Issue #391

March 14-20, 2008

Headline

CRACKDOWN

CRACKDOWN

A Tibetan protestor taken off in a police vehicle after trying to stage a peaceful protest in front of UN Building in Kathmandu on Monday…

PHOTO FEATURE BY SAM KANG LI

Editorial

Red on the inside

Red on the inside

Among the things that we can be justifiably proud of is Nepal's track record in nature conservation. Whether it was during a dictatorial…

Columns

Uphill all the way
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Uphill all the way

The hurdles which big business has to face in Nepal

Letter from Kolkata
State Of The State by CK LAL

Letter from Kolkata

What if Maharajganj becomes Marxganj and Laincour is renamed Leninchaur?

Comment by JOSEPH S NYE

Hard vs soft power

Contenders in the US presidential race must respond to a changed world

Backside by Ass

Nepal’s first republican emperor

Given the tectonic forces pushing the Indian landmass relentlessly from the south and the Eurasian continent squeezing us from the north, it is…

Nation

In Constituency 10

In Constituency 10

On the campaign trail with the 'first president'

SUBEL BHANDARI in PHARPING

No Madhesi wave

No Madhesi wave

Caste and the big parties sideline the Madhesi alliance

PRASHANT JHA in BARA

Electoral violence

Electoral violence

SANTA GAHA MAGAR BADLY HURT: Deb Shankar Poudel of the UML, who was badly beaten by Maoists in Ramechhap on Wednesday, was helicoptered to…

Conservation

Parking the army

Parking the army

"What is the point keeping the army in the barrack, let them guard the national parks."

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Mount Olympus | Red on the inside | Editorial: Hard vs soft power | Letter from Kolkata | Parking the army | The more things change... | Royals did it too | Uphill all the way | Booth youth | Integration | A road runs through it | In Constituency | No Madhesi wave | 10 | Arughat remembers Dahalsir | Borderline militancy | Ae Gorkhaliharu | All quiet on the eastern front | Once is not enough | Backside:Nepal’s first republican emperor