Cut and cut cleanly
Till Friday there was a feeling the political parties still hadn't been able to generate spontaneous public support for their pro-democracy…
KUNDA DIXIT
April 7-13, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Conflict of interests
When he took over last year, King Gyanendra gave himself three tasks: restore peace, control corruption and improve governance. If the king…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
A duty to defy
As fellow-Nepalis, even security officials have a higher calling
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Grounded private sector
Business should not exploit the war but start working to stop it.
Herojig by
Herojig - Issue #293
Guest Column by KARL-HEINZ KRAMER
Keys to the kingdom
There have been a lot of discussions and demands from different sides that have called for the 'constitutional forces' to come together for a…
Game Point by SUJAY LAMA
Coping with losing
When the going gets tough, the tough go for the ground strokes
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Unclassified ads
Now that under the one-window policy government ads are only given to newspapers that print news quoting reliable eye-witnesses reports that the…
Nation
AIR WAR
MIN BAJRACHAYRAWhether it came down due to Maoist anti-aircraft fire or an accident, the loss of one of the army's three remaining airworthy…
Sorry we bombed your school
The Maoists apologise again, but some Dailekh children have been scarred for life
SUBEL BHANDARI in DAILEKH
Hacking off democracy’s limbs
Both sides in the conflict target community forest groups, threatening their conservation success story
MARTY LOGAN
"We are in a stop-and-go situation"
Since 1 February 2005, Nepal's bilateral relations with key donors have deteriorated. Aid has either been delayed, suspended or cancelled, few…
Big help from small grants
When foreign aid is discussed Indian assistance to Nepal is rarely mentioned
MALLIKA ARYAL and SHAILEE BASNET
Passover in the Hindu kingdom
Nepal hosts more people for the Jewish festival than any other Asian country
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Technology
The beautiful game like never before
New generation tvs will deliver the World Cup to your living rooms in June
NARESH NEWAR
Arts
Star Gazing
New year meteor showers
KEDAR SHARMA BADU ECLIPSED IN POKHARA: Ram Bahadur Gurung, 83, peers at the solar eclispse on 29 March at the Galileo Astronomical Society of…
KEDAR SHARMA BADU
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #293: I PRAY FOR PEACE
I PRAY FOR PEACE: A woman prays just before Tuesday's noon curfew at Naya Bazar in Kirtipur. Minutes later, truckloads of soldiers and police…
Update
From The Nepali Press
"We’ll find a way"
Interview with State Minister for Finance Roop Jyoti in Nepal Samacharpatra, 2 April
Life behind bars
LIFE BEHIND BARS: Sandip Karki born in Morang prison stands with mother Sita Karki who was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly killing…
Business Briefs
Nepali water filter award finalist
A filter developed in Nepal to remover arsenic from drinking water is one of three finalists for the prestigious US$ 50,000 St Andrews Prize for…
Low growth in 2006- ADB
Low crop yields in both winter and summer will keep Nepal's growth rate at just two percent in 2006, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Poor…
Good news skyward
Twenty-seven percent more visitors arrived by air in March compared to the same month last year, according to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism…
New Products
Post-paid New Year: Nepal Telecom is offering Rs 500 worth of free calls to users of post-paid cell phones from 14 April, the first day of the…
Letters
Poll
Congratulations to the Himalmedia team for initiating a culture of public opinion polls in Nepal. Although they aren't 100 percent and come with…
Too late
What Anna Neistat and Sam Zarifi say in their Guest Column ('It could get worse', #291) is already too little too late. It is already a lot…
CK Lal
Who is this 'name withheld' guy sticking a knife into CK Lal's prose labelling them 'dull, repetitive'? For all his kangresi credentials, CK Lal…
No shared culture
Kanak Mani Dixit in Southasia Beat wonders why there are no airlinks between Indian cities and its neighbours ('The sky is the limit', #292).…
In this issue:
Air War |Conflicts of interest |Editorial: Keys to the kingdom |A duty to defy |Passover in the Hindu kingdom |Grounded private sector |Big help from small grants |“We’ll find a way” |“It was me,” Girija |Maoist in Europe |A runaway train |Desperate |Hacking off democracy’s limbs |“We are in a stop-and-go situation” |Sorry we bombed your school |Asia’s dysfunctional democracies |Sarah’s children |Coping with losing |New year meteor showers |Unclassified ads