Investigative Stories

Fuel fire fright: Disaster waiting to happen
Most fuel stations in Kathmandu, home to an estimated four million people, are dangerously located around densely populated areas, often...
Unsafe school buildings put students’ lives at risk in case of earthquake or fire
Hundreds of thousands of students study in schools that have unsafe buildings, with an utter disregard for safety during earthquake...
The Nepalis Who Deposited Their Suspicious Wealth in Swiss Banks
An expose of how Nepalis have transferred ‘suspicious wealth’ in Swiss banks, with even foreigners depositing money in Swiss banks...
Nepali companies are bringing suspicious Foreign Direct Investment from tax haven countries
How emerging business houses in Nepal are bringing investments from the countries and territories that harbor foreign illegal wealth for...
How Nepali Companies Have Used FDI To Launder Black Money
Nepali business people set up companies in Nepal, transfer their illegally earned money to offshore companies set up in tax...
Unbridled expenditure at Kathmandu Metropolitan City
KMC official’s daily snacks, meeting allowances and transportation expenses is unusually high.Bidhya Rai: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal
Couples under wraps: Women’s ordeals, men off the hook
Scores of women who killed their infants born out of “illicit affairs” in fear and feats of rage are behind...
Accommodation allowance for landlord lawmakers
The list of MPs receiving a monthly housing allowance despite living in their own private bungalows -- obtained from the...
How doctors ignore far west?
Even the doctors, who are supposed to provide health services to people, ignore the far western region, as illustrated by...
An alarming verdict
“If property has to be acquired without owners consent, it can be proceeded only after giving compensation by law” verdict...
Landless squatters on the rise despite distributing 46 bighas of land
A revelation of how political parties distributed public land to their kith and kins in the name of landless squatters...
Unsafe homes, victimized by own
Mothers are in dilemma whether to protect their husband who raped their daughter or to fight against him for the...