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Nation 
 
                         In the face of expensive private medical services, Kathmandu Valley's government hospitals need to be better supported so they can continue providing large numbers of people the stellar services they are known for.             
        HEMLATA RAI & SALIL SUBEDI  
 
                         If equal parts of happiness and exasperation have ever lain in winding, narrow streets packed with people, shops, pubs, restaurants, hostels, travel and tour agencies, video and pool parlours and cybercafes, they\'ve done in Thamel.             
        NEPALI TIMES REPORT  
 
                         An Indo-Pakistan nuclear exchange is not a matter just for those two squabbling neighbours, it will affect us too.             
 
                         The 72-point headline "Saving Nepal" was probably intended to grab the attention of readers sick              
 
                         The new education policy aims at making primary-level learning "joyful" and involving communities in their children's schooling.             
        HEMLATA RAI  
 
                         This bideshi doctor looks like Noam Chomsky, has written Nepal's first trekking guide, and swears by John Rawls' theory of justice.             
        STEPHEN BEZRUCHKA  
 
                         If "development" was real, why was Rapti zone so favourable for the development of the Maoist movement?             
Domestic Brief 
 
                             
 
                                       
 
                             
 
                             
 
                             
 
                             
Sports 
 
                         Nepali football is at a stalemate.             
        MUKUL HUMUGAIN  
 
                             
History 
 
                             
Culture 
 
                         Poubha artists are set to create a huge mural inside Patan's Golden Temple, melding devotional art and architectural preservation.             
        SALIL SUBEDI  
Nepali Society 
 
                             
Business 
 
                         Nepal's traditional gold and silver craftsmen are facing a two-pronged challenge-from new investors and changing tastes.             
        ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY  
 
                         Indo-Nepal trade has soared and both countries have benefited.              
        BINOD BHATTARAI  
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