August 12-18, 2005
Headline
Editorial
Road to nowhere
The Karnali Highway is being carved out of the rocky flanks of these awesome mountains near Pili. At the moment the road goes from nowhere to…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Parallel histories
Nepal and Pakistan have parallel pasts. And similar destinies?
Nepalipan by SHRADHA GHALE
Homecoming
It is the astounding lack of order in Kathmandu that brings me home
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Waiting for tomorrow
Iron rods sticking out of the tops of buildings may not look too good, but they represent hopes for the future
Guest Column by JORG FRIEDEN
Imagined communities
Instead of pretending to work with communities, we should revive grassroots democracy
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
The Most Asinine Columnist in the Mr Politically Incorrect Category
As surely as night follows day (or is it the other way around?) it is now that time of year again when we celebrate the annual beauty contest…
Nation
Don't kill the Karnali with your aid
Humla's elected district leader says Nepal's most remote zone could take care of itself if Kathmandu left it alone
JIVAN BAHADUR SHAHI IN HUMLA
Review
Aussie Film Roadshow
The Australian Embassy Film Roadshow is coming to Kathmandu for the fourth year in a row this weekend. Featuring six recent Australian films…
Nepali Society
Dina, the daughter Bangdel
Dina Bangdel has many faces including writer, lecturer and artist. But this time she was in Kathmandu as an editor, rushing home from the US to…
From The Nepali Press
Road rage
Royal Nepali Army Spokesman Brig Gen Deepak Gurung in an interview with BBC Nepali Service, 9 August
Business Briefs
MA-60 buy two get one free
The government is negotiating with the Chinese aircraft manufacturer, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group Co, for a buy-two-get-one-free deal to…
Rainy day savings
The Bank of Kathmandu has launched a new savings scheme. The Kopila Bachat Yojana will pay, quarterly, a higher rate of interest than a savings…
Mero mobile
Nepal's first mobile telephone company 'soft-launched' its service this week three years after obtaining its license. Spice Nepal Private…
Everest profits climb
Everest Bank's operating profit registered a growth of 9.1 percent over the last year, or Rs 376.9 million, based on the unaudited accounts of…
Letters
Reply to reply
Re: Sambhav Sharma's comments (Letters, #259) on my earlier writeup ('Support by default', #258). There are no problems with political parties…
Porters' progress
Thank you very much for publishing research that shows Nepali porters are the most efficient in the world ('Porters' progress', #258). Just to…
Hospital waste
Recently I walked down a road near the south gate of Bir Hospital where people were selling tea and live chicken. I was horrified to find…
Solar power
'Tuki-free country' (#258) on the mission of Babu Raja Shrestha to light up the country with solar power is incomplete without the…
Rhino horn
Re: The no-horned Asiatic rhino' (#258). I have a solution to poachers killing rhinos for their horns: cut off the horns of all rhinos in…
In this issue:
NGOs next | Road to nowhere | Editorial: Imagined communities | Parallel histories | Homecoming | Life after leprosy | Taxing books | Road rage | Maoist promises | The king’s man | Let them return | Slaughter on the banks of the Tila | “This is a major disaster” | Don’t kill the Karnali with your aid | Energy House | Mediawatch | One person’s terrorist… | Waiting for tomorrow | Be a winner | Beijing booms for Games | Dina, the daughter Bangdel | he Most Asinine Columnist in the Mr Politically Incorrect Category