BOMB BLASTS HIT KATHMANDU

THREE BOMB BLASTS

A suspected anti-government insurgent was found dead and two government security personnel were wounded Saturday night after a series of bomb blasts on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley, The Himalayan Times newspaper reported Sunday. Property worth thousands of US dollars was damaged when a pressure cooker bomb went off at the office building of Chhaimale Village, the independent English daily quoted Deepak Ranjit, superintendent of the Kathmandu District Police Office, as saying. The police also found a beheaded body of a suspected anti-government insurgent inside the building, Ranjit said. Meanwhile, two security men were wounded when a bomb disposal squad was trying to diffuse a bomb at Ramchebhanjyang of the same village, he added. The anti-government guerrillas intensified their violent activities in various parts of the country in the past few weeks. Over 9,000 Nepalese people have lost their lives since the anti-government insurgency broke out in the Himalayan kingdom in early 1996.

INTRODUCTION TO BIRATNAGAR AND THE BLOG

BIRATNAGR- A GENERAL INTRODUCTION:

The second largest city of Nepal, Biratnagar is situated in the Koshi Zone about 200km east of the Janakpur turnoff. The city has some of the largest industrial undertakings in the country. There are a couple of pilgrimage spots in Dharan and Barahachhetra nearby the city. Biratnagar is linked with Kathmandu by air and road.
A few kilometres from the main city of Biratnagar, Barahachhetra, the holy place of Hindu pilgrimage, lies at the confluence of the two rivers the Saptakoshi and Kokaha. There is the temple of Lord Baraha, the boar incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Historians have traced the existence of this image from the twelfth century.
The Jogbani border crossing, 5km south of town, is closed to foreigners. You still see ox carts hauling raw jute to the mills near the border, but modern Biratnagar is probably best exemplified by the prosaic zipper factory north of town.

ABOUT THE BLOG

This blog is from Ramesh Ghimire and is created for the porpose of serving the biratnagarians. it can act as a common forum for all the people of biratnagr. Infact this blog will cover several news, opinions, views etc.