Kalpit Parajuli

In May, foreign booking drop by 50 per cent. Strikes against the government block manufacturing, jeopardising foreign investments.

Some parties are opposed to extending the term of the Constituent Assembly to write the new constitution. The deadline, May 28, threatens to open a crisis, because the validity of the Interim Constitution expires. The position of the Maoists and other parties.

Celebrations are held today in Lumbini, the Buddha’s birthplace. The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki receive the Gautam Buddha International Peace Award for their action against the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world.

Maoists now will be in charge of the country’s internal security. The appointment is the result of a secret deal between Communist PM Khanal and Maoist leaders. The party representing the former guerrilla fighters also controls 19,000 armed men.

The exiles are asking the Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay for an agreement with the West to put an end to repression by the Chinese-backed government in Kathmandu. Organized a vigil to pray for protection and the new leader of the Tibetans in exile.

Many non-Christians took part in the service as well. Nine boys were baptised in Kathmandu’s heavily protected cathedral. “Few attacks against Catholics won't discourage our work;” instead, “we shall serve God with greater energy,” Mgr Sharma said.

After a multi-faith ceremony in which Muslims, Christians and Sikhs read from their sacred texts, hundreds of thousands of people followed the body to its burial ground. The guru was not cremated but laid to rest in the public hall of his ashram in Andhra Pradesh, an honour reserved only to those considered saints by Hindus.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights calls on the government to bring Maoist army and militias leaders responsible for crimes against humanity to trial. In 10 years, the conflict claimed more than 12,800 deaths and nearly 100 thousand displaced.

The decision is announced after Bhutanese PM Jumgmi Y Thinley visits Nepal. Refugees dismiss the proposal as a PR operation to gain international support.

In a statement, the European parliament calls for free elections among Tibetan refugees. Nepali authorities refuse request in order to uphold economic agreements with China.

The Hindu authorities deny Christians the right of to bury their dead in the area near the temple of Pashupatinath. Protestant leaders on the 17th day of hunger strike demanding a new space for burials. Catholic Bishop of Kathmandu: "When the living do not have enough land there should be no objection to cremating the dead."

The pastor of the Kathmandu Cathedral has barred entry with bags in all the churches throughout the country. In the Terai region unknown assailants blew up three public administration vehicles, leaving one person dead and over 50 wounded. Suspicions of Hindu extremist groups active in the area.