Issue #148

There have been some negative comments in the Nepali media on the Bhote Kosi hydro project ('The price we pay for power', #142) and a rebuttle…

Thousands of internally-displaced people in the district headquarters bear the double tragedy of losing loved ones, and having to fend for themselves.

With at least a quarter of kangresi MPs always in his pocket, Khum Bahadur Khadka determined the shape of post-1990 politics.

An exhibition pays homage to a mountaineering legend.

Pico Iyer was born to travel. Born in England to Indian parents, he moved at the age of seven to California where he did his schooling. Educated…

One and the world

Integrated Pest Management in Nepal Fanindra Prasad Neupane (ed) Himalayan Resources Institute, 2003 Rs 500 This approach to pest management is…

Neera Joshi Pradhan Park Gallery, 2002 (Second Edition) Rs 250 This slim publication is the result of three years worth of intensive study of…

Baburam Bhattarai Adroit Publishers, 2003 Rs 960 The author, a leading figure of the CPN (Maoist), probes the subject of why our 'yam' nation is…

The forests in Sagarmatha National Park have a new predator.

Following the Indian ban on the export of rhesus monkeys for use in bio-medical research, Western research labs now seem to be eyeing Nepali…

World Environment Day on Thursday was award time for Sharada Vaidya of the Women Environment Protection Committee (WEPCO). The United Nations…

Gokul Baskota in Drishti, 3 June

Ghatana ra Bichaar, 4 June

Himal Khabarpatrika, 30 May-14 June

Himalaya Times, 1 June

Deshantar, 1 June

Rajdhani, 4 June

The Indian Embassy Wednesday donated a fleet of 16 ambulances to various rural health groups. Ambassador Shyam Saran, presiding over the…

The Mountain Institute (TMI) in Nepal now has two directors, both Nepal hands: Lhakpa N Sherpa and Brian J Peniston are joint directors of the…

A website to promote information on Japan and Nepal, www.nepaljapan.com, was launched in Japan by students and former students in Japan. Mohan…

More than 200 US-based Newars and guests attended the second convention of the Newah Organisation of America (NOA) on 25 May held in…

Eighteen Tibetan refugees of the 21 who were apprehended by the Nepali police at the Tatopani Nepal-China border last month were handed over to…

When Appa Sherpa stood on top of Sagarmatha for a record 13th time on the morning of 23 May 2003, he was carrying a flag of Nepal. But he also…

SARS and the Iraq war may have taken a toll on our tourism but May saw an remarkable spike in Indian arrivals. A total of 10,182 Indians visited…

Calling all motorheads. NADA's third auto show is scheduled for 17-21 September and the focus is going to be on everything from two-wheeled…

SKAL International held its Asian Assembly in Kathmandu 29 May - 1June in Kathmandu with nearly 100 top managers and executives from the travel…

Re: The editorial, 'Party time' (#145). In the heat of the battle of the current political stalemate, the big picture is getting lost, and the…

Thank you for the continued attention your newspaper has given to the plight of trekking porters in Nepal. This issue is of critical importance…

As friends of Nepal for over 40 years, we have always been proud of your nation's commitment to human rights and, in particular, your generosity…

I attended the talk by Reinhold Messner and read your review "'Messner: Don't mess with Everest', #147). His speech was politically correct and…

Your editorial 'Interview with BP' (#147) once more demonstrates the flirtation with fatalistic tendencies so prevalent in the Nepali…

CK Lal's 'Let them eat the cake' (#147) was impressive, however I feel that Lal deviates from his previous views. Our society only hears the…