Present arms
The tit-for-tat recruitment by the Maoist army this week in response to the Nepal Army taking in 3,000 new soldiers has escalated tensions…
March 6-12, 2009
Headline
Editorial
Doublethink
With only a year to go for writing a new constitution, teams of CA members have fanned out across the country this week to collect folk wisdom.…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Maiming the messenger
This Women's Day, let's salute Nepal's brave women journalists
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Election mode down south
As India gears up for polls, it's our turn to wait and watch
Comment by GOVINDA RAJ JOSHI
Six equal provinces
Future federal units should be economically viable and include all ethnic groups within them
Guest Column by PRAMOD MISHRA
Forward march
The Nepal Army should reflect the diversity of the nation it defends
Backside by ASS
Rotten eggs
What bad timing to schedule Traffic Week to coincide with the state visit of the Lankan president. It had got off to a fairly good start with…
Nation
A costly freedom for kamalaris
KONG YEN LIN If one were to judge the age of Rima Chaudari by her hands, you could think she was four times older. The 13-year-old kamalari was…
KONG YEN LIN in BANKE
Helping families afford education
A unique initiative to help families keep children in school
CHONG ZI LIANG in POKHARA
Changing Nepal one girl at a time
JOHN CHILD Scholarship students at the Sri Chandra School in Bahundanda last week. Adoctor, a businessman and a professor, who formed a unique…
Review
ADVENTURE TOURISM
Star Gazing
From The Nepali Press
Every day a banda
1 February Banda across Attariya and Lamki-by Mukta Kamaiya (6 days) Protest in Darchula by locals (1 day) Jaleshwor banda by the Joint Struggle…
Biz Brief
New papers merge
The publishers of two new newspaper groups decided on Wednesday to merge even before they were to begin publication next month. Binod Gyawali,…
Letters
Letters - Issue #441: TARAI
TARAISo much time has passed and yet there's no respite in the problem faced by the people of the Tarai. Instead of things becoming better,…
In this issue:
Present arms | Doublethink | Forward march | Maiming the messenger | Election mode down south | A costly freedom for kamalaris | Red and white | Every day a banda | Northern interest | Shifting ground | Mother tongue | Six equal provinces | High wire act | Ban bandas | Helping families afford education | Changing Nepal one girl at a time | Justice delayed in Cambodia | Girls’ night out | Binocular astronomy | Backside: Rotten eggs