Issue #25

Freedom does not mean the freedom to deprive the public of its freedoms, including the freedom to disagree.

Don't laugh. The future is in cow dung. Biogas is already producing as much power as a medium-scale hydroelectric plant, and we haven't even begun to scratch the surface.

In response to the government decision to ban old and polluting vehicles, transporters' unions threaten to bring all public transport to a halt.

This village of settlers has grown to be a center of excellence in education and development. It now wants tourists.

The BP Koirala Cancer Hospital provides excellent treatment and spreads awareness to help prevent thousands of cancer deaths each year.

Independent cycling through 150 countries over 11 years- Pushkar Shah is one determined man.

Nepal is finally entering the Age of the Helicopter, and there is nothing to match the lifting capacity and affordability of hardy Russian-built…

When one sits and dreams in the shadow of the Nyatapola temple a coffee or Coke can be the slowest drink on earth.

Poet and novelist Sarubhakta seems at home in a world out of kilter: he writes evocatively on disorientation, de-centredness, dislocation and…

"At exactly 24 minutes and 22 seconds past 2 o'clock in the afternoon, a great rumbling was heard deep in the earth and with that began the…

Nepal is finally entering the Age of the Helicopter, and there is nothing to match the lifting capacity and affordability of hardy Russian-built…

The Finance Ministry forces a monstrously large National Sports Council to downsize.

Like many, King Birendra visited Dwarika's Hotel and was greatly impressed with the restoration work. Invariably, the management calls in Hira…

Front page editorial by Shree Acharya (who has since been replaced) in Spacetime Dainik, 2 January.

CPN(UML) spokesman Pradip Nepal, in Nepal Samacharpatra, 5 January

Saptahik Nepalipatra, 5 January

Comrade Prachanda in Spacetime Dainik, 4 January

A month after Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation added a Boeing 767 aircraft to its three-jet fleet, it seems clueless as to how to use the new…

First it was the price of kerosene, and now with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) becoming scarce, winter couldn't be worse. The Nepal Oil…

Nepal's Institute of Engineering figures among the top ten engineering colleges in Asia, according to the Bangkok-based Asian Institute of…

The February 10 deadline labour unions have given government to resolve the service charge hotel workers are demanding expires in under a month.…

Nepal has a few years to go before the garment export quotas to the United States expire and exporters could do better with a better…

Two unidentified groups vandalised two factories in Birjung and set property worth millions of rupees on fire. An armed group overpowered guards…

The Bank of Kathmandu (BoK) began distributing bonus shares to its shareholders, taking its paid-up capital to Rs 240 million. A Nepal Rastra…

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