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Many TU lecturers take ‘study leave’ to go abroad and do not ever return to work
January 10, 2025 The university provides paid study leave for lecturers, aiming it helps upgrade their skills. But this provision has been grossly...
Investigative Stories
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How interest groups and middlemen manoeuvre to change Nepal’s laws
Interest groups force lawmakers to insert changes that benefit them, not just during the bill drafting process but also after...
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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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Government move to lift ban on felling of Sal trees benefits powerful traders instead of small-scale farmers
Last year, the government lifted the decades-long ban on felling of Sal trees grown on private land. But by introducing...
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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...
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Federalism
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
Life after death
Funerary spaces for cremations and burials are shrinking rapidly for Nepal’s minorities.Climate Crisis
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
Nepal’s parliamentarians appoint personal secretaries arbitrarily, flouting law
Many parliamentarians have appointed personal secretaries who do not fulfill the qualifications mandated by law. This has not just flouted...Kleptocracy
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
Most women and girls who end up at dohori saajh and cottage restaurants essentially want to escape poverty and violence....Cross-Border Investigation
