Issue #21

Nepal is not a substantial contributor to climate change and may not suffer its worst immediate impact, but it could be seriously affected by melting glaciers like Tsho Rolpa.

At Hetauda we looked into the regional police office. The resident chief denied there was any marijuana growing in Makwanpur. But junior…

Replace cocaine with cannabis, Colombia with Nepal and you have it: leftist guerrillas involved in protecting an illegal narcotic crop. Since…

Every time talks with the Maoists seem to be getting somewhere, a monkey wrench flies in from nowhere and destroys all trust. The common wisdom…

The Rose Class was a participatory photography project that ran during the summer of 1998 in Beldangi II Extension camp, which houses 10,000…

Kathmandu has a new, irresistible aroma. The smell of Mustang apples.

Treat yourself to a fireside chat with the Abbot of the Tengboche Gompa.

The ascending humans, beasts and divinities are each ten times stronger than the other so that the accumulative strength protecting the temple image is enormous.

The Great Himalayan Volkswagen Beetle Rally last weekend raised enough money for 60 hare and cleft lip operations for Nepalis. A NEPALI TIMES…

"It should look like a Beetle, you have to look to nature to find out what streamlining is." - Adolf Hitler

The Venerable Ngawang Tenzing Zangpo Rinpoche, abbot of Tengboche Monastery in Khumbu, is still in Kathmandu after his participation in WWF's…

Saptahik Bimarsa, 8 December

Prakash Weekly, 8 December

Lokpatra Weekly, 8 December

Lok Dristi National Weekly, 9 December

Deshanter Saptahik, 10 December

Just to recap: Two hotel unions decided to go on indefinite strike from 11 December demanding a 10 percent service charge on top of their…

With the government unable to provide security to schools that wanted to defy a 8-14 December closure called by a pro-Maoist student union, most…

Nepal finally has an Information Technology (IT) strategy. "We've missed the industrial revolution and the green revolution, but we don't want…

Dunai is history. Then came the Maoist strike at Kalikot. The Army was partially deployed in 16 districts, but the palace and the cabinet are…

Japanese consulting firm Nippon Koei has nearly finalised a study on an alternative road leading out of Kathmandu Valley which would avoid the…

The government's inability to make duty drawback payments on time has frustrated exporters, mainly three major Indian joint ventures: Nepal…

The International Organisation for Standardization has awarded Hukam Pharmaceuticals Private Limited (PHPL) ISO9002 certification, the first for…

Lack of working capital and raw material forced closure of the Hetauda Textile Industry last week. The mill, with an annual capacity of 11…

Ilam Tea Producers Pvt Ltd (ITPPL) has begun marketing high quality orthodox tea in 150 and 200gram sachets aimed at promoting the brand in…

Much as I would like to, it is becoming more and more difficult to find something to feel good about Nepal. Reading your page one piece "Nepal…

Daniel Lak: you'll have to start practicing throatsinging in my garden. Having seen Genghis Blues, I too couldn't tell if it was a tale of, as…

I couldn't help but notice that your #20 was a particularly stunning issue. I thought that the feature on page 6 "Goodwill ambassadors" was…