Full Coverage: Nepal

28.03.2006 Since Maoist forces ended their four-month ceasefire in January, NepalÂ’s 10-year civil war has engulfed the entire country, placing the civilian population at risk and hindering the development of the impoverished countryside. A Human Rights Watch briefing paper examines the conflict.
* Nepal: Human rights crucial at dangerous political crossroads
* OneWorld UK Guide to Nepal

28.03.2006 As part of its efforts to strengthen Nepal's educational infrastructure, India will provide a grant assistance of USD 300,000 for construction of a campus building in the western district of Tanahun.

27.03.2006 The world is busy exploring ways to tap the economic opportunities China and India, two countries emerging to be the worldÂ’s economic and technological hubs, offer. But NepalÂ’s ruling elites, as always, are engaged in alliance formations, in the politics of blaming and in playing these two countries on and off against each other without any regard to the nation and its people.

27.03.2006 The International Advocacy Mission for Press Freedom in Nepal that is currently here to assess the situation of press freedom has met Maoist leaders in a village in Palpa district and discussed the problems faced by journalists from the rebels.

24.03.2006 Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers Dr. Tulsi Giri said Thursday that the establishment of High Level Commission for IT (HLCIT) indicates the government's commitment to the development of ICT in Nepal and HLCIT would be the main engine to energize growth in this sector.

24.03.2006 The United Nations' conservation arm has recognised the Nepalese army for its efforts to control the illegal trade in endangered wildlife. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora awarded the Royal Nepalese Army for its "exemplary efforts to combat poaching and illegal trade in endangered species, in particular the leopard, the rhinoceros and the tiger."

23.03.2006 The much-awaited mega event of the year, CAN Info-Tech 2006, is beginning from Thursday. The event, which will be organized at Birendra International Convention Center of Baneshwor, will continue till March 28.

22.03.2006 An international mission plans to visit Nepal to draw attention to the serious threat to press freedom and also the free expression violations that are continuing to occur in the country. The mission's aim is to support the country's media community and raise concerns with authorities over attacks on journalists.

20.03.2006 The world will be watching from this week as the United Nation's human rights body evaluates Nepal's unelected palace government but many of this nation's indigenous people will have one eye focused on a separate meeting.

20.03.2006 Nepalese political parties and Maoist insurgents, who have held talks in India and Nepal, have announced a decisive agitation aimed at ending absolute monarchy and finding a political solution to the decade-old armed conflict in the Himalayan country.

20.03.2006 Director of Women for Human Rights (WHR) and associate professor at Padma Kanya Campus, Lily Thapa is one woman who has dared to make a stand against longstanding ill practices against single women (widows). In a short interview with Unika Shrestha of ekantipur, she talks about her work and her personal experience.

17.03.2006 The government on March 15, 2006, appointed Bandana Rana, President of Sancharika Samuha, as the chairperson of the WomenÂ’s Commission.

14.03.2006 Maoist rebels are launching a 20-day blockade of NepalÂ’s major urban centres from Tuesday in a move they say is part of a new, more intensive struggle to overthrow the government.
* OneWorld UK Guide to Nepal

14.03.2006 Nepal's Maoist insurgents, U.S. President George W. Bush, and the 18th Century American patriots...birds of a feather? OneWorld's editor in the U.S. examines what lies behind the bloody conflict that everybody says they don't want but nobody seems willing to stop.

13.03.2006 On the occasion of International WomenÂ’s Day (March 8), Kamala Sarup in NepalNews opines that it is important for women to forget their differences and join hands for common cause. In Nepal, owing to various constraints, women in general and rural women in particular have not been able to build their capacities. The lives of women farmers in remote villages typify the extent of poverty that Nepalis are bound to face. Economic empowerment of women farmers is critical if Nepal is to meet increasing demand for food grains.

10.03.2006 Marking the 96th International Women's Day, central level women leaders of all mainstream political parties formed a multi-party Women's Caucus to give impetus to the ongoing movement for democracy.

08.03.2006 A decision by the Nepali government to allow the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) to launch its own FM radio network throughout the Himalayan kingdom has caused concern among local journalists and press freedom activists. They say itÂ’s another nail in the coffin of free media in the country.

01.03.2006 The Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA) Tuesday pledged to support Nepal's master plan to promote e-governance in the country.