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US offers NA support worth $7.7 million

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KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Nepal Army will benefit from a $7.7 million support package from the US this year under international peacekeeping and humanitarian relief and reconstruction operations.

“Besides the Foreign Military Financing Program from the US, which was halted in 2004, the overall assistance has in reality increased,” spokesperson of NA, Brigadier General Ramindra Chhetri, told myrepublica.com on Tuesday. He added, “We are now receiving support worth $800,000 under FMFP also for this year.” [More]


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    OPINION / EXPRESSION
     

    Congratulations Deepak Bista
    We salute taekwondo ace Deepak Bista for creating history Monday by becoming the first player to win gold medals in four ...

     

    'Benefits' of being Brahmin
    When the government employment quotas are first reserved for people of other castes before allotting them to Brahmin and ...

     

    Nepali communists & NGOs
    Neo-Marxist philosopher Antonio Garmsci argues that capitalists use non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as a new weapo ...

     

    Loss of common creative space
    Amartya Sen’s new book ‘The Idea of Justice’ may have been publicly acclaimed for its presentation of ...

     
    INTERVIEW
    "The CA can reject the 14-province model and come up with a new one"
     

    Constituent Assembly (CA) member Narhari Acharya is considered an intellectual amongst leaders of Nepali Congress (NC). ...

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    The major disagreements that have brought the peace process close to a standstill remain unresolved, increasing the risk of its collapse.

    -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his report to the Security Council on Jan 7, 2010.

    Ban’s report fails to reflect Nepal’s reality as he is far away from Nepal and is not informed informed about Nepal’s internal dynamics and undercurrents in time.

    -- President of Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala, to five European envoys on Jan 15, 2010.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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