Issue #193

New hope for thousands as the National Kidney Centre offers affordable dialysis in Nepal

ELLEN WINNER in BOULDER

Three new weekly magazines have hit the stands, but is the Nepali market large enough for all of them?

Sugat R Kansakar-Managing Director of the NTC's new avatar.

Machine-spun wool in carpets is not only illegal, it is also taking jobs away and raising questions about quality

Lal Singh Gurung-joined the British Gurkhas at 14

Poet and photographer Wayne Amtzis offers us his worldview

The Right to Development: A Primer Centre for Development and Human Rights Sage Publications, 2004 Rs 632 The Right to Development (RTD), a…

People who can turn their childhood passion into a successful career are the lucky ones. Musician Aavas is one of the few. Aavas taught himself…

The phrase 'medical tourism' gets a whole new meaning with this unique project that relies on tourists to stock remote health posts with first aid supplies

Samay,15-22 April

Rajdhani, 17 April

Journalists Hari Bahadur Thapa and Khim Ghale recount their arrest at a political rally in Kantipur, 18 April It was 10PM and the two of us were…

Finance Minister Prakash Chandra Lohani on BBC Nepali Service, 18 April

NC leader Chakra Prasad Bastola in Drishti, 20 April

Drishti, 20 April

Who would've thought that clean plastic waste, such as mineral water bottles, can be used as a thermal insulator in buildings? The bottles are…

British tourist Gareth Koch, 24, has been missing for nearly a month in Nepal after leaving for a trek to the Sagarmatha area. He was due to…

Remittances, Nepal's main source of income, have increased and are propping up South Asian economies. A World Bank report says the region…

The bad news first: the Lumbini International Marathon, originally slated for 3 May, has been postponed indefinitely due to security concerns…

Nepal Rastra Bank recently approved the merger of Birganj-based Laxmi Bank and the prominent Hisef Finance Company. The new entity will operate…

Rabendra Raj Pandey, executive chairman of Everest Express Travels and Tours, has become the second Nepali to be awarded the Pacific Asia Travel…

Your waiting-list woes may be over: Air Sahara, a private Indian airline, will be operating daily Delhi-Kathmandu flights starting 12 May. With…

The British Council will be holding its annual Cyber Fair from 10AM-4PM on 25 April at the Lainchaur office. It's all about IT, with everything…

BMW GOES COMPACT: This autumn will see BMW's first compact class car go on sale. With typical BMW characteristics including rear wheel drive,…

I was saddened to see the photos of the injured writer Manjushree Thapa ('A marcher of history' #191) in your paper and would like to join…

The blurb 'How long can King Gyanendra afford to fight two uprisings?' in the article by Navin Singh Khadga ('No looking back', #191) is…

After reading Naresh Newar's 'Selling sex to survive' (# 190), I have a very practical (albeit unoriginal) idea: legalise and regulate the flesh…

Many thanks to Kishore Nepal for his report on the displaced people of my native district of Baitadi ('Nothing left to lose', #191). Although I…

Ashutosh Tiwari in 'Lights, camera, zzzz' (Strictly Business, #192) completely fails to understand the background, context and audience of the…

Some comments about Nepali Times. Firstly, the internet polls in your newspaper don't really represent the general public. I am not suggesting…