May 19-25, 2006
Headline
Editorial
A New Nepal
KIRAN PANDAYBuilding is harder than destroying. Revenge is easier than reconciliation. Now that the parliament has been declared supreme, and it…
Columns
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Focus on public relations
Top businesses build their brands with PR, not slick advertising
State Of The State by CK LAL
Defusing the pressure cooker
The PM must make fast decisions on the army and Maoists
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Touching a raw nerve
Having spent the better part of the past two weeks in the company of a dentist in a hard hat who has been boring deep inside my oral cavity with…
Nation
Hunger for learning
Over one million children in the far west miss school due to hunger
NARESH NEWAR in MAKWANPUR
Engendering revolution
For Maoist women empowerment comes out of the barrel of a gun
MALLIKA ARYAL in DHADING
"We are fighting a system that enslaves women."
Just before Nepal's people power uprising got underway Maoist leader Hisila Yami (Comrade Parbati) spoke extensively in New Delhi about…
Interview
"We salute the Nepali people..."
Canadian Ambassador to Nepal, Lucie Edwards, spoke to Nepali Times last week just before she finished her term.
Business
Printed in Nepal
You don't have to pay through your nose anymore for world class printing in Nepal
MIN BAJRACHARYA
Review
Nepali Society
Making music with Ibsen
KIRAN PANDAY When Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen asked his contemporary Edvard Grieg, a classical composer, to write incidental music for his…
Update
From The Nepali Press
"The House can do anything."
Subash Nembang, Speaker of the House of Representatives, in Budhabar, 18 May
Business Briefs
New Products
Flatron TV: Buyers of LG Flatron tv are eligible for the company's 'Sure Shot Prizes at Best Prices' offer. Prizes include an LG t-shirt or…
New heights
Twenty-seven people scaled Mount Everest on 14 and 15 May, a sign that the tourism industry is rebounding following slow times during the…
HBL schemes
Himalayan Bank has announced two new schemes for its customers. Those signing up for the Lakhoupati Deposit Yojana, a fixed deposit scheme will…
Letters
April Uprising
After seeing destruction, fighting and killings on television and newspapers I have learnt that there is no respect or mercy for anyone in this…
In this issue:
Magna Carta |A new nepal |Editorial: Not the beginning |Defusing the pressure cooker |Many small plans |Hunger for learning |Focus on public relations |“The House can do anything.” |NC unity essential |Democratic troops |Royally spent |Palace wheels |Printed in Nepal |Engendering revolution |“We are fighting a system that enslaves women.” |Pride and punditry |Addictive |Slaying the dragon |Making music with Ibsen |Touching a raw nerve