The Editors - Himal Southasian (Page 133)

THE LEAGUE vs THE BENCH

For once, this is an issue in which the ruling party Awami League (AL) is not locked in battle with its diehard opponent, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). This time

By The Editors

/ 1 May 2000

Tourism Promise

The interest and the ability of people to travel make up the industry known as tourism. The term encompasses a large variety of travel, from pilgrimagesby devotees of Lord Pashupatinath

By The Editors

/ 1 May 2000

White House recap

The world's most powerful man in the world's most dangerous place The Coming of Bill Clinton US presidents had graced the People's Republic of

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2000

IRONIES CATCH UP WITH NAWAZ

The life sentence for Nawaz Sharif on charges of hijacking and terrorism, was accompanied by the surprise acquittal by the anti-terrorism court in Karachi of the other six accused. When

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2000

LET THE FLIGHTS BEGIN

It has been more than three months since Indian Airlines suspended its flights to Kathmandu at the insistence of the Indian government, and the recent failure of bilateral talks regarding

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2000

NO STOPPING THE TIGERS

The peace initiative in Sri Lanka was dealt a deathly blow on 10 March, when the Tamil Tigers launched an explosive attack on the ceremonial state drive leading to Parliament

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2000

Abnormally yours

1. The world isn't big enough for two fizzy drinks, so in the interest of downsizing the workforce, Pepsi and Coke have decided to get hitched and form

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 2000

Nuclear tailspin

When it comes to matters of mass life and mass death, it is best to think in simple, even simplistic, terms. And so it is when flagging the urgency for

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 2000

ANYTHING FOR PEACE

A glimmer of hope has broken through the gloom that clouded hope for a political resolution of Sri Lanka´s bloody ethnic crisis, which has cost an estimated 50,000

By The Editors

/ 1 Feb 2000

THE JUNGLE AGENDA

The armoured Mercedes Benz limousine parked between the woman bomber and her intended victim, saved the president´s life, although she was hit by shrapnel in the region of the

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2000

FREE RIZAL

In a move that caught everyone by surprise, the Royal Government of Bhutan freed Tek Nath Rizal, along with 39 other political prisoners and 160 others convicted for cofmmon crimes,

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2000

WHAT MILLENNIUM?

Call us spoilsports, party poopers, or anti-fun, but we refuse to get goose-haired or drunk over a date, and we don't particularly relish the idea of being forced

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 1999