January 12-18, 2007
Headline
Editorial
UN-doing our past
The irony was lost on most who were at the Nepal Army base at Panchkhal on Wednesday. At a time when Nepal is readying to welcome the full…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Putting off the future
Dismissing the provisional constitution as merely a political text is hypocrisy
Guest Column by SAILESH TIWARI
Rethinking growth
An aid splurge by itself can't propel economic growth
Eyes Wide Shut by SHEETAL KUMAR
Farewell to Annan
UN Kofi Annan passed, with 2006, into the realm of 'former' and 'ex' UN secretary-general two weeks ago. We now have Ban Ki-Moon, a Korean,…
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Worldly wisdom
Nepal needs to get out and see the world for lessons on inclusiveness
Backside by Ass
The Blue Team
With the Security Council meeting on Friday to formally allocate a hefty budget for the expanded Monitoring Mission here and the arrival of five…
Nation
Leisure
Brit films
The British Film Festival is on its sixth outing in Kathmandu from 15-19 January at Gopi Krishna cinema. The festival, organised by the British…
Moving Target
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Certified
Machhapuchchhre Bank has been awarded the ISO 9001:2001 certification by the UKCAS Quality Management Company for all its 12 outlets around…
Qatar travels the world
Qatar Airlines is now also flying to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The new route on its international network takes Qatar's global reach to 71…
New Product
Preeti: Asian Thai Noodles has launched the new Preeti brand of noodles. The brown chicken-flavoured noodles are priced at Rs 12.50 for a 70gm…
Open greenhouse
Dabur Nepal has re-opened its greenhouse for rare and endangered plants in Banepa. The greenhouse was shut down on 21 December after the…
Fortune cookie
Fortune Cookie Ventures was launched this week at CAN Info Tech 2007. The company is an international joint venture set up by successful ICT…
Strategic
National Campus for Business Studies (NCBS), Baneswor has signed a strategic alliance with KJ Somaiya Institute of Management and Research in…
Letters
Slow down
Your editorial last week ('Born-again democracy' #330) and Sheetal Kumar's column ('Draw the line', Eyes wide shut, #330) might be alarmist, but…
Red ‘Revolution’
On a recent visit to Nepal, I was confused about the achievement of Jana Andolan II. I didn't get why people were calling it 'loktantra' and…
Up in the air
"I guess the airport just reflects the general state of the country." The pilot could not have said it any better than that ('Up in the air',…
Nyanopan
Captain Vijay Lama's 'I am a Nepali first' (Nepali Pan, #328) was a great tribute to nationality and patriotism. It will help us overcome the…
Envoy envy
The Nepali embassy in London reflects the dire state of our public services. Visitors have worryingly bad experiences with embassy personnel.…
Pluto
Please grant me the liberty to use the US word of 2006-'plutoed'-exclusively for the first time in Nepali Times, as in, "Undoubtedly, King…
Sad ass
Sad to see that the Ass at Backside has become so wary of everything he (she?) sees ('Animal Farm in 1984). Read the situation, my friend, not…
In this issue:
Into the fray |Un-Doing our past |Editorial: Rethinking growth |Putting off the future |Farewell to Annan |Those who asked for UNMIN pose the biggest challenge to it |Democracy dividends |You CAN tech too |Undemocratic |Slack Sitaula |Premier offices |Who he ? |Worldly wisdom |Ticking away |Cruise control |Democracy dilemma |A new pantheon |Backside: The Blue Team