Issue #22

Whenever Sanjay Dhital and his wife Rosina have taken a flight in the past year, they've had goose bumps. It is especially bad when cabin…

Daman Kumar Soni was sitting next to Rupin Katyal when the stabbings began. Satnam Singh was in the seat directly behind Katyal. As the flight…

Soon after Sanjay Dhital and Rosina were married, he had to be back at his job with a Japanese charity in Peshawar. So their journey was going…

Maoist leaders could be foreseeing that serious instability caused by the insurgency could be used by the former autocratic forces to regain…

The coppersmiths of Palpa may not have seen a computer, but e-commerce has changed their lives and fortunes and is helping to bring others back home.

Mao said "a revolution is not a time for holding parties". You cannot expect politeness in revolutions. Excerpts from an interview with…

His penetrating backward glance could be for any number of reasons, since Jung Bahadur, was forever on guard against assassination attempts.

At the international elephant polo tournament in Chitwan last week, enthusiasts played "one of the world's fastest games on one of nature's slowest beasts."

The earnest, imperfect everyman

Himalayan Snax's 'Mayos mutthima hatti' offers coupons with chances to win three tola (35gm) gold elephants or instant cash prizes for up to Rs…

Serious efforts are underway to save Nepal's snow leopard population.

Parents feel for their children-a sneeze or a cough is enough to set in a panic. It was just such a collective panic that led to the formation…

Nepali sites are certainly happening, although they could do with better content and be a little more imaginative.

Jana Awhan, 15 December

Naya Sadak, 15 December

Editorial in Himal Khabarpatrika, 16-30 December

Saptahik Bimarsha, 15 December

Budhabar,13 December

Deshantar, 17 December

Nepali Patra, 15 December

The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist), generally known as Ma-Le, managed to keep itself together by agreeing on a last-minute…

Nepal's first chemical fertiliser plant was formally inaugurated last week. The Luna Nepal Chemical Fertilisers-a Rs 260 million Nepal-India…

Surya Tobacco Company bagged Nepal's first National Safety Award for having the safest workplace among 65 competing industries. The award was…

Maruti Trading has begun marketing six brands of chocolates made by Baker's Pride, an Oman-based company. All the six new brands-Oasis, Bang,…

Chitwan is gearing up to welcome 150,000 Christmas and New Year's visitors at the Chitwan Festival 2000 (26 December to 2 January) to be…

Cane growers of Sarlahi and the management of the local Indu Shanker Sugar Mill have reached an agreement on a higher price for sugarcane.…

Public transport operators have begun to protest the government's decision to get rid of all vehicles that are more than 20 years old by…