Issue #1

Grassroots democracy delivers health, education and other services.

ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY Nepal's peace-time governments should get back to basics to kickstart development, says a new report by Oxfam International.…

A senior UN official in Kathmandu was secretly sacked six months ago for embezzlement.

Endless political ping-pong between the Nepal Rastra Bank and the Ministry of Finance threatens to prolong the suffering of two seriously sick banks.

Village activists are finally sending a powerful message of resistance against girl traffickers.

When Novel Kishore Rai returned from Bonn after serving a much appreciated-even celebrated-term as Nepal's ambassador to Germany, the last thing…

The craze among Valley residents for throwing balls around gave us snooker.

"We have reports that the Maoists are getting arms from India."Chakra P. Bastola Foreign MinisterA make-or-break visit? I don't think that you…

This time it is bigger, cheaper and being built by a foreign private investor.

The government has opened the floodgates to investment in hydropower generation with the recent approval of seven private companies to build…

REFUGEE [Directed by J.P. Dutta)-Hindi-Urdu love story set among opposing sides of Indo-Pakistan border. First film of Abhishek Bachchan, son of…

Moghul Kathmandu-Gothic temple at Kal Mochan as Desmond Doig saw it in 1978 (right), and today,

Rani and Aftaab get ready for a shoot in a make-believe Kashmiri meadow in Switzerland.

The search for truth has brought many to Kathmandu.

Scanning the audience at readings and literary events, counting the sales of novels or short story or poetry collections, hearing Kathmandu…

This time it is bigger, cheaper and being built by a foreign private investor.

The government has opened the floodgates to investment in hydropower generation with the recent approval of seven private companies to build…

Notebooks have advanced technologically and have become a tone alternative to desktop computers for many users.

SYDNEY - A software rental scheme, being piloted in Australia, could sweep away the need for stand alone PCs and iMacs as well as software…

Despite occasional flashes of brilliance, it has now become routine for Nepal to be thrashed in international football tournaments. Yet, Nepali…

I am indeed in a dilemma. How can I write about a beautiful, isolated, out-of-the-way place? I fear that thousands of tourists will swarm up…

The British painter has made Nepal her home for the past 20 years, drawing Nepali faces. A collection of these paintings and drawings came out…

Reported by Dei' Prakash Tripathi in Ghatana ra Bichar, 12 July 2000

Janadesh, 11 July 2000

Based on report by Rosban Shrestha in Himal Khabarpatrika, 16-30 July 2000

Khabarpatrika, 11 July 2000

Jana Aastha, 12 July 2000

Deshantar, 9 July 2000

New Delhi's intelligence agencies seem to be in no doubt that Nepal is being used as a forward base by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence to…

Private commercial banking is gearing to take a fresh stride as Nepal Grindlays Bank Limited prepares to introduce a new generation of Automatic…

Nepal's trade gap has widened to reach Rs 46.11bn despite the increasing exports-especially to India-Central Bank statistics show. According to…

The budget deficit reached eight billion rupees in mid-May forcing the government to overdraw close to two billion rupees despite improvement in…

Soaltee Crown Plaza has teamed with LSG Sky Chefs, a Lufthansa subsidiary, to set up a flight-catering unit in Kathmandu. Under an agreement…

The government has proposed a key change in the Press and Publications Act that will give government officials the power to close down…

There is no sign of an end to the infighting in the Nepali Congress party. Internal squabbles within the ruling continue to paralyse the…

The commission investigating last year's Lufthansa accident has concluded that a series of human errors led to the crash. The Boing 727 caring…

After the 100 percent or more pension hike announced by the British Government in December 1999, the Gurkhas have yet another reason to…

SLEEK CARS: Hansraj Hulaschand, agent of Premier Motors, has launched the Sigma Express and Roadstar 2500 at its showroom in Kalimati. The…

Solar: Sunshine Engineering and Sales Enterprise has introduced a new solar water heating system, which uses Austrian vacuum tube technology,…

Removing discrimination against mental illness is a bigger challenge than treatment

Ten for Laxmi Laxmi Bank's fourth branch in the Valley has just opened at New Road. The 'New Road Business Centre' offers a full range of…

Deal India's Infrastructure Development Finance Company, along with the Asian Development Bank, DEG-KfW, and the International Finance…

JUSTICE AWAITS: Leaders from the National Muslim Forum Nepal meet Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at Baluwatar on Thursday to demand swift…

Bluebird Mall is celebrating its first anniversary and the 23rd anniversary of the Bluebird Department Store with events under the month-long…

MISSING MAN: The family of kidnapped journalist Birendra Sah protest his disappearance at a demonstration organised by the Federation of…

The Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide credit assistance worth US$ 50 million (Rs 3.52 billion) to the Nepali government for the…

Booking a Thai Airways ticket is now only a mouse click away. Net users can check flight availability and associated fares for a air journey in…

Perhaps. After years of government indecision over where to locate Nepal's second international airport, the Civil Aviation Ministry signed a…

Kathmandu. get ready for the mother of all traffic jams. In a matter of months, the already overcrowded streets will have more than 500 new…

The number of people leaving the country for jobs surged by 44.9 percent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year compared to the…

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Ropeways should play an important role in poverty alleviation. Recently installed ropeways have benefited small farmers dramatically and they…

GIN STAR: Himalaya Distillery has introduced new North Star extra dry gin. The makers claim that the new gin contains ten special herbs. This…

PUKADA AND BARABHA To add dissidents to the interim parliament and convert it into a Constituent Assembly without elections as Koirala and…

JOGIMARA It is such a sad and terrible thing to hear about the bereaved people of Jogimara 'I weep at night' (#364). I felt so moved after going…

NO ACCIDENT There is more to the assessment of the accident in Rautahat ('No accident', #366) than ineptitude, corruption and the war. There is…

Banking world Lumbini Bank has started extended banking services from its Narayangarh branch. Banking hours now start at 10AM to 6PM. Prime…

MELTDOWN Congratulations on your special coverage of the effect of climate change on the Himalaya ('Himalayan meltdown', #371). I climbed Imja…

Thank you for your article ''Flower Power in Kathmandu" (Demo Issue) regarding the beatification projects in Kathmandu. The project would not…

Reading your Publisher's Note (Demo Issue) I was reminded that this same type of nostalgia for past times, even times that were patently…

"Objectivity is not having to make up our mind about anything, fairness listening to all sides," you say in the publisher's note. Forget "all…

I wish I could afford to buy the coming issues of Nepali Times. But do you really think that Rs 20 for a weekly newspaper in Nepal is a…

Tarai troubles The governing alliance in Nepal has woken-up albeit very late ('Shadow of a gun', #333). We can cautiously welcome the parties…