Kathmandu (dpa) - Nepal‘s legislation on domestic violence and gender equality in employment are a positive example for South Asia, a United Nations report said.
The report titled Progress of the World‘s Women: In Pursuit of Justice, listed Nepal and Bhutan as the only countries in the five-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation to explicitly criminalize marital rape.
Nepal was also one of three countries that list domestic violence as a category of crime, it said.
"Fundamental to women‘s access to justice is a legal and constitutional framework that guarantees women‘s rights," said the report, released Thursday in New Delhi. "As the example of Nepal shows, laws have the power to shape society by creating new norms and by bringing about social change."
The report also commended Nepal‘s legal provision that guarantees women 33 per cent representation in the public sector.
It compared this ratio with India‘s national Parliament, which is 11 per cent female.
The countries in the South Asia association are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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Author: Biswas Baral
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Ex-Nepali king dissatisfied at lack of progress in politics
Kathmandu (dpa) - The deposed king of Nepal expressed his dissatisfaction on Thursday over the lack of progress in Nepali politics since he was forced to leave his throne in 2008.
"I didn‘t expect things to turn out this way when I left the throne. This is an unfortunate situation," said Gyanendra Shah on his 64th birthday.
It was the first time the ex-king has issued a public statement on the occasion of his birthday - which was formerly celebrated as a national holiday - since his ouster in 2008.
Following the failure of the Constituent Assembly, established after the king‘s deposition, to draft a new constitution at the end of its extended one-year term on May 28, the small but increasingly vocal royalist camp has ratcheted up its campaign to restore Nepal‘s status as a Hindu kingdom, with the king serving as its protector.
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Author: Biswas Baral
"I didn‘t expect things to turn out this way when I left the throne. This is an unfortunate situation," said Gyanendra Shah on his 64th birthday.
It was the first time the ex-king has issued a public statement on the occasion of his birthday - which was formerly celebrated as a national holiday - since his ouster in 2008.
Following the failure of the Constituent Assembly, established after the king‘s deposition, to draft a new constitution at the end of its extended one-year term on May 28, the small but increasingly vocal royalist camp has ratcheted up its campaign to restore Nepal‘s status as a Hindu kingdom, with the king serving as its protector.
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Author: Biswas Baral
Ex-minister cleared of holding multiple citizenship
Kathmandu (dpa) - Nepalese authorities have cleared a former finance minister of possessing two passports and citizenships, local media reported Thursday.
The government panel investigating the case against Lahrkyal Lama concluded Wednesday that he only had Nepali citizenship, contrary to allegations that led to his resignation in April.
Media reports had said Lama also held an Indian passport and an identity card saying he was a Tibetan refugee. Nepalis are forbidden by law from holding other passports.
The investigation did not address other accusations in the media that Lama had used government letterheads and stamps to issue fake certificates to Tibetans to help them obtain US visas, and stolen
50,000 dollars from a US woman.
In April, the Chinese embassy expressed dissatisfaction over Lama‘s appointment as state minister, due to his connections with the Free Tibet movement.
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Author: Biswas Baral
The government panel investigating the case against Lahrkyal Lama concluded Wednesday that he only had Nepali citizenship, contrary to allegations that led to his resignation in April.
Media reports had said Lama also held an Indian passport and an identity card saying he was a Tibetan refugee. Nepalis are forbidden by law from holding other passports.
The investigation did not address other accusations in the media that Lama had used government letterheads and stamps to issue fake certificates to Tibetans to help them obtain US visas, and stolen
50,000 dollars from a US woman.
In April, the Chinese embassy expressed dissatisfaction over Lama‘s appointment as state minister, due to his connections with the Free Tibet movement.
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Author: Biswas Baral
Nepal‘s earth-walled city to become World Heritage Site
Kathmandu (dpa) - An ancient mud city in northern Nepal was a formality away from inclusion on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, media reports said Thursday.
The 15th-century palace and surrounding buildings in Lo Manthang, Mustang district, were recognized as rare and valuable examples of earth-walled architecture by the World Heritage Committee in Paris
last week, the Kantipur newspaper reported.
A few formalities were required from Kathmandu to make the listing official, Bishnuraj Karki, head of Nepal‘s Department of Archaeology, was quoted as saying.
Kathmandu submitted Lo Monthang for consideration in 2008.
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Author: Biswas Baral
The 15th-century palace and surrounding buildings in Lo Manthang, Mustang district, were recognized as rare and valuable examples of earth-walled architecture by the World Heritage Committee in Paris
last week, the Kantipur newspaper reported.
A few formalities were required from Kathmandu to make the listing official, Bishnuraj Karki, head of Nepal‘s Department of Archaeology, was quoted as saying.
Kathmandu submitted Lo Monthang for consideration in 2008.
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Author: Biswas Baral
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Nepal clamps down on celebrations for Dalai Lama's birthday
Kathmandu- Nepalese authorities clamped down on birthday celebrations Wednesday of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
Police prevented thousands of people from entering a school in Kathmandu where a ceremony was held.
'Around 800 Tibetans attended,' said Tsewang Dolma, president of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress in Kathmandu.
'There would have been thousands more had the authorities not been so strict,' Dolma said. 'Many chose to stay home because they were scared.'
Police increased security measures Tuesday to prevent anti-China demonstrations from Tibetan separatists. Nepal is under increasing pressure form Beijing to clamp down on activities that undermine its One China policy.
'The authorities were very strict this time,' Dolma said. 'When the police prevented people form coming through the main gate, some made their way through the barbed wires, injuring themselves in the process.'
China has been wooing Nepal with increasing military aid and funding for its infrastructure projects, and closer ties with its major political parties.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Six from same family killed in Nepal landslide
Kathmandu (dpa)- Six people from the same family were killed in Nepal's mid-western mountains Monday when their house was swept away by a mudslide, police said.
Three women and three children were among those killed in the landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall in Kaski district.
Another family member was rescued by the Nepalese army.
Incessant rainfall has also inundated hundreds of hectares of rice fields in Mohhatari district, in southern Nepal, as the Ratu River burst it banks due to days of incessant rainfall.
Every year, hundreds of people are killed and thousands displaced due to flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rain in the Himalayan nation.
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Author: Pratibha Tuladhar
Friday, July 1, 2011
Nine killed in landslide and flooding in Nepal
Kathmandu (dpa) - At least nine people were killed in different parts of Nepal due to flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rainfall Friday.
Five died in Tanahu district, three in Palpa and one in Butwal.
Half a dozen houses and a school were swept away due to flooding of the Tinau River in Rupandehi district. At least hundred houses are under threat of inundation.
Every year, hundreds die in Nepal in flash floods and mudslide triggered by monsoon rain.
In 2008, flooding of the Koshi killed hundreds and left thousands homeless in Nepal and India.
Five died in Tanahu district, three in Palpa and one in Butwal.
Half a dozen houses and a school were swept away due to flooding of the Tinau River in Rupandehi district. At least hundred houses are under threat of inundation.
Every year, hundreds die in Nepal in flash floods and mudslide triggered by monsoon rain.
In 2008, flooding of the Koshi killed hundreds and left thousands homeless in Nepal and India.
(July 1,2011)
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