Issue #99

Elizabeth Kirtley-international campaigner for freedom of press

The recent Supreme Court judgment on marital rape hasn't yet become law, but abused wives could soon get some respite.

This year's abysmal SLC results once more exposed the shocking inequality in Nepal's school system.

Voreland and his wife Anne Marie came to Nepal 38 years go to teach at the newly-established Luitel School in Gorkha.

"Nepal's political stars probably have some connection with our own in Pakistan."

Am I to be the last to eat from the family plate while my dear mother feeds you the choicest fare?

The essay form has played an important role in Nepali literature, giving writers a chance to meditate upon society, and to comment on the life around them.

It's 50 years since the first ascent of Mt Everest. And it's 25 years since the Royal Sagarmatha National Park was set up.

Think football has nothing to do with history and globalisation? Think again.

It's been a long journey for Kabita Nirola, who began her career in the Nepal Police directing traffic on New Road back in the 1980's, when…

Deshantar, 16 June

Chalphal, 16 June

Nepalgunj Express, 17 June

Excerpts from Purnajagaran, 18 June

BP Koirala is remembered, but wouldn't have approved.

Bhutanese refugees languishing in camps in eastern Nepal are getting impatient. In a petition signed by 1,933 refugee families in…

They're off. A couple of Himalayan Enfielders, bikers from Kathmandu's local Enfielders club, will travel 6,000 km through 16 Indian states to…

First came the Americans. Then came the Brits. Our Chinese neighbours had a go, too. No, we're not talking about football, but the eminent…

The Himalayan Bank Limited last week began selling bonds worth Rs 360 million, of which Rs 100 million will be sold to the general public. The…

Necon Air resumed direct flights to Patna on Sunday and the company says it will also re-start flights to Kolkata and Varanasi in coming months.…

Some good news for users of the Nepal Telecommunications Corporation's (NTC) mobile telephone service. The new NTC telephone tariffs that came…

Nepal has begun considering options to privatise the import and distribution of petroleum products. The move has become necessary after India…

Thank you for your eyewitness stories in #98. The Nepali Times has been making a genuine effort to convey the terrible realities facing those…

Your Sucker of Soccer columns have been a huge disaster. We certainly don't need a little-known American to be telling us which side to root for…

When Manjushree Thapa expressed her “Midcolumn Blues” (#95) I was honestly disappointed. I would like her to continue with her efforts in…

Thanks for Kunda Dixit's powerful hymn to the monsoon ("Cloudy", #97). The only discordant note in the piece is sounded by the mention of a…

First, I don't understand why this "Doctor" (Letters, #97) finds Kunda Dixit's Under My Hats so hard to understand. Sense of humour anyone?…