Issue #414

August 22-28, 2008

Editorial

Four-corner equilibrium

The swearing-in of the prime minister took place an absurd four months after his party was elected, but that wasn't a complete waste of time. In…

Columns

Land and peace
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Land and peace

Land reform cannot just be about redistribution, it has to be a package deal

State Of The State by CK LAL

Living with rivers

It's always the poor who suffer when we abuse our waterways

Comment by BIHARI K SHRESTHA

Sowing doubts

Farmers fret as Maoists remain vague over land reform plans

New national dress for New Nepal
Backside by Ass

New national dress for New Nepal

BILAS RAI For someone who dresses well, has a good taste in John Player shirts, Prime Minister Awesome sprung us all a surprise with his choice…

Nation

After the deluge

After the deluge

SOM NATH BASTOLA BIRD'S EYE VIEW: The East-West Highway was the only dry ground for many fleeing the Kosi floods in Sunsari in this picture…

DAMBAR K SHRESTHA in SUNSARI

Likely faces

Likely faces

The Maoists, MJF and UML scrambled to finalise their ministerial lineup ahead of a cabinet meeting on Friday before Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal…

Power to the people

Power to the people

Only devolution of decision-making can help speed up development

MALIKA ARYAL in KABHRE

Business

No jokes allowed

No jokes allowed

Your first thought is it can't be a Skoda. It's too comfortable, too smart, too darned good. But long gone are the days when a Skoda was an…

Health

Fit list

Fit list

Kathmandu's best gyms offer a whole lot more besides pumping iron

SHRADHA BASNYAT and ROMA ARYAL

From The Nepali Press

Two armies

Kul Chandra Gautam in Himal Khabarpatrika, 17-31 August

Business Briefs

Letters

Letters - Issue #414: CHECKLIST

CHECKLISTI agree with your checklist ('Checklist', #412). The prime minister should have a clear vision, mission, goal and objectives to…

In this issue:

Likely faces | Four-corner equilibrium | Editorial: Shared past, shared future | Living with rivers | After the deluge | Depending on the diaspora | No jokes allowed | Two armies | Suitable clothes | “The peace process comes first” | Fit list | Land and peace | Power to the people | Sowing doubts | Emotional bond | Not Norwegian wood | New national dress for New Nepal