Issue #112

The Election Commission's verdict on Tuesday may have given the Girija Prasad Koirala faction of the Nepali Congress the party flag and the tree…

Grassroots success stories are the silent casualties of the insurgency.

While America prepares to bomb Iraq again, one Iraqi refugee family is in limbo in Nepal.

If you think corruption is good reason to do away with democracy, think back to Nepal's three decades of corruption and coercion.

Why can't the rest of Nepal be like Mustang, asks a doctor just back from the trans-Himalaya.

It's been a bad fiscal year for Nepal: for the first time in the past 18 years, economic growth was less than one percent, both exports and…

The growing Nepali drug industry needs government monitoring.

BP Koirala, writing his prison diary in English has also been trying to do other writing as a therapy against depression and anxiety.

Kesar Lall, Nepal's ever-prolific storyteller and narrator (and now the holder of a distinction from the prestigious Nepal Bhasa Parishad),…

The streets of Kathmandu will come alive with mask dances, processions, music and feasting this Friday.

Kamla Bhasin Kali for women, 1994/2001, New Delhi Rs 64 This question-and-answer booklet looks at patriarchy as an analytical category to…

Kamla Bhasin Kali for Women, 2000/2002, New Delhi Rs 112 This booklet starts off by explaining the difference between sex and gender, the form…

Unleashing the Power Within India APJ Abdul Kalam Viking by Penguin Books India, 2002, New Delhi Rs 400 India's new president examines why…

Kanchan Pudasaini, ed Vishnu-Chnadra Vangmaya-Mandir, Kathmandu, 2002 Rs 500 Including in her definition of 'Nepali', anyone of Nepali origin,…

The growing Nepali drug industry needs government monitoring.

Just over a year old and already a Lalitpur institution. The face and culinary brain of La'Soon Restaurant and Vinotheque is forty-something…

Sharad KC for the BBC Nepali Service

Kedar Subedi in Bimarsha, 13 August

Deshantar, 14 August

Pratispardha, 12 August

Spacetime Dainik, 17 September

Sanghu, 16 September

The publisher of The Himalayan Times newspaper, India's Asia Pacific Communication Associates (APCA), has once again triggered controversy on…

Nepali movie stars all seem to be turning producer. First, Bhuvan KC made it big as a producer, followed by Karisma Manandhar and Sharmila…

If you are upset about the increase in income tax (up from 10 percent to 15 percent) starting this Nepali month, don't be. There's worse coming.…

Old army boys, in contrast to the other Nepali professionals, are likely to actually be offered jobs. The government is planning to induct…

The Austrian NGO Eco Nepal has been awarded this year's King Albert Medal of Merit for its work in Solukhumbu. Eco Himal has constructed a 620…

In a recent cabinet meeting the government has decided to hand over 15 more trekking peaks to the Nepal Mountaineering Association. The 15 peaks…

Can a person's bank account details make newspaper headlines? Senior cabinet member Chiranjibi Wagle had his bank statements printed in the…

The Insurance Board has allowed insurance companies to raise some premiums for policies covering losses from sabotage and terrorism almost eight…

It was an all too familiar ending to the most recent talks held on railway operations in New Delhi last week: officials from Nepal and India…

Another report on what should be done with Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) has been completed, and it repeats what has been said all…

The trade numbers for 2001/02 are in-and we're not doing too well. According to customs data compiled by the Nepal Rastra Bank, exports tumbled…

The slow economic activity in 2001/02 has caused the consumption of diesel to fall by almost 12 percent. According to the Nepal Oil Corporation,…

Re: “The moral high ground and the rules of war”, #111 by Samrat Rana. I believe that the Nepali people in general support the Royal Nepal Army.…

CK Lal's "Distant Neighbours" (#110) made me totally confused and very angry. Although I look forward to CK Lal's columns, I find that his…

"Enough" by Ramesh Poudel (#111) was commendable. I think it is time to stop violence and start talking peace. If the government cannot do good…

As soon as I read Samrat Rana's "The moral high ground and the rules of war" (#111) I had one thing to say: "Exactly". It is so true that the…