Issue #254

Twenty years later, the Jiri highway survives the test of time and serves as a model for other mountain roads

The shrine of Kal Bhairab at Kathmandu Darbar Square gets back its old look

Ashmina Ranjit's ode to the cow is a metaphor for the absurdities of the times

In classical languages, every word has a melody of its own. Pronounced correctly, each word of a Sanskrit stanza stimulates a different point of…

Suddenly, Kathmandu can't get enough of lip-smacking Thai, Singaporean and Malaysian cuisine

Jorg Frieden-Nepal representative of Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC).

What Nepali basketball players lack in the height department, they more than make up for on the agility front. That is the impression spectators…

It's difficult to figure out why Nareko Sekuwa Ghar is such a popular eatery in Biratnagar. The two-storey restaurant would fail just about…

UML Leader Bam Deb Gautam in Dishanirdesh, 26 June

Nepal, 1 July

Jana Aastha, 15 June

Chandra Lal Giri in Jana Aastha, 29 June

Jana Aastha, 22 June

Himal Khabarpatrika, 1 July

Deshantar, 27 June

Six months after a Sita Air Dornier suffered an undercarriage failure while landing at Lukla airport, (pictured) a Gorkha Airlines Dornier…

Standard Chartered Bank Nepal has installed another 24-hour Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at its branch in Lalitpur which was inaugurated by…

LIANA: Arun Intercontinental Traders, authorised distributor for Suzuki Motor Corporation, has launched Liana, its new 1300 cc family car priced…

WASHINGTON-The World Bank approved a $3 million grant this week to help finance technical assistance needs of its reform agenda. The Economic…

Qatar Airways has added the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on its route map with a non-stop three-times-a-week from Qatar Airways' operational…

World Link Communications has received an ISO 9001:2000 certificate from the Norwegian company, Det Norske Veritas. It is the first Nepali…

Thanks to Ashok R Shakya ('Bamboo Curtain', #152) for his poignant photos from the Bhutani refugee camps and his emotional tribute to those of…

In context to your editorial 'Trial and terror' (#252). In 1903, John Tanner wrote in The Revolutionist's…

I'd like to thank Shrestha, Clapham and Gunneberg for responding to the issues raised in my letter posing questions to TB control activities…

Those of us who live or work in and around Jawalakhel in particular cannot have failed to notice that there have been some improvements recently…

Kapil Tamot's experience of being among 1,500 guests at Kathmandu weddings is one shared by many ('Pre-monsoon weddings', #253). There is a law…