Issue #105

Past Maoist attacks have hurt ordinary farmers, but the government isn't much help either.

Malaria is staging a comeback in Nepal, riding on drug and insecticide resistance.

Another report tells us that democracy, development and security are intertwined. If only the right people listened.

In Nepal, it is now the survival of the smallest micro-entrepreneur.

As Nepal considers the pros and cons of its entry into the WTO, its implication on long-term economic development, poverty alleviation and…

Puspa Man Shrestha borrowed Rs 2,000 from a friend 20 years ago to begin his pashmina business. Today, the gentle-mannered managing director of…

First it was Andean llamas. Now it's time to see how olives fare in Nepal.

Two years back, at the age of nineteen, Jhamak Kumari Ghimire burst onto Nepal's literary scene with several collections of poems, songs,…

What do a group of young Kathmandu printing press workers do on long weekends: a) stay home and watch Hindi movies on cable, b) stay home and…

Shri Bhadra Sharma, former Nepali Congress general secretary, in Bimarsha, 26 July

Excerpts from an interview with Mohan Gopal Khetan in Deshantar, 28 July

Rajdhani, 30 July

Haank, 31 July

Kantipur, 29 July Pratap Bista in Manhari (Makwanpur)

By awarding Bharat Koirala its 2002 prize in the category Journalism, Literature and Communications, the Philippines-based Magsaysay Awards…

Rotten piles of trash are piling up in Kathmandu and Patan again. This time it is because the landfill along the banks of the Bishnumati and…

We are back to square one on banking reforms. A month after Deloitte Touche Tomahatsu abandoned its management contract to run Rastriya Banijya…

Even as three dozen or so Nepali prisoners rot in Thailand's jails, two more were caught recently. Hari Bahadur Gurung and Pore Ghale are now in…

Bottler's Nepal Ltd., the makers of a range of aerated drinks, has joined the already overcrowding bottled-water market in Nepal with Kinley. A…

Well, hear about one more plan. The government has put together a hydropower development strategy that aims to take electricity to over 60…

Everest insurance, which completed eight years of operation last week, says it has grown into one of the most successful domestic ventures in…

Parle, which controls 40 percent of the biscuit market in India, is introducing some of its best selling brands in the Nepali market. Among…

Bajaj-Kawasaki has opened a new servicing centre at Teku Kathmandu, an attempt to pamper customers with branded after-sales services. Planet…

Thanks to Shyam Shrestha ("What do the Maoists want this time?", #104) for saying what most of us have been thinking. Do we want a long-drawn…

I really identified with "Nothing is what it seems" (#103) by Rajendra Khadka. He touched an issue that I have faced from childhood as a…

Thank you for Manjushree Thapa's "Misogyny amid the Intellectuals" (#103). I have many times thought of returning to Nepal, whether out of…

I enjoyed CK Lal's piece on Bangkok "Thai Lessons" (#103). The next time he visits Bangkok, I would recommend that he take a trip to the Asian…

I visit Nepal every year with medical equipment for a vision programme of the Lion's International and also help children in jail and their…