Soft landing
Posted on 16 June 2006 | 11PM NST AIR DYNASTY: Babu Ram Bhattarai and Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Chitwan last week before taking a helicopter to…
KUNDA DIXIT
June 16-22, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Radio Free Nepal
The Nepali media has earned well-deserved praise for protecting and upholding democracy and its own freedom during direct royal reign since…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Diplomacy for dummies
With such a poor talent pool it will be difficult to find a new breed of ambassadors
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Dealing with disputes
Nepalis aren't quarrelsome by nature, but we lack institutions to resolve them
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
No news is bad news
With so much happening these days it is natural for some earth-shattering bits of news to fall between the cracks. That is why from time to time…
Nation
Cash and brain drain
Nepali students pack up their dreams, and dollars, to study abroad
MALLIKA ARYAL and ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Fighting bloodsuckers in Lamjung
Leeches are the main enemy of Maoist guerrillas during the ceasefire
BIBI FUNYAL in LAMJUNG
Paying more attention to women’s wages
Women from western Nepal bring their equal pay for equal work struggle to the capital
NARESH NEWAR
New look at Lukla
Lukla is more than trekking lodges attached to an airstrip as this year's Dumjee festival showed
SAGUN S LAWOTI in LUKLA
In her grandfather’s footsteps
HEIGHTS OF HAPPINESS: Serena Brocklebank on Chomolungma last month and her grandfather in Tibet in 1933. When Serena Brocklebank, 39 was growing…
MALLIKA ARYAL
Leisure
Coffee, tea and we
Next time you have coffee in Starbucks there's a good chance the beans were grown in Nepal
DANIEL HABER in KABHRE
Promoting Nepali tea through tourism
Mount a crest in the carpeted green slopes of the Kanyam Tea Estate and you will be atop 'Shooting Hill'. It is so named because of the…
PESHAL POKHREL in DHANKUTA
International
Bye-bye Bahadur
Nepalis are starting to get respect in Delhi after ousting the king
NARESH NEWAR in NEW DELHI
Nepali Society
Round the world in 66 days
"We have no time to think about football," said Ulf M?hlbacher who with his son Matthias left Germany two weeks ago and made a stopover in…
Update
From The Nepali Press
"The Maoists should not be suspected, and they shouldn’t suspect us."
Home Minister Krishna P Sitaula in Himal Khabarpatrika, 14 June
Business Briefs
Gift of life
Everest Bank organised a blood donor camp on Wednesday to coincide with World Blood Donation Day. Stressing the need for more Nepalis to donate…
New products
SPICY: Tulasi Spice and Food Products has introduced its new line of spices called 'TSF Deluxe Masala'. The spices are available in stores all…
Internet media excluded
Online, or internet media, must be given the same recognition as traditional print and electronic media, argues the Online Media Association…
Caring for customers
Vijay Motors, Tiny Town Day Care Centre, Healthy Smiles and Photo Concern were recently honoured with 'Excellence in Customer Service' awards…
Cricketers crowned
Surya Nepal, John Player facilitated the Nepali winners of the ACC under-15 cricket championship by presenting the team with Rs 100,000 at a…
Letters
Unsecular
I disagree with the statement in your editorial 'Even though the kingdom was not designated a secular state, Nepal has never been as Hindu as it…
Child labour
I was shocked to read that there are 22,000 children working as domestic help in Kathmandu alone. As we know domestic helpers are one of the…
Dog's life
I fully agree with the letter by S Shrestha that 'there is something wrong with our psyche that puts self-interest before common welfare'…
In this issue:
Landing |Radio Free Nepal |Editorial: Chasing utopia |Diplomacy for dummies |Cash and brain drain |Dealing with disputes |Study the risks |“The Maoists should not be suspected, and they shouldn’t suspect us.” |Bhairabnath |Decommissioning |udget |Fighting bloodsuckers in Lamjung |Paying more attention to women’s wages |New look at Lukla |Star-struck |The geo politics of football |Bye-bye Bahadur | In her grandfather’s footsteps | Round the world in 66 days | No news is bad news