Issue #259

No national day is complete without Laxman Khadka's banners

It has been three months since the UN human rights monitoring mission arrived in the country and activists are running out of patience waiting…

Ian Martin-The head of UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission

Nepalis are raving about Shrawan Mukarung's symbolic poem about Prithbi Narayan Shah's tailor

Bob Berky, comedian and mime artiste, did not return from his trek in Khumbu with funny lines but plenty of great experiences. He's been in…

Low on resources but big on energy, the area's youngsters fight poaching with a door-to-door campaign

For Rajan Khatiwada, 27, acting as the protagonist in Bagh Bhairab is a constant struggle between being a teenager 500 years ago and the person…

Health care delivery has worsened because of the conflict

Poor patients and poorly performing doctors are turning us into a nation of pill poppers

Home Minister Dan Bahadur Shahi in an interview with BBC Nepali Service, 3 August

Editorial in Samaya, 4 August

Himal Khabarpatrika, 31 July-16 August

Surya Bahadur Sen Oli in the Note of Dissent column in Jana Aastha, 3 August

Nepal Samacharpatra, 29 July

Samaya, 4 August

Political scientist Krishna Khanal in Deshantar, 31 July

Kantipur, 29 July

The tea gardens and factories of Jhapa and Ilam have been forced to close because of Maoist threats since 16 July, the middle of the picking…

Le M?ridien Kathmandu, Gokarna Forest Golf Resort and Spa opened this week despite slack arrivals in the country. The hotel is part of a chain…

McFills is now in Nepal with the NE brand snacks. The products are available in attractive three-dimensional packs in many flavours.

Keith Bloomfield's outright denial of double standards on terrorism (Letters, #258) is as interesting as Tony Blair lying about Iraq's weapons…

Bihari K Shrestha in 'Support by default' (Guest Column, #258) makes a veiled attempt to appear objective but still seems to have problems with…

Thank you for P Ghimire's 'The no-horned Asiatic rhinoceros' (#258) which succeeds in highlighting the grave plight of the greater one-horned…

It is pleasing to see Nepali Times still publishing articles which are satirical and choosing to attack your targets through gentle humour…

I wonder how the Communications Minister can get away with such a total falsehood ('FM stations aren't allowed to broadcast news even in the…

Re: 'Cowdung takes the cake', #257. While people like Amrit Bahadur Karki, Jagannath Shrestha and Sundar Bajgain deserve credit for their book…

Either Kunda Dixit is being forced to be more and more indirect in his satire because of censorship or he has lost his grip. Either way, I don't…