Off the beaten trek
Get away from Kathmandu and the crowded trekking trails, flee to Manaslu this Christmas and have the Budi Gandaki Valley to yourself. Friendly…
December 16-22, 2011
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Editorial
When Wen?
Some things become more newsworthy when they don't happen than when they do. That seems to be true for the postponement of Chinese premier Wen…
Columns
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
The Fourth Force
Diminishing clout and dipping popularity sparks a blame game among Madhesi parties
Backside by Ass
Boy scout prime minister
The big question this week is not why Wen Jaibao scrubbed his Nepal visit at the last moment, it is about whether or not Prime Minister Ram Babu…
Nation
Interview
"We are now building capacity"
Ncell CEO, Pasi Kostinen spoke to Nepali Times this week about the phenomenal growth in mobile telephone penetration in Nepal in the past two…
Review
Window on the Himalaya
Launched at the Siddhartha Art Gallery last Sunday, Window to the Himalayas tells the story of the sacred Himalayan landscape through a variety…
Casa de Cass
Casa de Cass, steps from the UN offices in Lalitpur, houses an assortment of continental delicacies, a bar of baked goodies and coffee brewed to…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
Life Times
Change in the air
Climate change is forcing birds to alter their migration routes across the Himalaya
Not just for the birds
Nepal's endangered wetlands are a vital stopover for trans-continental bird migrations
The art of philanthropy
The Help Nepal Network (HeNN), a charity which channels donations from overseas Nepalis for health and education projects in rural Nepal is…
The 3 H's
The unresolved debate about whether George Mallory (standing, second from right) climbed Mt Everest continues nearly a century after he…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Dhanvantari
The 3 H's
The unresolved debate about whether George Mallory (standing, second from right) climbed Mt Everest continues nearly a century after he…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Business happenings of the week
Agni Incorporated has completed twenty years in Nepali automobile trading. It has been importing Mahindra and Mahindra Multi Utility Vehicles,…
In this issue:
Off the beaten trek | Editorial: When wen? | The Fourth Force | Upwardly mobile | “We are now building capacity” | In the dark | Change in the air | Not just for the birds | The 3 H’s | Justice is peace | Soul mountain | Blunder, disaster, gaffe | Busy signal | Backside: Boy scout prime minister