Issue #215

In the Everest region everyone is readying for the autumn trekking rush

The Maoists are taking the revolution to the airwaves with their own FM radio

Five electric cars are rotting in Birganj customs because the government refuses to give non-fossil fuel cars a tax break.

NEA management, with official collusion, let $30 million in guarantee money slip away

Nirmal Gurung-President of the Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies

When the World Commission on Dams (WCD) released its report 'Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-making' in 2002, the polarised…

How to reconcile a little girl's rights with the need to protect a national tradition

Historical Dictionary of Nepal Nanda R Shrestha and Keshav Bhattarai Vision Books, 2004 Rs 1,200 The Historical Dictionary of Nepal offers a…

When Situ Kharel appears on stage in London's Ealing Town Hall on 11 October, she will be the first Nepali to hold a solo concert in Britain.…

THE LITTLE PRINCE: Naba Yubaraj Hridayendra and Princess Purnika are carried through Pashupati, following their mother, Princess Himani, and…

Going international Samay, 23 September

Former Foreign Minister Ram Sharan Mahat in Deshnatar, 19 September

Rajdhani, 20 September

Kantipur, 20 September

Nepal Samacharpatra, 21 September

Rajdhani, 21 September

A week after looting a medical caravan in Okhaldhunga bearing equipment and vaccines for the nationwide anti-measles drive, the Maoists have…

Air Sahara, one of India's leading private airlines, inaugurated its flight to Kathmandu on 16 September after its 737 landed during a heavy…

Sunsilk, in association with Fashion Design Council of Nepal (FDCN) and IEC is organising Sunsilk Nepal Fashion Week. The event hopes to…

The latest Everest Bank credit scheme, 'Loan against shares', allows customers to enjoy instant liquidity against shares approved by the bank.…

It is unfortunate that the US has suspended its Peace Corps program in Nepal (Peace Corps pull out, #214). Although the US ambassador has stated…

We wish to bring to your kind notice that there is considerable harrassment caused to us in the matter of radiation hazard from base…

Navin Singh Khadka's recent article 'Six hours in hell' (#213) makes extremely critical but persuasive reading on what is means to be a Nepali…

Thank you for your excellent editorial ('Never too late', #124), which is politically correct. As we go back to 1990 movement and think for a…

It seems that Bandana Rana ('Tij with Bandana', #214) has some personal prejudices against marriage and husbands. Every now and then, our…

Herojig is not one of my favourite cartoon characters, but the 'Cartoon Silence' (#213), mourning the death of the 12 Nepalis and 316 Russians,…