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Nepal?s government divided over political future (Financial Times)
Nepal?s ruling Maoists are at odds over the political direction of their country, riven over whether to keep a parliamentary democracy or push for a communist People?s Republic.
India's Colgate-Palmolive sells Nepal unit (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
MUMBAI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - India's Colgate-Palmolive said on Thursday it sold its wholly owned unit in Nepal, but did not disclose how much it got from the sale.
Colgate-Palmolive sells Nepal arm (The Times of India)
Colgate-Palmolive (India) has announced the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Colgate-Palmolive (Nepal) to a local company from Nepal, Everest Hygiene Products Pvt Ltd.
Colgate Palmolive's Nepal chief handed over to police (New Kerala)
Kathmandu, Nov 20: There was massive upheaval at the factory of Colgate Palmolive India Ltd's subsidiary in Nepal Thursday with the company announcing the sale of Colgate Palmolive (Nepal) Pvt Ltd after 20 years of operations to Nepali company Everest Hygiene Products Pvt Ltd Nepal.
Nepal's Maoists, Split on Ideology, Chart Path of Revolution (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal's Maoists, who won power this year after a decade-long civil war, meet today to chart the path of their revolution with leaders ideologically split over whether to maintain a free market or impose state control.
Colgate-Palmolive sells Nepal arm (Business Standard India)
Oral care company Colgate Palmolive India has transferred its shareholding in its Nepal subsidiary to Nepal-based Everest Hygiene Products, for an undisclosed amount.
Stone-pelting on Indian diplomat's car during shutdown in Nepal (Calcutta News)
An Indian diplomat's car was pelted with stones Thursday during an anti-Maoist shutdown in Nepal's Kathmandu valley. Indian officials said that it was only a case of 'wrong timing' and there was no anti-India sentiment behind the attack.
Supreme Court Affirms LGBT Rights - in Nepal (Gay City News)
The Nepal Supreme Court issued its final judgment in a huge LGBT rights case, defining each lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or intersex individual as a "natural person" and said that sexual orientation and gender identity are expressions that are part of the natural growing process.
Protest over killings shuts down Nepal's capital (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Activists chanted slogans and halted traffic by burning tires in Nepal's capital in a general strike Thursday protesting alleged killings by former communist rebels who head the country's coalition government.
Nepal capital shut down over alleged Maoist killings (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters KATHMANDU, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Shops were shuttered, cars stayed off the streets, schools were closed and demonstrators burnt tyres in Nepal's capital on Thursday in a protest against the murder of two ...










