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Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army Directed by Robert Koenig; BBC news Video/Transcript Interview with Prachanda; Interview with Baburam Bhattarai Washington Times, December 14, 2002; Li Onesto, a journalist who has spent a great deal of time covering the Maoists Archived 2020-09-06 at the Wayback Machine; Nepal Maoists, live news feed
Elsewhere in eastern Nepal, the Maoists killed two policemen, Constable Purna Prasad Sharma and Head Constable Radha Krishna Gurung, and a woman selling beetle nuts, Kali Tamang, in the Jaljale-Gaighat area, an official said. 'A group of seven Maoists descended from a public bus when police were checking the passengers and suddenly opened fire ...
In 2007, Kantipur Publications faced pressure from Maoist-aligned organizations such as Young Communist League [7] and the All Nepal Trade Union Federation. [8] However, an agreement was reached between Kantipur and the Federation. [9] This abruptly led the longest serving chairman Hem Raj Gyawali to resign.
Nepal was a monarchy for centuries until 2008, when King Gyanendra was overthrown by a pro-democracy movement. Protesters calling themselves the "Citizens' Campaign" claim that the administrations in power since the monarchy was overthrown as a condition of an agreement that put an end to a Maoist insurgency have fallen short of their promises ...
Kantipur is considered the paper of record in Nepal. Sudheer Sharma was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper from August 6, 2019 to May 21, 2023. [5] He was replaced by Umesh Chauhan as editor-in-chief. The other sister publications of Kantipur Daily are Nari Magazine (Monthly Magazine), Nepal Magazine (Weekly Magazine), and Saptahik (Weekly ...
By 7:30 am, the Maoists had control of the city except for the barracks, with all security forces and government officers having surrendered. The Maoists burned down the DDC and DAO offices around 3:30 am. [5] The Maoists used child soldiers during the night, per eyewitness accounts, but they were replaced with adult fighters in the morning. [8]
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 1994 2018 Split from Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) Originally founded as Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Renamed in 2008 as Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Renamed in 2016 as Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
The move was rejected by the Maoists. Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai stated that merely restoring the parliament was not going to resolve the problems and that the rebels planned to continue fighting against government forces. [5] They still demanded the formation of a Constituent Assembly and abolition of the monarchy.