Coming this winter: 20 hour power cuts daily
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has got his energy czars to ensure that load-shedding does not exceed 12 hours a day this winter, but with no…
August 24-30, 2012
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has got his energy czars to ensure that load-shedding does not exceed 12 hours a day this winter, but with no…
Power used to come out of the barrel of a gun for the Prime Minister's party. It should now come out of a hydro-electric turbine.

To blame outsiders for Nepal's ills is to excuse the mistakes of our rulers and misread history

So Prime Minister Baboo summoned Nepal's hydrocrats and gave them strict instructions to shut off electricity for no more than 12 hours a day…
The future of resorts located inside Chitwan National Park hangs in the balance after their licence renewal is embroiled in politics
LUKAS GRIMM
In the absence of local governance, Dipsung VDC in Khotang has become a hotbed for corruption
SAINDRA RAI
David Seddon spoke to Nepali Times about why his dire predictions about Nepal haven't come true. He warns about the dangers of defining social exclusion only in terms of caste and ethnicity.
Nepali Times caught up with Sulav Budhathoki, Chairman and CEO of Islington College to learn what IC has to offer Nepali students who desire an international degree
PICS: RUBY TUESDAY Tamas in Sanskrit signifies a lifestyle of decadence, indulgence and indolence. Tamasic activities include eating meat and…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by RUBY TUESDAY
For the first time in Nepal, a radio station in Pokhara tackles the taboo subject of child sexual abuse
TONG SIAN CHOO in POKHARA
Discrimination against girls in Pakistan is so strong that families cross-dress their daughters as boys so they can move more freely about town
MUDASSAR SHAH
New studies hint to the possibility of using aspirin to prevent cancer
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
What struck me initially as a slightly disastrous title altered significantly after watching this delightful film directed by Lasse Hallström…
SOPHIA PANDE
Satrughan Kumar Sah for the Centre for Investigative Journalism, 14 July
Interview with Dipendra Bahadur Chhetri, Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission
Arihantholidays.com was launched recently with the aim of providing wholesome holiday experience. Focusing on satisfaction of the customers, it…
Coming this winter: 20 hour power cuts daily |Editorial: You ain't seen nothing yet |A dangerous racism |Resorting to politics |Chuck the wildlife whiz |London in Kathmandu |The voices of their minds |Boys no more |The humble aspirin |Textbook history |Hello darkness my old friend |Violence starts at home |Labour and the law |Licence to loot |Backside: Load-shedding more than 24 hours a day