Issue #862

June 9-15, 2017

Headline

Deuba's roadmap

Bachu BKOUR MAN: A victory rally with a portrait of Sher Bahadur Deuba in his younger days in his home district of Dadeldhura, where he has not…

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Editorial

FUSION OF POWERS

Diwakar Chettri Ever since the 18th century, a basic tenet of democracy has been the doctrine of the separation of powers. The functions of the…

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Columns

David Seddon
GUEST EDITORIAL by David Seddon

Muddy road to middle-income

Many commentators, including Swarnim Wagle (Guest Editorial last week, #861) may have got carried away by the first local elections in 20 years…

Dinkar Nepal
Connecting Dots by Dinkar Nepal

Bringing aid back to basics

Nepal’s foreign donors can now go directly to the people through elected local governments

Lisa Choegyal
So far so good by Lisa Choegyal

Tigerman

Chuck McDougal scanning the tiger range from a ridge in Chitwan. It sounded more like a cough to me, but the rasping gasp from the depths of the…

Bishal Thapa
Analysis by Bishal Thapa

Generating more power by saving energy

With improved electricity supply and reduced load-shedding, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) must be feeling like the victim of its own…

Meenakshi Ganguly
Comment by Meenakshi Ganguly

End the wait

A new prime minister takes over, but there is no political will to ensure justice for conflict victims

Barak Barfi
Comment by Barak Barfi

Qatar waits it out

DOHA – When Gulf Arab powers announced on June 5 that they were severing diplomatic ties with Qatar over its ties to terrorists, the message was…

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Backside by Ass

#momowasborninnepal

It was to be expected, given what the country had to go through during his past three eventful tenures as prime minister, that Rt Hon’ble Share…

Nation

Nepalis in Qatar worried

The Saudi-led blockade of Qatar has fanned fear about the future among Nepali migrant workers in the Gulf region because of a lack of information

Karma Dolma Gurung

Deuba's roadmap

In his fourth tenure as Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba has a chance to end what started when he first was in that post 20 years ago.

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Multimedia

Nepali Times Buzz

Cat man do

A care home to take care of abandoned newly-born kitten, injured and diseased cats from the streets and rehome them

Pema S Lama

Must See

Beauty and the Beast

For those who remember the cartoon, this live action remake is almost word for word, and yet it manages to take on a life of its own

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

CJ exposes PM

Chief Justice Sushila Karki in an interview with Nepal, 4 – 11 June Nepal: How do you evaluate your term as Chief Justice? Sushila Karki: I…

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Biz Brief

LH-RA deal

Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is bringing in Lufthansa Consulting as strategic partner to manage engineering, operations, finance and…

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In this issue:

Deuba's Roadmap | Editorial: Fusion of Powers | Muddy roads to middle-income | Bringing aid back to basics | Nepalis in Qatar worried | Tigerman | Cat Man Do | Resurrecting the River | Don't wait for Melamchi | Yes, Prime Minister | CJ exposes PM | How to aviod power cuts in winter | Generating more power by saving energy | #momowasborninnepal