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Archive for April, 2010
Govt. cancels MRP deal with India
Faced with opposition from the political parties, and a stay order from the Supreme Court, the government decided on Sunday to scrap the contract to print machine readable passports with India. Nagarik reports: The cabinet meeting decided to scrap the MRP deal with India. Information Minister Shankar Pokharel said “the government decided to scrap the […]
UNMIN extension
There has been no official confirmation yet but there are plenty of indications that the United Nations Missions to Nepal will remain here for a while. On Wednesday, the International Relations and Human Rights Committee of the parliament asked the government to extend its mandate, which is due to expire in a month. The Kathmandu […]
Caught on fire
Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala smells the whiff of conspiracy in the air. On Thursday she said the government was unable to implement the use of machine readable passports due to a conspiracy. The process of handing the contract of machine readable passports to India was halted on Wednesday by a Supreme Court order. Nagarik writes: […]
New passport troubles
The Supreme Court has ordered the government to halt the process of outsourcing the printing of machine readable passports, in the wake of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s statement that he was forced to award the contract to India to please the coalition parties. Republica writes: Responding to a writ petition filed against the government´s […]
Let down
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is losing support from friends while opponents have made their voices stronger. We have a list of parties who have added their voice to the opposition. Those who have withdrawn their support: Nepali Sadbhavana Party (Anandadebi) – The party has accused that the government failed to forge a national political […]
Attack mode
The three women killed by Nepal Army soldiers in Bardiya National Park on 10 March were not poachers as claimed by the army and the defence minister, National Human Rights Commission has said. Republica writes: “A study of the evidence shows that the deceased Devisara BK, Amrita BK and Chandra Kala BK visited Baspani area […]
