DEAL ON AGAIN
UPDATE 19 MARCH 2006 | 4.25 PM NST After being stalled, an agreement between the seven-party alliance and the Maoists has been rescued, and tyhe…
RAJENDRA DAHAL
March 17-23, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Leaping the maze
The crisis in Nepal is now so knotted up it's hard to figure out head or tail of what's going on. Nepal's Maoists always said they were…
Columns
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Guest Column by SHYAM CHALISE
Psychopaths and sycophants
To find out why Nepal is stuck, we may need to psychoanalyse our political leadership
State Of The State by CK LAL
A new deal in Delhi
Nepali exiles in India have more clout over what happens in Nepal than ever before
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Invest in management
A good boss beats out money, machines and location
Tee Break by DEEPAK ACHARYA
A big hit with the pros
A year has passed since the last Himalayan Bank Open, which is special for Nepal's professional golfers because it offers more prize money than…
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Confessions of a fifth columnist
Every week us multi-award winning nationalistic journalists (Motto: 'For Crown and Country, In That Order') go about our selfless duty of…
Nation
STAYING ALIVE
For an institution that saves so many lives, the Nepal Kidney Centre itself is struggling to survive
NARESH NEWAR
SPRING WONDERLAND
WEB EXCLUSIVE | PHOTO GALLERYPHOTOGRAPHS BY: NAVIN SINGH KHADKA Tengboche Monastery on Tuestday after heavy snofall blocked trekking routes in…
Business
Growing despite the conflict
In the latest in its series of economic roundtables, Himalmedia's Business Bahas went in-depth into the banking sector on 10 March. The banking…
Two sides of The North Face
Off trekking? Try original or knock-off designer down from Thamel.
ANOOP PANDEY
Review
Flinging open the doors
To one side, an artist is working to transform the aluminium strip on a bullet-proof door from the French Embassy. Nearby, another artist…
Technology
Clean & green & electric
Drive this new Made in Nepal electric van and you not only save money but also save the planet
KUNDA DIXIT
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #290: NI HAU
NI HAU: State Councilor of China, Tang Jiaxuan being welcomed at Tribhuban International Airport on Thursday by Vice-chairman Kirti Nidhi Bista…
Sports
Straight as an arrow
Nepali archers are aiming traditional skills at international competitions
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Nepali Society
Nepali Nora
The lights are dim, the door half open and beyond it the audience glimpses Nora sitting alone under a single beam of light. In Henrik Ibsen's A…
Update
From The Nepali Press
"The 7 parties have no agenda"
akshya, 14 March Interview with ex-Kathmandu mayor and former UML member Keshab Sthapit.
Business Briefs
New Products
Computer devices: CAS Trading House, authorised reseller for Lacie in Nepal, is now offering computer storage and display devices, including…
Wages slow to grow
Wages of bank employees rose higher than those of workers in other sectors as of mid-January, according to the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). The…
Little research
Most institutions running hospitals and health research centres are not doing any research and simply using the designation to evade taxes,…
Gold imports
The Nepal Rastra Bank has introduced a new provision permitting commercial banks and private finance companies to import unlimited amounts of…
Peter England
Peter England is offering 15 percent discount on all its products, from shirts, trousers, T- shirts, denims, jackets, suits, blazers and…
Letters
Plunder
Your editorial 'As if there was no tomorrow' (#288) is a scathing criticism of the financial dealings of the present government. Yet the claim…
Pax indica
Kuldip Nayar's column 'Schizophrenic Nepal policy' (#285) was cynical and schizophrenic itself. The column smacks of Nayar's indentification of…
Slapdash sociology
In an opinion piece that slams Pico Iyer for sloppy thinking and misinformed judgments ('Pico Iyer makes an ass of himself", #288) it is…
Rang De Basanti
Rang de Basanti is more than relevant in Nepal because things are going backward ('Why not to kill the minister', #287). Nepalis are all holy…
In this issue:
Deal |Leaping the maze |Editorial: Psychopaths and sycophants | new deal in Delhi |Growing despite the conflict |Invest in management |Two sides of The North Face |Does the monarchy belong just to the king, or to the people? |Women’s day |Prison diary |Tulsispeak |No saying no |Alienated king |Forced labour |“The 7 parties have no agenda” |Clean & green & electric |Staying Alive |Chu Nyima is gone and we are still here |Agony of exile |Flinging open the doors |Development aid for development’s sake |A big hit with the pros |Straight as an arrow |Confessions of a fifth columnist