Issue #45

hey also helped the newly organised farmers lease a plot of 10 kattha (approximately 0.34 hectares) to start their collective farming exercise.…

In the Nepali Congress backrooms political intrigue gets more intense as Prime Minister Koirala decides to battle it out.

Kathmandu's apartment craze is catching on as a new surge in housing complexes tries to keep up with demand.

Why did the ILO national office do this in English?

The experience of a group of former kamaiyas, out of bonded labour for over a decade, indicates the difficult road ahead for those recently freed by a government edict.

If the duration of the protests matters so much,

Nepali values may favour strong government with efficient and honest governance.

With Confidence and Finesse

The Quintessence of Mind and Meditation Takpo Tashi Namgyal, trans.Lobsang P Lhalungpa Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi, 1993/2001 Rs 792…

Land of Medicine Buddha, February-April 1999 Lama Zopa Rinpoche Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, Weston, Mass., 2000 Rs 1,500 “Doing Vajrasattva…

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi, 1992/2001 Rs 632 The Hevaja Tantra is a non-dual Yogini tantra of the late Mantrayana Buddhist tradition…

The Wisdom of the Shambhala Ch?gyam Trungpa Shambhala Publications, Boston, 1999 Rs 1,875 The follow-up to Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the…

The NMBA championship is the only recognised national level international-class mountain bike championship in Nepal.

The Karnali river at the Chisapani Gorge. It was the first time we dolphins saw a real scientist. Our cousins in the Narayani had told us a…

More than 125,000 email users in Nepal may be hit by a 500% increase in a fuzzy government tax.

Rain gets a lot of bad press. Forget what the guidebooks say.Visit Nepal in the monsoon. Get wet.

On one of my earliest visits to Nepal I walked across the border. I came with a Hungarian artist who lived in India, her companion a French…

Preparations are underway to celebrate the 31st birthday of the heir to Nepal's throne, Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev. With this…

In teh villages, all issues related to land and property are looked after by the Gaon Jana Samitis (GJS) (Village People's Organisations). It…

You have been in politics for a very long time. What were your happiest and saddest moments? My happiest moment was when democracy was restored…

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has confessed that he still chews 30 paans (beetle leaves) a day. He made the admission while addressing a recent…

The pension records of Nepali soldiers who died fighting in the Indian army are mismanaged and there is much bungling in the distribution of…

Colonel Dilip Rana who was caught hunting deer in Chitwan has been cleared of all charges. Colonel Narendra Aryal of the Royal Nepal Army, who…

It was a season of triumph, tragedy and tumbling records. Sixteen-year-old Temba Tsheri Sherpa stepped on Mt Everest on 23 May to become the…

Fasten your seat belts, UML. It is now the main opposition's turn to feel the heat in a suspect aircraft leasing deal, this one with China…

It was a sense of shame that prodded Japanese climber Ken Noguchi to take up the task of cleaning Everest. He was struck when western climbers…

The UML's Madhav Kumar Nepal is the happiest man around, having forced the country to shut down for three days to fight Girija Koirala on his…

Nepal's Internet connectivity is supposed to be the best in South Asia. It is the cheapest Internet in the region, except for India. And Nepal…

Business leaders from Nepal and India are meeting in New Delhi 11 June to iron out problems trading problems before the bilateral treaty comes…

If you're still having problems purchasing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), you'll be interested in knowing this: LPG will soon cost more. The…

Government spending has continued to increase, taking the budget deficit up by 35 percent to Rs 8.41 billion in the first nine months of the…

The national budget is the newest casualty of political instability. Parliament did no business after remaining in session for 57 days starting…

Agriculture production has slowed down, owing mainly to unfavourable winter weather and low agri-product prices. Growth is expected to be about…

Central bank sources say they're having problems with Indian currency: the bank is wondering what to do with all the Indian Rupees it holds, and…

Himalayan Hygienic Snax and Noodles (P) Ltd, the makers of Mayos, has launched a new vegetarian brand. Mayos is now available in two flavours:…

CK Lal's columns carry his signature courage, wit and bite that have delighted me, but his logic at times appears skewed. In his column "Time to…

Nepal's special brand of supermarket communism has just set a national record with four days of shutdowns. Congratulations, comrades. Since you…

If truth be told, archaelogical finds do not conclusively establish Tilaurakot, Lumbini, as the birthplace of the Buddha ("Buddha was born…

We have been running our handicraft shop in Kupondol for the last 14 years and we have always had a signboard outside telling our customers who…