Issue #406

June 27 - July 3, 2008

Headline

Now, the people

Now, the people

With the politics finally getting sorted out, time to focus on the economy

Editorial

It's the economy, silly

It's the economy, silly

MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA There isn't much left to say about the political disarray that we haven't already said in the past two years. Dispensing…

Columns

Highest priority
Nepalipan by KUL CHANDRA GAUTAM

Highest priority

Children bear the heaviest burden of poverty

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Less miserable

Bihar's poor are better off than Nepal's poor

State Of The State by CK LAL

Absolute anarchy

Does the UML's left arm know what its left palm is doing?

Comment by MARK ZIMMERMAN

Not just any doctor

To upgrade rural healthcare, Nepal needs general practitioners

Backside by Ass

Constituent Ass-embly

With the monsoon setting in, the load-shedding schedule has gone haywire. Lights that were supposed to go off at 7:00 PM are now going of at…

Nation

Nepal's unsung health heroes

Nepal's unsung health heroes

KUNDA DIXIT BAREFOOT DOCTORS: Nanda Lal Sikarmi, chief doctor of the Sindhupalchok District Hospital (above right) counsels a patient in…

MALLIKA ARYAL

Business

BUDGET 2008

BUDGET 2008

"If you plan for the worst, then you do well if things get better."

From The Nepali Press

Resignation

Resignation

Interview with UML Minister for Tourism Prithbi Subba Gurung in Nepal, 29 June

Business Briefs

Letters

Letters - Issue #406: WARNING

WARNINGBrave and well-argued editorial ('Prime Minister Dahal', #405). Our politicians must start planning for economic development otherwise…

In this issue:

Now, the people | It's the economy,silly | Editorial: Less miserable | Absolute anarchy | Budget 2008 | Umpire or player? | Ethnic representation | Resignation | Uniting the hills and plains | Not just any doctor | Nepal’s unsung health heros | Desperately seeking doppelgängers | Highest priority | Learning from classroom collapses | Could it happen here? | Lourd of the dance | Backside: Constituent Ass-embly