Issue #664

July 12-18, 2013

Headline

Economic burden

BIKRAM RAI With just over four months to go for elections, it looks like the international community is more keen on elections than we are. The…

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Editorial

The election solution

If the parties are going to decide everything anyway, what is the point of having a large and expensive Constituent Assembly

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Columns

Anurag Acharya
By The Way by Anurag Acharya

Breaking up and making up

National and international political constellations are all in favour of November polls

Ajaz Ashraf
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf

Fatalism and disasters

We need to rescue the gods from human attributes we have ascribed them

Ass
Backside by Ass

Symbolic elections

That must be some kind of a world record for a visiting Minister of a neighbouring country to meet an astounding total of 36 politicians in 7…

Nation

Taxi!

Kathmandu’s airport taxis look like museum pieces ... finally they are going to be replaced by newer cars

Sunir Pandey

When war becomes a memory

Comrades who fought alongside each other have charted out different futures for themselves

Amir Joshi

Business

Steering clear

Nepal has an outside chance to move up the ladder on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list of member states who have pledged to stop…

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Review

Nepali Times Buzz

Talking Tamil

First generation Tamil speakers of Nepali origin have embraced the language as their own

Bhrikuti Rai

An ounce of venom

Public health importance of snake bite has been largely ignored by medical science

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Turning Kathmandu into a war zone

Paintball is livening up Kathmandu’s laidback style and aficionados can’t seem to get enough of firing marble-sized paint balls at each other

Pranav Rajouria

Nepali Tweets

Nepali tweets

Kamal Thapa Keeping in mind the experiences from the past seven years, the public’s wish, and the nation’s overall welfare, let’s reexamine the…

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Gizmo

Must See

From The Nepali Press

Weekly bazar poll #19

In weekly polls conducted with the support of The Asia Foundation, Himal Khabarpatrika asks 375 respondents in 12 cities across Nepal every Monday for their opinion on contemporary issues. This week’s result of interviews about the supply of essentials:

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Biz Brief

New leadership

AK Ahluwalia has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Everest Bank. According to the press release Ahluwalia has more than 32…

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In this issue:

Economic Burden | Editorial: The Election Solution | Breaking up and making up | Taxi! | Steering clear | When war becomes a memory | Wounds that haven't healed | And we all fall down | The golden goose | Sikkim small and beautiful | Fatalism and disasters | Talking Tamil | Turning Kathmandu into War Zone | Give yourself the greenest gift | A pound of prevention rather than an ounce of venom | Jailed abroad | Breaking protocol | 25 demands, your honour | Backside: Symbolic elections