June 9-15, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Bhai Bhai
Listening to the rabble rousing harangues in parliament this week warning Prime Minister Koirala not to sellout to India we wondered where we…
Columns
Herojig by Jiggy Gaton
Herojig - Issue #301
State Of The State by CK Lal
Gross national happiness in Pokhara
Equality in politics and equity in economics are two sides of the same coin
Here And There by Daniel Lak
A secular Hinduism
If there is to be a monarchy it must be separated from religion
Under My Hat by Kunda Dixit
Getting along like a House on fire
At the rate our all-powerful parliament is transmogrifying Nepal's socio-political landscape, it is only a question of time before it declares…
Nation
Here comes the rain
Mains dry? Tubewell exhausted? Water tanker too expensive? Try rainwater harvesting
Memory of mass murder in Madi
KANAK MANI DIXIT Exactly one year ago this week, the Maoists detonated a roadside bomb in this isolated valley in Chitwan that killed 38 people.…
Interview
"We want to make sure there is no slippage"
Herve Jouanjean, deputy director-general Asia and Latin America at the European Commission
Sports
The World Cup Comes to town
Nepali Times brings you the hottest places in town to watch the planet's biggest sporting event
Nepali Society
Brick by brick
PRAGYA SHRESTHA Bhim Kumari Biswokarma is 21 and came from Rolpa to work at a brick kiln in Patan five years ago. There are many like her from…
Update
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #301: FOGBOUND
FOGBOUND: Armed Police contingent in Lukla exercises on the runway on Sunday as early monsoon rains closed the airfield for two days, stranding…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Balancing migration
Migration can both hurt and help developing countries, said a report released this week by the United Nations. "It is for governments to decide…
International album
Nepal's rock headliners 1974AD will release their seventh album On Air, at a concert in Dresden, Germany on 17 June, the first time that a…
Unions in the movement
Eighty-five leaders and activists of the General Federation of Nepali Trade Unions (GEFONT) were arrested during April's people's movement,…
Business Briefs
New Products
Eco-time: Japanese watchmaker Citizen has opened a showroom on the first floor of Ratna Plaza, New Road. Called 'First Citizen' the showroom…
Letters
Good example
I am not convinced by Pravin Rana's apple-with-apple comparison of the military in conflict places with Nepal's own (Guest Column, 'Loving to…
Stars
I'm glad to see people like Kedar Badu keeping up the good work in Nepal so astronomy is relevant to the people despite the political crisis…
In this issue:
Goodies |Bhai Bhai |Editorial : A secular Hinduism |Gross national happiness in Pokhara |A new beginning for Indo-Nepal relations |Here comes the rain |Leveraging India |“We want to make sure there is no slippage” |“Make Nepal the Switzerland of Asia” |Secularism |House rules |People’s budget |Lese majeste in Thailand |Memory of mass murder in Madi |Brick by brick |Getting along like a House on fire