Issue #317

Last week's crash shows, yet again, that aviation rules in Nepal need an overhaul

In the countryside, 'peoples' courts' are often the best resort

All women are not equal for Nepal's abortion program

Inquiries have increased, but this tourism season may still not be good enough

We went to help flood victims, and realised the problems went far deeper

NEPALAYA Nepathaya's hit song Sa Karnali and its music video are milestones in Nepali pop music. Fusing folk tunes with modern music may be the…

Scott Price, CEO of DHL Express, Asia Pacific on his recent visit to Kathmandu about DHL's prospects in Nepal.

The mega shopping experience for those with little time and big budgets

The Craters of the Moon and the Variable Star Mira add to the festive mood

Grooving with Surya Classic Jazzmandu

A whole generation of Nepalis have probably picked up their music tastes from Hits FM's executive director, Jeevan Shrestha. He got his…

KIRAN PANDAYA helicopter hits a mountainside, and wipes out an entire pantheon of Nepal's best and brightest, who believed in returning the…

I first met Yeshi Lama almost 30 years ago at Darjeeling's Bethany School. We were about six then, but I soon became a fan. Yeshi always topped…

COURTESY:WWF-NEPAL I had heard much about Dawa Tshering Sherpa while working for WWF-Nepal, but only met him on 23 April 2003 in Lelep. He'd…

Late Saturday afternoon the phone rang, with news of a helicopter missing in Taplejung with doctors and Sherpas on board-the caller was checking…

KIRAN PANDAY COURTESY:WWF Gopal Rai, State Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation, was a simple man from Okhaldhunga with a great sense of…

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Mingma was one of my heroes. I'm not sure if he ever knew that. In 1995, he gave me - an idealistic and quite ignorant young man - the chance of…

Yeshi was an incredibly bright, articulate and thoughtful woman. She bridged worlds - Kathmandu, London, Dolpo, and Kanchenjunga - seamlessly,…

Tirtha Man Maskey, a UF graduate, scientist, father and Nepal's top wildlife official, died in a helicopter crash in Nepal on Saturday. The…

Himal Khabarpatrika 2-17 October

Interview with former zonal commissioner Surya Bahadur Sen in Jana Aastha, 27 September

Editorial in Haank, 27 September

Samaya, 28 October

Print Process, in association with Beesants Trading, has now opened in Tripureshwor, just in time to catch the Dasain rush of cards and…

Soon the Yamaha brand will be associated with more than just the purr of motorbike engines and generators in Nepal. Morang Auto Works have got…

Nepal's own Cosmic Motorcycles have opened a showroom in Teku, which accompanies the recent launch of the 125cc CY125-20, and plans to launch…

It was a dream come true for Yugesh Shrestha, when he won the 'Carlsberg Football Trip of a Lifetime' promotion in Nepal and got to travel to…

CK Lal dismisses the 15 chapters that comprise Unequal Citizens-which took four years of research and consultations to compile-in eight paltry…

In Letters (#316) Sam Cowan's long letter on Maina was touching, thought-provoking, and disturbing. It is indeed a pity people have to face such…

CK Lal's latest column ( 'Let's get this thing unstuck', State of the State, #316) exhibited a xenophobia that seems to be the latest fashion…

It was interesting to read last week's poll report ('What we think', #317). In the back of my mind were the prime minister's remarks about…

People like me are beginning to feel that politicians only indulge in unnecessary ordinances and laws. What Nepalis are focused on now is when,…

Your weekly poll showed that more than 57 percent of voters believe the ceasefire will not last beyond Tihar (#315). I believe the number is…

Much has been made about the 'disappearance' of Under my Hat. I find Backside mere gossip, and have not got used to it yet. One columnist whose…