December 3-9, 2004
Headline
Editorial
Ratify Kyoto
Many things that urgently need to be done in this country are being sidelined because of the conflict and its attendant crises. In fact, the…
Columns
State Of The State by CK Lal
Fig-leaf elections
Insisting on polls at any cost may cost us democracy and stability
Economic Sense by Artha Beed
Naming and shaming
Defaulters are defaulters and should be called defaulters
Tee Break by Deepak Acharya
Win-win situation
With a few more tournaments, our golfers could be hitting a win
Herojig by Jiggy Gaton
Herojig - Issue #224
Nepalipan by Rajendra Pradhan
Indifferent to differences
The myth of Nepal's ethnic, linguistic and religious tolerance
Under My Hat by Kunda Dixit
Survive another breeding season
As you young fellows of reproductive age who have had the pleasure of tying the nuptial knots of holy matrimony this week may have noticed,…
Nation
A war on two fronts
The people of Nepal's most AIDS-stricken district struggle with an insurgency and an epidemic
Helping people like us
Ex-addicts at a rehab centre in Pokhara address Nepal's growing drug problem
VINCENT ANDROSIGLIO
Building anew
As it inaugurates a new secretariat in Kathmandu this week, ICIMOD renews its commitment to Nepal and the Himalayan region
Summiting under a shamiana in Lumbini
One reason Nepal was saved from total embarrassment was that there was so little international participation at the world Buddhist summit
ANALYSIS by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Interview
Business
Our pilots are being pirated
Nepali pilots are being lured away in increasing numbers by better paying foreign airlines
Review
62 cups of tea and tales of war
Govinda Bartaman's book depicts Nepal as a country of broken lives, the people behind the daily body counts
62 cups of tea and tales of war
Govinda Bartaman's book depicts Nepal as a country of broken lives, the people behind the daily body counts
Leisure
Nature
"Mt Everest is not melting"
We asked the people of Khumbu what they think about the campaign by green groups to put Chomolungma on the UNESCO danger list so countries cut carbon emissions
NARESH NEWAR in MAKWANPUR
It's a jungle out there
Chitwan is going wild in anticipation of new year tourists
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY in LELE
Economy
Our pilots are being pirated
Nepali pilots are being lured away in increasing numbers by better paying foreign airlines
Sports
Life in free fall
Nepal's adventure tourism has another adventure: jump off a bridge and swing
AARTI BASNYAT at the LAST RESORT
Nepali Society
Hi, I’m Jungey
Namaste. I am what they call the Greater One Horned Asian Rhinoceros but people here in Kasara call me Jungey. If you are visiting the Royal…
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #224: KING AND PRIME MINISTER
KING AND PRIME MINISTER: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba welcomes King Gyanendra and Queen Komal with khada in Lumbini on Wednesday morning as…
From The Nepali Press
Strategic question mark
Five thousand women gathered in Dullu to protest Maoist atrocities, but what are the chances it will spread?
KISHORE NEPAL in DAILEKH
Business Briefs
Nepal says no
The government has balked at pressure from some donors to divide Bhutani refugees for assimilation in Nepal and immigration to Europe and the…
Cosmic travel
The first private Nepali carrier to fly the Kathmandu-Delhi route began its flights on 1 December. Cosmic Air's Fokker 100, which has…
Everest profits
Based on the first three months ending Aswin 2061 unaudited accounts, Everest Bank Ltd (EBL) has declared that their operating profit has shown…
New Products
Two years of Fedex: Everest De Cargo, licensee of FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company held a customer event on 20…
Letters
Lessons not learnt
Your excellent coverage of Nepal's power sector 10 years after the inevitable collapse of the badly planned Arun III ('Ten years after…
Ring Road
Thank you for the revealing piece by Padma Sunder Joshi on the absurdity of having an Outer Ring Road for Kathmandu Valley ('Road to nowhere',…
Fungification
In your last editorial ('The world is watching us', #222) you say: 'They want to revisit the commitments made at the Nepal Development Forum to…
Lak
Daniel Lak tells us that the 'America's Christian fundamentalist right' are the equivalent of 'the Islamist movement up to and perhaps just shy…
In this issue:
Blocked artery | Ratify Kyoto | Editorial: Indifferent to differences | Fiig -leaf elections | A war on two fronts | Gundruk Diplomacy | Helping people like us | Why Nepal needs Kyoto | Better late than never anew | " Mt Everest is not melting" | Building anew | Summiting under a shamiana | Our pilots are being pirated | Naming and shaming | It's a jungle out there | Iraq's silent dead | Voodoo economics | Strategic question mark | Bhoteskoshi | Comrade Umesh | Reinstating issue | Closing in | Maoist Makalu | Ranger in actions | 62 cups of tea and tales of war | Win- win situation | Life in free fall | " It's a WTO vs WHO" | Mountain Movies | Hi, I'm Jungey | Survive another breeding season