KATHMANDU: The High Court of Malaysia has convicted Bishnu Bahadur Karki of murdering his own friend and sentenced him for 18 years in jail. A single bench of Sahalam-based High Court has issued verdict against Karki on the charge of killing his own Nepali friend Kiran Bahadur Shrestha. Malaysian police had initiated the case against him on the charge of killing Shrestha on June 1 in 2012. Malaysia-based news portal www.nst.com.my states Karki and slain Shrestha had been working in a cargo company. A  preliminary investigation carried out by police shows that Shrestha had been killed with a sharp steel weapon. The body had been dumped nearby a container. Police had filed a case in the court demanding a life-sentence against Karki. Karki had broken down after hearing the court decision. 

Kathmandu : Nepal plans to name two Himalayan peaks after pioneering Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a senior hiking official said, in a move designed to boost tourism in the beautiful but desperately poor country. New Zealander Hillary and his Nepali guide Tenzing made it to the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) summit of the world's highest mountain on May 29, 1953 as part of a British expedition, which put Nepal on the map as a destination for adventure tourism. A government panel has recommended that two unnamed mountains be called Hillary Peak and Tenzing Peak, said Ang Tshering Sherpa, a former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association. "This is to honor their contribution to mountaineering in Nepal," Sherpa, who headed the panel, told Reuters. Advertise | AdChoices The two peaks - Hillary's at 7,681 m (25,200 ft) and Tenzing's at 7,916 m (25,971 ft) - have never been climbed and are expected to be opened to foreigners in the spring season that starts in March, he said. 

Officials hope the peaks will attract more climbers and help boost tourism in Nepal, home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains. Tourism now accounts for about 4 percent of the country's economy and employs thousands of people. Hillary died in 2008 at age 88 and Tenzing died in 1986 at age 72. Climbers in their time lacked the specialized equipment taken for granted today and the heavy oxygen tanks the two men carried made mountaineering more challenging than it is now. About 4,000 climbers have made it to the summit of Everest since 1953, among them an 80-year-old Japanese man, an American teenager and a blind person. Two Nepali sherpas have reached the top a record 21 times each. But harsh weather, avalanches and treacherous terrain are constant dangers. More than 240 climbers have died on both sides of Everest, which can also be scaled from China. A small airport Hillary built in the 1960s at Lukla, the gateway to Everest, has already been named after him and Tenzing. 

The remote airstrip clings to a hillside, several days' walk from the base camp, and is described by mountaineers as a thrilling kick-off to an attempt on the mountain's south face. Besides conservation work, Hillary helped build schools, hospitals, water supply schemes and trails in the Everest region that is home to the ethnic sherpas without whose help climbers would find it difficult to make it to the top. Two peaks in west Nepal could be named after famed French climbers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, said Sherpa. In 1950, Herzog and Lachenal became the first to reach the summit of an 8,000-m (26,246-ft) peak - Mount Annapurna. About 165 peaks of up to 7,999 m (26,245 ft) are likely to be opened to climbers from next year, Sherpa said. Just 326 of the more than 1,300 peaks in Nepal are now open to foreign climbers. The fees they pay are a major source of income for the cash-strapped government.

KATHMANDU: A powerful earthquake rocked the Kathmandu Valley and neighbouring districts at around 23:34 pm on Friday. The eastern districts, however, did not feel the tremors, according to locals. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded at 17:49:23 UTC with its epicentre at Western Xizang of China. The epicentre is about 330 km * north of the Nepali capital, and 206 km northeast of Jumla. According to EMSC's website, the depth of the quake was 10 km. The social media sites Facebook and Twitter are flooded with the posts on the midnight earthquake. Some people have written that they felt aftershocks also in Kathmandu. The National Seismological Centre, Nepal is yet to verify the magnitude and the epicentre of the quake.

Hidden within the Himalayas, 155ft from the ground, these man-made caves are one of the World's greatest archaeological mysteries. Thousands of holes are carved into the fragile, sandy-coloured cliff in a gorge so large it dwarfs the Grand Canyon. The astonishing number of caves, some dug into the cliffside, others tunnelled from above are thousands of years old but who built them and why remains a mystery. It is also not known how people climbed into the caves which are dug into a cliff 155-foot above the valley floor. An estimated 10,000 of these mysterious human-built caves have been found in the former Kingdom of Mustang in North, Central Nepal.

Those who have seen the mysterious caves say the effect of them on the cliff face makes it look like a giant sandcastle. Adventure photographer, Cory Richards joined climber Pete Athans, archaeologist Mark Aldenderfer and a team of explorers to unearth the hidden relics of the ancient and remote caves. Mr Richards said: 'I was in Nepal working in this village called Forte, where Pete [Athans] and I were teaching a group of Sherpas climbing techniques, safe climbing techniques so they could climb Everest. 'And Pete asked me if I would be interested in this project in Mustang. 'He started telling me about this place where we were going. The words he was using conjured these images of a place I couldn't really imagine.

'Quite honestly when I got there it was even bigger and more grand than anything I ever could ever have imagined. 'We're talking about somewhere that reminds us of the Grand Canyon, the desert south west but then has this incredible history to it. You see these caves carved into the rock and now they're completely inaccessible.' As we started getting deeper into it, I started to see the magic of what we were approaching, the culture in practice, a 12th century village underneath the caves they used to live in, caves that are now forgotten. 'We started asking questions about how did people get into them?

'I started wondering how do I light up people's imagination to make them think what it would have looked like thousands of years ago, that was my final challenge, how do I give people that imagination. 'One of the ways we did that was lighting up the caves, going them into them a night, spending the night in caves, using lights to light them up and strobes. 'Trying to give people the feeling this is a very ancient place, this is a place that has so many stories to tell us so much more than we can even really imagine in our lifetime.' Climbing into the sky caves was no easy feat, the rock was unstable and posed a real danger to the team of explorers.

In fact climbing into the caves was so dangerous, Mr Richards lost his footing, fell and broke his back. On another assignment to Mustang the following year, videographer Lincoln Else was hit by a falling rock, fracturing his skull. He said: 'This was real exploration. It's dangerous it's loose rock it's scary. Everything is loose, everything around you feels like it's crumbling. You feel like when you're climbing everything is going to collapse.' 'One of the things I think we forget when we're talking about adventure, science and exploration is it gets dangerous at times one of the reasons its so exciting is because there are consequences and big consequences.

'On my first trip there I was trying to climb in and a foothold broke and I fell about 12-20 feet, I landed on my butt and I broke my back. 'It was an eye-opener because yes it this was really exciting, really engaging, I want to tell this big story but I just broke my back, maybe this isn't as important as I thought. 'The next year we came back to try again. I took this shot and my friend Lincoln Else was filming right next to me. 'Next thing I heard was Pete's wife scream, she said "oh my god, oh my god" Lincoln was lying on the ground with blood pouring from his head and convulsing. 'A rock had fallen from above, hit him and given him a 21cm skull fracture, it completely depressed his skull.

'Again it was a point of realisation that yes what you are doing is very important but it's also very dangerous and when you talk about adventure there are sides to it that are unpleasant. 'Lincoln made a full recovery, I thought for certain I think we all thought at the point that Lincoln was going to die. 'Essentially at the end of the experience, what was illuminated to me the marriage of science and exploration and culture is the ultimate in how we bring the world to everyone. 'We have to make it exciting, digestible but we also have to give the knowledge of what's out there to everyone else.'

NEW DELHI: Yasin Bhatkal, the founder of Indian Mujahideen, has been arrested by Indian agencies from the India-Nepal border on Thursday. According to sources, IB and other Indian agencies took Yasin Bhatkal in custody at Sanauli border of Nepal near Gorakhpur. Sources say special teams had been camping in Darbhanga in Bihar for some time for his arrest as RAW and IB played a crucial role in tracing his whereabouts. A special cell of Delhi Police was also near the Bihar-Nepal border since last one week anticipating the arrest. According to reports, the NSA has met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and briefed him about the arrest of Bhatkal. However, the home ministry is yet to make an official confirmation of the arrest. The NIA is likely to get the first custody of the top terrorist. Bhatkal is one of the most wanted terrorists and is responsible for several terror attacks in the country. Yasin Bhatkal's real name is Ahmad Zarar Siddi Bappa. He is also known by the alias Shahrukh. He is accused of masterminding several terror strikes including Delhi, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad blasts. Yasin Bhatkal's arrest comes close on the heels of arrest of another top terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda.

Kathmandu : A plane crash that killed seven Britons heading to Mount Everest remains a mystery after the engine maker said it was “unlikely” a bird strike was the cause. The twin-engine propeller plane crashed shortly after take-off near Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, last September. Raymond Eagle, 58, from Macclesfield, Cheshire; Timothy Oakes, 57, from Warrington, and his friend Stephen Holding, 60, from Stoke-on-Trent; Vincent Kelly, 50, from Bolton, and his brother Darren, 45, from, Galloway; Christopher Davey, 51, from Moulton in Northamptonshire; and lawyer Benjamin Ogden, 27, from London all died along with 12 other passengers. An investigation found the plane lost power and slowed down at a crucial point during take-off but investigators were unable to find why. It meant the plane was not high enough to recover when it went off course. 

The report also said that while preparing for take-off, the pilot twice noticed a bird and as the plane accelerated, he said ‘watch out for the bird’. The first officer reported being clear of it as he accelerated but the crew later reported a bird strike, but no evidence of it was found in the engine. Investigators said: “It is possible that the bird momentarily disturbed the air flow into the engine before it was struck by the propeller, causing a surge and the suspected flame seen in the CCTV footage, but the engine manufacturer considered this unlikely.” As the plane turned, it lost power hit the ground just 400 yards from the runway. The report says one engine failed and the other suffered a power loss. 

The tragedy had been blamed simply on the plane striking a bird of prey at a height of 50ft as it took off from Tribhuvan Airport in the Nepalese capital heading for Lukla near Everest. But experts doubted whether that alone would have prevented the pilot from bringing the Sita Air Dornier D-228 back around for an emergency landing. Indian government aviation minister Suresh Acharya said that the combined weight of passengers and luggage carried by the plane would play a key part in the inquiry, which British investigators from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch assisted with. Mr Acharya said: “The bird strike may not be the sole reason behind the crash.” And Kuma Sherchan, an experienced pilot with the Nepal Airlines Corporation said: “A bird hitting the plane should not be considered in isolation during the investigation. "Several factors, such as technical maintenance, load, pressure on airline operators and many more, lead to an air crash.” 

The 1950 India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship (official name Treaty of Peace and Friendship Between The Government of India and The Government of Nepal) is a bilateral treaty between Nepal and India establishing a close strategic relationship between the two South Asian neighbours. The treaty was signed at Kathmandu on 31 July 1950 by the Prime Minister of Nepal Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Indian ambassador to Nepal, Chadreshwar Narayan Singh and came into force the same day as per Article 9 of the Treaty.[1] The treaty allows free movement of people and goods between the two nations and a close relationship and collaboration on matters of defence and foreign affairs. After an abortive attempt in 1952 of the Communist Party of Nepal to seize power with Chinese backing, India and Nepal stepped up military and intelligence cooperation under treaty provisions, and India sent a military mission to Nepal.

The India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship was signed by Nepali Prime Minister, Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, and the Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Chandreshwor Narayan Singh on 31 July 1950 and came into force the same day. It has ten articles. The treaty provides for everlasting peace and friendship between the two countries and the two governments agree mutually to acknowledge and respect the complete sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of each other.

As per Articles 6 and 7, the two governments agree to grant, on a reciprocal basis, to the nationals of one country in the territories of the other, the same privileges in the matter of residence, ownership of property, participation in trade and commerce, movement and other privileges of a similar nature. This enables the Nepali and Indian citizens to move freely across the border without passport or visa, live and work in either country and own property or do trade or business in either country. There is a large number of Nepalis (in millions) living, owning property and working or doing business in India as a beneficial aspect of the treaty for Nepal. Reciprocally, many Indians live, own property and business in Nepal.

Free movement of persons across the border was the norm even before the 1816 Treaty of Suguali. This became somewhat restricted after 1816. After the 1860 treaty, Prime Minister Jung Bahadur allowed Indians to purchase and sell land in the Tarai and invited businessmen, traders and landlords from India. The British also kept the Nepal-India border open. The Nepal king enacted Citizenship Act of 1952 that allowed Indians to immigrate to Nepal and acquire Nepalese citizenship.

The Government of India and the Government of Nepal, recognising the ancient ties which have happily existed between the two countries;  Desiring still further to strengthen and develop these ties and to perpetuate peace between the two countries;  Have resolved therefore to enter into a Treaty of Peace and Friendship with each other, and have, for this purpose, appointed as their plenipotentiaries the following persons, namely,

His Excellency Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Narain Singh, Ambassador of India in Nepal.

Maharaja Mohun Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Nepal,

who having examined each other's credentials and found them good and in due form have agreed as follows:

There shall be everlasting peace and friendship between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal. The two Governments agree mutually to acknowledge and respect the complete sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of each other,

The two Governments hereby undertake to inform each other of any serious friction or misunderstanding with any neighbouring State likely to cause any breach in the friendly relations subsisting between the two Governments.

In order to establish and maintain the relations referred to in Article 1 the two Governments agree to continue diplomatic relations with each other by means of representatives with such staff as is necessary for the due performance of their functions. The representatives and such of their staff as may be agreed upon shall enjoy such diplomatic privileges and immunities as are customarily granted by international law on a reciprocal basis : Provided that in no case shall these be less than those granted to persons o£ a similar status of any other State having diplomatic relations with either Government.

The two Governments agree to appoint Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls and other consular agents, who shall reside in towns, ports and other places in each other's territory as may be agreed to. Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls and consular agents shall be provided with exequaturs or other valid authorization of their appointment. Such exequatur or authorization is liable to be withdrawn by the country which issued it, if considered necessary. The reasons for the withdrawal shall be indicated wherever possible. The persons mentioned above shall enjoy on a reciprocal basis all the rights, privileges, exemptions and immunities that are accorded to persons of corresponding status of any other State.

The Government of Nepal shall be free to import, from or through the territory of India, arms, ammunition or warlike material and equipment necessary for the security of Nepal. The procedure for giving effect to this arrangement shall be worked out by the two Governments acting in consultation.

Each Government undertakes, in token of the neighbourly friendship between India and Nepal, to give to the nationals of the other, in its territory, national treatment with regard to participation in industrial and economic development of such territory and to the grant of concessions and contracts, relating to such development.

The Governments of India and Nepal agree to grant, on a reciprocal basis, to the nationals of one country in the territories of the other the same privileges in the matter of residence, ownership of property, participation in trade and commerce, movement and other privileges of a similar nature.

So far as matters dealt with herein are concerned, this Treaty cancels all previous Treaties, agreements, and engagements entered into on behalf of India between the British Government and the Government of Nepal.

This Treaty shall come into force from the date of signature by both Governments.

This Treaty shall remain in force until it is terminated by either party by giving one year's notice.

Done in duplicate at Kathmandu this 31st day of July 1950.

The Himalayan Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal borders northern India in the south, east and west. During British rule in India, Nepal's ties with India were governed by the 1816 Treaty of Sugauli that was replaced by the 1923 "Treaty of perpetual peace and friendship". After the independence of India in 1947, the two nations sought to forge close strategic, commercial and cultural relations. The rise of Communist China in 1949 and the subsequent invasion of Tibet heightened security concerns in both India and Nepal — while India had maintained good relations with Tibet, Nepal feared that China would support the Communist Party of Nepal and sponsor a communist revolution overthrowing the state.With heightening concerns over the security threat to India presented by Communist China, which was seen as seeking to projecting power and influence over Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan and border disputes with India, the latter sought to strengthen its "Himalayan frontier" by forging an alliance on defence and foreign affairs with Nepal.

Although initially supported enthusiastically by both sides, the treaty became the subject of increased resentment in Nepal, which saw it as an encroachment of its sovereignty and an unwelcome extension of Indian influence.After an abortive attempt in 1952 of the Communist Party of Nepal to seize power with Chinese backing, India and Nepal stepped up military and intelligence cooperation under treaty provisions, and India sent a military mission to Nepal which was regarded by leftist Nepalese as an undue extension of Indian influence in Nepal In the late 1950s and 1960s, Nepal and China forged better relations, while relations with India deteriorated as Nepal forced the Indian military mission to leave and both nations began ignoring the treaty provisions.While temporarily brought closer after the Sino-Indian War in 1962, Nepal resented the growth of India's regional power in the 1970s. The extensive Indian trade and economic influence was also resented by some in Nepal. Nepal began openly lobbying for renegotiation of the treaty and proposed itself as a "zone of peace" between India and China.

काठमांडो : नेपाल की सेना में 70 पूर्व माओवादी विद्रोहियों को अधिकारी के तौर पर शामिल किया गया है। इनमें चार महिलाएं हैं। इन लोगों ने अधिकारी बनने के लिए जरूरी नौ महीने का प्रशिक्षण पूरा किया है। भक्तपुर के खरीपाटी स्थित नेपाली सैन्य अकादमी में आयोजित समारोह में आज इन 70 लोगों को सेना के अधिकारी की पदवी दी गई। इस मौके पर चीफ ऑफ आर्मी स्टॉफ जनरल गौर शमशेर राधा तथा दूसरे वरिष्ठ अधिकारी मौजूद थे। इस मौके पर पासिंग हाउट परेड भी हुई जिसके गवाह नेपाल की अंतरिम सरकार के प्रमुख खिल राज रेगमी बने।

KATHMANDU : The Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi, has sent a fact-finding team to Uttarakhand on August 21. According to a press release issued by the Embassy in New Delhi, the team consists of Yadu Lal Kharel, Counsellor in the Embassy, who was one of the two members who had gone to the area during the June-floods also, and Pushpa Raj Pandey, a Nepali social worker from Haridwar, who actively coordinated rescue of Nepalese nationals during the floods. The team is entrusted with the task of trying to find out about Nepalese detainees, if any, and seek consular access; taking up the issue of compensation with authorities in Uttarakhand getting further information about those under treatment in Uttarakhand  visit shelters where Nepalese nationals are kept, if any; and also trying to find out more about the missing Nepalese nationals in the state.The team reached Dehradun Thursday, and got necessary information from the Secretariat on floods there. According to the preliminary information received from the Secretariat in Dehradun, there are no more Nepalese detainees in Uttarakhand. Those who were detained under criminal charges during and in the aftermath of the floods have been released.

कोलकाता: पश्चिम वंगालको दार्जिलिङमा जारी छुट्टै राज्य गोर्खाल्याण्डको आन्दोलनमा नेपालका माओवादीले सहयोग गरेको वंगालको सरकारको गुप्तचर विभागले दावी गरेको छ । मुख्यमन्त्री ममता वेनर्जीले हड्ताल फिर्ता लिन मोर्चालाई ७२ घण्टे अल्टिमेटमको सीमा सकिन लाग्दा गुप्तचरले यस आशयको प्रतिवेदन वाहिर ल्याएको हो । गुप्तचरले मोर्चाका अध्यक्षसहितका नेताहरु नेपाली माओवादीको प्रत्यक्ष सम्पर्कमा रहेको दावी गरेको छ  । तर, कुन माओवादी भन्ने प्रष्ट खुलाइएको छैन । 'मोर्चाका नेताहरु नेपालका माओवादीको नियमित सम्पर्कमा छन्', गुप्तचरको प्रतिवेदन उद्धृत गर्दै नेपाली अखवार हिमालय दर्पणले लेखेको छ,'गोर्खाल्याण्ड आन्दोलनका लागि हतियार र रुपैयाँ पनि नेपालवाटै भित्रिएको छ ।' यता, मोर्चा अध्यक्ष विमल गुरुलले गुप्तचर प्रतिवेदनप्रति आपत्ति जनाउदै राज्य सरकारले आन्दोलन दमन गर्ने नियतका साथ हावादारी प्रतिवेदन वाहिर ल्याएको दावी गरेका छन् । 

Jhakri is the Nepali word for shaman. Jhakri shamanism is practiced among numerous ethnic groups of Nepal and Northeast India, including theLimbu, Rai Khambu, Sunwar, Sherpa, Kami, Tamang, Gurung, Magars and Lepcha. Belief in spirits is prevalent, hence also the fear of spirit possession. Some vernacular words for jhakri are phedangbo in theLimbu language, maangpa or nakchyong in Khambu, andboongthing in Lepcha. Jhakris perform rituals during weddings, funerals, and harvests. They diagnose and cure diseases. Their practices are influenced by Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Mun, and Bön rites.

काठमांडो : भारतीय निवेशकों द्वारा नेपाल में किए गए 32.5 लाख डॉलर के निवेश से इस पड़ोसी देश के 30,000 युवाओं के लिये रोजगार के अवसर उपलब्ध हुये। एक शीर्ष भारतीय राजनयिक ने यह बात कही है। यहां भारतीय दूतावास के प्रभारी जयदीप मजूमदार ने कहा, ‘भारतीय निवेशकों ने नेपाल के आर्थिक विकास में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई है। 501 भारतीय संयुक्त उद्यमों ने नेपाल में 32.5 लाख डॉलर (लगभग 3,239 करोड़ रुपए) का निवेश किया है, जिससे 30,000 नेपाली युवाओं के लिये रोजगार के अवसर उत्पन्न हुये हैं। साथ ही इससे नेपाल का निर्यात कारोबार भी बढ़ा है।’

भारतीय दूतावास द्वारा यहां नेपाल इंडिया चैंबर ऑफ कामर्स एंड इंडस्ट्रीज के सहयोग से आयोजित नेपाल-भारत व्यापार सम्मेलन को मुख्य वक्ता के रूप में संबोधित करते हुए मजूमदार ने यह बात कही। सम्मेलन में अन्य वक्ताओं ने नेपाल-भारत व्यापार और कारोबारी रिश्तों का और विस्तार तथा विविधीकरण करने की जरूरत पर जोर दिया। उनका कहना था कि इससे दोनों देशों के आम लोगों को फायदा होगा। इस मौके पर नेपाल के वाणिज्य सचिव जनार्दन नेपाल तथा सीआईआई के प्रतिनिधि अनुज अग्रवाल भी मौजूद थे।

This is a beautiful movie and I enjoyed it very much. I think it is important that this kind of movies are made. Movies that make you think and that give you an idea of other places and cultures on this planet. 

Laia, a young Catalan teacher, moves to Kathmandu in the early 90's, to volunteer in a local school.She will soon discover extreme poverty and a devastatingly bleak educational system that leaves out the most needy. She initially protests and later decides to get married out of convenience, so as to legalize her situation and take on an ambitious educational project in the slums of Kathmandu.

She immediately realizes that she can't do it all by herself. She also discovers a beautiful gift she had never expected: to fall in love with the stranger she marries. She finds herself torn between her love life and her commitment to the children she helps. Laia and Sharmila, another young teacher who becomes her dearest friend, work side by side to launch a new project that will distance Laia from her partner beyond repair. It will, however, always unite her to Sharmila and small Kushila, in a personal journey into the depths of the Nepalese society and also to her most inner self. 

Kathmandu : Nepal has asked India to immediately close its field office opened in 2008 to assist flood victims in Biratnagar town in the eastern Terai region, a media report said Friday. "We have asked the Indian government through diplomatic cables to shut down the field office, as it is no more relevant," Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha was quoted as saying by the Republica daily. According to Xinhua, despite several requests by Nepal, India, reportedly, has not shown interest in closing the office, which facilitated vehicular movement following the aftermath of floods in the Koshi river. 

In January 2011, Nepal's ministry of foreign affairs wrote a letter to the Indian embassy about the necessity to close the office. "In spite of several directives from the Nepali side, it is surprising that the Indian side has been dilly-dallying to shut down the office," a foreign ministry official told the daily. "Initially, the field office was based near the Koshi Barrage on the Nepal-India border, before it was relocated to Biratnagar. While transferring the office, India did not seek the consent of Nepal," the official said. India and Nepal share a border of around 1,750 km, and as neighbours, share a special relationship of friendship and cooperation characterised by an open border and free movement of people.

 Bal Krishna Samser janga bahadur Rana was born in 1902 as the second son to General Samer Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana and Kirti Rajya Laxmi in Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal. He was born in Rana family (equivalent to Royal family) of that time so he was able to pursue the best education available in the country. Bal Krishna Sama He completed his high school from Bhanu School (Durbar High School) in Rani Pokhari and went to Tri Chandra college as a science student. Balkrishna Samser Janga bahadur Rana by birth had right to become military officer went to Dehradoon (India) training and became a Lieutenant Colonel. Then prime minister Chandra Shumshere did not find Sama's interest in writing positively. Sama was not happy about the Rana rules and the regime. 

 He got married to Mandakini in 1921. Balkrishna was distracted by cruelty of his grandfather to the servants and worker. His father was engaged in luxurious all the time. Sama had struggled finding time for him in peace. He selected learning art and literature to spend his time far from those violence and inhuman behaviors. He started publishing his articles in good magazines like Sarada, Udhyog, Shahitya Shrot and others. He took out all the honorary names out of his long name and made it short as “Balkrihna Sama”. He did not want to associated himself with Rana autocracy in Nepal. The drama "Bhater" published in Pragati in 1953 represents his feelings and concerned on human rights and freedom. Bal Krishna Sama is known “Natya Siromani”. He was known to be "Shakespeare" of the era in Nepal. He was much more inspired by Shakespeare's works. 

His dramas such as "Prem Pinda", "Buhartan", "Tapobhumi", "Atyadhunikta", and "Bhater" present the social context of the Rana era. "Mukunda Indira" and "Mutuko Byatha" show the emotional and romantic side of Sama's personality. Mukunda Indira is story of all Nepali people still in 21st century. "Amit Basana", "Boksi", "Talamathi", and "Andhabeg" are based on the human psychology. And his dramas on historical personalities are "Amar Singh", "Bhimsen Ko Antya", and "Bhakta Bhanubhakta". "Birami Ra Kuruwa" deals with philosophy while "Prahlad" and "Dhruba" are based on religious figures. Sama's contribution to Nepali literature and drama is things to be proud of. Sama wrote stories, poems, essays, compositions, and biographies. 

His contemporaries Laxmi Prasad Devkota and Lekhnath Poudyal were involved in writing poetry. "Aago Ra Paani" and "Chiso Chulho" are his popular epics, he wrote an essay on Nepalese art entitled "Nepal Lalit Kala" as well as a biography Hamra Rastriya Bhibhutiharu and an autobiography Mero Kabita Ko Aradhana, Part I and II. "Kaikai" is his most well-known short story collection which was published in 1938. Sama had very important role in changing the name "Gorkha Bhasa Prakashini Samiti" to "Nepali Bhasa Prakashini Samiti". He felt "Gorkha" did not truly represent the people of Nepal. His wants all to become Nepali. He also became the chairman of the Samiti for several years and worked as a lecturer of Nepali language and literature in Tri Chandra College. In 1955, he became director of Radio Nepal and chief editor of Gorkhapatra. In 1967, when the Royal Nepal Academy was established, he became a member and later on the vice chancellor of the academy. 

 Sama continued writing and published though his life several poems in magagines like Madhuparka, Ramjham and others. He had many unpublished works which he read out in literary programs. Among his unpublished dramas are "Gangalal", "Aja", "Milinad", "Prem", "Chinta", "Prandaan". Sama was awarded with the Tribhuwan Puraskar from Nepal Rajakiya Pragya Prathistan in 1972. The same year he received the Bishesh Upadhi from Tribhuvan University and in 1978, the Prithvi Pragya Puraskar from Pragya Pratisthan. He died in 1981. He physically left the world, but his works are still alive. His contribution to Nepali Sahitya(literature) is invincible. 

(Source:-Various Book and internet sites)

KATHMANDU: Though late, the central bank has decided to take over the management of Gurkha Development Bank to save the ailing class ‘B’ financial institution from liquidation. “Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) will send a three-member team with a mandate of six months to handle the management of the development bank as a last resort to save it,”  a highly placed source at the NRB said, adding that the board meeting late last evening decided to send a team to take over Gurkha Development Bank. “The central bank team will take over the development bank within this week,” he said. “It will try to find a strategic partner by issuing ‘Terms of Reference’.” However, NRB is yet to decide the members of the team that will replace the current shareholders that ran the bank into the current mess.

The national level development bank ran into trouble after the misappropriation of funds by its directors and executives — an example of bad corporate governance.  Large scale insider lending coupled with dispute among the directors led the development bank to be declared crisis-ridden by the central bank in March, 2011. Three key promoters — D B Bamjam, Nirmal Gurung and Rakesh Adukiya — are blamed for the mess in the bank that was running well. Bamjam — who is serving a jail term for banking fraud — was the chairman when he was found to be involved in fake lending. The central bank designated team will work in finding strategic partners, who will buy shares of the promoters involved in the misappropriation of the bank’s fund. But the current and earlier management team of the bank had also tried to bring in a strategic partner but had failed.

“Merger with other financial institutions is also possible,” the source added. Since March 2011, various attempts to revive its financial health were aborted midway, either due to a dispute between the directors or due to regulatory norms. Two months back, the central bank had sought Gurkha Development Bank’s clarification on its inability to improve its financial health. But neither did it satisfy the central bank nor improve its financial health. The central bank is empowered to take over the management of any financial institution under NRB Act 2063 (Section 54), if it is dissatisfied with the explanation provided. If the takeover of the management also does not work then the development bank will be liquidated.The development bank still has a total of Rs 1.5 billion bad loans and is not allowed to collect deposits.

Earlier, in May 2009, the central bank had taken over the management of Bank of Kathmandu following prolonged dispute between the bank’s directors and management. Likewise in 2006, it had taken over the management of Nepal Bangladesh Bank due to its deteriorating financial health. Both the banks are financially sound at present.

 किराती एउटा सभ्यता हो र यो महा-जाती हो एस भित्र धेरै किराती जातीहरु छन मित्र । अनी हामी किराती थियौ र हौ पनि अनी त्यो बाहुनको जुन सन्स्क्रितको कुरा छ त्यो मात्र सड्यत्र हो हामी बहु पहिचान बोकेका किरातिहरुलाई एउटै टोक्रीमा राइ पगरी-पदबी मा हालेको जेस्तै सत्य कुर हो मित्र !!! याद होस् अब हामीले तेसो हुन दिनु हुन्न र हाम्रो पहिचान स्तापित गर्दै एतिहासिक किरात एकतामा जानुको बिकल्प छैन नत्र यो देशमा राइ पगरिले हामी निकट भबिषयमा शरणआर्थी हुने पक्का छ मित्र !! यहा जे सत्य हो उस्को जित हुन्छ तपिको कुनै कुरा पनि लुकाउनु हुँदैन के किरात को पहिचान संसार भरी छैन र ?? अनी शोषक र झुटा आदम्बरी राजा त यो देशमा हेट भने नाथे हामी सबै किराती जातिको पहिचान र अधिकार अनी दाइत्य र कर्त्य्ब नै नामेट पर्ने यो राइ पदबि - पगरिलाई हामी तुरुन्तै नामेटा पारी सबैको स्व पहिचन शाहीत यो देशमा किराती महाजातिको एकता बलियो बनाउन सक्छौ मित्र आट गर्नु पर्छ दुनियाँमा सत्यको जित नै हुन्छ र भको छ पनि !!!

 खालिङ खालिङ शब्द कसरी व्युत्पति भयो - स्वभाविक कौतुहलको प्रसंङ्ग हो । "ख्याल" शब्दबाट अपभ्रंश भई खालिङ भएको हो । खालिङ जातिहरु आफूलाई ख्याल् भन्दछन् । "ख्याल" शब्दले खालिङ जाति, बीस वा खालिङ पितृ भन्ने जनाउछ । "ख्याल" बाट व्युत्पत भएका अन्य शब्दहरु- ख्याल्च्यो- पुरुष वाचक र ख्याल्म्या- स्त्रीवाचक शब्दहरु हुन् । त्यस्तै ख्याल्ब्रा- खालिङ भाषा, ख्याल् तम्र - खालिङ मुन्दुम् , ख्याल् कम् - खालिङ निवास, ख्याल् देल् - खालिङ गाँउ आदि ... धेरै खालिङ शब्दहरु छन् । "राप्छ" खालिङ भाषाको नेपाली अनुवाद "खालिगाँउ" भन्ने बुझिन्छ । खालीको शब्दार्थ हुन्छ - बस्ती नभएको खाली ठाँउ या जग्गा । यस ठाँउलाई नेपाली भाषामा अझै पनि "खाली या खालीगाउँ" नामले चिनिन्छ । राप्छ गाँउ सोलुखुम्बु जिल्लाको बासा गा.वि.स.को वडा नं. ७ र ८ मा पर्दछ । 

दक्षिण पुर्ब मोहडा फर्केको, चोमोलुङमा (सगरमाथा) क्षेत्रबाट बगेर आउने दूधकोशी किनार १३५० मी देखि केम्जे डाँडा ३२५०मी सम्मा टक्क बसेको भूभाग, अनि मनै लोभ्याउने रमणीय प्राकृतिक छटाभित्र रहेको राप्छ गाँउ आफैमा फराकिलो, सुन्दर, शान्त छ । यस गाँउमा एउटा गाँउ/टोल छ, जस्को नाम हो "ख्यालदेल", यसको सोझो अर्थ हुन्छ खालिङगाँउ । परापुर्वकालमा माप्यका सन्तती ज्युब्यु (जुबिङ)बाट "राप्छ ख्याल" त्यस खाली ठाँउमा गएर बसोबास गरेपछि यस ठाँउको नाम "राप्छ" रहन गएको हो । खालिङ मुन्दुम्मा "ख्याल" शब्दको अर्थ पितृ या कुल हुन्छ । खालिङ आराध्यदेव "खम्नीम्य ख्याल्"लाई मन परेको ठाँउ यही राप्छ थियो । "खाली" ठाँउमा नयाँ बसोबास गर्ने समुदाय" बाट "खालिङ" शब्दको उत्पति भएको प्रष्टिन्छ । खालिङहरु पुरुषलाई ख्याल्च्यो र महिलालाई ख्याल्म्या भन्दछन् । यसरी "ख्याल्, ख्याल्च्यो, ख्याल्म्या, ख्याल्देल, खालीठाँउ वा खालीगाँउ" आदिसंग "खालिङ" शब्दको सम्बन्ध रहेको पाइन्छ । अन्तत खालिङ शब्द सुन्नसाथ आफ्नैपनाको भाषा अनि साँस्कृतिक पहिचान बोकेका एक विशेष हिमाली भूमिको बासिन्दा हुन् भनेर स्मरण भैजान्छ ।

 मध्यपुर्ब नेपाल क्षेत्रमा बसोबास गर्ने धेरै थरिका किरातीहरुमध्ये आफ्नैपनाको जातीय मौलिक पहिचान भएको जाति खालिङ पनि हो । यिनीहरु दिक्प्य र माप्य खालिङ "ख्याल"का सन्तानहरु हुन । पिता पुर्खाहरुको भनाइ अनुसार दिक्प्य र माप्य दाजुभाइ बरहक्षेत्र "सीलुखूलु" बाट आई खुम्बु क्षेत्रको तलतिर, दूधकोशी नदीको वारिपारिका ठाउँहरुमा बसोबास गरेका थिए । दीक्प्य ख्याल दूधकोशी अनि सोलुखोला उपत्यका पछ्याउदै दूधकुण्ड हिमालको फेदी नजिक ग्वान्ब भन्ने ठाँउमा आएर पहिलो बस्ती बसालेका थिए । तत्पश्चात पुर्वी मोहडाका न्यानो भूमि छ्युलेमु, डकु हुदै झरेका थिए । माप्य ख्याल साल्पा भञ्ज्याङ हुँदै पाँचपोखरीबाट सगरमाथाको काखमा रहेको (पाङमुजे¬) पाङबोचे (३,९८५मी उच्चाई)मा पहिलो बस्ती बसाली त्यस क्षेत्रमा खेत बिराएका कहानी प्रत्येक पुर्खाले बताउँछन् । गेल्जोङम्या भोटेनीसँग बुबुसा (बुक्सा) ठाँउको उर्बरा भूमि चर्चा गर्न अउल् झरेको कहानी छ । उनै गेल्जोङम्याले माप्यलाई नून् खान पनि सिकाएकी थिइन् रे । माप्यका सन्तानहरु, ज्युब्यु, राप्छ, लोम्रु, वाकु र पावैसम्म फैलिएका छन् । खालिङ को हुन् - भन्ने बारेमा लिखित रुपमा पूर्न इतिहास नभए पनि खालिङ सँस्कृति साक्षी छ । 

सर्वोच्च शिखर सगरमाथा/चोमोलुङमा -चुच्चे ढुङ्गाहरुको आमा) अवस्थित सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला नै खालिङ जातीको मुल थलो हो । सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला बाहेक काठमाण्डौ, खोटाङ जिल्लाको बुइपा फुलेली, भोजपुर, मोरङ, सुनसरी, संखुवासभा, झापा, पाँचथर, इलाम, दार्जिलिङ, सिकिम अमेरिका आदि अन्य धेरै ठाँउहरुमा पनि खालिङ जातिको बसोबास रहेको छ । चन्द्रु खालिङद्वारा संग्रह गरिएको "ख्याल रादु छेस्कु तम्र, श्रदेय ख्याल्च्यो पुर्खाहरु र The Gurkhas, Eden Vansttart, introduced by B.R. Bajracharya, Anmol Publications - New Delhi, India, को पेज नं.१३०, 27। अनुसार ... ... ख्यालदोस (पाछा)हरु - अ य . अ दिक्प्य, फल्ले, लवदा, सलुङ, थूःला, हाङख्व्राप, हान्दुङ, स्याइजित, म्युथाङ, क्रिसी, यामटोल, सतास, न्याम्र, माप्य, ज्यूब्, कूःल, व्याइसङ, र् कर्सङ, ख्याप्चरु, दबङ, हलबेर, हृयरिख्व्राप्, व्याम्रु, मुक्न्यार, च्युन्द्युर्यार्इर्र् धनकुल, सलच्यो, राःतो, राप्छ, ब्योल्योरु, ब्योर्योम्यर्इ, रुना, दुसा, स्युरित्य, नङख्युइव्या, त्याप्तेल्कु, अयु, स्योन्यमुख, ल्युम्म्य, नुदिपद, त्याप्तीब्वाप्, सम्नरु थम्नरु, रुम्दु, थ्यन्यरु, अस्युली, हृयरिख्व्राप, गोतेम्बु, पुङगर्र्सर् ल्यातो, म्योल्योख्व्राप, प्रोन्ज्योस, जिन्दे, शिविदेउ, लोम्रु, जिन्ती, ख्यार्तो, छिव्यसङ, व्यख्पति, गजिपत, जमानसिंह, हंसी, म्युल्युसङ, नर्र्ल्याम्, नरजित, जयकण्ठ, विन्दसिंह, जम्बसिंह, श्रीकृष्ण, केशेर्याई, मुल्कु, म्यार्सर् उम्यदिम्, हार्पत, र्याज्युमान, स्योम्त्याञ्जे, छिरिङ, न्योर्सर् अरनीजोर, मतिजोर, पर्ण्जोर, र् हर्कवर्ण्र् जगदल, ङोरोतम्, हृयार्मोती, कर्सङप्य, चोमु, ङेम्य, युतेल्कु, करभाग, धनपद, प्यार्लु, ङपकु, ढाक्सेलम, मनध्वज, ङपच, लोन्थोपद, हिरलम, नन्दलम, शंखलम, साकेप, हाङकुला, हाङसाङ, चेलोस, चोचिमी, मिरास, पारारुस, ब्यार्लु, दुसा, हलोक्सु, खेरङ, र्युब्दे, ग्वाम्केप, जसुवान, अक्स्युव्या, मादम्ल्यु, सुरतराम, रुपदे, तेप्था, राद्दा, प्याती, रज्याली, काङसिल्याम्, दूतम्, म्योल्योप्य्राम् , दम्नीजोर आदि । 

फूलनामहरु आधुनिक प्रविधि, बिकास, औपचारिक शिक्षा, परिवेश आदिका कारण परम्परागत मान्यता परिवर्तन हुदै गैरहेको छ । सरकारी कामकाजमा बाहेक न्वारानको नाम काडेर व्यक्तिलाई बोलाउनु अस्वभाविक/अपमान ठानिन्छ । साम्मान गरेर बोलाउनु पर्दा साइनोबाट बोलाउनुपर्छ । खालिङ जातिमा तरुणो/तरुणी भएपछि उपनामको रुपमा फूलनाम लगाई दिने चलन छ । फूल नाम वा उपनाम राख्दा/लगाईदिँदा सम्बन्धित व्यक्तिको चरित्र, हाउभाउ र रुपलाई सुहाउने गरी राख्ने चलन छ । प्राय यो फुलनामबाट बोलाउने चलन छ । हितैषी साथि र स्नेहीहरुलाई फूलनामबाट बोलाउने चलन छ । स्त्रीवाचक- उजम्, उजम्फूल, उरम्फूल, उरस्फूलर्,र् इछतीर्,र् इछम्र्,र् इछम्फूलर्,र् इजम्र्,र् इजम्फूलर्,र् इन्जतिर्,र् इरिस्फूल, गम्बिरफूल, गोरिम्फूल, गोरीस्, गौनस्फूल, छकस्ती, छमन्फूल, छमस्फूल, जमन्फूल, जमस्फूल, जिरन्, जिरम्, जुनम्, जुनम्फूल, जुनस्ती, जुरम्, जुरम्फूल, निजम्, निजम्फूल, निरम्, निरम्फूल, निरस्फूल, नैजती, नैनस्फूल, नैरस्ती, निरिम्, फट्टपिल, बिजम्, बिजम्फूल, बिनस्ती, बिनस्फूल, बिरिस्फूल, बिरस्फूल, मकम्फूल, मज्जती, मजम्फूल, मनस्फूल, मयम्फूल, मरिस्फूल, मन्जती, मलिम्, मलिम्फूल, मसिम्, मसिम्फूल, माइजा, माईरस्ती, मैजफूल, रसिम्, रसिम्फूल, राम्रसफूल, रिजम्, रिजम्फूल, रिमन्, रिमन्फूल, रेसम्फूल, साईरस्ती, सिमन्, सिमन्फूल, स्रि्रीस, सिरम्, सिरम्फूल, सिरस्ती, सिरिम, सिरिम्फूल, सिरिस्फूल, सिर्जती, सुजम्, सुजम्फूल, राम्जती, राम्रस्फुल, राम्रीस्फूल आदि ।

पुरुषवाचक- उजमे, उजम्लाल, उरमे, उरस्लाल, ऐनबर, ऐनस्लाल, ऐने, ऐसबर, ऐसेर्,र् इछम्लालर्,र् इछलालर्,र् इजम्लालर्,र् इरिस्लाल, गनसे, गम्बिरे, गम्बिरलाल, गुनस्, गोरिस्, गोरिसे, गौनबर, गौनस्, गौनस्लाल, घमसे, छक्कलाल, छकस्, छकसे, छकस्लाल, छत्तिस्लाल, छत्तिसे, छमन्लाल, छमसे, छमस्लाल, छमस्बर, जमस्, जमस्लाल, जिरने, जिरिसे, जुनमे, जुनबर, जुनम्लाल, जुनसे, जैनस्, जैनसे, तमसे, देउनस्, निजमे, निजम्लाल, निरमे, निरम्लाल, निरसे, नैजे, नैजलाल, नैनस्लाल, नैरस्लाल, पिछलाल, फट्टबिर, फट्टसि, फट्टलिल, फनसे, बत्तिसे, बिजबर, बिजमे, बिजम्बर, बिजम्लाल, बिजस्, बिजसे, बिरस्, बिरिसलाल, बिरिसे, बिरस्लाल, मकम्लाल, मजमे, मजम्लाल, मजसे, मनस्, मनस्बर, मनस्लाल, मरिस्लाल, मरिसे, मलिमे, मैजलाल, मैनस्, मैनसे, मैनस्बर, राम्रिसे, राम्रिस्लाल, रिजने, रिजमे, रिजसे, रिजम्लाल, रमन्लाल, रमने, रामरस् , रिमने, रिमन्लाल, रसिमे, रसिम्लाल, रेसमे, रेसम्लाल, सिमने, सिमन्लाल, स्रि्रीसे, सिरमे, सिरम्लाल, सिरस्, सिरिमे, सिरिम्लाल, सिरिस्लाल, सुजम्बर, सुजम्लाल, आदि । 

नोट - नाम्जे-नाम्चे, दिवोजे-दिबोचे, दिङमुजे-दिङबोचे, फोरोजे-फोर्चे, लबुजे-लबुचे, तेङमुजे-तेङबोचे, स्योङमुजे-स्याङबोचे, भेम्क्यार-बेङकार, खुमीझुङ-खुम्जुङ, युलझुङ-युलजुङ, ग्ल्योमर्सदोभान- लार्जदोभान, तवजे-तावचे, आदि शब्दहरु खालिङ शब्दबाट अपभ्रंश/ब्युत्पति भएका हुन् भने मर्सझुङ, ग्ल्योझुङ, नमुजे, तेःमुजे, सलुङ, केम्जे, कटुन्जे, र्सर्मुजे आदि खालिङ तत्सम शब्दहरु हुन् । खालिङ भाषामा "जे" को अर्थ हुन्छ-बोल्छ, बज्छ, कहलाउछ र "मुजे" को अर्थ हुन्छ- बोल्दैन, बज्दैन । सोलुखुम्बुबाट आएका साला (तन्नेरी), सोह्र खम्बु .....बाट सोलुखुम्बु शब्दको उत्पति भएको हुन सक्छ । 

Kathmandu : The twin-engine aircraft, operated by domestic carrier Sita Air, was carrying trekkers to the Everest region when it came down just minutes after take-off near the Manohara River on the southwest edge of the capital Kathmandu this morning. All 19 people on board died. The other Britons killed were named today by local travel company Sherpa Adventures as Raymond Eagle, 58, Christopher Davey, 51, brothers Vincent Kelly, 50, and Darren Kelly, 45, Timothy Oakes, 57, and Stephen Holding, 60, according to the Press Association. 

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said the families of the victims had all been informed. As a number of badly burned bodies lay just metres from the aircraft's shattered fuselage, witnesses described how they heard passengers 'wailing and screaming' as flames engulfed the plane as it crashed at around 6.30am (00.45 GMT) after apparently hitting an eagle.