COLD BLOOD
The festival was in full swing on Wednesday night at the Kali Debi temple on the eve of the full moon. Up to 300 revellers and pilgrims were…
NARESH NEWAR in NAGARKOT
December 16-22, 2005
Headline
Editorial
Monkey wrench
If anyone needed a reminder of the hair-trigger situation the country is in two weeks before the Maoist ceasefire ends, the Nagarkot carnage is…
Don’t play with fire
The massacre at Nagarkot on Wednesday night drives home the point that continued militarisation can have unintended and tragic consequences.…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Clich?s in the corridor of power
There is a self-defined category of Nepalis which prides itself for being in the know
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Whose Trade Organisation?
The WTO lesson for Nepal is: open up and take advantage
Game Point by SUJAY LAMA
Back on home court
Our columnist returns to celebrate and energise tennis in Nepal
Herojig by
Herojig - Issue #277
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Kiss and make up
Many of you have stopped me in the street this week to ask questions like: "Which way is the country headed?" or "Is the ceasefire going to be…
Nation
Farmers’ fate
Nepal's WTO delegation in Hong Kong is focussing on agriculture, access
LINE WOLF NIELSEN in HONG KONG
Interview
"No alternative to democracy, like it or not"
As one of Germany's key development agencies, the German Development Service (DED) contributes over $ 5 million every two years to Nepal but has…
Business
Review
Let’s start seeing children
Don't let South Asia's children be excluded and invisible, says UNICEF
CECILIA LOTSE
Leisure
Last minute shopping
Fun presents of questionable utilitarian value for the holiday season
AARTI BASNYAT
Economy
Sports
Nepal’s wet rodeo
Kayaking continues to rope in white-water thrill seekers
KIRAN PANDAY in SUKUTE BEACH
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #277: ALTOGETHER NOW
ALTOGETHER NOW: Leaders during an all party alliance pro-democracy mass meeting on thursday at Baneswor condemning the massacre in Nagarkot and…
Nepali Society
Chepangi schools
During his days as a student in Allahabad University, Kishore Chandra Dhungana was impressed by Mahatma Gandhi's emphasis on helping the most…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
New Products
Auto java: Aqua Java has unveiled its Instasip vending machine that offers not only hot coffee but cardamom tea, tomato soup, hot chocolate,…
Inflation warning
Inflation has tripled in the first quarter of 2005-6 and could rise further in the near future, Nepal Rastra Bank Governor Bijay Nath Bhattarai…
Banking on education
Nabil Bank will support education of all children in classes 8, 9 and 10 of the Lubhu-based Mary Ward School. The school provides education to…
Eco-guiding
The program Guide Training for Ecotourism will be held in Kathmandu from 16-22 December. Organised with the Asian Development Bank, the South…
Letters
Crazy
Although Ashutosh Tiwari's attempt in his Strictly Business column to apply game theory to the political gridlock between the King, the Maoists…
Red, Green, Blue
Out of the country for a couple of weeks, I was surprised to be on your 'quote of the week' (From the Nepali Press, #276) and so were my friends…
Silent majority
Narayan B Thapa's Guest Column 'Let the people decide' (#276) shows he is one of those who continue to pretend as if nothing has happened. With…
Classrooms
As a mother and former teacher, I am acutely aware of the severe discipline problems in many American schools cited in Shradha Ghale's Nepali…
In this issue:
Cold Blood | Monkey Wrench | Editorial: Rebuilding democracy | Clichés in the corridor of power | Electrocuting the NEA | Whose Trade Organisation? | “No alternative to democracy, like it or not” | Torture in the time of ceasefire | Palace games | More violence | Fratricidal | King’s roadmap | Mandarins | Teacher shortage | Maoist remix | Picturing war | Let’s start seeing children | Farmers’ fate | Back on home court | Nepal’s wet rodeo | Chepangi schools | Kiss and make up