Sending money home
Nepali workers remit more money than the country earns from tourism, foreign aid and exports combined.
HELMATA RAI
February 15-21, 2002
Headline
Editorial
Emerging from emergency
The big issue dominating national politics this week and next will be whether or not the state of national emergency is going to be extended…
Columns
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Wooing Indians
We sell whitewater rafting and Pashupati in the same package, and wonder why we find no takers.
State Of The State by CK LAL
So close and yet so distant
In the post 9/11 world, anything goes as long as you say you are fighting terrorism.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
The taxman cometh
As conscientious Nepali tax payers, it is deeply satisfying for many of us to see that the government is putting our hard-earned taxes to good…
Nation
No pain, no gain
Let's face it: foreign aid is not a partnership. There are only givers and takers.
PITAMBAR SHARMA
Emergency Room
The trauma centres of Nepal's over-stretched hospitals try to cope with an influx of wounded from the Maoist war.
BINOD BHATTARAI
Kindergarten consultations
We need a durable framework for a minority government. It might be a good beginning to set a statutory limit of one prime minister per year, which roughly corresponds to Nepal's record in the last 12 years.
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Interview
'Bring Maoists to the mainstream...’
Ben Bradshaw-British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs responsible for South Asia
Literature
Nepali Society
Nepalki chhori Helen
If you close your eyes when you speak to Helen Eikeland, you could easily imagine you are talking to someone born in Gorkha. And you'd be right.…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Close shave
Tara Nath Ranabhat, speaker of the House of Representatives, realised this week that his flippant remarks about women could easily be construed…
3,000 new tax payers
When the Voluntary Declaration of Income Scheme (VDIS) ended Tuesday, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) had more than 3,000 new taxpayers and…
Straying neighbours
India's Uttar Pradesh Forest Department is delighted after six Nepali rhinos that used to stray from their home in Sukhlaphanta Wildlife Reserve…
Nepal Sale!
With tourism in crisis, the Nepal Tourism Board has started an aggressive push to woo back visitors from India for Destination Nepal Year 2002.…
Business Briefs
Things aren’t getting better
The World Bank says Nepal's prospects for an economic recovery in the medium-term (generally a three-year outlook) is bleak due to everything…
Bad start
Tourism, as everyone knows, is in a bad way. But just how bad? January 2002 arrivals are grim: only 13, 576 visitors came to Nepal by air last…
Bring in the managers
The Nepal Rastra Bank has formalised a contact with Deloitte Touche Tomahatsu (DTT) effective 31 March, under which the consulting firm will…
Instant awards
Nepali instant noodle makers seem to have run out of two-word combinations for branding-the new ones don't have those names-but they are getting…
Letters
Indians coming
The Nepal Tourism Board's objection against mandatory passports for Indian tourists flying to Nepal is welcome. ("The Indians are coming," #79).…
VDIS
The government considers the VDIS its smartest move to increase revenue, but it may turn out to be economic suicide for Nepal. It may serve the…
Mountain museum
There presumably is some doubt as to the commercial viability of the Mountain Museum in Pokhara as a stand-alone business enterprise, when it…
US Sisters
I was amazed by Daniel Lak's statement "And not just in Nepal. In America, spousal abuse skyrockets on days of major sporting events when men…
Nepalitimes.com
Is there some reason why the weekly online edition of the Nepali Times does not come out on Fridays? Today, Tuesday, 5 February, I am still…
In this issue:
Sending money home | Emerging from emergency | Editorial: So close and yet so distant | No pain, no gain | Emergency Room | How the chips fall | Kindergarten consultations | Wooing Indians | “Tourism promotion must not be Kathmandu-centric…” | Tempting science | One jab or three? | Three-way power | Crony capitalism, American-style | It’s politics, stupid! | THE SOUND OF WOMEN’S VOICES: Gunjan | Run for fun… | And the winner is… | The taxman cometh | Nepalki chhori Helen