By Pushpa Raj Pradhan

Protest for “complete democracy and freedom” and rights and freedom of ordinary folks

As you can guess, there were hardly any social engagements this week. The people were jittery and the city had started getting tense right from the beginning of the week. Thanks to the “peaceful” demonstrations of the student .... more

By Cocktail Man

Attempted anarchy to resurrect people’s movement 2046 BS

The joint agitation of the opposition seven-parties and the Maoist terrorists is nothing else than an attempt to resurrect the people’s movement of 2046 B.S. (Jana Andolan). Even this has unnecessarily been glorified by writers and commentators as the so-called ‘Spring Awakening.’ But at least the leaders then were ..... more

By Sashi PBB Malla

World Bank's faith in Pakistan's economy

The World Bank's increased assistance is a measure of its trust in the economic policies being implemented by the Government and the positive impact they have left on the state of the economy in Pakistan. This confidence in Pakistan's economic health and the ..... more

By Hassan Mirza

The West fighting or supporting terrorism?

I sometimes find it very strange that, now it is only the US which defines who terrorists are. Terrorists are not terrorists until defined as such by the US and sometimes even then they are not. Iraqi fighting invasion of their country by the west .... more

By Bhuwan Sharma

Online survivors in China

After a three-year suspension, on December 13, 2005, authorities in Shenzhen again began accepting business applications for Internet cafes. The first batch of newly licensed cafes began operation in February. According to the local government’s plan, 746 ... more

By Lu Ling

India's Nepal dilemma

India and the United States seem to be working at cross-purposes in carrying forward their strategic interests in Nepal. While the US is supporting King Gyanendra and flirting with idea of supplying arms to the Royal Nepal Army to strengthen the hands of the monarch, India is covertly bridging ... more

By Sheela Bhatt in New Delhi

Crucial Question

What is the country coming to? While most of the Nepalese people may be totally ignorant of the answer to this question, even the leaders of the political parties setting the streets on fire may not be aware of the right answer. In the name of “peaceful protest”, .... more

Human rights, freedom and democracy of Maoists

Rabindra Shrestha and Mani Thapa, both central-level leaders of the NCP Maoist, were expelled on the charge that they criticized the two leaders of the Maoists, Prachanda and Baburam. This is an example of human rights, freedom and ..... more

By PR Pradhan

Incorrect absolutely

A BBC correspondent reporting the first day of the SPA, Maoist strike 6 April reported the protest was led by "seven leading political parties". Absolutely wrong. NC, and CPN-UML were the two biggest parties in the last parliament. More than half the NC legislators joined the ..... more

Irregularity in Family Health International Nepal

We, the staff of the Family Health International in Nepal, would like to seek your column in unveiling the increasing corruption occurring at our organisation. The organization which has been in Nepal purportedly to help decrease the incidence of HIV/AIDS ... more

Excerpts from weeklies and dailies

Compiled and translated by BHOLA B. RANA... more