Peace in pieces
Everyone agrees there can't be a military solution to the Maoist problem. But peace efforts only get lip service as both sides sharpen their knives.
BINOD BHATTARAI and SHIVA GAUNLE
September 13-19, 2000
Headline
Editorial
Let Deuba Talk
The Army wants more men, the Police wants automatic weapons. Maoists have what they want: child recruits and deadly pipe bombs. None of them…
Look, no lungs!
There used to be a time when Tundikhel was reputed to be Asia's biggest parade ground. Oh, well. That's like saying we had the world's tallest…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
My patriotism is purer than yours
It's flag-waving time, and the Olympics is as good a time as any to take a long hard look at patriotism.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Q&A
After that scintillating Q&A with Riz Khan, we hear that the prime minister has decided to appear regularly on CNN to answer questions from…
Nation
"In Nepal empty stomach is devil's workshop"
Prime Minister Girija Koirala appeared live on CNN's programme hosted by Riz Khan.
The tourists return
In his first floor bookstore overlooking the busiest street in Thamel, Paki is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the second tourist season of the…
SAUL SUBEDI and ALOK TUMBAHANGHPHEY
Chandra and Jivan
"These two young men are no threat to society whatsoever and should not be held in such inhumane conditions. They need the help of their county, their neglect has gone on for too long now,"
A trickle of hope on the Bagtnati
With two projects working side-by-side, i may not be long before clean water flows in the Bagmati at Pashupati.
MUKUL HUMAGAIN
Interview
"The leaders are to blame for the Maoist problem"
Six Nepalis speak out on the Maoist problem, and none seems to favour the military option.
Business
Rastriya Banijya Bank to get tough on defaulters
The Rastriya Banijya Bank (RBB) says it has begun taking steps to salvage what remains of the country's largest bank. We have problems but we're…
Literature
Manu Brajaki's muddled majority
Manu Brajaki is one of the most interesting short story writers today, playing with Nepal's mixed languages, pulling together disparate urban…
MANJUSHREE THAPA
Health
Higher HIV risk
The AIDS epidemic in Nepal is spreading into the general population because of unprotected sex and drug use. And it is no longer confined to…
Sports
Team Nepal
The Sydney Olympiad is the 10th Olympics Nepal is taking part in. Success has so far been elusive, and no one expects anything different of the…
Down and out down under
Thoroughly demoralised, five Nepali athletes are going to Sydney accompanied by 21 officials.
MUKUL HUMAGAIN
Run up to the Olympics
Chilly SydneyThe temperature Tuesday morning in Sydney: 10 degrees. The first modern Olympics to be held in the southern hemisphere didn't…
Heritage
No water in the royal bath
No water pours from the fountain now, but when it did it was hot and perfumed, suitable for a monarch's pleasure.
DESMOND DOIG
Nepali Society
Mike Danda
I know this is not the rhododendron season, but who says you have to visit Milke Danda only when Nepal's national flower is in bloom? If there…
SALIL SUBEDI
Seamless Sabine
Sabine Lehman has built boats and sailed the oceans in them. She is a lapsed revolutionary, a theatre personality, a business executive, and has…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Drama at Miteri hospital
The police has come under fire from human rights organisations over their "unauthorised" entry into a Kathmandu hospital premises in search of…
Reading literacy figures
How many people in Nepal can read and write down their names (that basically qualifies one as literate")? Apparently in the maze of figures…
DyPM tours Maoist districts
Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Poudel visited the four mid-western districts most affected by the Maoist insurgency to try to seek support…
"Fall Guy" for Paras released
The death of singer Praveen Gurung in a hit-and-run last month on 6 August has taken a new turn after police released Khadga Bahadur Bhujel, who…
Public spending review
The government has named a five-member public expenditure review commission to report on how public spending can be improved and how resources…
Business Briefs
Bye-bye Kodak
The prestigious US-India-Nepal joint venture, Kodak Nepal, is packing its bags to leave. The project, which had invested $6 million on its…
NRB reports 6 percent growth
Nepal Rastra Bank has confirmed the government statement that the economy grew by 6 percent last fiscal year. Agriculture was the mainstay of…
LG's new range
The South Korean electronics giant, LG, is introducing a new range of electronic and household appliances and adding six new service outlets in…
Regal Room at Yak & Yeti
The Yak & Yeti Hotel has unveiled what it claims is the capital's largest convention hall to add to its existing facilities comprising of four…
Rawal challenges sacking
Former Nepal Rastra Bank governor, Tilak Rawal. has challenged his sacking in a petition filed at the Supreme Court last week. Rawal says he was…
PPA reviews
A government official said last week that a "review" of the power purchase agreements (PPAs) between independent power producers (IPPs) and the…
Letters
The Dolpa
Having recently visited Dolpo, I would like to add a few more things to Padam Ghaley's account (#8). At least 10,000 people live at altitudes of…
Anything goes
C.K. Lal is an excellent writer, but substituting rhetoric for facts turns his opinion into polemical ranting. Mr Lal has penned two articles on…
Times
I have been reading the articles published in nepalitimes.com on the web. This is just to compliment you on the great job all of you do at…
In this issue:
Peace in pieces | Let Deuba Talk | Editorial: My patriotism is purer than yours | " The leaders are to blame for the Maoist problem" | "In Nepal empty stomach is devils workshop" | The tourists return | Once the Bhutanese refugees join hands with the terrorists, it will be a great headache to India, Nepal and Bhutan' | Robert Rieffel dead | Fight for Congress party presidentship | Why attack schools? | Nepalis insulted | Nepal disgraced at UN | Missing foreign minister | Cho Rolpa still dangerous | Chandra and Jivan | Rastriya Banijya Bank to get tough on defaulters | Shyam's Midas Touch | Looking for the Yeti | Emil Wick's adventure with the Pilatus Porter | Do you suffer from information overload? | Roads to nowhere | What went wrong in East Timor? | Let's go to Prague | A trickle of hope on the Bagmati | Team Nepal | Down and out down under | No water in the royal bath | Hungry eye | Milke Danda | Q&A | Seamless Sabine