Issue #513

July 30 - August 5, 2010

Headline

Reflected glory

Reflected glory

KIRAN PANDAY TIME TO REFLECT: CA members, journalists and security personnel mill about the entrance to the BICC last week

Columns

Sister cities
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

Sister cities

Same same, but different

Video bites
Kalam by RABI THAPA

Video bites

Is video killing the radio star, or is it actually showing us who we are?

Straight from the Ass' mouth
Backside by Ass

Straight from the Ass' mouth

Buddha Boy has the right idea, he should now come to Kathmandu and whack JNK, PKD and RCP to knock some sense into them. What is worrying a lot…

Nation

Waste not

Waste not

Making compost out of waste is far more sustainable than dumping it in someone else's backyard

DEWAN RAI

This Week

The major national happenings of the week

Publisher's Note

In a state of deprivation

In a state of deprivation

This may be the wrong time to discuss the latest findings of a new poverty survey, when the whole country is consumed by uncertainty as…

Life Times

Myadhe joro aka typhoid fever

Myadhe joro aka typhoid fever

PRADEEP KAFLE Typhoid fever is so common in Nepal that we have a colloquial name for it, Myadhe joro. Observant patients in the pre-antibiotic…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

About Town

Plays to watch, concerts to attend and dining options to suit your taste

BLOGS

Third time unlucky

Parliament failed to elect a new prime minister for the third consecutive time on Monday.

From The Nepali Press

Proposal

Proposal

Narahari Acharya in Kantipur, 26 July

Biz Brief

Lowered rates and new products

Lowered rates Ncell has slashed its rates to Rs 1.99 per minute for calls made to any network. Existing subscribers need to type 'sajilo' and…

In this issue:

Reflected glory | In a state of Deprivation | It’s getting stale, mate | Women MPs seek to unlock deadlock | An open letter to the Big Guys | Sister cities | When kings leave | The thirsty gullet | Farming diesel | Myadhe joro aka typhoid fever | Video bites | Welcome to Jajarkot | Waste not | Defiant Kham | Iraq with conditions | “We haven’t said we won’t support other parties” | Proposal | Alt-Annapurna | Backside: Straight from the Ass’ mouth