23-29 May 2014 #708

From the Nepali Press

Selena Gomez in Nepal

Annapurna Post, 22 May

BIKIRAN GAUTAM
US actress and singer Selena Gomez dances to a Tharu song in Satbariya in Dang on Tuesday. Gomez, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador also visited local schools and interacted with members of children’s clubs in the district.

From our archives

Open sesame

16th May 2002
Sikkim is opening up, getting a new airport, and finding its own identity.
JANAKI GURUNG

Six years later

28th February 2002
Who has gained from the past six years of conflict? We know who has lost: the Nepali people.
CK LAL

"Kathmandu is an island in an ocean of poverty."

22nd November 2001

Meiko Nishimizu
The World Banks Vice President for South Asia

Harvesting death

16th May 2002
Kantipur, 7 May
Guna Raj Luitel