Issue #319

Rural electrification works best when managed by local communities

UNICEF last month celebrated Nepal's progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by…

Women are often excluded from post-conflict plans in ways big and small

Kul Chandra Gautam returns to his village for a long-overdue visit

Ellen Sauerbrey, US Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration spoke with Navin Singh Khadka of the BBC Nepali service about the American resettlement offer.

A Lhasa Newar family memoir documents the rise of two remarkable individuals

Openness means more and better documentaries

Modern technology might just be what helps the Rautes keep their old ways

SHRISTHI RL RANA NEPALGANJ - At an NC political leadership workshop two conspicuous old men sit squeezed into a corner. They look terribly…

As the final strains fade away, glimpses of Surya Classic Jazzmandu 2006

Interview with Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula in Himal Khabarpatrika, 18 October-1 November

Nepal, 22 October

Jana Aastha, October 18

Ghatana Ra Bichar, 18 October

Yubaraj Ghimire, Samaya, 19 October

As part of Standard Chartered's global Seeing Is Believing program to help 10 million people with visual impairments by 2010, Standard Chartered…

Everest Bank's new online Everest Remit service provides a safe, efficient way for Nepalis in the Middle East to send savings home at a nominal…

If your home appliances are looking a little worse for wear, take advantage of Sagtani Exim's special festival offer-any domestic device,…

Binaya Bahadur Shrestha has the kind of luck most dream of. Over the last year, NabilBachat account holders have been narrowed to a pool of 111…

Vikas Flour Mill's contribution to Nepal's food grains industry has been recognised with 'Best Agriculture Industry Award' from the Ministry of…

Laxmi Bank has got permission from the Insurance Regulatory Board of Nepal to offer life insurance services in addition to regular banking…

JB Pun has rightly pointed out ('Race for identity' #318) that ethnic autonomy, if taken seriously, would only sow 'the seeds of future conflict…

The editorial 'The EPA' (#318) is either overly optimistic or plain naive. The opening statement, 'Nepal is on the mend', borders on the…

Suman Pradhan is right to be careful about monsoon flights ('No-fly season', #318). But in remote areas there is no other option and people,…

Sudha Khakurel's poem ('A dalit is born', From the Nepali press', #318) is being talked about because the author is from the dominant group that…

Those making mock of 'shaping the nation's history' hold conferences and issue statements reiterating that the People's Movement is gaining…

'Ready for retail' (#317) had a glaring omission: the Bhatbhateni supermarket. It is larger than some of the supermarkets profiled in the…

At first, I was disturbed by the appearance of words like 'backside' and 'ass' in Nepali Times, as we have always considered it a family…

CK Lal is at it again, pouring his vitriol against the army ('Change management', State of the State, #326). Till date he has not written a…