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AIDS a real threat for Nepal
RENU KSHETRY KATHMANDU, Dec 1 – Some 30,000 female sex workers (FSW) were engaged in sexual activities with 600,000 male clients in Nepal in 2007, making for a ratio of 1:20 (FSW: client), according to National Estimates of HIV Infections, … Continue reading
AIDS a real threat for Nepal
RENU KSHETRY KATHMANDU, Dec 1 – Some 30,000 female sex workers (FSW) were engaged in sexual activities with 600,000 male clients in Nepal in 2007, making for a ratio of 1:20 (FSW: client), according to National Estimates of HIV Infections, … Continue reading
Nepal expects more aid: Yadav
KATHMANDU, Oct 25 – Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav Friday said Nepal expects enhanced level of development assistance and support from international aid agencies and other development partners. Addressing a function to mark U. In the case of Nepal, the Millennium … Continue reading
Nepal expects more aid: Yadav
KATHMANDU, Oct 25 – Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav Friday said Nepal expects enhanced level of development assistance and support from international aid agencies and other development partners. Addressing a function to mark U. In the case of Nepal, the Millennium … Continue reading
Equitable, lawful society for poverty alleviation: PM
KATHMANDU, Oct 17 – Establishment of equitable and lawful society can only help Nepal make a poverty-free country, said Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in his message on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of poverty.Saying that … Continue reading
Melamchi Project Showcases Graft in Nepal
Now, the multi-million dollar Melamchi Water Supply Project has added another feather to its notoriety cap, thanks to the Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2008 released today, which has portrayed the controversial project as a showcase of water related corruption … Continue reading
Pope welcomes Bush for talks
Pope Benedict XVI broke with normal Vatican protocol on Friday to welcome US President George W Bush for talks in a medieval tower.The pontiff stood several minutes waiting for Bush in the Vatican gardens outside the Tower of St John … Continue reading
EC to give $100m for education sector
KATHMANDU, June 6 – European Commission (EC) and the Government of Nepal on Thursday signed a Financing Agreement to start implementing the ‘Education Sector Policy Support Program’ with an initial amount of 25 million Euro (around US $38 million) for … Continue reading
ADB seeks more funds to assist 1.5b poor in Asia
Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials and government representatives from the international donor community and selected recipient countries convened in Manila on March 13-14 to discuss the replenishment of the Asian Development Fund (ADF), an endowment used to provide grants and … Continue reading
‘Make poverty history’ campaign launched
‘Movement for the Underprivileged’ (MUP); a programme that will change the course of the Nepal, is launched here today in joint initiative of four organisations; The Healing Touch, The Universal Peach Federation-Nepal, Pepsi Co and the Chaudhary Group.“Poverty is the … Continue reading