October 31 - November 6, 2008
Headline
Editorial
Demob deadline
Government formation, the prime minister's foreign trips, then there was Dasain-Tihar. Finally, there are no more excuses for the government to…
Columns
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Media mania
Excellence in journalism can be competitively paid for only if papers are financially viable
Comment by GANESH GURUNG
International domestics
The renewed ban on Nepali women to work in the Gulf is ill-conceived and unworkable
Comment by ROBERT TIMMONS
Narrowing the gap
SAM KANG LI It is now acknowledged that poverty and inequality have a great impact on health, and the world's leading experts recently called…
INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL
Picking up the pieces in Pakistan
There's fear that things will get a lot worse before they get better
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Left, right
NC-Maoist confrontation needs to be postponed until we have a stable political system
Backside by Ass
Ass for sale
What's happened suddenly to the Nepali media industry? The economy is stagnant, advertising is sluggish, even the middle class is living…
Nation
"Politicians and police are involved. Otherwise how can so much fake currency be smuggled?"
ALL PICS: RAJESH BHARDWAJ CHANGING HANDS: A driver openly bribes a Nepali border policeman to allow him to get through last week in Birganj…
V K SASHIKUMAR in BIRGANJ
At what cost the remittance economy?
Female migrant workers are especially vulnerable to exploitation and abuse
DEWAN RAI
Baglung women work on AIDS prevention
Besides remittances, migrant workers are also bringing back HIV
KISHOR RIMAL in BAGLUNG
Business
Leisure
City of divine lights
Where does God exist? This is a question humankind has struggled with through the ages.
ROMA ARYAL AND SHRADHA BASNYAT
Star Gazing
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Business Briefs - Issue #423: Sleep safe
Sleep safeA Swiss company known for its technologically advanced innovations for the prevention of diseases, Vestergaard Frendsen, has…
Letters
Letters - Issue #423: WAR AND PEACE
WAR AND PEACEThank you for a thought-provoking editorial ('War and peace', #422) which provided us with a new definition of peace. The…
In this issue:
Real or fake? | Demob Deadline | Editorial: Left, right | Picking up the pieces in Pakistan | “Politicians and police are involved. Otherwise how can so much fake currency be smuggled?” | Media mania | Phone care centre | Talk to whom? | Talks with PM only | Adulterated fuel | Forgotten promises | Female FM | International domestics | At what cost the remittance economy? | Baglung women work on AIDS prevention | Narrowing the gap | City of divine lights | Festival of fusion | November Sky | Backside: Ass for sale