Issue #23

If we needed a proof of just how volatile Nepal's political scene has become, then this week was it. A rumour that Indian actor Hritik Roshan…

A loss of authority has plunged our country into the most serious crisis since the 1814-16 Anglo-Nepal War. We are seeing a steady erosion of…

The state-run postal system faces stiff competition from efficient private courier services and the Internet. Nepal's Department of Postal Services is taking a hard look at itself-but is anyone else?

A one-day seminar on discrimination against British Gurkhas vis-?-vis their British counterparts was held in Pokhara on 18 December. The…

Trekking in Mustang, you pay Rs25 for a "sun bath". Fancy name for something many Valley residents are familiar with: solar-heated water.

Nepal's first solar water heater was installed at Budanilakantha School in 1974 by the then Swiss government-supported Balaju Yantra Shala…

ADB has sanctioned $120 million for Melamchi, but questions about distribution remain.

The poor in poor countries are twice betrayed: by the rich nations and by their own governments.

No other crown could be so fantastically devised, so priceless. It is a glitter of closely set diamonds and pearls, hung with drop rubies and emeralds the size of plums and atop it, clasped by more diamonds, is a cascade of bird-of-paradise plumes.

"In a constitutional monarchy, the King has to play the role of the referee. He cannot kick the ball himself , but he must make sure that no one commits a foul."

Nepali Patra, 22 December

Khula Manch, 21 December

Tarun, 25 December

Jana Aastha, 20 December

Jana Ahwan, 22 December

Saptahik Bimarsha, 22 December

Sambodhan, 15 December

Five communist student organisations now want to force leaders of all political parties, members of parliament, heads of constitutional bodies,…

Agitating farmers, backed by the main opposition party, will announce a new round of protests on Sunday. The farmers have a 38-point list of…

A Japanese High Court overturned a lower court decision and sentenced Govinda Prasad Mainali, 34, to life in prison. In April the Tokyo District…

It's official. The central bank is planning to hire management experts by May next year to try to turn around two of the country's largest…

Advertisers and agency representatives are up in arms against the government's plan to ban tobacco advertising in the media, saying such a…

Necon Air is adding a second ATR-42 to its fleet of three HS-748s and one Cessna. Necon is Nepal's largest private airline and flies both…

The makers of Khukuri Rum, Nepal Distilleries, has begun marketing John Bull blended whiskey, a product the company says has the flavour of…

Prisma Advertising has won Johnson & Johnson's Bell Ringer award given to agencies that do the most creative and innovative work. The prize is…

It is a matter of simple e-calculation that 20,000 email/Internet account holders (out of 260,000 telephone subscribers in the country) will…

Edward Said in his interview ("A serious anti-colonial revolt", #21) may not know about it, but you as a citizen of a neighbouring country…

We recently spent two weeks in Nepal. We had a truly great experience and will highly recommend a visit to anyone who enjoys people,…

This is in response to "Engineer of human souls" by CK Lal (#21). Mr Lal has only focused on the negative. Why has he not said anything about…