Do not ignore dates

As a regular reader of The Himalayan Times, I noticed that your February 23 issue didn’t have the date in Vikram Era as well as in Nepal Sambat. Please do take care of these small errors, as it is these small errors that tarnish the image of a newspaper. At the present

situation, when people make mountain out of a molehill, such small mistakes can prove costly.

Zupid Saruson, Ravi Bhawan

Quiz column

I am a regular reader of The Himalayan Times. I have a suggestion on how you can

improve the paper. You need to introduce a column on quiz so that it will be more appealing to the students and other readers.

Krishna Kabra, via e-mail

Check cops

While returning from tuition classes on February 23, there was a security check at Manbhawan in Jawalakhel. Although we did not have anything with us, the policemen frisked our bags and purses. Then he checked our pockets. When he found a cigarette in my friend’s pocket, he said that it was a marijuana stick and asked us to get inside the van. When we refused, he asked us either to pay Rs 500 or get inside the van. On saying that we were students and did not have anything, he even kicked my friend.

This is an unbecoming character of a policeman. There is a need for the authorities to cross check the conduct of policemen on duty. Else, the entire police institution will have to share the blame for silly offences of the few unscrupulous police officers.

Above all, asking money even if we were wrong is bribery — just the kind of thing the government says it is trying to prevent. However, I would prefer to call it mugging.

Chokley Kalden, Kantipur

Valley College, Manbawan

Irrelevant

I find THT highly entertaining. It would be great if the Variety and Business sections could be made more relevant to the Nepali society and market. The space taken by trivial

international business news would be better served by articles with opinions on hot business topics in our own market. I also notice a slight hint of stinginess in the way you award your crossword prizes. The winners are given a three hour period on a specific day to collect their prizes. It seems highly inconvenient and I bet a lot of them don’t show up simply because of the limited time frame.

Given the high moral ground THT took during the onslaught by other publications, I think its unfair on your part to enforce such a time restriction just to save a couple of Rs 500 vouchers. Please reward your readers fairly.

Bergendra Dhakal,

Kathmandu

Too slow

Nepal Bank Ltd, which has a long banking history since its inception as the first bank in Nepal in1994 BS, is still relying on the old work tradition. Even in this era of computers and other technologies, Nepal Bank wastes time by resorting to maintain and check the

information manually. As a result, the costumers have to wait in lines for hours to get their work done.

When I go to withdraw money, they take half an hour at the earliest to hand me the cash. Worse, the staff is also not prompt in doing its work. At this rate Nepal Bank Ltd will soon lose its customers.

I request the management to streamline its workforce and provide prompt service.

Pranav Gautam, People’s

College, Kathmandu