January 7-13, 2005
Headline
Editorial
A people’s tsunami
With a week to go for the government's bullet-or-ballot ultimatum to the Maoists, there is a sense of suspended animation. No one wants to do…
Columns
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
The new governor
Can he rise above the political drama and donor bidding?
Herojig by
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Guest Column by A S PANNEERSELVAN
A metaphor for the Indian state
National security adviser, J N Dixit, dies at 68
State Of The State by CK LAL
A division of the spoils
The wrangling over the Rastra Bank governor is a symptom of depoliticised polity
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Picking up the pieces
The biggest job for relief officials is coordinating all the generosity and putting it where it's needed most
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Demos we’d like to see in our cracy
Hold it right there. Where do you suppose you are going? You think you can just walk in here and start reading this column? Stand back, we need…
Nation
Nepal becomes ozone friendly
Smugglers along the Indo-Nepal border trading in illegal CFCs could jeopardise Nepal's obligations to protect the ozone layer
NARESH NEWAR
Long dark winters ahead
Supply is not keeping pace with rise in the electricity demand
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
Bodies of babies on the beach
Amidst the mass death in southern India, some living miracles
ARUNA UPRETY
Business
Review
The day the world exploded
If more attention was paid to history, we wouldn't be shocked by the scale of the disaster on 26 December
Feeling Aceh’s pain in Bali
Across the vast archipelago, the tragedy unites Indonesians
JUDY PETTIGREW
Leisure
And the winner is.
Hitting you where it matters, this year's Hits FM Music Awards promises to recognise new talent and launch careers
AARTI BASNYAT
Economy
Nepali Society
Leaving his stamp
It took a lot of toying with initials before he decided on KK Karmacharya. "Just enough K's," laughs Kancha Kumar Karmacharya, the 57-year-old…
Happenings
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|UNDER REPAIRS: Patan Taleju Bhabani, a temple in the Patan Darbar Square being renovated, the first time since being rebuilt after the 1934…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Nepal tops it in South Asia
The South Asia Intelligence review (www.satp.org) compiles a weekly table of casualties in insurgencies around South Asia. Nepal has…
Maoist extortion to new heights
Maoist extortion throughout the country has reached new heights and analysts are divided on whether this means the rebels are desperate for cash…
Business Briefs
Governor deadlock
The appointment of a new governor at the Nepal Rastra Bank is still in limbo as Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his deputy Bharat Mohan…
Tools of trade
Universal Trading Centre has operated in Nepal for nearly four decades. After their success with power tools for 15 years UTC strengthened their…
Standard Charter to the rescue
Standard Chartered PLC committed at least $5 million to relief and reconstruction activities in countries affected by Asia's tsunami. The amount…
Privilege concern
Photo Concern has launched its privilege card which allows holders attractive discounts and additional benefits. It has 66 alliance partners…
Handheld devices
After launching in the Indian market, Xda II mini and other Xda models have made it into the Nepali market. Users have access to email, Net,…
Old for new
Sagtani Exim Pvt Ltd, dealers of IFB home appliances, now offers the exchange of old washing machines for new IFB front load automatic washing…
Letters
Outer Ring Road
I have come across only one concrete reason for constructing the Outer Ring Road: since the distribution pipeline for the Melamchi project is…
Defaulters
I have full support for J Craig McAllister and his administration for going after the defaulters ('Willing to go after defaulters', #227). When…
Pround to be Nepali
Been a long time since I felt proud to be Nepali. Till two days ago when I heard Jan Egeland the man the UN has put in charge of the tsunami…
Traffic darwinism
To acknowledge that Darwinisrn is at work in the anarchy of Kathmandu's traffic and the anthropological questions it raises as Rajendra Pradhan…
In this issue:
We need to talk | Editorial: A people's tsunami | A divisions of the spoils | Bodies of babies on the beach | Picking up the pieces | The day the world exploded | The real seismic gap is between the rich and the poor | Not non-profit | Nepal Becomes ozone friendly | The Nepal Connection | Long dark winters ahead | The new governor | " Nepal has two - tier market economy" | People rule | Digging bunkers | New year | bad choice | Hopes, resolutions | Unite or else | SEcurity Crimes | Camp Sanskrit | Leaderless | Ministerial fight | Feeling Aceh's pain in Bali | A metaphor for the Indian State | Asia's post-tsunami future | Radioactive hobby | Women play too | We ain't seen nothing yet | Leaving his stamp | Demos we'd like to see in our cracy