Issue #311

August 18-24, 2006

Headline

Editorial

Campaigning

Campaigning for the constituent assembly elections is well and truly underway. Since the polls will essentially be a referendum on the monarchy,…

Columns

Welfare capitalism
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

Welfare capitalism

Swaying between crony capitalism and failed radical socialism

State Of The State by CK LAL

Preventing a derailment

Stick to the constituent assembly agenda to keep things on track

Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT

To end the news, the main points once again

Security Beefed Up for Umpteenth Time at TIA BY AN INSECURE CORRESPONDENT Responding to a worldwide security alert, the Tribhuban Unintentional…

Nation

AIDS alarm

AIDS alarm

Despite millions of dollars being poured into Nepal to fight AIDS over the past decade, public health experts say the epidemic is spreading into…

MALLIKA ARYAL

A full circle

A full circle

SHYAM TEKWANI In the last 14 years, Nepal tried the bilateral approach to deal with the Bhutani refugee issue, slowly moving into a…

NICHCHAL N PANDAY

Patan fundraiser

Patan fundraiser

The Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT), which has been involved in restoring Kathmandu's priceless architectural heritage, has raised…

Let’s stop being polite

In the AIDS world we are frustratingly polite and politically correct. We're also plagued by NGO-speak and, often, style over substance. I…

RAJIV KAFLE

Interview

Review

Little power to the people

Little power to the people

Every 12 months, members of the Kabre district council meet to consider their plan for the year ahead. At three meetings from 2000 to 2002 they…

Sports

Where the Bagmati is still clean

Where the Bagmati is still clean

KIRAN PANDAY Those who cross the bridge at Thapthali every day will find it hard to believe that along its upper stretches the Bagmati is a…

Bagging SAG 06

Bagging SAG 06

High hopes for Nepal at this month's South Asian Games in Colombo

Nepali Society

Cop on the road

Cop on the road

KIRAN PANDAY Laxmi Gurung, is a classic example of what equal opportunities can do. The 39-year-old sub-inspector heads the recently established…

Update

From The Nepali Press

Faith in Maoists

Faith in Maoists

Interview in Nepal, 20 August Amik Sherchan, president of Jana Morcha

"Politicians are not gods"

"Politicians are not gods"

Excerpts of Bhushan Dahal's interview with Sher Bahadur Deuba on Fireside, Kantipur Television, August 14

Business Briefs

New Products

New Products

DESI CHEWING GUM: Sujal Foods, the makers of Chocofun, Lovebirds and Milkfalls, have launched a new gum, Sujalgum this week. Each pack comes…

Tracking the disappeared

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is revisiting every family that has reported a disappearance since the organisation started…

House for Rs 25,000

Kumari Bank Limited is offering their customers an opportunity to win a two and half storey house, with 3 bedrooms, living room, dining room,…

Laxmi in Lalitpur

Laxmi Bank has opened its second branch inside the Valley in Pulchok. The branch will also serve as the bank's Retail Financial Services Centre.…

Letters

Corrupted

At a time when NGOs and state agencies involved in an anti-corruption drive in the country are mulling over why corruption has not been a…

Tarai

Suman Pradhan has rightly assessed the fact that long-running discrimination against Madhesis is fuelling new resentment and violence in the…

Be wise

Please be wise and don't do what the French did after their revolution. In Spain the monarchy is the guardian of the people and democracy, and…

In this issue:

Militia in our midst |Campaigning |Editorial: Laying ghosts to rest |Preventing a derailment |AIDS alarm |Reducing risk, preventing HIV, saving lives |Welfare capitalism |Let’s stop being polite |Switching camps |Faith in Maoists |“Politicians are not gods” |Nonstop adventure |Bagging SAG 06 |Patan fundraiser |A full circle |Little power to the people |Force and asymmetry |“We’re not worried about the PLA, we’re worried about the militia.” |“I wasn’t King Gyanendra’s adviser” |Cop on the road |Backside: To end the news, the main points once again