Battle of the Titans
The government's lawyer-in-chief and the country's anti-corruption boss are up in arms over who calls the shots.
BINOD BHATTARAI
February 23 - March 1, 2001
Headline
Editorial
Playing politics with politics
So they have come to blows. It is hard to imagine the Lower House sinking lower than this. You could put a positive spin on it and take this as…
Big guns
Those of you who were woken up on Sunday morning by the sound of big guns could be forgiven for thinking the Maoists had attacked. What a great…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Students, politics, proxy wars
Rationalists are growing rational - and through thick woods one finds a stream astray, So secret that the very sky seems small , I think I will…
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Playing hard-to-get
The cost of the business of supply management is not just the hundred rupees one pays to get that cooking gas cylinder through the back door.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Aid from Ancient Asia
Into this non-Shangri La came strangers from distant lands-well dressed, cosmopolitan, and at ease.
Guest Column by GYAN JUNG THAPA
A crisis of legitimacy
When grievances pile up, and Nepalis see no recourse in a discredited government machinery, the legitimacy of rulers begins to crumble. This is…
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
All-Nepal Knockout Tournament
Let the fun and games begin. Our honourable athletes are well rested, trained and ready for action in the Annual All-Nepal Knockout Tournament,…
Nation
Fear of heights
Last autumn, four people, two tourists and two Nepali porters, died of altitude sickness related complications in Khumbu and the Himalayan…
RAMYATA LIMBU
Saving Nepal
On 19 February, even while the Congress and UML lawmakers were beating each other up in Parliament, across town at the Russian Cultural Centre…
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Drive-through sex
The pit stops on Nepal's arterial highways are not only for fuel, food and rest. They also supply cheap sex, and spread HIV.
HEMLATA RAI
Business
Ad infinitum
Nonsense jingles taking up vital brain cells, the constant drone of kids clamouring for things they know from TV and radio, neon signs and…
Here comes the bottom-line generation
Siddhartha SJB Rana is the 34-year-old heir of Pravakar Rana's Soaltee Group. The soft-spoken but articulate Group President was selected as one…
Culture
The golden mask of the White Bhairab
One of the most dramatic sights in Kathmandu, heightened by the fact that it is revealed only once a year and then only for a few days is the…
DESMOND DOIG
Economy
Ad infinitum
Nonsense jingles taking up vital brain cells, the constant drone of kids clamouring for things they know from TV and radio, neon signs and…
Here comes the bottom-line generation
Siddhartha SJB Rana is the 34-year-old heir of Pravakar Rana's Soaltee Group. The soft-spoken but articulate Group President was selected as one…
Technology
Geek dreams
Whether you're a techie, or just like gadgets, here's part I of an occasional NT series on the latest in the world of gizmos
Nepali Society
On higher ground
If there is one politician who is not just bent on reaching the top of the proverbial political dung heap, it is Ramesh Dangol. The politician…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
The right to choose
Rights activists have stepped-up lobbying to get the 11th Amendment of the Muluki Ain (Civil Code) through parliament in the 19th session. Among…
Philanthropy one-to-one
There are no fund raising drives, no NGO-wallahs zooming in and out of the "project area" in Pajeros, and no action plans. Still…
Safer schools
The National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET-Nepal) is beginning to retrofit 18 public schools. The move aims at making the…
Chandni in IFAD presidency race
Chandni Joshi, South Asia Regional Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), is in the running for the presidency of…
Sex on the road
Poverty, social vulnerability-and high demand-are forcing hundreds of women into selling sex along Nepal's highways. Transport workers, migrant…
Gorkha Darbar
In what seems to be a move heavy with symbolism, the National Security Council is planning to move an army battalion to Gorkha for the…
Business Briefs
Bids for Butwal Power
Two companies are in the running to buy majority shares in the Butwal Power Company (BPC), a company the government has been trying to privatise…
NGBL dividends
Nepal Grindlays Bank Ltd (NGBL) has announced a 100 percent dividend for shareholders, buoyed by good performance in 1999-2000. Standard…
Demo flight
A Polish-built aircraft called the M28 Skytruck made demonstration flights for the Royal Nepal Army and private airline operators last week.…
Nepal’s blue chips
The Nepal Stock Exchange has rated 26 of the 110 listed companies with an A, three more in the category compared to last year. A-category…
The LPG brigade
Even as it plans to rid Kathmandu Valley of vehicles over 20 years old, the government has decided to continue to allow the import of vehicles…
RNAC concession for senior citizens
The national flag carrier Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) has announced that it will grant a 50 percent concession on airfare to Nepali…
Letters
No "friend of Nepal"
And now Mr CK Lal thinks aspiring Nepali beauty pageant contestants should idolise the late Maharani of Gwalior rather than Diana because of the…
Red Lal
This is in response to CK Lal's last column, The Rana resonance (# 30). Let me start by saying "Lal is not just a surname, it is a symbol of…
Monumental history
In his latest column (The Rana resonance, #30) CK Lal makes this astonishing observation: "In order to learn anything from history, you need to…
Gestapo tactics
Your editorial Suicide (#28) certainly encapsulates conditions in Nepal. on 31 January my Nepali business partner and I were leaving the popular…
Attention!
The Maoists have got our attention, and it's at least possible that that will be enough. After all, if what they want is to be a major force in…
Up the wall
It's great to see the feisty and outspoken Barbara Adams back in print, calling a spade a spade... and what an excellent article by Joy Stephens…
Woomen
In reading Kunda Dixit's "Ultra-Violent Mouse" (#29) I see he left one out. As always, half our population is ignored! But anyone with an…
In this issue:
All-Nepal Knockout Tournament | Battle of the Titans | Editorial: Playing Politics with Politics | Big Guns | A crisis of legitimacy | Drive-through sex | Aid from Ancient Asia | Fear of heights | Saving Nepal | Playing hard-to-get | Ad infinitum | Star wars, redux | The Metric Martyr | Powell revisits Desert Storm | Underground in Japan | Now and then | The golden mask of the White Bhairab | The Hungry Eye | On higher ground