Lifeline
KIRAN PANDAY PAINFULLY EMPLOYED: Youths queue up for army recruitment, Korean language tests, and passports in the capital Most people are so…
Columns
Fourth Estate by CK LAL
Meddling in the media
It's not the Indian Embassy's job to impose a code of ethics on Nepali journalism
Politically Cracked by INDU NEPAL
Singing of sorrow
You wouldn't go around proudly proclaiming you're a racist. Then why do most people think it's okay to say they're not feminists?
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Nitty-gritty politicking
The Maoist-Madhes dynamic may yet gel to give Nepal a prime minister next week
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
If the cap fits
Rather than clumsy caps on CEO pay, the central bank should let market forces do the job
Guest Column by PRANAV BUDHATHOKI
Juicy gossip
The Dabur scandal betrays contaminated minds rather than packets of juice
Backside by Ass
If you gotta go, you gotta go
A lot of naysayers have been criticising Makunay for putting up Nepal's candidature for the post of General Assembly president when it is pretty…
Nation
Hotel Echo's last minutes
The last 26 minutes of Agni Air's 'Hotel Echo' (9N-AHE)
DAMBAR KRISHNA SHRESTHA
"I don't want any more Sarahs to die"
Nepali Times gathered a panel of experts on Monday to discuss Nepal's appalling aviation safety record, and to suggest remedial measures
Trafficking labour
Migrant workers are falling prey to traffickers like Tej Prakash Pun, who is responsible for the plight of the 108 Nepalis rescued from Libya recently
JB PUN MAGAR and BABURAM BISWOKARMA in HONG KONG
Publisher's Note
The centre cannot hold
Things fall apart when the centre doesn't hold. The prolonged political uncertainty in Kathmandu is having an impact across all sectors of the…
Life Times
Model Dhulikhel
If towns across Nepal learnt from the example of Dhulikhel, urban living would actually mean better living
RUBEENA MAHATO in DHULIKHEL
Solving mysterious fevers
RSS Mysterious fevers are common in Nepal, especially in the summer. Sherlock Holmes and Watson would have had a field day here, figuring out…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
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In this issue:
Lifeline | The centre cannot hold | Nitty-gritty politicking | Meddling in the media | Hotel Echo's last minutes | "I don"t want any more Sarahs to die" | If the cap fits | Model Dhulikhel | The road to progress | Solving mysterious fevers | Collecting rain | Singing of sorrow | Crackdown riles ISPs | Trafficking labour | Undiplomatic diplomacy | !Khara1s wounds are still raw" | Driving UNMIN away | Royalists in the Madhes | Backside: If you gotta go, you gotta go