Issue #693

February 7-13, 2014

Headline

Wheel in motion

DEVAKI BISTAIN CIRCLES: A woman grinds maize seeds at a water mill in Khultar, Makwanpur district on Monday. Now that the Constituent Assembly’s…

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Editorial

Doing well by doing good

Good ethics is good for business. Honesty pays. Integrity yields long-term benefits through the triple bottom line

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Columns

Suraj Vaidya
GUEST COLUMN by Suraj Vaidya

Cleaning up our act

The time has come for Nepal’s private sector to rise above the profit-only model of doing business

Ajaz Ashraf
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf

Divided down the middle

Anti-corruption drive in India separates the beneficiaries and losers among the middle class

Ass
Backside by Ass

Have a safe fright

Responding to a worldwide security alert, the Tribhuvan Antinational Airport has decided to install a pair of mental detectors to prevent…

Nation

Sharing sorrow to ease pain

Nearly eight years after the conflict ended, female relatives of victims find strength in numbers

Juanita Malagon

Business

Drying up

Receding glaciers and decreasing rainfalls are hitting sustenance farmers hard in Kashmir

Athar Parvaiz

Review

Lost in migration

Hit Man GurungIN PROGRESS: I Have to Feed My Country and My Family From 7-9 February, artists Nhooja Tuladhar, Hit Man Gurung, and Sunil Sigdel…

Ayesha Shakya

Zhang Kim

Last week as the world celebrated the coming of the year of the horse, a bunch of us decided to ring in the Chinese New Year at one of…

Hariz Baharudin

Nepali Times Buzz

Alpaca Farm

German-Nepali couple brings a unique kind of industry to the Himalaya

Meghna Bali

The world’s worst lungs

BIKRAM RAISouth Asia has long been a hub for heart diseases. Now, according to a research by McMaster University in Ontario, Canada the region…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

About time

There are probably a small percentage of crotchety hyper-critical, too clever people who might even hate About Time – if you are one of them, I…

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

A musical touch

Bose’s legendary sound has gone wireless with its range of SoundTouch speakers. Released in October 2013, the SoundTouch is available in 3…

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

Biswanath Upadhyay, 84

Former chief justice’s contribution to democracy should serve as an example for today’s lawmakers, Radheshyam Adhikari, Himal Khabarpatrika, 2 February

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In this issue:

Wheel in motion | Editorial: Doing well by doing good | Cleaning up our act | “Nepal very attractive market for Ncell” | Drying up | Conservation matters | Real to reel | Alpaca Farm | Lost in migration | The world’s worst lungs | Divided down the middle | Sharing sorrow to ease pain | Oliʼs time to shine | Three challenges | Argument, counter argument | Biswanath Upadhyay, 84 | Need to go hi-tech | A Nepali introduction | Backside: Have a safe fright