Investigative Stories

Chief justice’s order puts public land worth Rs 2 billion in the hands of an individual
Revelation of the bench involving chief justice candidate Deepak Raj Joshee ordering registration of the 36 ropani 6 anna land...
State mechanism abets Rs 5 billion loot from poor Nepalis
How was Rs 5 billion collected from Malaysia-bound Nepali workers in the involvement of government agencies? Revelation of the strange...
Fraud in foreign jobs: Agents swindle two billion rupees in two years
Remittance is the backbone of Nepal’s economy, but the foreign employment sector has committed billions of rupees in fraud and...
Children left in the lurch
Ever heard of miserable woes of children who have been separated from their families? Unnati Chaudhary : Centre for Investigative...
The height of legal immorality
Here's a revelation of how convicts are acquitted from the courts by prosecuting them on some other charges. -Krishna Gyawali...
Mission Immigration!
Widespread corruption at Nepal’s immigration system has posed serious risk for the country -Nawaraj Mainali : Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal
Fewer girls in schools: Alarmingly worrying statistics
There is a hugegender gap when it comes to attendance at schools. Moreover, the selective abortion of female fetuses has...
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...
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...