Issue #868

July 21-27, 2017

Headline

Sinkhole

As Deuba orders authorities to bury street sinkholes, a political sinkhole is forming and threatens to swallow the Constitution

Editorial

Shadow Government

Not in recent memory has Nepal had a weaker government than now. The NC-Maoist coalition was forged after UML Prime Minister KP Oli had the rug…

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Columns

Govind Pokharel
GUEST EDITORIAL by Govind Pokharel

Rebuilding for all

Despite delays and the massive challenges ahead, the National Reconstruction Authrority (NRA) is catching up with the needs of survivors of the…

Dinkar Nepal
Connecting Dots by Dinkar Nepal

Influencing the influencers

Nepal wants and needs a credible political alternative to the existing parties

Damakant Jayshi
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi

Manchurian candidates

ATLANTA -- Nepalis are all too familiar with the frequent rise and fall of governments: we have had 24 of them in the 26 years since the…

Lisa Choegyal
So far so good by Lisa Choegyal

Shooting the rapids

The pioneers of the early days of river running in Nepal

Bjørn Lomborg
Comment by Bjørn Lomborg

Learning from malaria

The world needs to respond to other global challenges with similar smart investments as it has done with malaria

Kanak Mani Dixit
On the Way Up by Kanak Mani Dixit

Missing a creative curator

We must complete the projects and plans that Dina Bangdel had for Nepal

Ass
Backside by Ass

#Enough Already

Facebook Nepal’s rainy season gets a lot of bad press for its mud, leeches, diarrhoea (verbal and gastric) and flooded streets that swallow up…

Nation

Sinkhole

As Deuba orders authorities to bury street sinkholes, a political sinkhole is forming and threatens to swallow the Constitution

Building back alone

An earthquake survivor rebuilt his house and his family’s livelihood all by himself

Shreejana Shrestha

Nepali Times Buzz

Cutting the lifeline

‘Protecting life’ under the Trump administration in the US will put more Nepali women's lives on the line

Kate Ryan

Must See

Spider-Man: Homecoming

The main problem with this film is that it doesn’t vault over the boundaries of age and appeal to adults in the same way that it is great for teenagers

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

Crossborder policing

Rameshwar Bohara in Himal Khabarpatrika, 16-22 July Police in and around the Kathmandu Valley are equipped with state-of-the-art communication…

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Biz Brief

Ola in Nepal

The Indian ride-hailing company Ola has said it is looking at expanding into Nepal as part of its foray into Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Indian…

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In this issue:

Sinkhole | Editorial: Shadow Government | Influencing the influencers | Manchurian candidates | Shooting the rapids | Walls as art, not barriers | Cutting the lifeline | Metro without mayor | Insallah | Build back alone | Rebuilding life as important as rebuilding homes | Enough already