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Maoists’ shutdown increases uncertainty over Nepal’s political future
The Communist Party of Nepal Maoist (CPN-Maoist), the breakaway faction of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (UCPN-Maoist), has posed a risk to the November 19 Constituent Assembly polls by calling transportation strike for nine days beginning from November 12 to November 19. Although the ultra leftist party that decided…
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Hemant Divate: Poetic butterflies from the garden of India
An email sent from a friend opened a whole new world for me. It happened when Ahmed Al Shahawi, the well known Egyptian poet, sent me his friend Hemant Divate’s poems, to introduce them for Arab readers. Mr. Hemant Divate is an internationally known Marathi poet from India, who lives…
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Indo-Bangla power trading inaugurated
With the inauguration of the Bangladesh-India Power Transmission Center at Bheramara in the South-Western region of Bangladesh, the regional cooperation among the South Asian countries entered into a new era. The center was formally opened on October 5 and started supplying electricity produced in India to Bangladesh. Through this center,…
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Bangladesh’s garment factory collapse survivors attend vigil for victims
Relatives of the missing garment workers gather to attend the vigil for the victims of Rana Plaza collapse at Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 24, 2013. Survivors and their loved ones on Thursday marked the six-month anniversary of Bangladesh’s worst- ever industrial tragedy, while many families express…
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Festivals bring smiles on faces of Nepalese
Sarala Subedi, 39, a senior school teacher in Kathmandu, has also been doing an online job in the evenings for the last two weeks to earn extra money to spend while shopping for Dashain, the greatest festival of all Hindu Nepalese, which begins from October 5 and ends on October…
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South Asia
Talent on the streets of Pakistan
It’s true that the talent can take birth anywhere. On the streets of Pakistan, one can come across many people who have passion and flair for singing. Mostly they are folk singers and musicians who are compelled to perform at streets and roadsides owing to their economic circumstances and having…
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[Photo Break] Change the world!
One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. – Malala Yousafzai
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About 6,000 field candidacies for 240 CA seats in Nepal
Nearly 6,000 candidates from over 100 political parties Thursday fielded their candidacies from 240 constituencies to contest the 2nd Constituent Assembly election slated for November 19 in Nepal. With the nomination of the candidates for the 240 First-Past-The-Post seats of the 601-member Constituent Assembly in a peaceful environment, it is…
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Indian, Pakistani PMs meet and agree to take steps to ease Kashmir tensions
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan agreed Sunday they need to stop the recent spate of attacks in the disputed Kashmir region in order for peace talks to advance, a senior Indian official said. They also both accepted invitations to visit each other’s countries, but no dates were set.…
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Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai receives Clinton’s Global Citizens award
The Clinton Global Initiative presented its Global Citizens awards to a Pakistani teen activist shot by the Taliban, the founder of a Harlem nonprofit bakery and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg, one of only seven recipients, nabbed the group’s “Leadership in Public Service” award for his three terms in…
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