Issue #840

January 6-12, 2017

Headline

Verdict

Diwakar Chettri If 2016 began amidst a border blockade, 2017 has started with a blockade of parliament. One month after the bill was tabled for…

Editorial

H2O

How to rehydrate Nepal’s thirsty villages

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Columns

Binita Dahal
Legalese by Binita Dahal

Who will bell the cat?

Lokman Singh Karki’s future hangs in the balance between Parliament and the Supreme Court

Ass
Backside by Ass

New year revolutions

One week into 2017 AD, and there are already indications that this year may be one in which 2017 BS repeats itself as a farce in a reversal of…

Nation

Learning to reconstruct

Volunteers from around the world are filling the gap left by the government in helping rebuild quake-damaged schools

Shreejana Shrestha

Verdict

If 2016 began amidst a border blockade, 2017 has started with a blockade of parliament

Nepali Times Buzz

Owning up to our past

Bureaucratic insensitivities worry local communities working to rebuild heritage sites

Sahina Shrestha

Must See

Passengers

The viewer is left feeling slightly bewildered, as if a romantic dramedy somehow genre warped into a really banal Star Trek sequel

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

Karki statement

Posted by Lokman Singh Karki on his Facebook page on 22 December

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Exposés

Krishna Gyawali in Kantipur, 23 December

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Biz Brief

Customer first

Dragonair, which was recently rebranded as Cathay Dragon, has retained its ‘Life Well Travelled’ branding and aims to provide seamless service…

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In this issue:

Verdict | ditorial: H2O | Trending; Australian Education | Learning to reconstruct | Who will bell the cat? | Kamal Mani Dixit | China - India bilateral relations | Owning up to our past | What's wrong with nationalism? | Karki statement | Exposes | Recharging the mountains | Making every drop count