Bumpy road
Deuba tries to cobble together a government five weeks after Surya Bahadur Thapa's resignation
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
June 11-17, 2004
Headline
Editorial
Out of this maze
It is our current misfortune that many analyse King Gyanendra's appointment of a new prime minister last week in terms of victory or defeat for…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Re-imagining the state
Can King Gyanendra's corporate values reinvent Nepal?
Guest Column by MAN MOHAN BHATTARAI
Same difference
As the demands of the political parties and the Maoists are converge, there is no need to kill any more Nepalis
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Politically incorrect news
While every effort is made to verify the accuracy of news items printed in this paper, being humans, we journalists sometimes err on the side of…
Nation
The other war
Armed robberies, looting and plunder is rife in the lawless south
NARESH NEWAR in MAKWANPUR
The dirty dozen
Official wrangling and greed delay the cleanup of an obsolete stockpile of dangerous pesticides
SUNIL POKHREL
Business
Review
Analysing the Maobadi
A systematic study of Maoism's resurrection in the Himalaya in 1996 started surprisingly late.
Maoists review books on Maoists
The #9 of 'The Worker' , the Maoist party bulletin in English carries a review of recent books on the Maoist insurgency in Nepal titled…
Book Worm
The Great Arc- The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was named John Keay
The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named John Keay Harper Collins, 2000 Rs 700 The Great Indian Arc of the…
Nepali Society
Hero Yasuhiro
When Yasuhiro Kishimoto first came to Nepal in 1994, what he knew about the country could be summed up in three points. "This was the mystical…
Update
Sharan to Dilli
Shyam Sharan, Ambassador of India in Kathmandu since October 2002, was appointed Indian Foreign Secretary and is expected to take up his post in…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Strike out
It has been five days and counting since educational institutions around the country were forced to close for an indefinite period of time. The…
Business Briefs
AAA
There is nothing anonymous about the Association of Administrative Assistants (AAA). The group was established for the first time in Nepal, with…
Visit Nepal
Tourist arrivals in May reached 22,278, an increase of 22 percent compared to the same month last year. While the inflow of Indian tourist…
New Products
HOT ROD: Despite 40 years in the business, Himal Iron and Steels proves it's still got an edge as it unveils the new Himal Tempcore iron rods.…
Letters
Massacre books
Bikram Sambat 2061 may be the year Nepalis start to come to terms with the royal massacre. For many reasons, they badly need to do so. In…
On the job
I found Ashutosh Tiwari's 'On the job' (Strictly Business, #198) on MBAs getting exploited in Nepal thought provoking. I know of two individuals…
Alms racee
Navin Singh Khadka's 'Alms race' (#198) states the Royal Nepali Army is going through its 'biggest ever expansion in history'. What he doesn't…
Chins up
I've been laughing, despite the chaos, over the last two Under My Hats by Kunda Dixit (#s 198, 199) about nitpicking in Nepal. I always begin…
Nepathya
Thank you for covering Nephathya's tour. I salute the band and the organisers for their courage in defying the bandas and taking the message of…
In this issue:
Bumpy Road | Out to this maze | Editorial: same difference | Re-imagining the state | The other war | Looking back at Reagan and D-Day | Strike out | The Everest Bahn | Uncensored | The dirty dozen | Dip in Valley Crime | Insurance in the age of terrorism | The fatal lure | Analysing the Maobadi | Advertising industry battles adversity | "Puppet prime minister" | Dial in rebels | back in power | Home to Baghdad | They can hide but they can't run | The banality of evil | Behind the green | Maoists review book on Maoists | Hero Yasuhiro | Politically incorrect news