Full Coverage: Nepal

31.10.2005 Nepal's 3.5 million Dalits--formerly known as "untouchables"-- have no political representatives, and 80% live below the poverty line. But groups are now using technology, the media, and organizing tacticts to help fight against caste discrimination.

27.10.2005 National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nepal organised an interaction programme with media persons to find out what was missing in the media relation in controlling human trafficking.

27.10.2005 POKHARA: Participants, at an interaction organised by the Resource Development Centre Nepal on Wednesday, said that conflict was creating hurdles in attaining millennium development goals in the country. As long as there is stability in Nepal, goals cannot be achieved, they said. Associate professor Dr Lekhnath Bhattarai presented a report which said as long as conflicts, instability, corruption and inequality exist, MDGs will never be achieved.

24.10.2005 The German Development Service (DED) has been working in Nepal for more than 35 years, providing personnel and contributing more than US $2.5 million each year to the country, primarily to boost local governance and democratic participation. IRIN conducts an interview with DED director general Jurgen Wilhelm on the situtation in the Himalayan kingdom.

24.10.2005 Nepal's first Highway Community Hospital has come into operation at Malekhu, Dhading district, along the Prithivi Highway with partnership between social organisations of Nepal and Italy.

19.10.2005 A women's group in Nepal, which started out with 25 members in 1993, has grown into an expansive network distributing food, awarding scholarships, and helping 2,500 families. Last month the group even made a donation to aid those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

19.10.2005 UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura has deplored the severe restrictions on press freedom and freedom of expression represented by the new government ordinance issued in Nepal on October 9, 2005.

14.10.2005 The Indian government has said that the new anti-press ordinance, which has been promulgated by King Gyanendra in Nepal, would not be used to curb media freedom. India said that curbs on the freedom of expression and the media will be counter-productive.

13.10.2005 In developing country contexts, handheld computer applications are starting to show their benefits across development sectors. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and other types of handheld computers offer considerable advantages over desktops or even laptops. Health and microfinance have been particularly keen to test handheld applications.

07.10.2005 Speakers at an interaction programme on ‘Role of Media in Support of International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Goals in Nepal’ said that media could play an effective role on raising awareness on reproductive rights, child education, gender-based violence, access of health facilities and child and maternal mortality.

06.10.2005 Experts and intellectuals from Nepal in the field of mass communications have emphasised that His MajestyÂ’s Government should bring about effective programmes towards developing Internet technology as a reliable means to providing education in the country.

06.10.2005 Iraq, Nepal and Somalia are named as "situations at particular risk of new or significantly escalated conflict in the coming month" by the International Crisis Group.

05.10.2005 The participating journalists at face-to-face programme organised by the Media Group Nepaal have pointed out the need for the media sector of Nepal to be loyal to the nation, nationality and the monarchy.