Issue #546

March 25-31, 2011

Headline

SHADOW DANCE

SHADOW DANCE

BIKRAM RAI SHADOW DANCE: The Nardevi Swetkali Jatra underway in Basantapur, Wednesday. Meant to be held every 12 years, this year's edition…

Editorial

Make haste slowly

Make haste slowly

BIKRAM RAI Of late, political wrangling appears to have taken a back seat. This is not to say that it is not continuing with the same intensity…

Columns

Off with the heads...nah!
My Two Paisa by PAAVAN MATHEMA

Off with the heads...nah!

The rushed decision to outlaw kingly notes provoked an expectedly frenzied reaction

My Take by DAMAKANT JAYSHI

Mistake 2.0

Only if the two principal architects of the peace process work together will it be concluded

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

All's not lost

It's easy to dismiss PM Khanal at this stage, but he can still expand his working alliance and accomplish what eluded his predecessors

The Lukla layover
Backside by ASS

The Lukla layover

One extracurricular activity that hasn't been sufficiently marketed here and abroad to extend the stay of tourists in Nepal is the highly…

Business

Ncell sells

Ncell sells

Ncell CEO Pasi Koistinen recently spoke to Nepali Times about his company's experience in the two years since its much vaunted launch in Nepal.

Review

Signs of life

Signs of life

With Sick City, Nepal finally has an indie movie on mainstream release

Dhaba

Dhaba

The Bagmati River is the antithesis of an appetiser on your way to dinner. But I couldn't ignore Kathmandu's culinary scene any longer, and…

SOMEPLACE ELSE by NEPALI KUKUR

Tourism

Fabulous far west

Fabulous far west

Nature has blessed this region, development needs to follow

TEXT & PHOTOS by DAMBAR KRISHNA SHRESTHA

Life Times

Griffith Pugh

Griffith Pugh

The unsung Everest hero

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

Noo-clear city

Noo-clear city

I guess them 'English'-wallahs are teaching us a thing or two. We hired a 'British' football coach to teach our national team....how to play…

GUFFADI

International

The case against Yunus

The case against Yunus

Are the legal allegations against Muhammed Yunus strong enough to ces a case for holding the MD's chair of the Grameen Bank past the legal age,

DAVID BERGMAN in DHAKA

Environment

Cross-country tiger

Cross-country tiger

Namobuddha, a 28-month-old Royal Bengal Tiger , finds a new home in Bardiya

PHOTOS by MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Business happenings of the week

Rain collectionBottlers Nepal has started a rainwater project within its factory premises on the occasion of World Water Day. The main aim of…

In this issue:

Editorial: Make haste slowly | All’s not lost | Ncell sells | Off with the heads…nah! | Mistake 2.0 | Fabulous Far West | Signs of life | Noo-clear city | Griffith Pugh: unsung Everest hero | The case against Yunus | Cross-country tiger | India to play Madhes card | Water going to ground | Congress needs the Madhes | backside:The Lukla layover