Issue #434

January 16-22, 2009

Headline

Flame of truth

Flame of truth

CHONG ZI LIANG It was only in death that one got to know what a fine journalist Nepal had lost in Uma Singh. Working in the most lawless part of…

KANAK MANI DIXIT in JANAKPUR

Editorial

Happy holidays

Happy holidays

SHRUTI SHRESTHA / KANTIPUR Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is jetting off again, this time to Norway and Finland. We can't see the purpose of…

Columns

The moral wasteland
State Of The State by CK LAL

The moral wasteland

We couldn't save Uma, but we need to save her Mithila homeland

"Why?"
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

"Why?"

Uma Singh's last word

The truth of Satyam
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

The truth of Satyam

The lesson is that governance is important in the private sector too

The invisible
INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL

The invisible

There are no figures on Nepali women working abroa

Comment by UMA SINGH

A minister out of control

Uma Singh strongly took on Maoist minister Matrika Yadav in this column written before she was murdered this week

Backside by ASS

Against the current

It's astounding that there are some of you out there still complaining about load shedding. You'd have thought people would have got used to it…

Nation

Caste no bar

Caste no bar

The boundaries of social hierarchy blur rapidly as inter-ethnic marriages catch on

TEXT and PICTURES by KONG YEN LIN

Julus in Hong Kong

Julus in Hong Kong

DAMBAR KRISHNA SHRESTHA Nepali permanent residents of Hong Kong marched this week through the centre of the city, obstructing traffic and…

DAMBAR K SHRESTHA in HONG KONG

People vs park

People vs park

Encroachment, not poaching, is the big threat at Sukla Phanta

LAXMAN TIWARI in KANCHANPUR

Interview

"Stability is key to investment"

"Stability is key to investment"

Outgoing Australian ambassador, Graeme Lade spoke to Nepali Times about delays in West Seti, resettlement of Bhutan refugees and growing interest among Nepali students to enrol in Australian universities.

Review

Constitution Supplement

From The Nepali Press

Business Briefs

Letters

Letters - Issue #434: FRUSTRATED

FRUSTRATEDFinance Minister Bhattarai seems to believe that ignorance is bliss, otherwise why would he say that the situation for business is not…

In this issue:

Flame of truth | Happy Holidays | Untangling the knot | The moral wasteland | “Why?” | “Stability is key to investment” | The truth of Satyam | A minister out of control | Poisonous imports | Whose fault? | The Madhesi street | 14 committee chairs | Caste no bar | The invisible | Fleeing for dear life | Julus in Hong Kong | People vs park | Not-so-charismatic mammals | Catching the eye | Backside: Against the current