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Headline
The Maoist ceasefire is greeted with ambivalence and scepticism
NARESH NEWAR

Nation
The Maoist ceasefire may mean no war for now but it doesn't mean peace
DAMBAR KRISHNA SHRESTHA in DHARAN and RAMSWOR BOHARA in NEPALGANJ

Sports
Nepali kite flying is both an art and a form of warfare

This year's Changa Chait festival will feature 'open skies' in the name of peace
AARTI BASNYAT

Business
With the economy freefalling business leaders finger the various players for blame, even some of their own
KIRAN NEPAL

Nepal is losing out on export income because authorities are fixated on hemp's 'high'
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY

Enterpreneur Gautam Rana is reviving the art of Khasto making and his products are flying off the shelves
MALLIKA ARYAL

Review
Nepal gets an F in a survey of education in Asia-Pacific nations
MALLIKA ARYAL

Nepali Society

 
EDITORIAL

COLUMNS
Nepalipan
by SHRADHA GHALE
Say it in Nepali

Guest Column
by SUBODH RAJ PYAKHUREL
Between red and blue

State Of The State
by CK LAL
22 May, 4 October, 1 February

Economic Sense
by ARTHA BEED
Managing disaster

Southasia Beat
by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Southasia beyond SAARC

Tee Break
by DEEPAK ACHARYA
Hit down to make it fly

Under My Hat
by KUNDA DIXIT
All the news that didn’t fit

Herojig
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