Development

A winter of electric discontent

Why the proposed 10 percent electricity price hike will not solve the problem

DIPAK GYAWALI

"We are very sorry to see the country divided"

Jorg Frieden-Nepal representative of Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC).

L’?cole fran?aise

Growing up in a francophone school in Nepal is possible

AARTI BASNYAT

The sounds of silence

Across Nepal, there is an information vacuum as radio stations are gagged

NARESH NEWAR

Immobilised

Some are paralysed by the cell phone ban, others don't miss it at all

NARESH NEWAR

Cheaper power at night

Differential pricing for off-peak hours and seasons is the only way to go for now

NAVIN SINGH KHADKA

Global flavour

Nepal's oldest international school goes golden

MILAN WAGLE

A time atlas of Nepal

Maps that let us quickly find out which districts have made progress since 1971, and which haven't

KUNDA DIXIT

People power

Nepal can now generate cheap electricity with locally-built and locally-financed hydropower schemes like this one on the Chilime.

BIKASH PANDEY

Big hydro, big hanky-panky ?

Officials approved $30 million in extra payments to contractors of the Kali Gandaki project without the board's approval.

NAVIN SINGH KHADKA

Fulbright Nepalis

For more than 50 years, Nepali students have benefited from the world's most successful educational exchange.

Yo BBC ho

The BBC's Nepali Service is the main source of news for the Nepalis in Nepal and abroad.

SRADDHA BASNYAT in LONDON

The house that Rabindra built

How to combine old and new, and blend it with the medieval urbanscape of Bhaktapur.

MOHEINDU AMIRAN CHEMJONG

Nepal is not divided by mountains but by its rivers. You can walk across mountains, but rivers can only be crossed on a bridge. Over the decades, bridge-building has been honed into a fine art, and large parts of Nepal are no longer remote.

NDF QUOTES

"The root of the violence is in the villages, that is where we should focus on finding solutions." - CP Mainali, M-L leader "Heaven is what it…

College comes to Dhulikhel-and the country

Kathmandu University may be the answer to Nepal's educational needs, and a whole host of other problems as well.

ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY

Engineering success

Pulchowk's Institute of Engineering may not look it, but it has achieved enough to crow about.

HEMLATA RAI

Swiss aid

Swiss Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss is coming to South Asia on a three-state visit to Nepal, Bhutan and India. Swiss sources say the planned…

Edifice complex

A house is not just a home, a business complex is not just an office: both speak volumes about the level of respect for their surroundings and the cultural awareness of a city and its people.

SUJATA TULADHAR