combatants starts with distribution of pay cheques   
• FIFA President Blatter likely to visit Nepal to inaugurate AFC President’s Cup
• MMC beat ANFA U-17 in Aaha Cup
• Two killed in Okhaldhunga bus accident
• SRC report won’t be accepted: Minister Gupta
• Hearing panel nod to all 10 ambassadorial nominations
• Nepal defeat Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in practice match
• Nepal beat China in ACC U-19 Women’s Championship
• CC makes no headway as Maoist chair, PM skip meeting
• Electricity reaches remote Gorkha villages
• Three killed in Kalikot fire
• Nepal Pharma Expo-2012 from March 2
• FM Pun urges World Bank to help bring foreign investment in Nepal
• Minister Magar seeks Chinese support for success of Visit Lumbini Year
• Ex-combatants choosing voluntary retirement being discharged from today
• Bihar to withdraw criminal cases against 11 Nepali Maoist leaders
• Power production disrupted in Kalikot
• Nepal Academy and Sahitya Academy to enhance ties through literary activities, cultural exchanges

February 02 2012

• PM Bhattarai calls up Indian PM as fuel crisis deepens; govt to provide extra Rs 2 billion to cash-strapped NOC  
• PM Bhattarai hands over SRC report to CA chair
• Maoist chair Dahal for unity govt
• Students call off protest as PM pledges subsidy on fuel
• JYC defeat RCT in Aaha Gold Cup
• Guinness officials to measure Nepali septuagenarian who claims to be world's shortest man
• Police escort LPG delivery vehicles after consumers grab cylinders
• Wild elephants continue to terrorise Jhapa locals
• Role of youths crucial in peace building: Report
• 20 hurt in Dhading mishap
• SRC report anti-Madhes: MJF
• NC rival leaders close to patch-up 
• House panel starts hearing on ambassadorial nominations
• ANFA signs MoU with Asian Paints
• NOC estimates loss of Rs. 1.2 b in Feb
• UAE based RAK Airways open booking
• PM denies 'merger statement'
• Great Himalaya Trail: Climate Smart Trek Team reaches Khandbari
• Egypt soccer violence kills 74, fans turn on army
• Fire in Dhankuta Bazaar
• ADB, Swiss govt to provide Rs 2.5 billion to Nepal for decentralization, poverty reduction

February 01 2012

• SRC report can't be implemented: Situala
• Cooking gas shortage: Locals grab gas cylinders
• DPM Shrestha, Japanese parliamentarian exchange views on bilateral relations
• Aaha Gold Cup: African United beat Rupandehi XI
• Tourist arrivals on track to record significant growth in 2012
• NC lawmakers demand PM’s resignation over ‘merger’ statement
• Maoist gen secy Thapa roots for consensus govt
• Dahal, Koirala discuss a way out to current impasse
• Govt can’t provide fuel below buying rate: PM Bhattarai
• Kathmandu District Court hands down 23-yr jail sentence to Indian kidnapping kingpin Uday Shetty
• US ambassador pays farewell call on the Prime Minister
• Visit Lumbini Year 2012 promoted in Paris
• Nepali girls "wed" god in ancient ritual
• Govt to give Rs 25 crore to NOC to ease fuel supply; transfers 24 secretaries   
• Locals hold prayers to prevent wild elephant rampage
• Press Union organises sit-in in front of Singha Durbar opposing press restriction