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
Swaying between crony capitalism and failed radical socialism
Preventing a derailment
Stick to the constituent assembly agenda to keep things on track
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
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
Reducing risk, preventing HIV, saving lives
MIN BAJRACHARYA The highest proportion of HIV-infected people in Nepal is among injecting drug users: 70 percent of the estimated 20,000 people…
SHAILEE BASNET
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
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
"I wasn’t King Gyanendra’s adviser"
Sharad Chandra Shaha speaks to Nepali Times about governance, as an information technology adviser to the royal regime.
Review
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
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…
Nepali Society
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
"Politicians are not gods"
Excerpts of Bhushan Dahal's interview with Sher Bahadur Deuba on Fireside, Kantipur Television, August 14
Business Briefs
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
















