Issue #856

April 28 - May 4, 2017

Headline

Clock ticking

Bikram Rai Khovari Patel (pictured), a 50-year-old rickshaw puller in Birganj, was waiting for passengers one late evening this week underneath…

Sanjeev Sharma

Editorial

Not yet there

Marty Logan The proposed Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) and the Federal Alliance (FA) made a deal with the government last week over tabling an…

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Columns

Manish Jha
GUEST EDITORIAL by Manish Jha

Madhes elections

Bikram Rai A Madhesi MP recently wrote to me on social media: ‘I cannot make out whether you are a Madhesi or Pahadi, I am confused.’ I…

Dinkar Nepal
Connecting Dots by Dinkar Nepal

Survival strategy for a new era

Revisiting Leo E Rose’s book to analyse the need for a new kind of inclusive nation-building

Lisa Choegyal
So far so good by Lisa Choegyal

Warwick Deacock, 90

Who lived life to the full and left a footprint in Nepal

Ass
Backside by Ass

Snarling at traffic

A lot of traffic has flowed across the Bagmati since the last time we wrote about the traffic snarl at the Bagmati Bridge. So it is time for…

Nation

High schools

Education is the most neglected service in two of Nepal’s most neglected districts

Pawan Dhakal

Clock ticking

In Birganj the election fever hasn’t caught on and there is still uncertainty about whether it will actually happen

Sanjeev Sharma

Interview

Nepali Times Buzz

All together now

Milijuli Nepali has been sharing stories of hope and survival from villages affected by the 2015 earthquake

Sashi Shrestha

Being fulfilled

The Dhaba festival at Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Kathmandu caters to all taste

Smriti Basnet

Must See

Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary shows us what courage looks like in the face of impossible circumstances

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Go green

Business class passengers on Turkish Airlines now get to fly in a ‘Living Garden’, featuring products by Molton Brown. With the concept, the…

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In this issue:

Clock Ticking | Editorial: Not yet there | Survival strategy for new era | Warwick Deacock, 90 | All together now | New homes to be safer | Reconstructing the reconstruction authority | Being fulfilled | Women, Dalits in local polls | Buildings not enough strong | High Schools | Snarling at traffic