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...
Birth pangs of federation: Health centres run out of drugs
Lack of coordination with other agencies hampers services to be delivered by constitutionally empowered local federal units. Medicine shortage faced...
Where the impossible is definitely possible: Gross misutilisation of government allowances in Humla
Village officials use finger prints of the dead and non-existent for the collection of senior citizen social security allowances. There...
Why and how underage girls are forced into prostitution?
How a large number of adolescent girls are coerced into sex business to earn their livelihood in Kathmandu? These teenagers,...
Liquor business devouring children's future
The story of local liquor shops in markets of Chowkbazar and Dovan of Bhojpur district have been excruciating with lassies...
Contractors as party candidates: Where money power trumps people power
Across the country, construction of roads and bridges worth 10 billion rupees remains in limbo. But the contractors who won...
Pipeline to peril: Desperate for work, how underage girls from Sindhupalchok are lured into trafficking in Gulf countries.
Why is Kanchanpur being used as a gateway for travels to Dubai and Kuwait? An investigation prompted by this question...
Motherhood: An impressive feat for Bajura moms
A story of mothers in Bajura who gave birth to 15 children but could not save half of them. -Prakash...
Haggling of corpse in hospitals
The increasing tendency of negotiations, re-negotiations and settlement for a corpse somewhere inside a hospital’s dark room does not sound...
Dismal university versus sharp-witted teachers
The future of Nepal's oldest university - Tribhuwan University (TU) – looks rather dismal basically due to two reasons: slack...
Crusher ‘lords' don't get crushed
A story of Nawalparasi crusher dons who transferred two LDOs in seven months-Kalpana Bhattarai, Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal
A Case of Academic Degeneration in Nepali Universities
The involvement of Asst. Professors, Associate Professors and Full Professors in plagiarism and replicating the academic work of others to...
Revelation-Malpractice of Tax Settlement Commission: Huge Crime on National Treasury
In the name of tax settlement, taxes collected from people have been given back to the businessmen. Not only this,...
Frequent poll deferrals cost Rs 4 billion to state coffer
The deferrals of the local elections time and again have incurred the nation an excess expenditure of over Rs 4...
Local elections and Madhesh factor: Do votes come with a price tag?
Among several factors influencing elections in Madhesh, big-spending of money shapes the process. "Bhagawan tahat bheti", (fund raising as per...