One Water Crisis, Three Governments, Three Directions
Despite the expenditure of millions of rupees on water, lake and watershed conservation in Kailali, groundwater levels are falling, lakes...
One River, Two Governments
The Local Government Operation Act gives local governments the authority to collect revenue from riverbed materials such as stone, gravel...
Is Municipal Police a Public Service Mechanism or an Instrument of Power?
Conceived by the Constitution as a force to support local service delivery and law enforcement, municipal police have in many...
Into the Gutter: Madheshi Dalits and a Job Nobody Else Will Do
Accidents while cleaning septic tanks have claimed dozens of lives over the past decade. Yet most sanitation workers from Dalit...
Climate Change Deepens the Crisis in Madhesh
As climate change makes weather patterns increasingly unpredictable, agriculture in Madhesh and the livelihoods of millions of families who depend...
Lightning Toll Rises as Safety Systems Lag
In rural communities like Raksirang in Makawanpur district, lightning is no longer just a seasonal event. It has become a...
Childhood in the Dock
How family breakdown, lack of parental care, and psychological distress are pushing children toward crime.
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.