Issue #102

With the army distracted, poaching in Chitwan has doubled.

If the water you drink comes from a tube well, you might want to have it tested for arsenic.

Nepal's oldest surviving cinema gets a chin-tuck.

Maybe donors should fund political parties here, and NATO deploy soldiers.

Prithvi Bahadur Pande led a consortium of investors to buy Credit Agricole shares in Nepal Indosuez Bank, and has recently renamed it the Nepal…

At the end of his first month in Sundarijal, BP is trying to keep his spirits up through the worst of the winter.

Haven't been there? Haven't done that? Then this survival guide's for you.

Nepal cashes in as the entry-point for pilgrims and tourists to Tibet.

Since early May, there have been crowds of pilgrims around Mt Kailash circumambulating the holy mountain. "It is believed that if you circle the…

When filmmaker Dhurba Basnet decided to join a group of journalists on a trip to Rukum, Rolpa and Jajarkot last year, the 37-year-old didn't…

Interview with Krishna Prasad Sapkota, president of the Federation of DDCs, in Chalphal, June 30

Yubaraj Ghimire in Kantipur, 8 July

Kantipur, 7 July

Harihar Birahi in Bimarsha, 2 July

Bimarsha, 5 July

Khagendra Sangroula in Himal Khabarpatrika, 16 July

The news is so bad that the prime minister was perspiring as he read the budget speech at the NPC on 8 July. Kathmandu has always had a problem…

Residents around the Pashupatinath, one of the seven areas in Kathmandu that make the Valley a World Heritage Site, have reason to protest.…

There are still conflicting statements on the alleged disappearance and death in police custody of Krishna Sen, the pro-Maoist editor of…

Balloon Sunrise Nepal says that it hasn't been ordered to shut down by the palace or anyone else, contrary to a report that appeared in Janastha…

The economy is doing even worse than the annual Economic Survey for 2001/02 suggests. Central bank statistics covering 10-months of the fiscal…

Dabur Nepal has launched its entire range of Real natural juices in a new 200 ml 'Trim & Tall' packs. The Real nectar variants of Dabur juices…

PriceWaterHouseCooper is to begin a study of the failing financial health of two more public financial institutions starting the new fiscal…

Nepal and Qatar have revised their Air Services Agreement to increase the number of Qatar Airlines flights to Nepal from seven to 11 every week.…

The Nepal Rastra Bank has given the Bank of Ceylon the green light to sell its stock in the Nepal Bank of Ceylon (NBC). The Sri Lankan bank has…

I was really touched after reading Mohan Mainali's "East is red" (#101) on your website. Far away from Nepal, I saw the picture of the Arun…

Thank you for Daniel Lak's article "On a mission from God" (#100) I am so unsuccessful when I try to explain my viewpoint to people about…

It was heartening to read British Charge d'Affaires Andrew Mitchell (#100) emphasise the root cause of current violent insurgency in Nepal.…

Thanks for Andrew Nash's article on the non-resident Nepali community in the US ("At home abroad", #100). However, there are a few errors. There…

"Lessons from another emergency" (#101) by CK Lal is yet another example of how narrow minded and arrogant he is in his writings. He tries to…

Your paper is renowned for its investigative and deeply researched news articles which expose the seamy underside of how and who make the…

Puskar Bhusal's eloquent piece in his Somehwere In Nepal column ("Where are you Tulsi Giri?", #101) contains a factual oversight. Bhusal notes…