TOURISM YEAR2011 VS GARBAGE PROBLEM

Nepal is celebrating the year 2011 as a tourism year. With lots of dream to promote the natural beauties along with its historical and cultural aspect, it is in its full gear to start the year 2011 with a big bang. As per plan for the year 2011, different infrastructures are being made and different cultural and historical places are being renovated so that the whole world can get a better glimpse of the real Nepal.

However, the garbage problem has hit the capital of Nepal. The outskirts of the capital are beautiful and can give you a sense that you are getting a full return of what you have spend here. But the capital is getting dirty day by day. With number of vehicles rising daily, the atmosphere is getting polluted. And now the locals of the landfill site where the garbages of the capital are dumped is stopping the garbage disposal. They have put their demand forward to the concerned authority but no consensus has been still met. As a result loads of garbage could be seen dumped by the roadside in every corner of the capital, which is turning the capital city into a city of garbage.

The first point where the international visitors put their feet in this country is Tribhuvan International Airport which is located in the capital city, Kathmandu. If the capital is facing garbage problem then the visitors won't have a positive feeling about their visiting their country. So the government and the concerned authorities and the locals should reach at a consensus as soon as possible. The result of which will be overwhelming for the country economically and hygienically.

Who Will Be The Next Prime Minister of Nepal

As Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has resigned from his post, we can see a lot of political groupings and talking going on among the major political parties of Nepal. UCPN-Maoist, UCPN-UML and Nepali Congress were on the forefront in the run of the primeministership. As one have to get a majority of votes (2/3rd of the assembly votes), they were busy making consensus among themselves and other smaller political parties. UCPN-UML withdrew from the competition in the last hour. Now the two major political parties UCPN-Maoist and Nepali Congress are standing against one another for the post of Prime Minister. They are having counselling with other smaller parties for their support in the election but till now no sort of consensus has been made which creates uncertainty about who is going to be the next PM of Nepal and when will he be the next PM?

Rijan Karki-- Where Is He Now?

What actually the Nepali youth Rijan Karki, who had challenged the Newton's theory regarding Law of Gravitation and Einstein mass energy relation E=mc2, doing after returning from his presentation in NASA? This sort of thing might be going in the minds of everyone who has followed him and his news at that time.

The Nepali young scientist Rijan is currently pursuing his higher education in one of the reknowned college in the capital of Nepal i.e. Kathmandu. Although it is unknown what sort of response he received from the scientists of NASA regarding his theory which he presented there, he is determined to move ahead with his research, while reexamining his theory and try proving his theory with more proofs to support it.

May 28 - Knocking Our Door

May 28, 2010 - the day when the new constitution of Nepal should be formed is nearing soon. However, the members of constituent assembly and the political parties hasn't shown any sign of the new constituent being drafted on time. The major parties now are having dialogue to increase the time of CA ( Constituent Assembly) so that they can fulfill the mandate of Nepali people by giving them a new constituent.

UCPN-Maoist To Unveil Their Constitution On May 29

Kathmandu, Nepal

What is going to happen after May 28 in Nepali politics? Everyone is uncertain about it. But if the big three parties do not come to a consensus before that date then the Maoist is going to unveil its own federal constitution all over the country on May 29 summoning assemblies. "Maoist to Unveil Their Constitution On May 29" was the main headline in almost every daily newspaper in Kathmandu.

Maoist is planning to unveil their constitution and at the same time discussing with major political parties to reach a consensus, but they have not reached to any consensus till now and the danger of political jeopardy is hovering the country and its citizen.

Blog Becoming Famous Among Nepali Youngsters

With the development and advancement of information and communication technology, the Nepali youngsters are involved deeply in writing blogs. In earlier generation there used to be journal writing tradition, but now a days they are hooked to blog writing tradition. As internet and computer is becoming more and affordable, more and more youngsters can be seen creating their own blogs and expressing their inner feelings to the world. We can see students in cyber cafe and libraries posting their articles in their blogs. Blogs has now become a medium for these youngsters and also to many others to pour out their feelings and sentiments, and has also become a medium through which they can share their knowledge to the people all over the online world.

MAOIST CALLED OFF ITS INDEFINITE STRIKE

TO everyones surprise the UCPN- Maoist called off its indefinite strike yesterday evening. Yesterday at about 9:30pm local time, the UCPN-Maoist called a press conference and declared that it has called off its indefinite strike as the public is suffering a lot from their strike and the party in the government is trying to infiltrate their procession and gatherings and trying to create a havoc leading the general public to fight against each other.

The market which remained closed for six days will reopen from today. The general public is feeling somewhat relieved as the price of daily commodities and food had rocketed sky high. With the calling off of the strike, now the daily life of the citizen will slowly come to its normal state.

The public feeling relieved from the UCPN-Maoist decision has urged the party and other parties in the government to come to a consensus with dialogue, and has also pleaded not to disrupt the harmony and peace prevalent in the country.

Indefinite Strike of UCPN-Maoist On Its Third Day

The indefinite strike of UCPN-Maoist is continuing for its third day here in Nepal. As the strike is progressing day by day, the daily life of the general public is becoming more and more difficult. There is no sign of any consensus being formed between the Maoist and the Governement till now.

Yesterday, on the third day of the strike the Maoist and the people supporting their strike did the chain procession i.e. catching each other's hand and circling the whole CHAKRAPATH which is 27 Kilometre long.

Todays strike is also going peaceful with groups of Maoist activists and supporters gathering in different crossroads and chanting slogans against the government, also they are singing songs and dancing. They are enjoying themselves as well as protesting the present government.

UCPN-Maoist on Indefinite Strike Nationwide

Kathmandu 2nd May.

UCPN-Maoist is on an indefinite strike nationwide starting from today. In Kathmandu and other major cities of Nepal markets, school, colleges, industries are closed. Public and private transportation are also not allowed to ply on the road. UCPN-Maoist activities and its sister organization YCL is seen deployed on different parts of the capital. We can see their gathering on the street. The security forces are also deployed in large number acknowledging the probability of clashes. People are seen walking on foot to their destination. The streets look deserted as all the shops are closed and no vehicles are plying on the road.

Yesterday, the maoist supremo Prachanda declared in a large assembly that they will continue in this indefinite stike until and unless the present Prime Minister resign from his post and give way to a national government.

44 Days Left To Draft New Constitution in Nepal

Forty four days are left to draft a new constitution in Nepal. As the days for drafting constitution is nearing day by day, the parties of Nepal are digressing from their duties given by the people of Nepal to draft a new constitution that will be favorable for the Nepali people.

The process of drafting constitution is not blocked but it is walking in the pace of snail, which is resulting the danger of the constitution of not being drafted in the predicted time.

Nepali people are waiting for the new constitution. Hope the politicians will take that in their mind and draft the politician on time.

Nepal To Face Afghanistan In The Final of ACC Trophy Elite Cup

Nepal defeated Malaysia by 8 runs in the semi-final of the ACC Trophy Elite Cup being held in Kuwait yesterday. Nepal batting first scored 271 for 6 in the 50 overs. However, Malaysia fall short of 9 runs to win the match. Malaysia could only score 263 runs and were all out in the last over. Sangam Regmi was the pick of the Nepali bowler who picked up four wickets of the Malaysian team. In batting line up Nepali batsman Sharad Veshwakar missed his century by three runs. He could only manage 97 runs.

This is the second time Nepal has reached in the final of the ACC Elite Cup. In the final Nepal will face the Afghanistan, which defeated Hongkong by five wickets to reach the final.

NTC Balance Transfer Facility

The Nepal Tele Communication(NTC) halted its balance transfer facility some months ago, and it is not showing any positive motives to reopen the halted balance transfer facility. The NTC, the largest mobile service provider of Nepal, says that it will soon reopen the balance transfer facility. However, their words has disappeared in the air. The users of NTC is waiting for the balance transfer to begin again. As majority of NTC users are middle class people and students, they cannot afford to buy recharge cards worth 200 and 500. The NTC has issued recharge cards worth Rs 50 and 100 but they are not distributed regularly and the users face the problem of the shortage of these cards regularly.

GIRIJA PRASAD KOIRALA-- NO MORE

The leading figure of Nepali politics, Girija Prasad Koirala left for his heavenly abode on Saturday, 21st March 2010. A major figure who was part of the team who helped end the Maoist rebellion and brought them into into a peace process died at the age of 87. Girija Prasad Koirala is revered by all the parties and leaders of the Nepali politics and also the political leaders including the foreign political leaders. He was like a father figure. With his death the Nepali politics has lost an umbrella, a rope which has helped to bond all the parties with different ideologies together.

With the death of Girija Prasad Koirala, what turn the ongoing peace process and the political activities will take in the near future is a big question in every civilian's mind. Hope the parties will stay together to fulfill the peace process and give it a peaceful outlet, so that the term " NEW NEPAL" can really come into its existence. And that was also the dream of late Girija Prasad Koirala.

May his soul rest in peace.

Are Scientists Born OR Are They Made?

A majority of the people in this world thinks that scientists are made, they are not born. Their learning and their teaching leads them to step forward in the scientific exploration and excel their knowledge with experimentation and discoveries. But does this truth goes for all the scientists who lived before us and who are living at present? If we analyze each and everyone of them closely we can find that the statement -Scientists are made- is not 100 % true. Take for example Edison, Graham Bell, Marconi........ Are they made? or Are they born with the inborn qualities which pushed them forward to become the great inventor(Scientist) of their generation and they are still counted as a great inventor.

Buddha Born in India? What is this?

A user in facebook has posted that when we search " Birthplace of Buddha" in Google Map it will show you that Buddha was born in India. Seeing this I too searched the keyword in Google Map. The result as I found was like this-- the map shows that the birthplace of Buddha as Lumbini, but on the left side of the screen its written that -Birthplace of Buddha, Uttarpradesh, India. What is this?

"Gautam Buddha was born in Nepal", Its a well know fact around the world. However, with the result found in Google Map, a sort of wrong impression can go to its users in Nepal and most probably in other country around the world as well. So please correct the information and let GOOGLE be well known for providing correct information to its users.

Hail Storm Lashes Kathmandu

1st March 2010. A brief sudden heavy rain with falling hailstones in the evening made the journey of paedestrians difficult in Kathmandu. The rainfall was sudden. Although the rain was expected, no one has imagined that the rain will fall at that time of the day without any previous warning, and probably no one has imagined that the rain will accompany hailstones with it.

The rain though it came without any warning, it has atleast made the environment clean. The smog and smoke hovering in the sky of the capital city are now settled. Probably the citizens of kathmandu will at least feel relieved to get the atmosphere clean.

Nepal Won The Final of ICC World Cricket League Division V

27 Feb, 2010.

Nepal defeated U.S.A by five wickets in the final of ICC World Cricket League Division V today at the TU cricket ground, Nepal. Nepal who was defeated by U.S.A. yesterday played a wonderful inning today and defeated U.S.A. by five wickets in the final match. Rahul BK of Nepal bowled a wonderful inning and claimed seven wickets to become the man of the match. Today almost all of the batsmen contributed their valuable runs to lead Nepal to a comfortable victory. U.S.A were all out for 172 runs in 47.2 overs and Nepal completed the score in 46.5 overs loosing only five wickets.

The Nepali cricket fans who were disappointed by their team's performance were elated today and also supported the team in the whole match.

Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5

Nepal is hosting the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 games. The games has started from 20th February. Six countries -Nepal, Jersey, U.S.A., Singapore, Fiji, Baharain- are competing in this ICC World Cricket League Division 5 games.

Jersy, USA and Singapore are counted as a tough competitor for Nepal, whereas Baharain could also come out tough. Till now Nepal has played two matches -against Jersey and Singapore, and Nepal won both of the matches. Nepal defeated Jersey by six wicket and Paras Khadka, man of the match of that game, struck a fluent half century in that game.

The match with Singapore which was played yesterday, was a tough one for Nepal. Nepal fought till the end of the game to register a win. Nepal won the match by 12 runs. Thanks to the spinners who bowled will and shared almost all wickets among themselves.

Though the bowling of Nepali players are good but they have to improve their batting. In both of the matches against Jersey and Singapore, the opening pair could not score well. So to move ahead winning every game, Nepal should focus on their batting as well.

Diesel and Kerosene Price Hiked

The increasing price of the commodities is killing the people of Nepal, and the recent hike in the price of diesel and kerosene has added more problem to the Nepalese again. Though the Nepal Oil Corporation has increased the price of Kerosene and diesel by one rupee, it still becomes more in aggregate for the people of Nepal who are mostly poor and middle class with some exception.

With their plan of balancing the price of petroleum product the NOC ( Nepal Oil Corporation) has been regularly increasing the price of these petroleum product. Recently the NOC increased the price of cooking gas by a hundred rupees, saying that they are bearing loses in supplying the gas in lesser price.

These increasing price of petroleum product also acts as a factor for business agencies to increase the price of their product. As all these things are related to each other. The increasing price of petroleum product means the price of commodities, foods and all daily needs are also sure to increase.

Adios 11th SAG

10Feb 2010. Eleventh SAG festival ended yesterday , along with it the great the vigorous competition in different games has also ended. This SAG has been memorable to some, while others got disappointed as they could not perform well and win a medal for their country. Among the players from Nepal to whom the SAG became memorable are Deepak Bista and Rajendra Bhandari, both of them won a gold medal each for thier country. For all other players too who won medals, this SAG became memorable but for these two players from Nepal it just unimaginable. Deepak Bista a taekwondo player won the gold for the consecutive four times and made a history, being a player to win gold medal for consecutive four times. Whiel Rajendra who won a gold medal for marathon was exalted, because it was a test for him and his courage. In 10th SAG game he had won two gold medals but was stripped of it for doping reason and was banned for a year. He was playing in this 11th SAG game to prove himself and regain his confidence and ego.

In this 11th SAG, Nepal occupied the 5th position. The players who participated in this game gained a valuable experience which will be helpful for them in their next participation.

Whatever may be the table of the meadal winning players and country, this 11th SAG was held successfully and the players competed in their respective game to win a gold medal for their country.

Kathmandu Drizzled

9 Feb 2010. Kathmandu is soaked in drizzle. Its been raining the whole day giving pleasure to some while ruining other's plans and programs. With rain pouring down the temperature has fallen and the whole city is engulfed in cold weather. This unpredicted rainfall has atleast helped to clear the smog hovering above the sky of Kathmandu. Now the environment has become somewhat clear and pleasant as the dust particles in the air has been brought down by the rain.

The rain and cold weather is pressing everyone to stay indoor and enjoy the warmth of their homes.

Nepal Crawling Ahead in SAG

Finally Nepal listed themselves as a gold medal winning country in the table of SAG championship. Their thirst for winning a gold in any event ended yesterday when three players won their respective finals and won a gold medal each. Now the tally of gold medal for Nepal has reached 3 along with 5 silver and 15 bronze medals. Binita Maharjan, Sunil Lama and Ang Babu Lama were the players who opened the door of gold medal for Nepal.

British Army Chief Visits Nepal

British Army Chief General David Richards arrived in Kathmandu at the invitation of Chief of Army Staff Chhatra Man Singh Gurung for a six day visit on Saturday. General Richard on his stay will meet President of Nepal Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, Defence Minister Bidhya Bhandari and his Nepali counterpart. General Richard will also observe the British Gurkhas Nepal's activities and also its recruitment process.

Bird Flu Confirmed in Pokhara

Reports confirmed that the some 200 chickens that died in Pokhara -7, died of bird flu. Government has declared the area a bird-flu infected zone and has started massive culling operation in that zone. The officers have quarantined the area, and the daily newspaper has reported that around 10,000 chickens will be destroyed.

Judoka Debu Thapa Bags a Medal

Judoka Debu Thapa, a survivor of the terrible elevator accident, clinched a bronze medal in women's 63kg Judo tournament at the 11th SAG in Bangladesh.

Debu Thapa was injured in the elevator accident and was treated in the hospital for two days after the crash. It was thought that she was not going to take part in the competition, however, she defied all those presumptions and took part in the competition despite being injured and facing the pain. She walked into the ring and won the medal. Though she regret of not winning the gold medal, her courage of fighting in the ring despite being injured should be praised highly.

Her other two colleagues who were injured in that elevator crash missed their match, but Debu made it and won the medal.

Debu you are pride of our country.

Can't Garbage Production Be Controlled

These days the roads and corners of Kathmandu can be seen stuffed with garbage. Due to internal conflict the garbage collection has been halted, and the result of which heaps of garbages are seen thrown hither and thither on the streets. The city of temple has now turned to the city of garbage.

Can't we control the production of garbages by ourselves? Seeing those garbage stuffed on the streets, its unbelievable how much garbage does the citizens of Kathmandu produces each day. Those garbage contains both organic and inorganic materials. If only we can manage those organic wastes, more than 70% of the wastes will be managed. Every household can inter those organic wastes and can produce composte, which can be used as fertilizer for cultivation purposes, and such fertilizers are good for the plant as well as soil.

Government should launch some programs that will motivate people to reduce the production of the waste, and also manage the organic wastes by themselves.

Nepali Player Faced An Accident In Dhaka

Nepali player, who were to participate in the SAG tournament, thats going on in the capital city of Bangladesh, met an accident in Dhaka. Three Nepali Judokas player suffered injuries in a elevator accident a day before their events. Other seven atheletes including an official suffered minor injuries. The injury of the players came out as a blow to Nepal in bagging the medals.

11th South Asian Games(SAG) Kicked Off

Also named as the Olympic Game of the South Asia, the 11th SAG (South Asian Games) is on its way to a great celebration. The game is being hosted by Bangladesh this year. Teams from eight South Asian nations are participating in the SAG. Players from all the eight nations are excited to participate in the games and win a medal for their country.

The SAG was started from 1984, and the first game was hosted by Nepal. Since then the SAG is gaining its momentum. Nepal has send its 283 players who are participating in 23 different disciplines. The players though they didn't get well facilitated training, are hoping to improve their perfomance and win medals for their country.

The Nepali team has left Kathmandu with high spirit and the Nepali people will support them for their spirit and wish them best of luck for their games.

Hey guys waiting to see lots of Gold Medals hung around your neck.

BEST OF LUCK.

Global Warming: Danger To The Himalayas

Nepal, a country containing majority of tallest Himalayas, is continually affected by the global warming. The continuous rise in global temperature is affecting its Himalayas and as a result to its climate and its beauty. The Himalayas which used to be covered in snow in winter, but this winter saw the Himalays scantily covered in Himalayas. With the rise in temperature, global warming, the snow of these Himalays are melting and the winter season which used to bring snow to these Himalays did so only occasionally. This depletion of the snow from the Himalayas is of grave danger to the Nepal and its people as well as to the world. The depletion of the snow from these Himalayas shows the rate at which the global temperature is rising and the consequences it can bring to the people of this generation and upcoming generation.

UNMIN Tenure Extended

The tenure of United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has been extended by four months. United Nation security council voted to extend the tenure of UNMIN. Earlier the government of Nepal has asked UN to extend the tenure of UNMIN by four months.

NTC Halted ITs Balance Transfer Facility

21 Jan 2010. Nepal Tele Communication(NTC)has again halted its balance transfer facility since this afternoon. Earlier too NTC has halted its balance transfer service a couple of times.

Country of Rivers Is Becoming a Misnomer

Nepal Electricity Authority has again increased the hour of load shedding. Earlier the loadshedding was seven hours a day but from the month of Magh it has increased the loadshedding hour: from 7 hours to 9 hours a day.

Nepal, if we study its geography, we will find that it is a country which has many rivers flowing here and there covering almost every district of the country. But still the people of this country is facing the problem of unavailability of drinking water, and from years it has been facing the problem of loadshedding. Many new hydropower projects are underconstruction and some has started generating electricity too, but still the citizens are doomed to spend their hours in darkness. The country of rivers has now become a misnomer, as the people are facing problems of drinking water and electricity.

Rare Solar Eclipse Captivated the Nepali Skygazers

The Nepali skygazers yesterday enjoyed the longest annular solar eclipse. The eclipse lasted for about three hours starting from 12:24 pm and ending at 3:40 pm( Nepali time). As reported the solar eclipse was said to have been started from Egypt and ended in China.

High Level Political Mechanism(HLPM) Formed

High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) has been formed in Nepal to resolve the on-going conflict and issues among the major political parties. HLPM under the leadership of Girija Prasad Koirala (Leader of Nepali Congress) is all set to put and end to ongoing ideological conflict among the parties and give an outlet to the peace process.

Corruption: A Hurdle To The Development Of A Country

Corruption indeed is a big hurdle in developing any country economically as well as infrastructurally. It is like a bugs living in the wood who destroys the wood from inside living it totally useless. Likewise the corrupt people destroys the system of the country and makes the country a handicap country. Almost all countries in this world is infested by the disease of corruption, and Nepal too can't keep itself aloof from this disease. With increasing corruption in every sector, the development -both economic and social- of Nepal has retarded and the public is entangled in the web of this corruption.

Late King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who unified Nepal into one has told in Divyaupadesh(a book consisting his advice and quotes) that person who takes and gives bribe are both enemy of the country. So we should eliminate such culture. But at the present scenario, public is not going to get any service without paying some cash for which they need not spend a single dime. If you want to get your work done at the earliest then the play of money goes, otherwise no one can tell when your work will be done.

Such dirty corruption has infested the development of Nepal, and if any country wish to be developed then first of all the game of money i.e. corruption is to be curbed.

PM Nepal Setting An Example

Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, is trying to set an example of himself by participating in different social and cultural activities. He could be seen participating in different religious festivals and cultural ceremonies. He could be picturized as a leader who likes to participate in different programs and also like to enjoy. Sometimes in festivals, he could be seen dancing with other participants.

Recently he has gone down to Chitwan with a campaign to clear the weeds that was growing devastatingly in the Chitwan National Park. With his participation, this campaign has given a message to all the leaders to initiate the development work by themselves. If they showed interest in initiating such works then there will be a lot more followers following them to support them and their works.

Price Hike Of LPG: People In Trouble

Nepal Oil Corporation(NOC) has again raised the price of LPG (gas) by 125 rupees. Earlier the price of the cooking gas was 1,125; now with an increment of Rs.125, the people have to pay Rs.1250 for the cooking gas. NOC has said that it can't bear the loses incurring while selling the cooking gas at Rs.1,125. Therefore, to make the economic pressure less on NOC, it has decided to increase the price of cooking gas.

However, the people are not happy with this news. People who have to toil hard to earn their daily living and people who are hardly managing their households with meager income they earn will now find it even harder to provide and support their family with daily stuffs.

Child Soldiers To Return Home from The Maoist Camps

The process of discharging soldiers disqualified by the UNMIN(Nepal) was begun from today from their respective cantonments. The first step in discharging the disqualified PLA soldiers started in Sindhuli. Those discharged will be rehabilitated in the society so that they can live a civilian life. The discharged PLA personnel will be provided with vocational trainings so that they can integrate themselves in the society.

Finally The Bir Hospital To Resume ITs Service From Today

Finally Bir Hospital, the government hospital of Kathmandu Nepal, is to resume its service from today. The services of the hospital were badly affected for 12 days due to strike by the resident doctor of NAMS and after the consultant doctors also joined the strike carried out by the resident doctors.

The Ministry of Health and Population has summoned the doctors of Bir Hospital to resolve the ongoing issues in the health sector today. The Ministry has told that they would work out a solution and that the services at Bir Hospital will resume from today.

1st January 2010: A New Day To Start

Past is past and gone is gone. Why worry about the past, why regret about the past. A new day, a new year is welcoming you for your prosperity and for your bright future. So forget all your worries and all your loses, because the time gone is gone. It is not returning back. Prepare yourself for the upcoming future and do good and be good today and in the coming days.

Today is the first day of the new year 2010. Many people have made many resolutions; promising that they will fulfill their resolutions this year. Thats good; but don't make resolutions which you cannot fulfill and if you have made one then labour hard to fulfill it. Otherwise it will appear that you are just making fun of yourself and your integrity.

Let us welcome the new year, wide opening our hands and promising to do good and be good in the coming days.

(-: (-:HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 :-) :-)