Lifeblood
Donors want to use the aid transfusion to push rollback on curbs, but are wary of hurting the poor
KUNDA DIXIT
March 4-10, 2005
Headline
Editorial
Let’s backtrack
Democracy isn't in great shape. Not just in Nepal, but around the world there is a stench of democratic decay. In western liberal democracies…
Columns
Guest Column by ALOK K BOHARA
Some unsolicited advice
In hindsight, everyone should have done everything differently
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Madam Chair and Respected Sofas
Speech delivered by the Joined Secretary of the Ministry of Women, Labour and Home Affairs on the occasion of the International Day of Women.…
Nation
Sending money home
The labour export industry has nearly recovered from 1 September but there is an urgent need to upgrade the skills of workers
NARESH NEWAR
How (not so) poor are we?
With so many donor agencies operating in Nepal, getting hold of development statistics has never been a problem. But there are discrepancies on…
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
Interview
A united development approach
Matthew Kahane is the United Nations resident coordinator in Kathmandu.
Review
Post-February First postmodern democracy
Democracy is a literary protagonist in Manjushree Thapa's latest book
ASTHI SHAKWA
Sports
Nepali Society
Happily ever after
CHIANG MAI-Fifty-five newly-married couples from all over the world came together in a northern Thai town this week to tie the knot or renew…
Development
International
Line of passport control
Now the buses are running, why not make visas easier for Indians and Pakistanis?
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Third Fokker 100
Cosmic Air added a third Fokker 100 to its fleet. The new jet aircraft will begin operations from 15 March in the domestic market and will…
Golf winnings
Prem Sachdev, chairman of Gokarna Forest Golf Resort won the Himalayan Bank Cup Open Golf Championship. Dhiraj Rai of Nirvana Country Club,…
Star endorsement
Sleepwell has endorsed Baichung Bhutia, star Indian footballer, as its brand ambassador. There are more than 50 dealers of Sleepwell in Nepal.
Insuring heritage
National Life and General Insurance Company is the first to issue an insurance policy covering the risks for historical buildings of Nepal. It…
New Products
INSTABUY: Standard Chartered Bank Nepal currently issues Visa and MasterCard branded Credit Cards to its customers. It has now launched…
Letters
Helmsmen
For weeks now Nepalis have had no option but to submit to the International community's inhospitable interpretation of the developments in…
Road closed
Thank you Kishore Nepal for such a tragic travelogue of a blockaded Nepal ('Road closed', #236). As a frequent traveller between Kathmandu and…
Aloof valley
It is sad that Kanak Mani Dixit in his Southasia Beat column ('An aloof valley', #236) tries to alienate the Kathmandu Valley from the rest of…
Diaspora
It is interesting how Nepalis outside of Nepal get all politically aware and socially sensitive after stepping out of our little safe hole,…
Fulbari Resort
On behalf of Fulbari Resort & Spa and our executive chairman, Piyush B Amatya, allow me to correct the article 'Pokhara takes a direct hit'…
In this issue:
Lifeblood | Let's Backtrack | Editorial: Some unsolicited advice | Forward march to the past | Kathmandu’s finest | Sending money home | Moving on to Peru | A united development approach | “Reign, not rule” | National Panasonic | Incident at Charaundi | Immobilised | Chidambaram’s ‘New Deal’ | Malaysia return | Could this be the end of Laloodom? | Post-February First postmodern democracy | Square impact | Pokhara’s young champs | Happily ever after | Madam Chair and Respected Sofas