Issue #77

The SAARC summit suddenly stirred the Valley's municipalities from their deep slumber. The main intersections got repaired and widened, traffic…

With the emergency, guarding national parks can't be a priority for the army any more.

Vijay Kumar-An active member of the leftist Samyukta Jana Morcha party

Govinda Mainali is still in a Japanese prison, awaiting the Supreme Court's ruling.

Foreign Resident Nepalis (FoReN) see only dirt, dust, decay, decrepitude, demagogic democracy, garbage, and graft the moment they clear customs.…

How prudent is it to rely on a consensus reached by parties in a perpetual process of fusion and fission?

Himalaya Sumshere Rana, chairman, Himalayan Bank

Want to get up close and personal with a mountain or two? Paraglide in Pokhara.

Nepal's first ever residential writing retreat

At first glance, it is hard to imagine Kalu Ram Rai getting cosy with cold-blooded frogs and geckos. But this Tribhuvan University lecturer of…

Budhabar, 8 December

Budhabar, 9 January

Jana Aastha, 9 January

Jana Aastha, 9 January

Budhabar, 9 January

Kathmandu's water could be in danger of being seriously contaminated. Greenpeace volunteers have begun packaging toxic pesticide waste at an…

There's a campaign on to ban plastic bags from the scenic Pokhara valley. In an appeal to the Pokhara Apellate Court, Advocate Bishwa Ghimire…

The Nepal Oil Corporation is cracking down on petroleum pumps around the country. According to recent reports, the NOC has fined at least 10 gas…

A new draft bill that the government says it needs to coordinate grants to non-governmental organisations is raising fears of Panchayat-style…

The Nepal Electricity Authority began the "wet test" of the Kali Gandaki hydroelectricity project last week. The project, after being delayed by…

The Standard Chartered Bank Limited has reported a profit of Rs 431 million, a roughly 10 percent increase over 2000/01. The 9 January annual…

That is how much the government says it plans to spend on tourism promotion this year. But the Nepal Tourism Board is conspicuously absent in…

Air India's maiden flight to Kathmandu bringing in VVIP passenger, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for the 11th SAARC summit on 3…

Duncans Industries, one of the largest players in the Indian tea market, is launching in Nepal two products in the strong tea category, Double…

Mushahid Hussain's analysis "Afghanistan's potential" (#76) threw some light on Afghanistan's extraordinary history. But could this history…

Your Internet Poll question "Should the Maoists now return to the negotiating table?" (#76) is timely. Yes, the Maoists should come back to the…

This is to congratulate CK Lal for his most recent columns, especially "Celebrating South Asianness" (#75) and "Worrying about Nepal in Paris…

Thank you for that most forthright and plain-speaking article by Pashupati Shumshere JB Rana (“Reform vs revolution”, #76) and your editorial…

I liked the checklist of ten points in your editorial ("The morning after", #76) that urgently need government intervention. But I doubt if…

Have I been misinformed or are the following facts and figures I have seen in past issues of your paper to be believed: - Some 56,000 of the…