Issue #286

The blockade maybe lifted but who is going to lift Butwal's booby-trapped barriers?

A new veterinary drug may allow vulture populations in India and Nepal to revive

On his 100th birthday, Kathmandu pays tribute to Boris Lissanevitch, the legendary Russian who launched Nepal into the world

High country in a low country

Action has begun at the cold countries' playground, the winter Olympics

Sarada Darai loves challenges and succeeds at many of them. Growing up in Chitwan she won many awards for running track and today, a grassroots…

BATTLEFIELD: Villagers living along the Siddhartha Highway in Nawalparasi on Saturday describe last week's Maoist-army battle that took place…

Nispakshya, 14 February

Jana Bhabana, 13 February

Excerpts of interview with Harka Gurung in Himal Khabarpatrika, 13-27 February

Nepal Samacharpatra, 9 February

Former Ambassador Kedar Bhakta Mathema in Deshantar, 12 February

Kathmandu Today, 16 February

Rajdhani, 14 February

Small business loan: NIC Bank has started its Small Business Loan Program offering loans ranging from Rs 500,000 to 10,000,000 with an interest…

Two vehicles marked 'Press' but carrying injured soldiers, set off the landmine planted along the Mahendra Highway in Nawalparasi that killed…

Foreign governments' travel advisories hurt Nepal's poor the most and should be replaced by another less harmful mechanism, says the Nepal…

Airfares for domestic flights will increase an average 17 percent starting Friday, says the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.…

In 'Which way?'(#285) Kunda Dixit outlines in a sober and balanced way the sorry situation facing the country and the debacle of the 'years of…

Your photograph of a beaming Dr Baburam Bhattrai (#285) with his interview was shocking and betrays the double standards of all the players in…

CK Lal's 'Helpless, hapless, hopeless' (#285) has just expressed in perfect words what I could only scream in my own head. Unless these major…

Your translation from Jana Aastha of 'Royal bathroom' (#285) shows your lack of exposure and knowledge. Every country has special facilities for…

Deepa Rai's Nepali Pan column 'Violence and vengeance' (#285) echoes the feelings of many expatriate Nepalis who feel the same way once in a…

Your editorial ('The Long War', #285) is really disgusting. In fact, the mortal history of Sikkim is being repeated in Nepal. In 1973, India…

I would like to draw attention to the inappropriate use of the psychiatric term schizophrenia in the title of the article by Kuldip Nayar…

Pradip (Letters, #285) sounds so very authoritative when he says 'one could literally hand over the plate called Nepal to India just to realise…