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Big departure in NC's life, sea changes in the statute; mighty GPK pushed to minority

KATHMANDU - In a big historical decision, the Nepali Congress Maha Samati on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution to adopt an 'institutional leadership', pushing a mighty Girija Prasad Koirala and his notion of solo leadership by the president to a minority.

Three-wheeler owners call off strike

KATHMANDU - Three-wheeler owners have called off their strike scheduled to take place on Thursday.

Maoists begin fresh military training in Sindhuli

SINDHULI - With the launching of its nationwide protest earlier this week, the UCPN (Maoist) has recruited youths and began to impart military training to them in Sindhuli district.

Oped

Lead Article

Abandon Gadhimai killings
By: Maneka Gandhi

Sacrifice has nothing to do with Hinduism which is the kindest, gentlest religion possible
Shangri-La threatened
By: Surendra Phuyal

Amid fears of a possible Khampa revival, the “superpowers” are showing their might in Mustang
A response to the Secretary-General
By: Kanak Mani Dixit

Did the report by Ban Ki-Moon do justice to the Nepali peace process?

Opinion

CAS is good
By: Babu Ram Dhungana

The Continuous Assessment System must be implemented in Nepali education
In memory of Kul Shekhar Sharma
By: Devendra Raj Panday

His career and work illustrate the valuable contribution of a public servant even in an otherwise disagreeable political system
The modern farmer
Our food production system needs to be changed to deal with global warming

Interview

If tensions between China and India grow, Nepal will be battleground
Suhas Chakma, Director of the Delhi-based Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), has long been a keen observer of human rights situations and the politics of the Asian region.
Many Nepalis in New York have no safety net
Luna Ranjit is the executive director of Adhikaar, a New York-based women-led non-profit organisation promoting human rights and social justice for all by working with Nepali-speaking communities.
We are worried that the peace process is stuck
B. Lynn Pascoe, a veteran U.S. diplomat, is currently the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations.

World

US officials meet Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

A US State Department official met Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday in a visit that marked the highest-ranking talks between an American and Myanmar's detained opposition leader in 14 years.

Photo Features

People excavate sand from the Bagmati River at Sankhamul in the capital.

Photo : Laxmi Pd Ngakhusi

Elderly people while away their leisure time by playing 'Baag Chhal' at Gwarko in Lalitpur on Wednesday.

Photo : Kaushal Adhikaari

Unified CPN (Maoist) leaders and activists chant anti-government slogans during a sit-in outside the Patan District Administration Office in Lalitpur on Wednesday. The Maoists on Sunday launched their second phase of protests demanding establishment of civilian supremacy and correction of President’s move.

Photo : eKantipur

A Nepali football player struggles for the ball against his Palestinian opponent during their match at the AFC U-19 qualifiers played at Dasrath Stadium in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Nepal lost the contest 4-1 and finished last in the group.

Photo : Sundar Shrestha

(L to R) Alison Galea Valleta of Malta, Natalia Quinones Perez of Mexico, Richa Thapa Magar of Nepal, Sabrina Anjis of the Netherlands and Catherine Irving of New Zealand, contestants vying for the Miss Earth 2009 pose for press photographers in Manila on Wednesday. The winner of Miss Earth 2009 will be crowned on November 22, 2008 in Boracay Island from among the contestants representing 87 countries.

Photo : AFP

US marines take a position during a joint landing exercise between the US and South Korea in the southeastern port city of Pohang on Wednesday. South Korea and the US staged a military landing exercise amid the heightened tension over North Korea's nuclear programme.

Photo : AFP

Tourists return after spending a week at Chachure and Gumdel VDC in Ramechhap district. The route has come into operation as a tourism destination from this year.

Photo : Tika Bhatta

Cadres of Maoists' youth front Young Communist League (YCL) during a military training in Sindhuli. The Maoists have started to form a new paramilitary structure outside the cantonment in Sindhuli.

Photo : Raj Kumar Karki

A defaced election poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai's challenger in the recent presidential election said Wednesday that the current government cannot bring legitimacy to the troubled nation and will not be able to rein in corruption.

Photo : AP

This Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, image provided by PTTEP Australasia shows the West Atlas oil rig shortly before a fire on it was put out 150 miles (250 kilometers) off Australia's northwest coast. The oil rig that had been leaking into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks was plugged Tuesday, and a massive fire blazing aboard the structure was largely extinguished.

Photo : AP

National

Yet another agreement

Officials of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) were allowed to dispose the waste at the Aletar Landfill site on Wednesday after an agreement was reached with the protesting locals.

Business

Large taxpayers club swells to 396

Despite a deteriorating business environment, the number of large taxpayers in the country has gone up. According to the Large Taxpayers Office (LTO), the number of large taxpayers has increased by 21.1 percent in the last fiscal year.

Sports

Djokovic breezes through in Basel

Novak Djokovic made a winning debut on Tuesday at the Swiss Indoors as the Serbian claimed a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Andreas Beck in the tennis stronghold of Roger Federer.