Issue #120

It's going to take more than luck to rescue the tarai's remaining forests.

How can the planning commission goad the government towards accountability?

Has the rest of the world, too, lost hope in Nepali leaders?

When The Himalayan Times was launched in the Kathmandu market exactly a year ago, sceptics predicted it didn't have much of a future. The…

Translation of a satire by Bimal Nibha: I got nervous seeing policemen all over, but no sooner did I try to leave the place, a staff-wielding…

Robyn Davidson, ed Picador India, 2002 Rs 472 Journeys departs from the predictable routes of the travel genre to explore varied terrain. We…

Re-imagining the State from a Gender Perpective (Nepal Chapter) Indira Shrestha, Krihna Hachhethu Shtrii Shakti, 2002 Rs 250 The authors discuss…

A Conversation with God Neale Donald Walsch Hodder and Soughton, 2002 Rs 640 Seventh in the Coversations with God series, Walsch offers…

You have seen the museum, here comes the book. Now you can take Patan Museum home with you.

Götz Hagmüller remembers driving around Ring Road in the early 1970s when it wasn't a traffic clogged artery, but a beautiful circuit of endless…

As his eyes wander over clean glass-encased exhibits, Jal Krishna Shrestha is filled with a sense of pride. "We're small but we're unique.…

Our culture's riches and penury

Even if you are not a coach-potato (or maybe because you are) you will be glued to the television set when Sumitra Kayastha comes on screen. Her…

Jana Astha, 20 November

Yubaraj Ghimire in Kantipur, 18 November

Deshantar, 17 November

Sancharika Lekhamala in Aparanha, 14 November

Front-page editorial in Nepal Samacharpatra, 17 November

Nepal Samacharpatra, 18 November

Chalphal, 17 November

Islamabad has asked the SAARC secretariat in Kathmandu to confirm participation of its members in the proposed 12th Saarc Summit to be hosted by…

Buses from Nepal and India may soon be able to enter each others' territories in a proposed agreement between Patna and Kathmandu, according to…

The Maoists have warned anybody found involved directly against their "people's war" of dire consequences. Popular Nepali comedian, Santosh…

Expect delays and disruptions in the services of Royal Nepal Airlines till 25 November since one of its two 757s is in Brunei for a mandatory…

If it wasn't for an encounter with a group of armed Maoists asking for money, it would have been a perfect day for a group of runners taking…

The US embassy hosted a meeting for American citizens on 19 October to discuss the murders of two embassy guards and the security situation in…

Newly appointed information minister, Ramesh Nath Pandey, spoke to media Thursday at the Reporters' Club. His remarks: Political deadlock:…

Surya Nepal Master, Nepal's only international golf tournament, will be held between 26-30 November at the Gokarna Forest Golf Resort, one of…

Laxmi Bank Limited, a private sector bank promoted by the Khetan Group, has entered into a Technical Services Agreement with Hatton National…

Decoran, an S Trade House venture, is a new cast iron furniture showroom where function meets form. The imported beds, dining suites, chairs and…

The Turkish consulate in Kathmandu brought a taste of Turkey's fabulous cuisine and culture to the Yak and Yeti Hotel for three days this week.…

I was uncomfortable with the slightly derisive tone of Bhagirath Yogi's piece on your online edition "Peaceniks on warpath" (#119). Although he…

I really laughed out loud after reading your editorial ("Un-united nation" # 118) where you quoted sacked Sher Bahadur Deuba claiming to be "the…

Daniel Lak is right about the need for our politicians to stand up and face reality ("Last stand", #118). The election scheduled for 13 November…

Fritz Berger deserves thanks for keeping visual as well as textual representation of selected village folks from Nepal (“Then and now”, #118).…

A South Asian Journalists Association poll in the United States showed that the Nepali expatriates are disenchanted with the Royal Nepal Embassy…

I fail to understand your raison d'?tre for publishing the photographs by Surendra Lawoti ("Life in a different light", #117). Was it because…

I was quite surprised at the results of Weekly Internet Poll #59 as published in the Nepali Times Issue of 15-21 Nov. The percentages as per the…

While it is true that there are some parallels between El Salvador and Nepal, and also a lesson or two for Nepal from the peace process in the…

Regarding the quest of a constituent assembly, CK Lal states that everything such an assembly can do "a sovereign parliament can do better"…