July 25-31, 2008
Headline
Editorial
Statesmanship, Mr Dahal
KIRAN PANDAY In the end, more by chance than on purpose, the right man became president. It's been like that in the past two years of…
Columns
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Not out of the woods yet
Democracy is in danger not just from Maoist authoritarianism, but the lack of real political opposition to them
State Of The State by CK LAL
A nation of Rams
President Ram's first order of business will be to work with the Maoists
Guest Column by TRIB THARU
Madhesisation
If you squeeze the spring too hard, it can jump out of your hand
Backside by Ass
Spooked by spooks
From what the Ass has been able to piece together, here is a blow-by-blow account of the fast-paced events of this past week in which the…
Nation
The power of water
India lets private investors take the lead on sensitive Nepal projects
ANALYSIS by PRABHU GHATE
Nepal's energy emergency
Required immediately: more power to meet domestic shortfall and to reduce the trade gap by exporting to India
DEWAN RAI
An ethnic presidency
A good start, but Ram Baran Yadav became president by chance
ANALYSIS by PRAMOD MISHRA
Sports
Travel
Call of the wild
Heli-trekking adds a new horizon to mountain tourism
PADAM GHALE in DHAULAGIRI BASE CAMP
International
Olympic hopefuls
With the Games less than three weeks away, who are the stars to look out for in Beijing?
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Business Briefs - Issue #410: Come together
Come togetherHimalayan and Laxmi Bank recently signed an agreement to work together and make all their services available to customers of both…
Letters
Letters - Issue #410: OUR FIRST PRESIDENT
OUR FIRST PRESIDENTWe may have our first president, but after formally sending the king packing nearly two months ago, the country is still…
In this issue:
Yes, prime minister | Statemanship, Mr Dahal | Editorial: Madhesisation | Not out of the woods yet | An ethnic presidency | More budget blues | Grow up | Media bashing | Call of the wild | The power of water | Nepal’s energy emergency | Olympic hopefuls | Let it begin | Backside: Spooked by spooks