Issue #449

May 1-7, 2009

Headline

Mayday, Mayday!

Mayday, Mayday!

KIRAN PANDAY SHOW OF FORCE: The Maoists are planning a mammoth May Day rally in the capital on Friday to put pressure on those opposed to their…

Editorial

Press for freedom

Press for freedom

BILASH RAI From Angola (Not Free) to Zimbabwe (Not Free), freedom of the press is under attack in many parts of the world. Tagged 'partly free',…

Columns

Labour pangs
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Labour pangs

How to save your company and save jobs

Subcontinental drift
Here And There by DANIEL LAK

Subcontinental drift

A co-mingling of multiple genocides still resonate across South Asia

Between The Lines by ASS

The Rook castles again

Parliamentary proceedings are beginning to look like a demo at Ratna Park. And the kangresis are falling right into the trap by gheraoing the…

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Delhi dallying

Maoist opposition to India's role in the army row is hypocritical and futile

State Of The State by CK LAL

War by other means

The army has shown it is better at masking its fears than the Maoists

Comment by ACHYUT WAGLE

Baffling donors

The NDF meeting will have a political rather than economic agenda

Nation

Numbers game

Numbers game

The Maoists plan a massive show of force on May Day to put pressure on the army

ANALYSIS by SUBHAS DEVKOTA

The voice of Nepal

The voice of Nepal

Matihili FMs are a model for cross-border cultural exchange

KUNDA DIXIT in JANAKPUR

Constitution Supplement

Watered down

Watered down

Federalism will hinder optimal exploitation of water resources

RATNA SANSAR SHRESTHA

From The Nepali Press

Anti-state

Anti-state

Editorial in Himal Khabarpatrika, 29 April-14 May

Game over

Game over

Interview with UML central committee member KP Oli in Nepal, 3 May

Biz Brief

Shop 'til you drop

Shop 'til you drop

Laxmi Bank and Bhat-Bhateni supermarket have launched a loyalty points card that customers can obtain when they open a savings account at the…

In this issue:

Mayday, Mayday! | War by other means | Delhi dallying | Baffling donors | Numbers game | Labour pangs | Sri Lanka’s golfing triumph | The Maoist strategy | Anti-state | ivil supremacy | Game over | Watered down | Three bases of federalism | The old road to Kathmandu | The voice of Nepal | Women on air | Subcontinental drift | Backside: The Rook castles again