Issue #51

This is a tale of broken promises, corruption and botched attempts at providing Valley residents safe, reliable and clean public transport.

Even the upsurge in violence has failed to break the political standstill in government.

Real social development arises out of the peoples' own understandings and agreements of their situation, and their own aspirations for the future.

BUTWAL - A recent official pronouncement mentions that Nepal has doubled its agriculture production in the past three decades. Oh? The item goes…

Baburam Bhattarai, Politburo Member and Chief of the Foreign Relations Department of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) replied in English to…

"You can't fool all the people all the time..." You're about to leave the FNCCI, what are you leaving behind? Pradeep Kumar Shrestha: I was…

"Kuires" are not the only people who have trouble with Very Proper Dining Etiquette.

The seven SAARC countries "share a common geography, a common ecosystem and, except for the Himalayan countries of Nepal and Bhutan, a common…

Ole Borre, Sushil Panday, Chitra Tiwari Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1994 Rs 320 This study registers the political attitudes prevailing in…

John T Hitchcock, Rex L Jones, eds Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1976 (1996) Rs 600 The result of fieldwork by 16 anthropologists, this…

Bhanubhakta has been credited with making Nepali a unifying lingua franca, but some are not sure.

It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when it all started. Some say it was after the explosive arrival of FM radio in Kathmandu, others say it…

"The need in Nepal is so great that despite everything we have done we are not even scratching the surface."

Narahari Acharya, former NC spokesman Kantipur, 26 June

Budhabar Saptahik, 4 July

Saptahik Jana Aadesh, 3 July

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai in Nepal Jagaran, 2 July

Saptahik Bimarsa, 6 July

Madan Mani Dixit in Space Time,7 July

Finance minister Ram Sharan Mahat had no choice but to give the army and police hefty increases in the budget. The army got a 17 percent raise…

It isn't an endangered species like the tiger or snow leopard, but Nepal's common stag beetle is gaining a similarly cult status abroad. The…

The Public Accounts Committee is not amused. In the last 10 months the government has sanctioned nearly Rs 110 million as ?financial assistance?…

Prince Paras better behave himself. If Nepal's parliamentarians have their way, the prince's female relatives may one day be able to claim the…

While others talked at length about the blood and gore and reported with relish the death toll this week, one private FM broadcaster in the…

In a pious gesture to appease the gods, two drivers are going the extra mile. Believers Sampurna Shrestha from Makwanpur and Jhalak Bahadur…

The government estimates Nepal's Gross Domestic Product grew by 5.8 percent in fiscal 2000/01 down by 0.6 percentage points from the previous…

Nepal Tourism Board reported an overall 57 percent drop in tourist arrivals in June compared to the previous year. This is the leanest summer…

From 16 July, Nepal's largest corporate taxpayer will have a new name. Standard Chartered PLC (Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank Ltd) bought out…

Kinetic Engineering has launched a 100cc 4-stroke two-wheeler in Nepal and says it has plans to introduce six other models into the market soon.…

Shanker Traders Company has re-introduced a Sri Lankan herbal tea brand which it says has medicinal properties that helps overcome different…

CK Lal's venture out of town to get some first hand hint of the ground reality in the "unquiet hills" is appreciated (State of the state, #49).…

Binod Bhattarai's coverage of the economy on the eve of budget session was an eye opener ("It's the economy, stupid", #49) . Whatever our…

It is frustrating reading Kunda Dixit's shallow and silly remarks in his regular column "Under My Hat". I have often wondered about the purpose…

Rupa Joshi's article on the TV journalists hit the bull's eye ("Tears and roses", #49). Being in the same line of reporting for television…