Big ministry on a little budget
Politicians and bureaucrats have left the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, tasked with addressing grievances of over 80...
Justice far-off for victims of rape and sexual abuse
Even though rape and sexual abuse victims win cases in court, they are still outcasted by society depriving them of...
Province 2's dirty laundry: Thousands of children face dark future without education
In the eight districts of Province 2, 200,000 children who ought to be in school are outside of it. Why...
Children in domestic labour trap
The effort of two ward chairpersons of Gaumul Rural Municipality in Bajura who started collecting information on the status of...
Stuck in a limbo: The CDO and the court caught in a bitter battle, blocking many youths’ path to citizenship
Ten young people of Nepalganj have been left without citizenship after the chief district officer, despite a court directive, refused...
Community Schools: Loot in the name of library
The government appealed to several donors three years ago to help community schools in setting up libraries. Rs 3 billion...
Middlemen occupy government propertyI’ll evict them immediately, says mayor
Middlemen have laid siege to the government property situated at the main chowks of the tourist city of Pokhara. The...
Five postpartum women dead in Bharatpur Hospital: Government report: “They could all have been saved.”
In the last three months, five postpartum women aged 28 and below have died in Bharatpur Hospital. According to the...
31 couples employed in a single government office
A close look at the details of staff at the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training shows members of...
People's representatives enticed by vehicles, pay
Katahari Rural Municipality in Morang has fixed salary for people's representatives and staffers and purchased vehicles. The law bars the...
Contractors' election leaves projects in limbo
Contractors elected mayors and rural municipality chiefs in Province 7 have drawn flak for not completing projects on time-Nimendra Shahi,...
How open spaces in Kathmandu Valley are shrinking?
A building spree continues in the public open spaces of Kathmandu. Elected local representatives have not woken up to the...
Military Inc : Nepal Army demolishes a historic building to make way for a business complex
Nepal Army demolished the historic Tri-Chandra Military Hospital and replaced it with a commercial building. The army first built it...
Cartel of contractors in cahoots with govt officials swindle billions of rupees, govt report reveals
In Nepal, half a dozen contractors have monopoly over construction contracts. The cartel holds sway over entire construction administration and...
Happening now: Judging without legal knowledge
Even as the government brought the concept of forming judicial committee, it has failed to deliver necessary legal orientation or...
Local governments suffer from civil servants' politics: 5,000 wards without secretaries
Not even half of the ward offices of country’s metropolitan cities, sub-metropolitan cities, municipalities and rural municipalities have their chiefs....
Malnutrition in Bajhang: Daughters at greater risk
In Bajhang district alone, nearly 11,000 children have been afflicted by severe acute malnutrition. The plight of girls is more...