Election in instalments
Good news: 2nd phase of #polls will be held on 28 June itself Bad news: Voting in Province 2 only after monsoon.
June 16-22, 2017
Headline
Editorial
Blockading Qatar
Out of every 20 people you meet on the street in Qatar, three are from Nepal. The country’s native population numbers only 313,000, and there…
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Columns
GUEST EDITORIAL by Bishnu Rijal
Warning bells from the Gulf
Perhaps few other peoples in the world feel the pain of being poor and jobless as much as Nepalis. If there is conflict anywhere in the world,…
On the Way Up by Kanak Mani Dixit
Landlocked mindset
Nepal should wake up to the reality that it has rights and responsibilities regarding the high seas
Del-Ktm by Akanshya Shah
Nepal-watching from Delhi
Is there really a shift in India’s approach to election and amendment in Nepal?
Miss Moti-vation by Kripa Joshi
We do not remember days
Backside by Ass
All in our stars
Diwakar Chettri Unlike some other parts of this paper, we don’t make anything up on the last page. No siree, our news is fake so calling it…
Nation
Election in instalments
Good news: 2nd phase of polls will be held on 28 June itself Bad news: Voting in Province 2 only after monsoon
Modern-day domestic slaves
The practice of Kamalari was outlawed 10 years ago, but the traditional system of bonded labour still exists in other forms
Shreejana Shrestha
Interview
École Française Internationale de Katmandou turns 30
Studying in a French school is not only about learning the French language, it is also about participating in a French-style education
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Nepali Times Buzz
Not catching them young
Even before children have learnt to read or write, they have learnt to hate school
Prajeet Bajpai
Charismatic Nikita
For the future, Chandak has her eyes set firmly on a film career once she finishes her studies
Sabita Shrestha
Must See
Wonder Woman
This is a film that is as good as action movies get, slightly long but worth your time
Sophia Pande
From The Nepali Press
Not free, nor fair
Centre for Investigative Journalism, 12 June Phase One of the local elections has been hailed ‘ground-breaking’ for the large number of women…
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In this issue:
Election in instalments | Editorial: Blackading Qatar | Landlocked mindset | Nepal-watching from Delhi | Ecole Francaise Internationale de Kathmandu turns 30 | Not catching them young | Piece by piece | Nor free, not fair | Modern-day domestic slaves | All in our stars