Issue #349

May 18-24, 2007

Headline

Fluid situation

Fluid situation

The limbo will last a little longer and create more complications

ANALYSIS by SHIVA GAUNLE

Editorial

Same old Nepal

Same old Nepal

SAGAR SHRESTHA THE PAST IS ANOTHER COUNTRY: Members of the YCL and the ANNISU (R) destroyed statues of past kings around Nepal on Tuesday.So…

Columns

The art of spin
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

The art of spin

Let's talk about all the good things

Deadly silence
Here And There by DANIEL LAK

Deadly silence

A free media is essential for a free society

Guest Column by DANIELA PONCE

Got Plan B?

The onus is on all Nepalis to steer the country back on track

From socket bombs to whips
Backside by Ass

From socket bombs to whips

The American State Department has updated its travel advisory for Nepal, and has warned its citizens to desist from all non-essential visits.…

Nation

The rise of a party

The rise of a party

In a decade, the MJF has gone from being a talk shop to one of the most powerful forces in national politics

MALLIKA ARYAL

A photogenic year

A photogenic year

Photojournalism has taken off in a big way in Nepal in recent years. The range of subjects receiving coverage, the quality of the images, and…

Acid attacks

Acid attacks

Men are waging chemical warfare on women and getting away with it

MANOJ SHRESTHA in BIRATNAGAR

Interview

"A new war strategy"

"A new war strategy"

Nanda Kishore Pun ('Pasang'), Maoist central committee member, PLA deputy commander, and vice-chair of the joint arms management committee

Review

Newars, new and old

Newars, new and old

French scholar Gerard Toffin's work on Newars is finally available in English

Moving Target

Burned again

Burned again

New chapters in the long history of betrayal

FOREIGN HAND

Happenings

From The Nepali Press

I dissent

I dissent

Laxman Chaudhary ('Roshan') in Nepal, 13 May

School scandal

School scandal

MIN BAJRACHARYA The Maoist-affiliated Nepal Education Republican Forum (NERF), which claims to protect the rights of teachers, has indefinitely…

Poudel vs Yami

Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel is telling to anyone who will listen that he had told "Girija babu" not to allow the…

Business Briefs

Letters

Letters - Issue #349: ROCKY ROAD

ROCKY ROAD Who would have thought it would come to this: that one of the most respected papers in the country would call Pushpa Kamal Dahal a…

In this issue:

Fluid situation |Same Old Nepal |Editorial: Got Plan B? |Biratnagar’s bookkeepers |The rise of a party |The art of spin |I dissent |Left in disarray |Poudel vs Yami |Land grab |School scandal |Deadly silence |Acid attacks |Burned again |Double standards |Newars, new and old |Backside: From socket bombs to whips