Issue #95

Things may finally change at the Buddha's birthplace. For the better.

Tourism is down in Manang, but tree-cutting hasn't stopped.

Freedom of speech/ press, that is. Even on radio.

Foreign aid is an investment in a secure future, not philanthropy.

Anil Shah-Chief Operating Officer and head of the consumer banking operations of Standard Chartered Bank

So a year-and-a-half after starting this column, I received some feedback on it, at last, confirming to me that at least one person does read…

To meet Kamakshi Rai casually, a reporter is impressed by her poise and confidence. The real story behind that air of intelligent competence is…

Sixty-eight year-old Padamsingh Biswokarma has completed his Madhyama (IA Level) in Sanskrit literature and used to be a teacher in Baglung. His…

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Spacetime, 19 May

Deshantar, 19 May

Dhruba Hari Adhikary in Deshantar, 19 May

It's been another record-breaking season on Everest this spring. Fifty-four climbers, including 24 high-altitude Sherpas made their way to the…

Garbage isn't a problem peculiar to Kathmandu. A recent survey of the lake city of Pokhara revealed that the city council has been disposing 58…

Now that the government is planning special visa provisions for non-resident Nepalis, as are available to non-resident Indians, expatriated…

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's nearly two dozen advisors are costing the state close to Rs 400,000 a month. Figures in the Royal Gazette…

Anyone interested in the history, current news, and pictures of the Nepali army can access the information from the army's new website,…

Two newly-licensed broadcasters are gearing up to get on the airwaves. The Image Channel says it plans to be on your television screens by…

The Nepali Rupee took another beating at the end of last week, as the Indian Rupee slid down the exchange board. The dollar now costs Nepalis Rs…

Vegetable ghiu producers say they are already producing just half of what they were last year. But producers of copper goods say they have it…

Necon Air says it has decided to permanently retire all its fuel-guzzling Avro (BAE48) aircraft, which used to be the mainstay of its fleet. the…

Construction is big business in the country these days. Consumer housing is the fastest growing segment of the?industry estimates say about Rs 2…

Hemlata Rai's "Counting on Nepal" (#94) was interesting. It is good to learn that the 2001 census will soon be out. Many new facts are shown…

This is not the time to do research on the Maoists to see how they evolved, or whether or not they are true followers of the Great Helmsman…

Reading about golf (Fore!, #94) was like a soothing spa for the tattered soul of an overseas Nepali. Today, I am not going to bother or worry…

The letter from Paschim is annoying (Letters, #92). The reader apparently harbours a grudge against CK Lal, how else could he fail to see the…

This letter is in response to "Informed consent" (Letters, #93). Telling the patients that your survival is 50-50, that too at point blank as…

Bhaskar Tripathy's letter ("Loss of innocence," # 93) reminded me of the selling pitch of last year's Hollywood movie Pearl Harbour: the loss of…

Congratulations to Shree Bhakta Khanal for his gripping story ("I didn't know they were spies," #89). This is explicit verification of the…

I am happy to be able to read your newspaper, one of the best published in Nepal, on the net. I recently particularly enjoyed CK Lal's "Peace in…

I am an avid reader of Nepali Times and Daniel Lak. However, I would like to question Daniel Lak's wisdom in talking of diaspora. ("Dialectics…