A Rs. 1.43 Billion Land Grab, Enabled by the Metropolitan City
The Constitution assigns local governments the responsibility of protecting public and government land. Yet Birgunj Metropolitan City appears to have...
Afforestation in Sudurpaschim: Millions Planted, Almost None Protected
Despite spending tens of millions of rupees to plant millions of saplings, forest cover in Sudurpaschim continues to decline. With...
How the poor living in forest fringes are paying the price for tiger conservation
Nepal has been celebrated worldwide for nearly tripling its tiger population in about a decade. But this has had an...
The Orchid Smuggling Route
How are valuable yet prohibited plants collected from Nepal’s forests reaching cross-border markets?
Who Is Killing Eastern Nepal’s Elephants?
Over the past decade, 35 wild elephants have died in the forests of eastern Nepal. Their deaths were not simply...
A Rs 2.44 Billion Cooperative Scam: Directors Misappropriated Funds, Authorities Failed to Act
Well-connected directors of Gatisheel Cooperative, based in Lagankhel, Lalitpur, allegedly misappropriated more than Rs 2.44 billion, leaving depositors devastated. How...
Hundreds of hospitals and clinics in Karnali are outside legal framework
Patients’ health and safety is at grave risk as the private health businesses without certification continue operations in Kailai.
Corruption in Allowances as “Mainstreaming” Efforts Deepen Risks for Raute Community
Nepal’s last nomadic community, the Raute, now faces an existential threat from outside interference and state-led efforts at “mainstreaming” them....
Federalism in Nepal has seen poor fiscal discipline
Eight years since their formation, Nepal’s provincial and local governments have attracted serious questions regarding good governance as public trust...
Lele Stripped Bare: Springs Drying Up, Villages Emptying Out
Years of unchecked extraction in the Lele-Mahadev Khola area of Lalitpur have ravaged forests and the environment. Local residents have...
Madhesh Hospitals in Crisis: Shortages of Medicine, Staff Gaps, and Idle Equipment
While the Madhesh provincial government has not procured medicines for hospitals over the past two years, it has instead spent...
The Silent Crisis of Internal Trafficking
Data reveal that the trafficking of women and girls within Nepal has escalated into a silent crisis. Yet efforts by...
How Reservoirs Have Transformed Ghorahi
Artificial reservoirs built across villages have changed rural life in Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City. With improved irrigation, tourism, and employment, dry...
Nepal’s local governments have spent Rs1.5 billion in DPRs. Has it all gone to waste?
Many detailed project reports (DPRs) are neither on record nor have the proposed projects taken off. CIJ Nepal investigates what...
Pokhariya Municipality: The local government that has become the hotbed of organised corruption
The local government has witnessed illicit transfer and appointment of hundreds of officials. Many say they had paid for the...
Sudurpaschim governance beset by headless institutions and poor service delivery
The provincial governance system has come under scrutiny due to power-sharing, legal vacuum and haphazard spending.