"Take us home"
A botched rescue of Nepali girls from an Indian circus last week exposes a distressing crossborder paedophile racket
RAMESWOR BOHARA
June 25 - July 1, 2004
Headline
Editorial
Fix it
With all the political posturing, haggling and grandstanding going on these days, it is easy to lose sight of the future. The partisan interests…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Sacrificing scapegoats
Deuba sacrificed a goat so a similar fate will not befall him
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
The alternative to war
War happens because politics is made to fail by evil people
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
The Ugly Nepali
It is impossible to avoid the tipsy junketeer while travelling
Guest Column by DIPAK GYAWALI
King as trustee
The Working Procedure Regulation was never a hindrance to doing good work
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
All the news that’s fit to print
As gatekeepers of a newspaper of record, it behooves us to respect the great faith and trust that you, our valued customers, have place upon us…
Nation
Killer kilns
The very bricks that give Kathmandu Valley its unique urban identity are now destroying
MUDITA BAJRACHARYA
Not seeing the forest for the trees
With no government and little law enforcement, the famous pine forests of western Nepal are
UMID BAGCHAND
Hari Prasad comes home
He returned home after serving a six year sentence in Thailand for drug smuggling. He says he was framed.
NARESH NEWAR
Interview
Business
Rs 228,039,113,441
That is exactly how much Nepal owes foreign creditors, which comes to Rs 10,000 for every man, woman and child in this country
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
Review
Leisure
Book Worm
Nepal Studies in the UK- Conversations with Practitioners
Nepal Studies in the UK: Conversations with Practitioners Pratyoush Onta Martin Chautari, 2004 Rs 950 Pratyoush Onta interviews 19 scholars,…
Nepali Society
The right chord
Deepak Bajracharya had his first public performance at 14, and recalls stepping on stage feeling calm and collected. Sixteen years later, he is…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Solar purified water
A solar-powered water purification system has been chosen by the EU's Commissioner of the Environment for an International Cooperation Award,…
Building friendship
Work on a new building for Dharan's Mahendra Multiple Campus started with outgoing Indian ambassador to Nepal, Shyam Saran, laying the…
Manakamana cablecar to resume
Manakamana cable car will resume its operation by the weekend after Maoists damaged one of the towers, sources within the company told us. The…
Business Briefs
Video stars
It was merely a matter of time before a video music award was instituted in the grand tradition of corporate-sponsored awards. Over the last two…
Yeti’s SAABs
Yeti Airlines has brought a second SAAB 340B 36-seater aircraft. The Swedish-made commuter turboprops will be used in the Biratnagar, Pokhara,…
Sky train
Qatar Airways has launched an innovative Fly & Rail service in Germany last week with Deutsche Bahn. Qatar's air passengers can connect with…
New Products
NO COMPROMISES: Translated, that is exactly what the new model of Yamaha Libero Lx offers in its 'No Samjhauta Bike'. The 106cc engine provides…
Letters
Dystopia
In 'Nepali dystopia' (Editorial, #201) you have painted a rather depressing doomsday scenario for Nepal in two year's time. At the rate at which…
Chitwan cheese
Hasta Gurung in 'Crying over spilt milk' (#199) reports dairy farmers in Chitwan dumping 100,000 litres of milk because bandas prevented them…
Mantra
Ashutosh Tiwari's 'Strictly Business' column is usually interesting and thought-provoking, but lately he has started becoming a bit repetitious…
#200
Congratulations to Nepali Times on its 200th edition. Every Monday morning, the Internet edition of your paper has been essential reading and…
In this issue:
Take us home | Fix it | Editorial: King as trustee | The right chord | The alternative to war | Land, but no soil | Resisting resistance | " I'm not a dacoit" | Not seeing the forest for the trees | Hari Prasad come home | Rs. 228,039,113,441 | The Ugly Nepali | Yeti fills gap in domestic capacity | Brit Flicks | Learning fear | Crossing the bridge | Fundamental imbalance | The lawless sheriff | Bill's oral office | Single Handicappers | Check out the Czechs | EUROcup renneth over ... | All the news that's fit to print