Issue #133

After elaborate paperwork and frisking, visitors are led through a long courtyard to sit on benches. A double-layered wire fence separates them…

A seminar yields clues on Indian thinking on security issues as they relate to insurgent-ridden Nepal.

Steve Rayner is Professor of Science and Society at the Said Business School of Oxford University. He has researched communist organisations in…

.at the rate we are going, the gap will grow.

Professional leaders carry sharper bestial instincts than the pack of political animals that follow them.

Dr Biswombher Pyakuryal is professor of economics at Tribhuvan University and also heads Business Information Services, a private company that…

"I am homesick more than anything else..."

Kathmandu is a great place to be this season. With the beginning of Spring arrives a flurry of activities to get our sap rising. Among the many…

Clear your calendar for two weeks of inspired, funk-filled music.

Third in the British Council Short Story Competition (15-18 category)

Holy men of India Dolf Hartsuicker Thames and Hudson, 1997 Rs 1,430 The author spent many years in close study of these mystics, who form a…

T C Majupuria, Rohit Kumar Majupuria Tecpress Books, 1996 Rs 800 A very comprehensive work on the subject of sadhus in the subcontinent, it…

The Damai musicians of Nepal Carol Tingey Heritage, 1994 Rs 495 The Damai are thought to be an auspicious caste in Nepal who are professional…

Lynn Foulston Adarsh Books, 2003 Rs 952 At the feet of the Goddess is an investigation of local Hinduism. It embraces ritual, worship and…

Kantipur, 19 February Devendra Bhattarai

Himal Khabarpatrika, 13-28 February

Space Time, 16 February

Gorkhapatra, 6 February

A four-day hearing on discrimination faced by Gorkha soldiers in the British Army opened in London on 18 February. Cherie Booth, wife of British…

Talks on a new extradition treaty between Nepal and India remained inconclusive as of Thursday. Discussions in Kathmandu took place on drafts to…

Nepal's oldest hospital, Bir Hospital, will soon transform into the Nepal Academy for Medical Science (NAMS). In association with 10 other major…

Donor countries and agencies must link their assistance to the resolution of the Bhutanese refugee impasse, demanded the Bhutan National…

RabRen International, sole distributor of Yingang motorcycles in Nepal, has introduced two new bikes. The YG 100-12 and YG 125-11 have been…

AVCO International launched the Santa Fe Diesel, a 4-wheel drive jeep in December 2002. Available at the Hyundai showroom in Nag Pokhari, the…

Dabur Nepal has declared a sales turnover of Rs 277 billion, registering a 24 per cent increase over last year's profit before tax and statutory…

The newly established private airlines, Sita Air, launched its operations from 20 February. Their initial routes are between Kathmandu and…

The gloom in the handicraft industry deepened with a decline of over 7 percent in export during the first half of the current fiscal year,…

Aruna Kandel's concerns regarding the portrayal of Nepali women in the writings of Samrat Upadhyay and Manjushree Thapa are rather inappropriate…

Alok Tumbahangphey's article ("Bird Country", # 131) has some mistakes. He has termed the spinny babbler as an endangered species. If a bird is…