July 14-20, 2006
Headline
Editorial
History keeps repeating itself as a farce
This week in 2000, when the first issue of Nepali Times came out we were still cautiously optimistic about the future and idealistic about the…
Columns
Guest Column by ASHRAF GHANI
Hard work, hard choices
The euphoria of April 2006 alone can't attain a New Nepal
Nepalipan by RAJENDRA PRADHAN
More consultants the merrier
Failures can always be blamed on inefficiency, corruption, dishonesty, exclusionary practices and stupid natives, never on the consultant
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Recognise remittances
Overseas earnings have saved us from collapsing altogether
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Ten good reasons to leave Nepal now
However much you love your country, there comes a time in everyone's life when they have to leave for more salubrious climes. You have to take…
Nation
A show of Force
Media-savvy Maoists took journalists last week to their mountain hideout at Kami Danda four hours walk from the Banepa highway to show off their…
PICTURES by NAYANTARA
Diaspora democracy
How to make sure Nepalis living away from their homes also get a chance to vote in future elections
Can’t get away with torture
Torture is still not a crime in Nepal despite this country having signed the UN convention against it
NARESH NEWAR
Technology
Health
Sports
Back to Kang Guru
A rescue team finds the remaining bodies of the avalanche that killed 18 climbers in Manang in October
PADAM GHALE
Nepali Society
Marvelous Marmelous
It is said that whatever is good for you doesn't taste good and whatever is tasty is bad for health. Not so with bel juice. The bel fruit grows…
Update
From The Nepali Press
"We must save KU"
Excerpts of an interview with vice-chancellor Suresh Raj Sharma of Kathmandu University in Samaya, 6 July
Business Briefs
New Products
Afnai TV: Goldstar Nepal, the maker of LG, has just launched its new brand of colour tv, CG tv, at a budget price. Produced in Nepal using…
Media fights trafficking
Indian and Nepali journalists have launched a joint campaign against women trafficking. At a workshop organised by the UN Development Fund for…
Budgeting for development
Of the Rs 143.9 billion in the 2006-2007 budget, Rs 79.6 billion has been allocated for regular expenditure and Rs 64.3 billion for development.…
Letters
Next Leader
Your editorial ('Beyond Koirala', #305) has genuinely exposed the urgent need to look for a new face to replace the aging leader. At this…
Urban Forests
After a few decades the naked hills of Chautara are flourishing again ('The greening of Nepal', #305) but due to political reasons migration to…
In this issue:
Mirage |"Editorial: History keeps repeating itself as a farce |"Hard work, hard choices |Putting education to work |Mero goes to metros |“When there is motion there is friction” |Birthday bash |Stolen weapons |Parties clash |A show of Force |Recognise remittances |The typhoid tide |More consultants the merrier |Back to Kang Guru |The tragedy of Zidane |Buried but not beaten |No place like home |Can’t get away with torture |Diaspora democracy |Marvelous Marmelous |Ten good reasons to leave Nepal now