Investigative Stories
Ministry distributing donations to community hospitals going against its own directive
While public hospitals are reeling under lack of human and economic resources, the government is donating large amounts of funds...
Bhutan
New list of political prisoners expected to set off discussion on Bhutan’s human rights record
Many Bhutanese refugees have been rehabilitated to third countries but they have not heard from their children languishing in jails....
Monkey terror leaves a settlement in ruin
In Baitadi, monkey menace has forced hundreds to migrate to Tarai and India while it has left hundreds of ropanis...
Decades since its conception, Pokhara bus park project makes no headway
The Pokhara bus park project, conceived 47 years ago, remains in limbo, with its land embezzled and captured by squatters.
How Nepal’s cooperative are leaving customers high and dry
As the government fails in protecting people’s properties and returning embezzled money, billions of rupees deposited by hundreds of thousands...
Domestic sexual violence: Laws not enough to ensure justice
Many countries around the world don’t have laws that criminalise marital rape, but Nepal has already enacted one, classifying forced...
Lawmakers splurge in the name of controversial Constituency Development Fund
Even as the very significance of the Constituency Development Fund is being questioned, lawmakers continue to spend money in the...
Local governments compete to turn agricultural lands into residential zones
Experts warn an agricultural crisis looms large owing to haphazard plotting of arable land.
The politics and lucrative business of Kathmandu’s waste
Why has Kathmandu's garbage issue not been resolved? A look at the politics of trash and the billions of dollars...
Serial deaths in police custody in Terai raise alarm
Young people, mainly from the Madhesi Dalit minority, are dying in police custody because the government isn't doing enough to...
A family ravaged by rhino horn trade
What impact do strict laws and inadequate investigations into wildlife crimes have on the Chepang community in Chitwan? The story...
Rape survivors forced to fight a lonely battle for justice
Defendants with strong social clout pressure rape survivors to change their statements, prompting courts to sentence the victims instead. Further,...
Nursing staff crunch leaves hospitals high and dry
Although the government makes big claims on building hospitals and expanding health services, it is ignoring the need to hire...
The ‘stateless’ people of Dhakka camp
Politicians visit the Dhakka camp during every election, vowing to end their plight, but the residents have given up all...