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The wait is over: A former fighter shows the cheque he received at the Shaktikhor camp on Friday.

The wait is over: A former fighter shows the cheque he received at the Shaktikhor camp on Friday.

Photo : Dipendra Baduwal, AP

Peace progresses as combatants go home

BINOD TRIPATHI,BECHU GAUD, CHITWAN/NAWALPARASI, FEB 03

The government on Friday started the much-awaited process of discharging the former Maoist combatants who have opted for voluntary retirement by providing them the first installment of the cash...

Parties working behind scenes on broad deal

KAMAL DEV BHATTARAI, Kathmandu, FEB 03

The major political parties are engaged in behind-the-scenes negotiations for a broader agreement on peace, constitution-writing and power-sharing that will be valid until the next general elections, sources...

Bihar court acquits Nepali Maoists

MAHESH ACHARYA, NEW DELHI, FEB 03

The Patna Sessions Court in Bihar on Friday acquitted all the 11 Nepali Maoist leaders who were charged with anti-India activities and conspiracy to overthrow a regime in Kathmandu....

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FEB 03

DSP dies in mishap KATHMANDU: Armed Police Force Deputy Superintendent of Police Prashant Gautam died in a road accident in the Capital on Friday....

Metro

A creaking, shrieking haunted-house amusement and a solid addition to the recently resurrected Hammer Films, The Woman in Black, makes the most of its old-fashioned virtues. ...

Sports

Laxmi Hyundai Manang Marshyangdi Club mustered all their potency and registered a daunting 2-0 victory against under 17 squad of All Nepal Football Association in the pre-quarter final match of the 10th Aaha Gold Cup Football Tournament played at Pokhara Stadium on Friday. ...

Expression

The first of the construction shops had entered our until-then scenic neighbourhood—an itta pasal—and the owners, a couple of young boys, had a baby monkey they kept tied with a rope to a post outside the shop....

Features

Shobha Mudhvari, who is expecting her second child, describes the postpartum blues she suffered following the first time she’d given birth. ...

Books

The face looks anything but glamorous. ...

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Abin

We’ve little time left, huh? Let’s create some disputes pronto!

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