Hurry up
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA RUNNING OUT OF TIME: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the Khula Manch on Sunday before delivering a speech in which he…
April 10-16, 2009
Headline
Editorial
Voice of the violent
KIRAN PANDAY Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai supposedly heads the cleanest and most efficient ministry. Which is why his recent tantrums are…
Columns
Guest Column by RAJU SITAULA
Banking on real estate
When the real estate bubble bursts, it shouldn't take banks down with it
State Of The State by CK LAL
Leadership deficit
PKD should behave like the prime minister of the country, not just a party supremo
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Closed minds
Introducing passports at the India-Nepal border will hurt us Nepalis more
Backside by Ass
The answer is blowing in the wind
It was bound to happen sooner or later: RIM and CCOMPOSA have finally said they want to have nothing to do with our Buddies and have started…
Nation
"Ama ko iskul"
PICS: KONG YEN LIN Being illiterate, seamstress Khima Nepali used to memorise all her customers' orders by heart. But when business started to…
KONG YEN LIN in DANG
The long march
CHONG ZI LIANG Forget trekking in the majestic Himalaya. There are great hiking routes in this country that thus far have been neglected by…
CHONG ZI LIANG
Pedal power
MICHEL HUNEULT Nirjala Tamrakar, 28, started bicycling out of necessity when she used to go to AVM School in her native Patan. Then, bicycling…
Interview
"We are committed to multiparty democracy, freedom of press and rule of law..."
In this interview with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal printed in the Wednesday edition of the Finnish newsmagazine, Suomen Kuvalehti, Katri Merikallio asks him about his commitment to democracy, the free press and the future of the peace process.
Constitution Supplement
Who's afraid of ethnicity?
Federalism is about ethnic autonomy and ending years of discrimination by the central administration
BALKRISHNA MABUHANG
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Better service
Spice Nepal is investing US$ 250 million over the next two years to improve coverage and services with the aim of boosting its customers by 1.2…
Letters
Letters - Issue #446: 30 YEARS
30 YEARSCK Lal says that the NSU has 'lost the will to compete' in student elections (State of the State, 'Thirty years of struggle', #445). The…
In this issue:
Hurry up | Voice of the violent | Banking on real estate | Leadership deficit | Closed minds | Giant export | Banda business | Replicating Dhulikhel | Demagougery and the psychology of fear | Who’s afraid of ethnicity? | Federalisation is not a panacea | Water! Water! | “Ama ko iskul” | Fire hazard | “We are committed to multiparty democracy, freedom of press and rule of law...” | The long march | Pedal power | Backside: The answer is blowing in the wind