February 11-17, 2005
Headline
Editorial
Between the lines
It must be said that outside the capital's intellectual, activist and media circles there was general approval for King Gyanendra's February…
Columns
Tee Break by DEEPAK ACHARYA
Hole after hole
Management of emotions on the golf course can make it easier
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT
In a Black mood
A movie that provides some solace in troubled times
Guest Column by DIPTA SHAH
Reason over reaction
What should be the prescribed course of action for the international community?
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
All the news that is fit to print
Statutory Notice: An official Fact-finding Committee has pre-tested this column on lab animals and certified that it contains permitted…
Nation
Little heroes
No child should ever be sent home without treatment for lack of money or information
LUCIA DE VRIES
Hurrah, Nepal’s future is in the dung heap
Being able to turn cattle manure into cooking gas was the best thing that ever happened to rural Nepal
NARESH NEWAR
Interview
"A model for the rest of the world"
Irishman John Finlay has been in Nepal for the last 30 years promoting biogas technology.
NARESH NEWAR
Review
Nepali Society
Guitarrista de Nepal
Mukti (left, first row) and his several bands of brothers have consistently kept the blues alive in Nepal for more than 20 years. He has…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Kofi warns child soldier recruiters
In the annual report he submitted to the security council, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has not missed out Nepal while referring to child…
ARV costs
Even though the price of the anti-retroviral drugs to treat AIDS patients have come down to Rs 33 per person a day, only 25 out of 5,000…
Tour operators all smiles
Despite series of booking cancellations due to the disrupted telephones and Internet last week, tourism entrepreneurs are all smiles now about…
New Products
Jastapata: Rajesh Metal Crafts has introduced RMC Jastapata, a new brand of corrugated metal sheets in the Nepali market. The company, which has…
Letters
Bob Marley
It is with great interest that I read Anoop Pandey's article on Bob Marley ('Raja of rasta and reggae', #232). I am a professor of mathematics…
Trees
Thank you very much for the editorial. There are readers around and across the world who can measure the depth of an article. Thank you for…
Periods
Contrary to the implications of the advertisement for Kotex in Nepal Times (#226) the normal menstrual cycle is not a debilitating illness or…
In this issue:
Nine years on | Between the lines | Editorial: Reason over reaction | 23 weeks to go | Still in the pipeline | Bottom of the pyramid | The singing Rinpoche | Hole after hole | Little heroes | Hurrah, Nepal’s future is in the dung heap | Just couldn’t take it anymore | Special envoy | Radio news | Hydro power | e-expeditions | No scoop | New ministers | Jump-starting freedom | Righting wrongs | Guitarrista de Nepal | All the news that is fit to print