Maoist office bombed

Kathmandu, 28 March: Three persons were deafened Sunday in a powerful pressure cooker bomb blast at a Maoist district office in Banke.
The office was badly damaged.
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Another Nepali attempts to get into Guinness Book of Records

Kathmandu, 28 March: Another Nepali in attempting to get into the Guinness Book of Records by climbing Mount Everest.
Should Ang Chhiring Sherpa, currently living in Seattle, Washington, climb the world’s tallest peak in less then 50 days this spring , Ang Chhiring will replace India’s Malli Mastan Babu who has the record for climbing the highest seven peaks in seven continents in the shortest time.
Ang Chhiring has six peaks in six continents in 26.5 days.
Babu has achieved the feat of climbing seven peaks in 172 days.
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Girija established contact with Prachanda two months after direct rule Koirala worked to end monarchy after Holeri kanda: Political aide

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 28 March: Girija Prasad Koirala held discussions with Chairman Prachanda in New Delhi at Noida two months after the imposition of royal rule – a meeting that resulted in the 12-point agreement.
Girija decided singly to hold discussions with Maoists.
This was revealed Sunday in a newspaper article by Gokarna Paudel, who said he worked with Koirala for 11 years until his death.
“Girija daju was under house when the council of ministers dissolved and the king imposed direct rule 1 February 2005. He was freed nearly two months later.
“He immediately telephones us in Delhi, nephew Dr Shekhar Koirala and me. I was appointed the linkman for contact with Maoists. I returned to Kathmandu three days after his release.
Earlier, contacts had developed me and Maoist leader Bamdeb Chetri.
‘In the second week of Chaitra [or two months after king’s direct rule], Girija daju, Chakra Prasad Koirala and Dr Shekhar Koirala held discussions for nearly three years at the Jain temple in Noida with Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai.
‘The result was the 12-point agreement,” Paudel said.
Paudel wrote: “This was Girija daju’s own decision.”
The political aide revealed following the ‘Holeri kanda’, Koirala worked for the end of monarchy.
“The dhoka by King Gyanedra not to deploy the army during the Holeri kanda 21 Ashad 2058 [eight years ago] sowed the seed for the end of monarchy,” saying the National Investigation Department Chief Debiram Sharma suggested the prime minister Maoists army should be mobilized to free policemen captures by Maoists.
Koirala went to meet the king following a meeting of the national security council that decided to mobilize the army, Paudel said.
‘I can’t see the blood of my country flowing,: King Gyanendra said to which Koirala replied” Police are also Nepali people,” according to Paudel.
Girija resigned.

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“We are committed to our roles and responsibilities. Sher Bahadur Deuba is a senior and respected leader. He is serious about the unity of the party and its effective role in the county.”

(Nepali Congress acting President Sushil Koirala, The Rising Nepal, 28 March)
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Girija daju was under house arrest after the then council of ministers was dissolved and the King introduced direct rule 1 February 20065.