POLL
KIRAN PANDAY A nationwide Himalmedia Public Opinion Poll 2006 conducted two weeks ago shows the Nepali people reject extremism and have some…
March 31 - April 6, 2006
Headline
Editorial
The people have spoken
KIRAN PANDAY In well-oiled democracies public opinion polls are a vital part of governance, allowing elected leaders a chance to feel the public…
Columns
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT
The sky is the limit
But why isn't Kathmandu linked to Lahore or Bangalore with Dhaka, Madras and Karachi?
Herojig by
Herojig - Issue #292
State Of The State by CK LAL
An April uprising
Dictatorial regimes become irrational and start doing silly things
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
April fools
Once a year on April First we of the journalistic persuasion are allowed by royal ordinance to officially let our hair down. This one day when…
Nation
"Not knowing if they are dead or alive is killing us."
Families of the disappeared can't take it any longer
SHIVA GAUNLE
Raining bombs
There is no safe haven as the army uses helicopters to bomb schools where Maoists take shelter
JB PUN in SYANGJA
Business
Tough slog in the Khumbu
Trekking takes a slide amidst news of bandas, blockades and incorrect reports of missing Polish trekkers
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA in NAMCHE BAJAR
Sports
Nepali Society
Dr Upendra’s brainchild
KUNDA DIXITIn 1983, a young Nepali doctor got a scholarship to specialise in neurosurgery at the renowned Glasgow Neuroscience Institute. On his…
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #292: PARAS IN PARIS
PARAS IN PARIS: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Paras at a photo-op with UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura at his office in the French…
Update
Crackdowns begin; Supreme Court orders government to present arrested in court
5 April 2006 | 8:45 PM NST
From The Nepali Press
"Advisers are isolating the king"
Prakash Chandra Lohani, co-president of the Rastriya Janasakti Party, Agenda, 23-29 March
Buffer people
Krishnaprasad Bhurtel, chairman of the Royal Chitwan National Park Buffer Zone Management Committee, in Himal Khabarpatrika, 29 March
Business Briefs
DfiD call for ideas
The UK's Department for International Development (DfID) is asking for ideas from stakeholders around the world as it writes a new plan of…
Nepali power
Himal International Energy (HIEPL) has acquired majority stake in Bhote Koshi Power Company (BKPC), which runs a 36MW hydropower plant in…
New Products
UTL phone: UTL is now offering limited mobility cell phone lines in Kathmandu. The service is priced at an introductory price of Rs 6,999…
Letters
CK Lal
CK Lal has correctly read the tide of republicanism ('A future foretold', #289) at Tribhuban University campuses. However, a columnist of his…
Rimpoche
The passing away of Chu Nyima Rimpoche was a big loss for many of us at the Nyingma lineage ('Chu Nyima is gone but we are still here', #290).…
Laughter-saughter
Congratulations to Lucia de Vries for her Nepali Pan piece 'Kuku-sukur ra car-sar' (#291). It was one of the most amusing pieces of writing I…
In this issue:
Poll |The people have spoken |Editorial: An April uprising |Tough slog in the Khumbu |Down, but not out |In an age of advertising|Not doomed to failure |DfiD call for ideas |Nepali power |“Why would I?” |Fallacy |Nonsense |Steadfast Maoists |“Advisers are isolating the king” |Listen to us |“Not knowing if they are dead or alive is killing us…” |Raining bombs |The sky is the limit |Getting into your swing |Driving us up the wall |Dr Upendra’s brainchild |April fools