September 8-14, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Guns not allowed
It is in the interest of the Nepali people and the Maoists themselves that the CPN (Maoist) convert itself into a political party. Despite all…
Columns
Guest Column by MICHAEL HUTT
Gross national grief
The Bhutani refugees should not be made to wait forever
State Of The State by CK LAL
Changeover convulsions
Claims, counter-claims, and brinkmanship must be balanced with unity of purpose
Backside by Ass
Showing a red flag to a bull
Now that the birth of a grandson to Emperor Akihito has defused a succession crisis in Japan, we couldn't help thinking how far ahead Nepal is,…
Nation
Nepal is not Bhutan
It's counter-productive to push for the Bhutan model here
ANALYSIS BY RATNA SANSAR SHRESTHA
Salt of the earth
A unique public-private partnership keeps down the price of salt and ensures quality
Biodiesel in Nepal
Salt Trading has launched a feasibility study on the production and sale of biodiesel in Nepal. At a time when the price of fuel is rising…
Interview
Good banking from clean energy
Clean Energy Financial Institution opened Thursday as the country's first bank catering to the energy sector in partnership with Winrock…
MARTY LOGAN
Review
Dance for Kathmandu
Diya Sen is now ready for her first international solo Odissi dance performance. It took fourteen years of dancing, many hours of hard work,…
Architecture
Update
From The Nepali Press
Martin on arms
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's representative to Nepal, Ian Martin in an interview with Navin Singh Khadka of the BBC Nepali Service, 26 August
Letters
Finished
Last month on Father's Day, I re-read an old article by CK Lal, written on Father's Day years ago, describing his father and how he wanted CK to…
Maina
Maina's is another sad incident involving a poor family and gross abuse of state power ('How Maina was killed', #313). How many more tragic…
Good Doctors
Thanks for the tribute to Dr Sanduk Ruit ('The vision thing', #313), he is not only self-made but has also done a lot for Nepal and Nepalis. His…
Village Prachandas
I was impressed by Shrishti RL Rana's on-the-ground piece ('Rolpa's reality', #312). While Kathmandu is celebrating so-called loktantra and…
In this issue:
Power sharing |Guns not allowed |Editorial: Gross national grief |Changeover convulsions |Impasse |Nepal is not Bhutan |Good banking from clean energy |Loan blows |Emulate the UML |Pending peace |Incomplete team |Muddy waters |Mud, glorious mud |Salt of the earth |Development laboratory |Backside: Showing a red flag to a bull