It’s a harsh monsoon for homeless ex-Kamaiyas Shivaraj BhattaDhangadhi, July 2:Many farmers here are very happy that monsoon has begun but for freed Kamaiyas like Phool Kumari Chaudhary of Pathariya, Kailali, the rainy season is more a curse because they are worried over where to spend their days... Travel 03 Jul, 2005
Proton faces squeeze from foreigners Associated PressKuala Lumpur, July 3:For Malaysia’s national car Proton, a 20-year honeymoon with consumers is turning into a seven-year itch. Once the king of the road, the ubiquitous Proton is facing increasing competition from foreign vehicles as... 03 Jul, 2005
MIDWAY : Sweltering summer Preena ShresthaIt’s brutally hot. You wake up drenched in sweat and staring right into the face of the sun at not even seven. That rusty fan didn’t do much good in terms of cooling you down, or warding off the mosquitoes for that matter, though it... 22 Jun, 2005
Economic growth leads to obesity in China The GuardianBeijing, June 20:China faces an obesity epidemic, a senior academic warned with the release of a report predicting that the world’s most populous nation will have 200 million people who are dangerously overweight within the next 10 years.... 20 Jun, 2005
Ecuador down Argentina, Colombia rout Peru Associated PressQuito, June 5:Ecuador upset Argentina 2-0 for the first first time in nine years, and Colombia lifted its hopes in a 5-0 rout of Peru in South American World Cup qualifying on Saturday. Ecuador consolidated third place in the regional... 05 Jun, 2005
TOPICS : Citizens’ schools show the way Zofeen T Ebrahim Some nine years ago a cattle pen stood where now rises a pink school building, one of the original five schools established by The Citizen’s Foundation (TCF), an experiment by five affluent Karachi businessmen that has taken the form... 01 Jun, 2005
Anti-malaria drive The government is launching an anti-malaria drive to bring down the prevalence rate of disease by half by the end of 2007. In Nepal, the malarial parasite is active in 65 districts, of which 12 are in severe category. The drive, in its first phase,... 29 May, 2005
No English, no job Rakesh WadhwaKathmandu:Private schools do better than government ones in imparting education. They do this because they have to be responsive to their customer’s — in this case the children and their parents — desire. They have no monopoly, and... 29 May, 2005
Toxins in plastics harming unborn boys, say scientists The GuardianLondon, May 27:Scientists in America have found the first evidence that common chemicals used in products as diverse as cosmetics, toys, clingfilm and plastic bags may harm the development of unborn baby boys. Researchers have long known... 27 May, 2005
MIDWAY : Midway indeed Biswas BaralThis section of THT has aptly been named: Midway, it is, in every sense of the term. It is truly one of a kind. Most contributors to this segment are midway in their lives, literally. I do not think there are many Midway writers who verge... 19 May, 2005
Experts warn of rapid spread of Kala-azar in Terai Himalayan News ServiceHetauda, April 24: Health officials have warned that nearly six million people of the Terai were vulnerable to Kala-azar. They said the disease, affecting mostly those from the economically disadvantaged community, could spread... Travel 24 Apr, 2005
Encephalitis claims 41 lives in UP Lucknow, September 4: Japanese encephalitis killed 41 people overnight in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, pushing the death toll since the start of the outbreak in midsummer to 393, officials said yesterday. More than 1,100 patients,... Women 09 Apr, 2005
