Issue #13

Ten years ago, Peru went though a Maoist insurgency eerily similar to what is happening in Nepal today. What then can we learn from the Sendero Luminoso?

The real problem is with the dogs, monkeys, and cows that roam the runway at Nepal's only international airport. And the humans who can't seem to do anything about them.

There are many Nepals. The Nepal of Kathmandu Valley, the Nepal of the district headquarters, and the Nepal of areas like Ikudol.

After Dasain, it is back to square one on the Maoist front.

Hundreds of Nepali women are waiting to join their husbands in the United States. The humiliation of visa procedures has made many of them give up hopes of a normal married life.

Davo Karnicar skies down Everest and into history books.

Forty years after it crashed on Dhampus Pass below Mt Dhaulagiri, the wreckage of a Pilatus Porter aircraft has been examined by a search…

An exhibition of contemporary art from Finland and a performance of Nepali classical music and dance at Baber Mahal Revisited. From 14th to 30th…

Long before he died in 1992, Dwarika Das Shrestha spoke to Desmond Doig who wrote this profile of a resort that has over the years become a…

When one social carnivore reneges on the contract and neglects the other, it is the end of a beautiful relationship and the beginning of a problem.

Drop in anytime to visit the poet Manjul, and you're likely to find a lively discussion on literature taking place in his sitting room. Located…

After the successful Annapurna Area Conservation Project, it is now the turn of the Kangchendzonga region to be the next ecotourism model. In…

The captains of Nepali sport have never learnt to play straight.

With the astounding success of his film, Caravan, you'd have expected Eric Valli to have at least a chip on his shoulder. But when we met Eric…

Editorial in The Himalaya Times, 15 October

Saptahik, 13 October

Kantipur Koseli, 14 October

Naya Sadak, 16 October

Gorkhapatra, 15 October

OK, breathe easy. The impending reshuffle has been pushed to next week pending a meeting of the Nepali Congress party's central working…

Nepal's five-year-old Maoist insurgency has left 1,465 dead till Monday, according to statistics released by the police. The dead include 981…

A Belarus-based Nepali businessman has donated $2,000 to a charity set up by UK-based Nepalis that supports small projects in Nepal. Upendra…

A little-known group, the International Nepal Solidarity Forum (INSoF), says it has begun a campaign to discourage tourists from visiting Nepal.…

India is to help Nepal build embankments along Rapti as a response to the inundation caused in Nepal by an Indian embankment along the border…

Pradip Sumsher Rana has taken over as the country's new police chief. He was formally handed over the insignia of office on 13 October by…

Following the increase in petrol and diesel prices in India, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has revised the prices of petroleum products on 14…

The Central Bank has cited the July-August work disruption in financial institutions as reason for low revenue collection and decline in…

Bertolli, the global market leader in olive oil sales, has begun organised marketing and distribution in Nepal. Last week the company appointed…

The first of two Brazilian aircraft ordered by Yeti Airlines has arrived to join its fleet of 4 Twin Otters, according to a company press…

Belgium will provide financial assistance of Rs548.5 million (Euros 8,496,977 ) for the purchase and installation of 150,000 telephone lines…

Singapore Airlines began operating its fourth flight linking Kathmandu and Singapore on 2 October. The airline will now fly non-stop between…

CK Lal in 'State of paranoia' (#12) seems to say three things: that we should hang in shame for our social ills, that we were wrong to show…

There may be a silver lining in the Maoist movement. Everybody will agree that: the government is completely dysfunctional, politicians from all…

Thanks for "Let's have a chat" by Gaurav Upadhaya (#11 ). He has overlooked the "pre-historic" days of internet chats. Nepalsearch.com chat was…