Issue #34

"Greedy people in Kathmandu want to steal our forests," says Hari Prasad Neupane, chairman of the Federation of Community Forest Users of Nepal.

South Asia's hottest band, Junoon, hits the capital next Friday. Yubakar Rajkarnikar, editor of Wave magazine, spoke to Salman Ahmad, Ali Azmat…

What is the reason for this sudden mellowing? It didn't happen overnight. The talk of talks began with the launching of the People's War in…

The government has started building roads with its Basket Fund for Maoist-affected areas. But it will take more than highways to make a…

"A dangerous mafia is offering arms to the Maoists on credit."

Slurp, dribble and drool this summer at the ice-cream wars.

Nepal's master storyteller, Kesar Lall, has brought out a new collection of tales, but these ones are anything but folk. The Newar Merchants in…

There are the inevitable tales that have kings so delighted by the work they commissioned they had the artist either killed or maimed to avoid their masterpiece being surpasse

"The spirit is the common denominator and that's how people from different cultures relate to us."

"I don't like to idealise things.I like breaking rules."

Modern Nepali music has gained enormous confidence and maturity. Proof of that was the annual Hits FM Music Awards last Saturday.

After a horrific knee-injury and a disappointing season, one of Italy's most flamboyant and talented footballers seems to be making a comeback.

When he came to Nepal to help the Gandaki Boarding School modernise in 1984, Ken Afful had no idea he would be beached in landlocked Nepal for…

Excerpts from an interview with Ramesh Nath Pandey, MP, Upper House.Tarun National Weekly, 5 March

Jana Aastha National Weekly,7 March

Deshanter Saptahik, 4 March

Deshanter Saptahik, 4 March

Ghatna Ra Bichar, 14 March

Journalists and human rights activists have criticised the government for withholding the whereabouts of Krishna Sen, editor of Janadesh, a…

Come 1 Baishak, and the overwhelming number of holidays that brighten the Nepali calendar will be nine less. The Home Ministry after…

British Gurkha soldiers fighting for pension parity with their English counterparts organised a conference to gather international support for…

The residents of Radhakrishna tol of the Jorpati Village Development Committee in Kathmandu have shown the government a way out of its…

Hotel executives and senior managers in ties waiting on tables, doing the dishes, answering phones. It had to come to this: a strike no one…

A review of the country's "development" performance reveals that growth continues to fall short of goals set by the Ninth Plan 1997-2002.…

Two months after completion, Nepal's third Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Birgunj remains unused, mainly because Indian Railways has yet to…

The Trade Promotion Centre has reported a 13 percent growth of overseas exports, pushed mainly by readymade garments, pashmina shawls, lentils…

The Supreme Court has asked the government and the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) to explain why a Certificate…

Thanks for the story "Drive-through sex" (#31) by Hemlata Rai who seems to have put in a lot of work to uncover the sex worker situation in the…

Though I do not deserve the publicity, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to your readers through your Nepali Society column…

One of the reasons I am a regular buyer of your paper is the quality and type of articles you publish, often reporting on issues pertinent to…

I have been a regular reader of Nepali Times and have found most of the features and analysis interesting. But I was astonished to see that on…

Thanks to CK Lal in "Corruption, Nepalis and the Expat" (#32) for calling a spade a spade and exposing the hypocrisy and bigotry of the powerful…

After reading your front page brief "Delhi sneezes." (#33) where you show a near-empty toothpaste tube to detail the adverse effects of the…