Issue #356

July 6-12, 2007

Headline

White gold

White gold

Brace yourselves for a flashflood of new hydropower projects

KUNDA DIXIT

Editorial

Chance of a lifetime

More than 100,000 Bhutani refugees are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. After 17 years in camps in eastern Nepal, there is the…

Columns

Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Taxing business

Taxation needn't be either labyrinthine or fertile ground for corruption

Guest Column by PREM J THAPA

2007 to 2007

What will ordinary Nepalis gain from a republic?

State Of The State by CK LAL

The unrepentant state

Trying to establish an 'armed peace' in the madhes will prove disastrous

The Mad Tea Party
Backside by Ass

The Mad Tea Party

Till press time the Ass has not yet got an invite from the CP for the Bad Shah's birthday bash. Hint, hint. Two thousand people are invited for…

Nation

Going nowhere

Going nowhere

Processing of refugees for resettlement is being delayed due to fear and confusion

JOHN NARAYAN PARAJULI

Interview

Review

Leisure

Moving Target

Happenings

Happenings - Issue #356: TALK TIME

Happenings - Issue #356: TALK TIME

TALK TIME: Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and UML chief Madhab Nepal chat at the opening sitting of parliament's monsoon session on…

Update

Clarification

Re 'Taxing business' (Strictly Business, Ashutosh Tiwari): The government aims to collect Rs 85.38 billion in the current fiscal year. Experts…

From The Nepali Press

Hydro politics

Interview with SD Muni, professor of international studies at JNU, New Delhi, Kantipur TV, 2 July

Letters

Letters - Issue #356: FOOD FIRST

FOOD FIRST 'The donor and NGO community need to view mental health as a human right for which all persons should have access to…

In this issue:

White gold |Chance of lifetime |Editorial: 2007 to 2007 |The unrepentant state |It’s hydropower, stupid |Boost for midwest Nepal |Taxing business |Governance and the governor |Misconduct |India and Bhutan |Kidnapped |Two suicides |Take the long, hard way |Going nowhere |“Camp security is fundamental” |“Terrorism makes negotiations difficult.” |Forever feudal |Lessons unlearnt |Backside: The Mad Tea Party