January 4-10, 2008
Headline
Editorial
The power of water
A lot of water has flowed down the Kosi, Gandaki and Karnali in the half-century that we have been talking about Nepal's infinite hydropower…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
From rust to dust
Girija Koirala needs to act now on the tarai to save his legacy
Comment by ROOP JYOTI
Benazir Bhutto and Vipassana
Few know of the assassinated Pakistani leader's zeal for meditation
Backside by Ass
Swearing in Maithili
The 23-point agreement took so much out of the honourable Primordial Minister that he's gone back to sleep. It's been a week and there still…
Nation
Dying to get better
NICK MEYNEN GOING ACROSS: A woman prepares to take a sick relative across the Mugu Karnali. The Maoists blew up the bridge eight years ago, and…
Saving a botanists’ paradise
Charismatic mammals get all the attention, but there is a separate thrill in finding rare plants below Kangchenjunga
SAMPREETHI AIPANJIGULY in PANCHTHAR
Sick system
Nepal's poor can't depend on foreign well-wishers or profit-minded doctors in the cities for much longer
NICK MEYNEN in HUMLA
Review
Aiming high with Kagbeni
The first Nepali feature film to be shot digitally is being released all over Nepal, India and even in New York
MALLIKA ARYAL
International
Update
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #381: DACING REVOLUTIONARIES
DACING REVOLUTIONARIES: Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal claps as a woman dances at Tamu Lhosar, the Gurung new year, at Tundikhel on Sunday.…
From The Nepali Press
Gorkhaland re-ignites
Dambar Krishna Shrestha in Darjeeling, Himal Khabarpatrika, 31 December-14 January
Business Briefs
Business Briefs - Issue #381: Travelling Laxmi
Travelling Laxmi Laxmi Bank has launched its Travel Related Services, the first of its kind in Nepal. Everest Insurance is their travel…
Letters
Letters - Issue #381: PEACE TRAIN
PEACE TRAIN Your editorial today ('Peace train', #380) says: 'Still, from now till April there are three spoilers. Monarchists will try their…
In this issue:
Dying to get better | The Power of Water | Editorial: Running out of time | From rust to dust | Tarai frontline | No jerks allowed | Gorkhaland re-ignites | Old wounds | Hungry children | Thamel's Lost Innocence | Sick system | Saving a botanists’ paradise | Benazir Bhutto and Vipassana | Banco del Sud | Aiming high with Kagbeni | ackside: Swearing in Maithili