Issue #153

Official indifference deprives Nepalis of cell phones that work abroad.

Nepal's five remote northwestern districts want to take destiny into their own hands.

Ambassador Wendy J Chamberlin

'I have shown myself to be a weak person in these pages.'

A paradigm shift in the world's bank is necessary, and possible.

A touch of whimsy led to the 'Gentlemen Songsters' of Yale naming themselves The Whiffenpoofs after one of the characters in a Victor Herbert…

Understanding the Maoist Movement of Nepal Deepak Thapa (ed) Martin Chautari, 2003 Rs 475 This collection of writings taken from a variety of…

Education in dilemma: A Nepalese perspective Radabhir D Khati, PhD Udaya Books, 2003 Rs 290 This very timely book makes an in-depth examination…

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home & Abroad Fareed Zakaria Penguin Viking, 2003 Rs 395 At a period when democracy is the one…

Get that healthy glow with nature's bounty and some time-tested pampering.

Hari Bahadur Rokaya's practice schedule is as tough as his home terrain in Jumla. Like most marathon runners he prefers setting off in the early…

Pradeep Pokhrel in Deshantar, 6 July

Janamanch, 6 July 2003 Special interview with His Majesty King Gyanendra

Chhalphal, 7 July

Gopal Gadtaula in Spacetime, 8 July

Drishti, 8 July

Gorkhapatra, 6 July

Foreign secretaries of SAARC member nations finally agreed in Kathmandu on dates for the 12th Summit of their leaders in Islamabad 4-6 January,…

Eminent historian, researcher and scholar Mahesh Chandra Regmi died Wednesday at age 74. He leaves behind a copious body of work which includes…

Industrialists are pressurising the government to request US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) to reintroduce the customs and quota free bill…

Seven of the Valley's World Heritage Sites have been placed on the danger list by UNESCO. The announcement came as a shock for conservationists,…

Silver Mountain School of Hotel Management (SMSH) is the first institute to offer a four-year internationally recognised Bachelor Degree in…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $35 million loan to Nepal for a public sector management program aimed at boosting revenue…

Kumari Bank has begun a ?super saving? scheme that offers 4.25 percent interest on daily balances, with interests paid on a quarterly basis. The…

The Dutch airline, Martinair, is filling in the gap left after Transavia Airlines pulled out this spring. From November, both tourists and…

Nepali girls have begun to hand in their applications for the Dabur Vatika Miss Nepal Beauty Pageant 2003 to be held on 13 September at BICC.…

Samsung has opened its new showroom at Darbar Marg with a full range of the Korean company's consumer electronic products. The state-of-the-art…

I was quite amused to read in your esteemed paper (Nepali Times/Nepalnews.com Poll, #91) last week that the largest number of email voters have…

Your writers should stop making accusations against the army without any basis ('Jajarkot's tense frontline', #152). The army cannot be treated…

Puskar Gautam's articles usually make a lot of sense. But if the last 12 years were a "rose garden"('Prachanda's new path', #152) and if…

First Nepal buckles to Chinese pressure and deports Tibetan refugees, and now HMG is banning celebrations of the Dalai Lama's birthday? What's…

You mention your strict policy of keeping advertisement to content ratio below 1:3 in response to a comment made by Mark Zimmerman ('Letters',…

Recently, on going through pictures on your news sites, I saw our so-called leaders taking part in a relay hunger strike. I was inspired to pen…

Politicians are always soft targets. No doubt, they deserve some of the vitriol in your editorials, but aren't you glossing over the autocratic…