$70,000,000
That's how much the army is spending over the next five years on weapons upgrades. Who is going to pay for it?
BINOD BHATTARAI
November 23-29, 2001
Headline
Editorial
A Proxy-free Zone
Nepal should not be turned into another Afghanistan." It has become irresistible for politicians of every hue to proclaim those words from…
Columns
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Death in the family
We all rushed here to catch the last of the Taleban. Life seems to go on, the murder of colleagues notwithstanding.
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Sweets and the world
What does globalisation have to do with Tihar? Plenty.
State Of The State by CK LAL
A nation in hard labour
Ganga and Jamuna return to their homeland, where more mothers die at childbirth than anywhere else in the world.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Bijuli ko tar, tar, tar.
There are a few things that distinguish human beings from non-human ones. Humans, for instance, have the well-known tendency to sprout fur under…
Nation
Poles Apart...
The Indo-Nepal treaty is deadlocked as deadline nears, only a last-minute miracle can save it.
Nepal’s visionary eye care
Unnoticed, Nepal has emerged as a model for low cost, reliable world-class blindness prevention care in the world.
HEMLATA RAI
Hit and run
It is an enduring myth that it is cheaper to kill, than just injure a person in a traffic accident. But is that what actually happens?
RAMYATA LIMBU
Business
"The notion that multinationals are harmful is outdated."
As chairman of Hindustan Lever and Nepal Lever Vindi Banga looks after Unilever's South Asia operations. Nepali Times spoke to him last week in Kathmandu.
Lever leverages local sales
An export slump forces Nepal Lever to focus more on domestic markets.
BINOD BHATTARAI
Literature
The Critic and the Poet - Govinda Bartaman
Unlike most progressive poetry-which can be emotive but simple, resorting to common tropes that are easily understood by the Nepali…
MANJUSHREE THAPA
Economy
"The notion that multinationals are harmful is outdated."
As chairman of Hindustan Lever and Nepal Lever Vindi Banga looks after Unilever's South Asia operations. Nepali Times spoke to him last week in Kathmandu.
Lever leverages local sales
An export slump forces Nepal Lever to focus more on domestic markets.
BINOD BHATTARAI
Sports
Travel
Nepali Society
Headline twins
Eighteen months after they were born joined at the head at Prasuti Griha in Thapathali, twins Ganga and Jamuna are back in Kathmandu. These…
From The Nepali Press
Stand up for your community’s rights
Durga Bahadur Darji, Dalit Jan Samaj, Parbat Jana Ekata, 12 November
Domestic Brief
Fear of flying
The crew of a private airline narrowly escaped an accident in Jumla this week when a bird hit the windscreen, shattering it and spattering the…
Also in civil aviation news.
Nepal's civil aviation sector is getting some money to brush up its awareness about European industry practices concerning airworthiness, safety…
Muna Madan in Tibetan
Late poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota would be happy. His masterpiece Muna Madan, long considered a Nepali classic, is likely to be translated into…
Positive news
Nepali documentary filmmakers are coming of age. Four Years in Hell, a documentary about a young girl infected with HIV and her contribution to…
Business Briefs
Greenline to Lumbini
Greenline Tours, a tourist transport operator from Kathmandu, has introduced luxury bus services to Lumbini, birthplace of the Buddha. Its fully…
Chinese tourists
Nepal hopes to get a large number of Chinese tourists starting next year after the two countries sign an agreement to that effect, most likely…
CNI Update
The Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), a rival to the existing Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI), says…
Peugeot vehicles
Euro Gears P Ltd (Autoland P Ltd) has begun marketing three models of Peugeot vehicles in Nepal. The 406HDI comes with a common rain diesel…
Jogbani rail
The residents of Biratnagar are finally to get something they've wanted for a long time-a broad gauge rail link to the neighbouring Indian town…
Letters
Dubya and Deuba
CK Lal's pathological hatred for Americans is difficult to understand ("Oh, say, can you see Osama and Omar?", #68). Why does he not realise…
Prachanda
Thanks to Puskar Bhusal ("Prachanda comes alive", #68) for exposing Comrade Prachanda for what he is: a failed, phoney revolutionary who has…
Daktar kutne
I agree fully with Dr Milan Piya (“How much is too much?”, #68). I had worked in Inaruwa Hospital, and even though most people in Inaruwa have a…
In this issue:
A Proxy - Free Zone | Editorial: A nation in hard labour | "Nepal and India have so much in common we tend to take each other for granted.." | Nepalís visionary eye care | Death in the family | Hit and run | Political alert | Sweets and the world | Closer to whom? | Freedom from want | The big test | The problem with proxy wars | Stand up for your communityís rights | The rise of Comrade Badal | Who is Prachanda leading? | "The government is lying" | Girijaís other, dangerous side | The next big thing | Harry Potter: the film | Bijuli ko tar, tar, tar... | Headline twins