Soaring confidence
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA After declaring Nepal Investment Year 2012-13, the government has set up the Nepal Investment Board as a "one window"…
December 30, 2011 - January 5, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Why Invest in Nepal Year 2012 ?
BIKRAM RAI There are a lot of things us Nepalis can be criticised for, but no one can fault us for not having good intentions. We mean well. We…
Columns
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
Between laughter and forgetting
Let's hope 2012 doesn't turn out to be another "interesting" year
Guest Column by SIDDHANT RAJ PANDEY
Investing in the future
Foreign direct investment is essential next year and beyond to boost economy and create jobs
This Is It by RUBEENA MAHATO
The last straw
No good can come out of dragging the judiciary into the political mud
Backside by Ass
The mice play when the cat is away
What were the Mao Buddies thinking when they exploded a socket bomb at the US Information Centre in Kathmandu in 2005? It spooked the Americans…
Nation
Unleashing Kangchenjunga
Pristine region offers new hope to revive trekking in 2012
ANURAG ACHARYA in TAPLEJUNG
Ground-level research
In a unique project Australian and Nepali students study how global warming is affecting wildlife
BRITTANY SEARLE
Interview
One window for investors
Head of Nepal Investment Board, Radhesh Pant, speaks on prospects for Nepal Investment Year 2012
Review
Tukche
MARCO POLO Tukche Thakali Kitchen, the 15-year-old institution once in Darbar Marg, now in Lazimpat boasts a welcoming staff and a cordial…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
Life Times
Little Hong Kong
PICS: BIKRAM RAI The largest shopping mall in Kathmandu is not the high-rise glass boxes that have sprung up in the city in the past few years,…
Flu jabs
Nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) are very common, and in Nepal they rival diarrhoea (or gastroenteritis as it is pompously…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Sports
Bend it like Sagar
Sagar Thapa's free kick will immortalise 2011 in the annals of Nepali football
AVASH BHANDARI
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Business happenings of the week
Bring in the funDish Home has started Christmas and New Year 2012 scheme. Customers who buy Dish Home sets are provided with free 45 days TV…
In this issue:
Soaring confidence | Editorial: Why Invest in Nepal Year 2012? | Between laughter and forgetting | One window for investors | Investing in the future | Bye-bye NTY, hello NIY | Little HONG KONG | Flu jabs | The last straw | Unleashing Kangchenjunga | Ground-level research | Bend it like Sagar | Backside: The mice play when the cat is away