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Hundreds of Nepalis are languishing in foreign jails without legal help

Hundreds of Nepalis are languishing in foreign jails without legal help

Over a thousand Nepalis are behind bars in Malaysia and gulf countries without access to lawyers or family members. With...
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In Koshi Province, DPRs worth millions for projects never to be built
Accountability

In Koshi Province, DPRs worth millions for projects never to be built

Many detailed project reports (DPRs) prepared by the Koshi provincial government at the cost of tens of millions are shelved....
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Uncooperative cooperatives

Uncooperative cooperatives

A Rs1 billion project aimed at promoting farmers failed due to mismanagement
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Corruption convicts are still enjoying properties ordered to be seized

Corruption convicts are still enjoying properties ordered to be seized

Even after years since courts ordered confiscation of properties amassed through illegal means, corruption convicts and their families continue to...
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Federalism

Reversal of Political Parties and The Election Commission: Dalit Women on the Brink of Losing Quotas
Discrimination

Reversal of Political Parties and The Election Commission: Dalit Women on the Brink of Losing Quotas

In the local election held a year ago, Dalit women did not give candidacy in 123 wards out of 6...

Discrimination

Nepal’s queer Dalits face double discrimination

Nepal’s queer Dalits face double discrimination

While queer Nepalis have been facing social ostracization and violence for long, the Dalits among them face even worse.

Climate Crisis

Hundreds of sheep die in lightning strikes
Lightning strikes

Hundreds of sheep die in lightning strikes

Almost 1,500 sheep have been killed in lightning skills in Baghjale in Jumla District. As they lose their cattle to...

Accountability

In Myagdi, authorities remain mum on the face of labour exploitation

In Myagdi, authorities remain mum on the face of labour exploitation

Labourers who have worked on big projects in Myagdi haven’t got their wages. On the face of this exploitation,  public...

Kleptocracy

Harka Sampang’s house of cards

Harka Sampang’s house of cards

Dharan elected him after being fed up with old political parties and bureaucrats but the new mayor’s list of misdeeds...

Crime

Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in the Name of Entertainment
Trafficking

Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in the Name of Entertainment

Most women and girls who end up at dohori saajh and cottage restaurants essentially want to escape poverty and violence....