Stories about Nepal from April, 2010
Bhutan: South Asian Leaders Meet For SAARC Summit
Bhutan is in a flurry of activity, gearing up for the upcoming SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit. Here the South Asian leaders will discuss about issues like climate change, poverty alleviation, economic cooperation and curbing terrorism and will try to find a common ground.
Nepal Scraps MRP Print Deal with India
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal reports that on public protest the Nepali cabinet has canceled the arbitrary MRP (Machine Readable Passport) print deal with India and decided to...
Nepal: Remembering The April Uprising
“When people arise, all power will have to surrender!” Ujjwal Acharya at The Radiant Star remembers the mass peoples’ movement in Nepal during April 2006, which ended monarchy and Maoists’...
Nepal: The Way Out
Paramendra Bhagat at Democracy for Nepal opines that “the way out of the ongoing political paralysis in Nepal is a 10-party government under Dr. Baburam Bhattarai's leadership”.
Nepal: Too Much Negativity In Media
Ujjwal Acharya at The Radiant Star complains about the negativity in the print media of Nepal. The blogger comments: “one of the constructive roles that media could easily play, without...
About our Nepal coverage
The earthquake that shook Nepal on April 25 claimed more than 8,000 lives and injured twice as many people. Around 8 million people have been affected with at least 2 million displaced. 1.4 million are in need of food assistance. Reaching remote areas presents a special challenge.
