Issue #223

"The parents performed a funeral ceremony, as if they would never see their children again."

Some Dalits suffer discrimination not just from the higher castes, but from fellow-Dalits

Sankhuwasabha is still smarting from the loss, but the rest of the country is probably better off

Bikash Pandey-an energy specialist and Nepal representative of Winrock International.

The proposed Outer Ring Road completely ignores past plans for Kathmandu Valley's organic growth

Epigrams on the birth and death of revolutions

On Saturday, the streets of Thamel will come alive with music

Ajay Edwards is heir to Darjeeling's famous Glenary's bakery and restaurant. The business whizkid tripled its annual turnover to Rs 7.5 million.…

All you need is a long mallet, a ball, two teams and a herd of elephants

PARACHUTISTS: The Royal Nepali Army took more than 60 journalists to the site of the Pandaun battle in western Nepal by plane and choppers from…

The women of Dailekh did something the men never had the courage to do

Rajdhani, 23 November

Kantipur, 25 November

Deshantar, 21 November

Shailaja Acharya in Aastha, 20 November

Nepal Samacharpatra, 23 November

Editorial in Nepal Samacharpatra, 25 November

Kantipur, 23 November

Annapurna Post, 23 November

The third Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) will screen 50 films on mountains and the lifestyle of mountain people from…

The Daughters of Everest, directed and produced by Sapana Sakya and Ramyata Limbu won The Alpine Club of Canada award for Best Film on Climbing…

The main message from the official visit to Nepal by the Asian Development Bank's Vice President Liqun Jin was that the Manila-based institution…

The government has begun feasibility studies on a transit route that India wants through Nepal to Tibet. In response to Indian requests, several…

Everest Bank Ltd (EBL) celebrated its tenth anniversary on 24 November. Launched in 1994 as a joint venture of Punjab National Bank, it has 15…

Studio 7 has added a Konica Minolta R2 Super Full Digital machine services to provide better service. This is the first time that such…

Nepal Credit and Commerce Bank has introduced Cash Card and Debit Card with Smart Choice Technology (SCT). This new service is available for all…

I agree with Ashutosh Tiwari's assessment in Strictly Business ('Losing the labour lottery', #221). First of all, it was mysterious why the…

It needs courage to transform polarity into plurality, as Dipta Shah argues in his Guest Column ('Polarity vs plurality' #222). But the author…

Re: 'Divided they stand' (#222). It may be true that the Maoists are loosing their ground to the army in the government's perspective. But one…

I miss Darjeeling! Every March, my parents and I hit the road from Kathmandu to take me to boarding school in Darjeeling. Reading the article…

It was wonderful to read about Bal Krishna Kasula's extraordinary feat ('A Bhaktapur brick-layer', #222). His efforts in earthquake resistant…

In his enthusiasm to boost Nepal's tourism by providing retirement benefits for foreign tyrants, Kunda Dixit in Under My Hat ('Old age home for…