7 (new and old) Wonders of Nepal
GAURAVMAN SHERCHAN The spring trekking season is off to a glorious start. Unseasonably heavy snowfall in March has meant that most routes are…
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March 28 - April 3, 2014
Headline
Editorial
Columns
This Is It by Rubeena Mahato
The democratic imperative
The new benchmark for democracy in the days to come will not be procedure, but performance
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi
Can Koirala deliver?
Depends on how much fire he still has in his belly
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf
The Muslim myth
The media is the message in stereotyping the Muslim voter in India
Backside by Ass
More holy cows
NAVESH CHITRAKARNote: As a public service to the 550,000 students appearing for their SLC Exams this week, the ever-helpful Ass presents a…
Nation
Wasim Zaman, 65
Former Central and South Asia head UNFPA in Kathmandu among those killed by Taliban in Serena Hotel on 20 March
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Nepal’s recent history on pdf
Nepali Times' archive on Digital Himalaya is a one-stop reference tool
Mark Turin
Seeing the light in khumbu
Situated at 4400m, Dingboche’s 24 lodges survive on income from passing trekkers.
Kishor Rimal
Queen’s English in a new republic
Demand from parents and increasing competition from private schools have forced community schools to adopt English
Healthy makes wealthy
Making traveller’s health a priority could attract more tourists to Nepal
Hariz Baharudin
Review
Precious water
TOH EE MINGFlickering candlelight casts a warm, intimate glow onto the 21 photographs that are hung like prayer flags along white strings at…
Toh Ee Ming
URBAN
Sometimes the best meals are to be had when you least expect it, and such was the case with the Urban Food outlet. We happened in on the one in…
Ruby Tuesday
Multimedia
Visitors' Interactive Map of Pokhara
By: Ayesha Shakya For our Pokhara package, we bring you an interactive map with videos and galleries of interesting things to do in and around…
Ayesha Shakya
Nepali Times Buzz
Make way for Nepal’s mountain bike champs
The world has started noticing the endurance and stamina of Nepal’s mountain bike racers
Tyler Mcmahon
Too high, too fast
NEPAL ARMY Around the end of February this year a tragic story unfolded near the pass at Thorong La (5,400m) that will sadly happen again if the…
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
Murder on Television
Many classic television shows have been premised on death, David Lynch’s eternally riveting Twin Peaks (1990-1991) being perhaps the most famous…
Sophia Pande
Gizmo
Version 2.0
When Samsung launched Galaxy Grand in 2012, many of us who had been eyeing its Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note 3, two of the most coveted, most…
Yantrick
International
Putin the Great
The European Union may have found the new narrative and momentum that it has sought since the fall of the Berlin Wall
From The Nepali Press
In this issue:
Editorial: 700 Weeks | The democratic imperative | Wasim Zaman, 65 | Nepal’s recent history on pdf | Seeing the light in Khumbu | Make Way for Nepal's Mountain Bike Champs | Too high, too fast | Can Koirala deliver? | 7 wonders of Nepal | It’s just cricket | Backside: More Holy Cows