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  • India Nepal monsoon floods leave 160 dead

    DEHRADUN, India (AFP) - Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of people stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India and neighbouring Nepal, killing more than 160, officials said.Thousands of pilgrims and tourists have already been evacuated after floods and landslides caused by early monsoon rains wrought devastation through ...

  • Nepal-Africa film festival opens with Earth Anthem

    Kathmandu, June 19 (IANS) The third edition of the Nepal-Africa Film Festival opened with the screening of "Earth Anthem", a short film written, produced and directed by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K. The screening of the 2.5-minute-long film was held Wednesday at the Russian Cultural Centre in the Nepal capital. It was attended by celebrities of the Nepalese film industry. The ...

  • India to provide Rs 40 million to Nepal for school buildings

    Foreign observers and investors continue to see India as a positive growth story, even as domestic players cower in the shadow of their own ...

  • Dabur Nepal and ICIMOD partner to promote herbal medicinal and aromatic plants

    Dabur Nepal and ICIMOD partner to promote herbal medicinal and aromatic plants Dabur Nepal and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) have entered into a five-year partnership to promote herbal medicinal and aromatic plants from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. According to a press release issued by ICIMOD, experts from Dabur and ICIMOD will bring to bear their ...

  • Conquering Everest begins at a tiny Nepal airstrip

    LUKLA, Nepal // As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst out in applause. They do that for nearly every safe landing at the often terrifying airport at the gateway to Mount Everest. At an altitude of 2,843 metres, the small airstrip here has earned a reputation as one of the most extreme and dangerous airports in the world. The single runway is narrow, ...

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Gate of Flesh (Nikutai no mon) [DVD]

Gate of Flesh (Nikutai no mon) [DVD]

Although it was made nearly 20 years after the end of World War II, Seijun Suzuki's Gate of Flesh seethes with the bitterness, resentment, and feelings of loss that pervaded Japan following its defeat in 1945. Gate of Flesh is transfixed with the undercurrents of a countr ... ...

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  • Nepal govt hopes to sign labour agreement with Msia

    The Nepal government has proposed for the Malaysian government to sign a labour agreement, for the third time in two years. Despite being the largest labour destination for Nepali workers, the two countries have not signed the agreement so far. A four-member Nepali delegation submitted the final copy of the agreement to the director-general of the Malaysian labour department. "We've ...

  • Nepal Airlines Corp signs US$106m loan with EPF to buy two jets

    Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) finally looks like it is buying planes to expand its skeleton fleet again, after each of its past purchase plans ended in disaster. The national flag carrier signed a 10 billion Nepalese rupees (US$106 million) loan agreement with the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) on Tuesday to buy two Airbus aircraft it has been eyeing for a long time. With the loan ...

  • Nepali Papers Term U.S. Provoker of Korean War

    Pyongyang, June 18 (KCNA) -- Nepali newspapers carried articles branding the U.S. imperialists as a provocateur of the Korean War on the occasion of the June 25-July 27 month of anti-U.S. joint struggle. Rahasha on June 13 said in an article title "Why did the U.S. ignite Korean War": On June 25, 1950, the U.S. instigated the south Korean puppet army to start an all-out invasion ...

  • AI criticizes Nepali envoy in Qatar for her attempts to deport migrant worker

    AI criticizes Nepali envoy in Qatar for her attempts to deport migrant worker Amnesty International (AI) has criticized the Nepali ambassador to Qatar Maya Kumari Sharma for her attempt to deport a Nepali migrant worker Dioendra Bhetwal for writing an article against her. Issuing a statement on Tuesday, AI said that targeting of Bhetwal for his article is not only a violation of his right to ...

  • 16 killed in Nepal floods

    Kathmandu, June 18 : At least 16 people were killed and several others went missing in Nepal in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, officials said ...

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