Kathmandala
BIKRAM RAI Infrastructure is ‘hardware’, but Nepal’s real bottleneck is the ‘software’ of management, government coordination, transparency and…
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December 5-11, 2014
Headline
Editorial
Superstructure bottleneck
Investment in infrastructure is not enough, we have to invest in the structural problem of governance
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Columns
The Gadfly by David Seddon
An (inter)national disgrace
SAARC fails to confront the Bhutan refugee issue
GUEST COLUMN by Pradumna B Rana
Forget SAARC
Go for other options like bilateralism or sub-regionalism
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
‘C’ for constitution
Nepal may finally get its new constitution but it may not be in January
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi
’Tis the season for U-turns
Narendra Modi wants in Nepal what he wants for India
Backside by Ass
Punctuating communism
Just as it is not news that dog bites man, the new split in the Maobaddies did not make headlines. Which is a pity because it is an important…
Nation
Nepali bikers in Lanka
Yak Attack has grown from a high-altitude mountain bike race in Nepal to an internationally acclaimed global series
Tyler Mcmahon
Bal Mandir rapists jailed
Court hands 16.5 years jail term to two Bal Mandir employees for abuse and rape of three autistic girls
Sunir Pandey
Business
Mountain film festival
Seventy films from 20 countries will be screened at this year’s Kathmandu Mountain Film Festival 2014
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Review
Multimedia
Nepali Times Buzz
The vaccine man
Maurice Hilleman, the man who swore like a sailor and discovered the MMR vaccine.
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
What could have been a perfectly fine film is a bit of a bore.
Sophia Pande
Gizmo
A treat for the ears
Must hear: C5 Series 2’s bass remains distortion-free even at top decibel levels.
Yantrick
From The Nepali Press
In this issue:
Kathmandala | Editorial: Superstructure Bottleneck | An (inter)national disgrace | Forget SAARC | Mountain film festival | ‘C’ for constitution | ’Tis the season for U-turns | Bonjour, Palpasa | The vaccine man | Nepali Bikers in Lanka | Making peace with the past | Nepal’s sick hospitals | Illegal transit | Hello nation | Bal Mandir rapists jailed | Backside: Punctuating communism