Issue #818

July 22-28, 2016

Headline

A culture of silence

Gopen Rai Hundreds of young protesters marched along rain-soaked streets outside Parliament in Baneswor on Thursday, their mouths gagged with…

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Editorial

Columns

Binita Dahal
Legalese by Binita Dahal

Health should not be for wealth

Parliament needs to take a new look at the Health Bill and form a committee to investigate the abuse of authority

Nation

Embryos on the move

Foreign parents take their embryos to Cambodia or elsewhere after Nepal banned surrogacy last year

Shreejana Shrestha

Hungry for reform

Nearly two weeks into Govinda KC’s hunger strike, political parties are still unwilling to listen to his demands

Tufan Neupane And Ramu Sapkota

Nepali Times Buzz

Our Own Lives

Manjushree Thapa’s new novel delves into how a country’s politics has a profound impact on individual citizens

Raisa Pandey

Uprooted Lives

Photo project depicts costs and benefits of migration for Nepali workers and families

Smriti Basnet

Must See

Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caeser is a funny, beautifully shot, often delightful film

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Uniting the world

Qatar Airways has renewed its partnership with FC Barcelona for another season. FCB’s first team will sport the name of the carrier on its…

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In this issue:

A culture of silence | Editorial: Kleptocracy Kills | Health should not be for wealth | Embryos on the move | HUngry for reform | Our Own Lives | Uprooted Lives | Footsteps of our past | Kickbacks from the ppoor | Culprits free, innocent charged | Post-martem of tragedy | Counting proverbial chickens before they hatch