Issue #142

American investors threaten retaliation if the government doesn't buy excess power from Bhote Kosi.

Toni Hagen knew Nepal inside out. Literally. As a geologist, he put together the first 3-D jigsaw puzzles of stratigraphic cross-sections of the…

The Maoists issued a 75-point manifesto just before the breakdown of the last truce in November 2001.

Then Thomas Varughese came to Nepal from Kerala to teach in a missionary school at Luitel Bhanjyang in Gorkha, he knew he wanted to raise a…

When more Nepalis believe democracy is at greater risk from the palace than from the Maoists, it's not difficult to gauge the scale of Narayanhity's PR problem.

Neer Shah is Nepali filmdom's towering personality. After helping establish Nepal Television in 1984, he started acting, directing and producing…

The author smothers readers with her own zing and zest.

Writing in the tradition of committed Marxist poetry, Ahuti captures the sorrows and struggles of Nepal's most vulnerable subaltern classes:…

The Annapurna Base Camp is the wildest short trek in Nepal. A perfect bandh-getaway.

To stop more art thefts, Nepal needs to start demanding that its stolen religious objects be returned.

Seven years ago when Hari Man Lama took a group of Japanese trekkers to Daneshwor village in Kabhre, his clients were apalled by the state of…

Rajdhani, 22 ApriL

Ghatana Ra Bichaar, 23 April

Punarjagaran, 22 April

Birendra Rawal in Chhalphal, 20 April

Laxman Khadka in Rajdhani, 18 April

The parastatal Sajha public transport company is back on the roads 15 months after being closed down by the Deuba government. A ceremonial run…

Eighteen Tibetans, including 10 teenagers, caught after crossing the Nangpa La into Nepal were jailed in Kathmandu this week. The Home Ministry…

Two days of shutdowns on 20 and 23 April were called by student unions and both were 'successful' in bringing the country to a standstill. The…

Hitco has begun selling three modular fire extinguisher types in the kingdom. Produced by the Indian firm Steel Age, the equipment is available…

Reeling from the SARS scare, Thai Airways has announced a special holiday package for tourism promotion. The deal including a return ticket in…

The slump in tourism is adversely affecting handicraft producers. Exports worth Rs 1.8 billion was exported in the first eight months of the…

The number of Nepali workers leaving for foreign employment declined by 3.5 percent in the first nine months of this year. The latest data from…

With 28 sweet Himalayan mandarins to a bottle of Rasilo, the newest beverage on the market is a homegrown solution to help farmers get direct…

Why is it only in Nepal, the most trivial issue engulfs the nation with strikes and protests? (Editorial, 'Time out', #141). The oil price hike…

Re: Daniel Lak's 'The thunder of hooves', #141. The war in Iraq is, for all practical purposes, over. President Bush is once again riding high…

I don't know about your other readers, but I wait avidly for your fortnightly installments from BP Koirala's jail diary. Many of the details may…

Contrary to what Nanda Rana says in 'Cat Man' (#141) conservation is not simply a management issue or a business. It is an issue intrinsically…