February 7-13, 2003
Headline
Editorial
For Talks, Don't Talk.
For this peace process to start, there should be a moratorium on self-serving politicians, ex-politicians, would-be politicians and activists…
Columns
Guest Column by ALOK BOHARA
A win-win peace
A negotiated solution is in everyone's interest. But the constitution needs some tinkering to remove dangerous ambiguities.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Listen to the Jumlis
With a week-old ceasefire, some thoughts from the hinterland where so few Kathmandu folk dare to tread.
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
In gold we trust
In times of economic uncertainty, the world has always turned to gold.
State Of The State by CK LAL
Comrade Prime Minister?
After Janakapur, Madhav Nepal is raring to go places.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Too good to be true
If you have been tuning into the airwaves lately, it will have dawned on you that with peace in the air, this country is going through something…
Nation
Bhutan ready to take some refugees back
Nepal and Bhutan are inching towards partially repatriating some of the100,000 Bhutanese refugees who have been living in camps in eastern Nepal…
KUNDA DIXIT
What kind of peace after 8,000 lives lost?
Baburam, how are you going to translate your doctrine of armed struggle into democratic revolution after all this?
PRAMOD MISHRA
Business
"The key to the region is economic growth in the powerhouse that is India."
Miles Colebrook is group president of the advertising multinational, J Walter Thompson (JWT) based in London. He is in Kathmandu this week to…
History
Leisure
Close-up Hits FM Music Awards 2059 Winners
The quality of nominees for this year's Hits FM Music Awards shows that Nepali music has come of age.
Literature
Book Worm
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp Oxford Rs 3,600 This weighty tome is the first comprehensive identification guide to 1,300…
Birds of Nepal with reference to Kashmir and Sikkim
Robert L Fleming, Sr, Robert L Fleming, Jr and Lain Singh Bangdel Adarsh, 2002 Rs 1,275 The classic guide could be described as a…
Birds of Nepal
Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp Prakash Book Depot, 2000 Rs 1,275 Concise text covers identification, voice, habitat,…
Nature
Bird country
There are more bird species found in Nepal than in entire North America.
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Nepali Society
Going by the book
Homraj Acharya's native village in Kapilbastu district is called Buddhi. Although the word means "intellect" in Nepali, there wasn't much for…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Hear this
The visiting chief of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Carol Bellamy, urged all Nepali parties involved in violent conflict not to…
Gold Quest banned
The Home Ministry banned Hong Kong-based company Gold Quest this week, calling it illegal. Over 10,000 Nepalis all over the country have joined…
Back to the Gulf
The government has withdrawn a ban on Nepali women working in the Gulf countries. The Ministry of Labour and Transport Management said on…
Business Briefs
Insurance for children
Nepal Life Insurance, which has specialised in accident insurance, has launched a scheme to insure children from the day they are born to age…
Fujitsu is here
ATC Group, Nepal's leading trading and industrial house, is all set to launch Fujitsu personal computers in Nepal with the introduction of two…
Best in show
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) selected the annual report of the Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited as the "Best…
Trade lines
Bilateral railway agreements and trans-border movement of motor vehicles will be on the agenda next week at the third round of talks between…
Another cola
US-based Royal Crown Cola International recently introduced RC Cola products to the Nepali market. The 175-strong franchise ISO 90001:2000…
Increasing capital
Laxmi Bank, a private sector commercial bank, has decided to increase its paid up capital to Rs 550 million at its second annual general meeting…
Bank on EBL
The Everest Bank (EBL), a joint venture with the Punjab National bank of India, opened its 14th branch at Lazimpat and moved its corporate…
Letters
Ceasefire
Kunda Dixit hits the nail on the head ("Can't fail this time", #130) when he says it was an endgame-scenario for both the Maoists and the king.…
Fasten seat belts
CK Lal's "The road not taken" (#122) carries an important message on the meaning of road safety in Nepal. That is why the new rule making…
Disembarkation
I feel that the section Under My Hat in your paper is rather childish and senseless. I wonder who enjoys such crude jokes. Yes, it tries to…
In this issue:
Let the talks begin | Bhutan ready to take some refugees back | For talks, don't talk | Editorial: Comrade Prime Minister? | A win-win peace | What kind of peace after 8,000 lives lost? | Sex for sale | Listen to the Jumlis | Peace pitfalls | Bird country | Crude reason to wage war | The West vs The Rest | Local exodus, global market | A precedented peace | “Keeping alive the fire of democracy…” | Dreams | This year’s hits | Too good to be true | Going by the book