September 5-11, 2008
Headline
Editorial
Business as usual
KIRAN PANDAY At the very moment Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was addressing the Economic Summit organised by the Confederation of Nepalese…
Columns
Eyewitness by PRIYA JOSHI in SAPTARI
Children of the flood
Families fleeing floods have settled where the Kosi used to flow
Guest Column by IAN MARTIN
Remarkable peace
Nepalis mustn't be made to wait for a new constitution to see real improvement in their lives
INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL
Budgeting for women
Gender equality will never happen without government intervention
Backside by Ass
Cockfight
Is it just a coincidence, or are pundits genetically susceptible to infighting because of their supposedly superior brainpower? Just look at who…
Nation
BEFORE AND AFTER
The Kosi's heavy sediment load makes the river very mobile along its 200km alluvial fan after it breaks through the mountains in Chhatara. But…
Football fever
In an attempt to give sport in Nepal a kick up the backside, Nepa-laya and Kathmandu Khel Mandal have joined forces to organise a nationwide…
Interview
"A lesson for the rest of the world"
Head of the EU delegation in Nepal, Eduardo Lechuga-Jimenez spoke to Nepali Times this week at the end of his eventful four-year tenure here.
Business
Tea break
Chronic labour problems decimate Nepal's promising tea industry
RABIN GIRI in DHANKUTA and ROSHAN SAWA in ILAM
From The Nepali Press
US of Nepal
Sangjuhang Palugwa, chairman of the Federal Limbuwan State Council in Himal Khabarpatrika, 1-16 September
"Maoists alone can run this country"
Interview with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on BBC Nepali Service by Rabindra Mishra on 2 Septmber
Business Briefs
Business Briefs - Issue #416: Orbit wives
Orbit wivesOrbit House Wife Club held an interaction programme on the occasion of Tij on 31 August on 'Women's Leadership and the Importance of…
Letters
Letters - Issue #416: INDIA-NEPAL-CHINA
INDIA-NEPAL-CHINAI am appalled by Prashant Jha's rambling ('Two Dajus', Plain Speaking, #415). How much should we lean towards India to balance…
In this issue:
Peak season | Business as usual | Editorial: Remarkable peace | Budgeting for women | Tea break | No Dasain | Investment worries | People’s republic | Royal ways | US of Nepal | Fatalism and hope | Children of the flood | The other side | “A lesson for the rest of the world” | Weaving magic | Football fever | Backside: Cockfight