Issue #24

The unprecedented anti-Indian nature of the Kathmandu riots last week couldn't have come at a worse time for Nepal's tourism industry and trade.…

There is light at the end of the tunnel for 100,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal as talks in Kathmandu last week made progress on verification.

The government is organising seminars to discuss the new women's bill "at the grassroots". But women's rights activists are unhappy with the process and the provisions of the bill.

Some banks are more equal than others. If private banks all flock to choice areas, who is going to provide banking services in remote underdeveloped districts?

The sahuji swears he's selling you an "original" heater. Soon, you're swearing at him-your room is still freezing.

Making charcoal isn't the most lucrative, green or legal enterprise, but in many villages on the Valley-rim, people have no choice but to keep at it.

Ambar Gurung aroused nationalism and nostalgia in the Nepali diaspora with his Naulakha tara udae.

The pilot who helped build airstrips all across the remotest parts of Nepal 20 years ago returns to remember the good old days.

Unless the government acts quickly, last week's riots will have a long-term impact on Indo-Nepal trade and investment.

It is surprisingly rare for the content of a book to live up to its enticing title, but Mapping the Tibetan World, published in December 2000,…

It has become a mandatory ritual for most climbers in Nepal to meet and brief Elizabeth Hawley on their expeditions.

During last week's protests against rumoured comments by Indian film actor Hrithik Roshan, BBC Nepali Service's Rabindra Mishra interviewed Bam Dev Gautam, General Secretary, Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist), and Ishwor Pokhrel, member of the Central Committee, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). Excerpts follow:

We fully support those brave students who are protesting, and appeal to all patriotic Nepalis, republican and leftists to help us unseat this…

Poet Bhupi Sherchan's description of Nepal as a 'country of rumours' has come very true in what took place recently. It all started with a…

Nepal and Bhutan have finally taken a step forward towards resolving the refugee problem involving about 100,000 people. Last week the two sides…

The Supreme Court has begun looking into a petition seeking the cancellation of Electoral Constituency Development Programme funds which MPs…

Only four climbing expeditions decided to try their luck in the Nepali Himalaya this winter. Five climbers from the Himalayan Guide Winter…

At a time when everything else seems to be going wrong, consumer prices continue to remain low. The Nepal Rastra Bank, in its economic report…

It was a bad year for Nepali tourism. As feared, the numbers are down by about 11 percent, due mainly to the hijacking of IC 814 on Christmas…

The 10 February "deadline" trade unions had given government to resolve the dispute over the 10 percent service charge is nearing and so is the…

Tourists visiting Bhaktapur from 1 January on will have to shell out a $10-dollar entry fee-twice the fee until last week. The municipality has…

Your story "It's not about Hrithik anymore" (#23) compels me, as an Indian, to be worried. The question, which immediately springs to my mind,…

Shiva Gaunle's praise of the king's constitutional role is well deserved ("Thirty years of King Birendra's reign" #23). However, there is one…

In view of eight long years of excellent service at the Lalitpur post office, I feel obliged to come to the defence of the Nepali postal service…

When I first stumbled on Nepali Times, I thought it was yet another paper in the pile. Going through it later, I found every article carefully…