Ride the river
KIRAN PANDAY IT'S HOLY! Participants of last Friday's Dunga Daud, held as part of the 10th Bagmati River Festival, tune into the clear waters at…
Columns
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Twin crises
Nepal is not a failed state, but the illegitimate, undemocratic makeshifts are holding up the transition
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
It's the bank's business
Banks should have the freedom to decide how much to pay their employees, but they would do well to consider the society they live in
Fourth Estate by CK LAL
The urban bias
The media is as guilty as government in neglecting the hinterland
Backside by Ass
Only the goats know
The donkey's hardcore fans have been writing in asking what's up and what's gonna happen. Well, having been sent this picture of Bagmati Bridge…
Nation
Join the joyride
Cars in Nepal are among the most expensive in the world, but they remain prime objects of desire
PAAVAN MATHEMA
This week
New dateParliament's Business Advisory Committee has set 23 August as the new date for the fifth round of elections for PM. The UCPN (Maoist)…
Interview
Reaching the hungry
Interview with outgoing country representative of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Nepal, Richard Ragan
Review
Publisher's Note
The winner can't take all
KIRAN PANDAY It is now becoming clear that Nepal's main political parties can only agree on one thing: postponing deadlines to keep disagreeing.…
Life Times
Superbugs
In the international medical news last week, there was a great deal of alarm caused by some resistant bacteria that infected western patients in…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
From The Nepali Press
Whither constitution?
Interview with Nilambar Acharya, Chair, Constitutional Committee in Kantipur, 15 August
Biz Brief
Hi-tech products and new initiatives
Safety net The Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Fund Development Committee has decided to insure all taps, tanks and other infrastructure…
In this issue:
Ride the river | The winner's cant take all | Twin crises | Leapfrogging with phone cash | The urban bias | It’s the bank’s business | Exotic Nepali drinks | Superbugs | Nein Kampf | Whither constitution? | EU bandh? | Give ‘em rope | Reaching the hungry | Backside: Only the goats know