Twenty five civil society organizations from across the country have won the Nepal Development Marketplace (NDM) 2008 grant awards of Rs. 15 lakhs (US$20, 000) each Tuesday. The grants were funded by a partnership between the World Bank and the Nepal Poverty Alleviation fund. Nepalnews.com, (www.nepalnews.com) is a leading Internet destination dedicated to bring you news, events, polls, discussions, forums about and from Nepal. Our primary objective is to bring "news as it happens"; quality news which is impartial, timely and independent. Our equally important other objective is to make this a web community for all people around the globe who have any interest, or need any information about Nepal.