"The Maoists are a bigger problem than the king"
An exclusive interview with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba
July 2-8, 2004
Headline
Editorial
A tale of two quagmires
A prime minister is appointed, executive power is handed over with a mandate to restore law and order and hold early elections. But there are…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
The lure of legitimacy
Let's get one thing straight: Deuba holds office at the pleasure of the king.
Nepalipan by ARUNA UPRETY
Junk food epidemic
This is one communicable disease that Nepali parents should pay attention to
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Imagine no free market
Look at what happens when market-friendly mechanisms are subverted
Guest Column by KHAGENDRA SANGROULA
Re-education at gunpoint
Sorry, comrades, that is not how it happens
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
The Annual Most Remarkable Loo in Nepal Awards Night
t's that time of year again for an event that all of you have been eagerly awaiting: The Annual Most Remarkable Loo in Nepal Awards Night.…
Nation
Flight safety in the monsoon
Nearly all aviation accidents in Nepal since 1992 happened during the monsoon. What can be done to reduce the risk?
VIJAY LAMA
Here comes the rain
Kathmandu farmers battle a late monsoon, their vanishing rice gene pool and urban sprawl
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Interview
Business
A high dam on the Kosi
It may be needed just to correct the mistake made 40 years ago to build the Kosi barrage
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
Book Worm
Peace Studies- An Introduction to the Concept, Scope, and Themes
Peace Studies: An Introduction to the Concept, Scope, and Themes Ranabir Samaddar (ed) Sage, 2004 Rs 768 In recent years, a significant corpus…
Nepali Society
Do it like Granny
If there is one lesson we could all learn from Ranamati Limbu it is that you're never too old to save the world. This petite 75-year-old from…
From The Nepali Press
Common Minimum Program
Excerpts of the Common Minimum Program of the UML, Sadbhabana, RPP and NC-D announced on 30 June
Domestic Brief
12 return, rest disappear
The saga of Nepali circus girls in India is not over even with the return to Nepal of 12 of the 30 girls working in the Great Roman Circus in…
Spy in the sky
Two ex-British Army spy planes were handed over to the Royal Nepali Army's growing fleet of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The British aid…
Business Briefs
Free entry
Nepal announced free visas for SAARC journalists at the national conference on 'Freedom of Press and Media Laws' organised by South Asian Free…
IT manpower
NIIT Kathmandu Centre introduced a new ?industry-endorsed? multiple-track GNIIT program for career aspirants in IT. Designed to bridge the IT…
Quality shows
Hyundai has come out a winner in Strategic Vision's 2004 Total Quality Index (TQI) improving its overall brand score by 10 points, with three…
Winners
The Close Up Video Music Awards ceremony on 26 June sounded victory for various singers on an entirely novel platform: music videos, which was…
Malaysia holidays
We're so busy trying to lure tourists back to the kingdom that it's nice to be on the other side. Tourism Malaysia is set to launch its Malaysia…
New Products
PAINT PALETTE: Asian Paints, Nepal's largest paint company and among the top 10 decorative coatings companies in the world, launched its first…
Letters
Better Kiln
As an environment management specialist, I found Mudita Bajracharya's coverage of the brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley ('Killer kilns', #202)…
Fix it
Your editorial, ('Fix it', #202) highlights the attractiveness of the constitutient assembly to political parties and the rebels. For the…
Circus girls
Thank you for calling a spade a spade in your article on the circus girls rescued from India ("Take us home", #202). You are the only paper that…
In this issue:
The Maoists are a bigger problem than the king | A tale of two quagmires | Editorial: Re - education at gunpoint | The lure of legitamacy | A Nepali trapped in America's own Abu Ghraib | Green with greed | "I'll sue the US government" | Junk food epidemic | " If Kashmir can have polls so can we" | Flight safety in the monsoon | A high dam on the Kosi | Imagine no free market | Here comes the rain | Common minimum program | " Who do I turn to now" | Brain drain to brain grain | US neo - cons vs UNFPA | Opium glut | Not just geisha girls | Breakthrough | New Europes rises | Do it like granny | The annual most remarkable Loo in Nepal awards night