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Two of Nepal’s biggest banks are insolvent. Rs 45 billion worth of depositor’s savings is in danger. The largest borrowers are the biggest defaulters. Banking reforms are the only hope.
BINOD BHATTARAI

NATION
GAGGING RADIO
 
Fire alarm
If there is anything scarier than a big blaze in the inner city areas, it is the state of our fire-fighting capacity.
SALIL SUBEDI and HEMLATA RAI
 
Splitting up
Divorce cases are on the rise, and the law remains loaded against women.
SHIVA GAUNLE
 
Epidemic proportions
The Hepatitis B virus is spreading fast, and most people don’t even know.
HEMLATA RAI
 
Rationalism and nationalism
What if the Indian media applied to its own society even a tenth of the standards it has judged Nepal by? A noted Indian writer explores the moral loftiness of his country’s press.
P.SAINATH
 
TECHNOLOGY
This is IT
As research-oriented, software development jobs are difficult to get, Nepali companies are gunning for labour-intensive IT-enabled services.
GAURAB RAJ UPADHAYA
 
DEVELOPMENT
Edifice complex
A house is not just a home, a business complex is not just an office: both speak volumes about the level of respect for their surroundings and the cultural awareness of a city and its people.
SUJATA TULADHAR
 
LEISURE
No business like show business
The Nepali film industry seems to be finally coming into its own. The success of Darpan Chhaya and the censor row over Aago have given Kollywood a new boost.
RAMYATA LIMBU
 
REVIEW
A worldly addition to Nepal’s literature
For those seeking a greater diversity of voices in Nepal’s literature.
MANJUSHREE THAPA
 
TRAVEL
Walking on clouds
Arlene Blum is a scientist who climbs mountains. Read all about her adventures in her next book.
RAMYATA LIMBU
 
SPORTS
RCT, and football triumph
The Birthday Cup was welcome relief from ANFA squabbling, and a great start to the football season.
MUKUL HUMAGAIN
 
The man with the golden foot
 
CULTURE
A decapitated God and an
Instead of being pleased by all this royal extravagance, the god grew angry at being disturbed.
DESMOND DOIG
 
NEPALI SOCIETY
Three Sisters
 
# 26

STATE OF THE STATE
by CK LAL
Girija’s last hurrah
 
HERE AND THERE
by DANIEL LAK
Explaining everything
 
ECONOMIC SENSE
by ARTHA BEED
What about Indian vehicles?
 
Photojournal 2008

Election 2008 Coverage

EDITORIAL
Kingdom of Amnesia
 
LETTERS
 
BIZ NEWS
 
FROM THE NEPALI PRESS
Still no confidence
Revolving door governments
Contending leaders
Divisions among Maoists
Government signals civil war
Government vehicles misused
Paperless Central Library
 
DOMESTIC BRIEF
Everest Hotel
DFID gives £19.5m
RNAC chief suspended
 
UNDER MY HAT
by KUNDA DIXIT
The wild boar menace
 

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