At large
BIKRAM RAI German Parliamentary State Secretary for Development Cooperation, Gundrun Kopp, came to Nepal to inspect health and energy projects.…
March 9-15, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Wanted: revisionists and reformists
There is only one thing wrong with that picture: Balkrishna Dhungel was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Ujjan Shrestha in Okhaldhunga in 1998.
Columns
Guest Column by BIHARI K SHRESTHA
Lose-lose situation
Dividing Nepal into feuding feudal fiefdoms is not the solution, devolving power is
One World by YAO YANG
China's growing growth
As the National People's Congress debated China's future economic strategy this week, there was nervousness about slowing growth
This Is It by RUBEENA MAHATO
Whose Madhes?
The corrosive politics of hate gets all the headlines, but ordinary Madhesis just want jobs
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
Seeking, but not getting refuge
In the absence of a law protecting refugee rights, Tibetans in Nepal have to legal safeguards
Backside by Ass
Ass-trological outlook for Nepal
No weekly column this week will be complete without listing the various theories about why Tour Minister Loktantra Bista forgot to get a…
Nation
Politics kills
A nationwide strike by teachers interrupts the country's biggest ever vaccination campaign
BHRIKUTI RAI in BARDIYA
Nepal's circus champs
Children rescued from circus bag gold medals at the National Games
RUBEENA MAHATO
About time
Stalled for 15 years by Maoist opposition, West Seti will now be built under a Maoist government by Chinese investors
DEWAN RAI
Interview
Making cities child-friendly
On the launch of The State of the World's Children report this week, UNICEF's Nepal representative, Hanaa Singer, spoke to Nepali Times on the…
Review
G Cafe
PICS: MARCO POLO The 'G' in G Cafe may as well stand for 'gizmo' or 'gadgetry'. Vishwa Maskey's two-year-old eatery in Boudhanath features a…
Life Times
Rescue in the Himalaya
Helicopter rescue pilots gear up for another busy spring trekking season. Anusha Udas is one of Nepal's first helicopter captains and is flying rescue missions with Fishtail Air.
ANUSHA UDAS
Wing and a prayer
When talking about helicopter rescues in the mountains, the tragic story of the Slovenian climber Tomaz Humar is unforgettable. In 2005 Tomaz…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Must See
My Week With Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Baker, died at the age of 36 in 1962 having achieved both critical and commercial success. Today she remains…
SOPHIA PANDE
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In this issue:
At large | Editorial: Wanted: Revisionists and reformists | Lose-lose situation | About time | Chinaʼs growing growth | Rescue in the Himalaya | Nepalʼs circus champs | Wing and a prayer | Whose Madhes? | Politics kills | Cities are worse off | Making cities child-friendly | Jungle to mansion | Rethinking privatisation | !Ethnic states not possible " | Light on the other side | Backside: Ass-trological outlook for Nepal