Investigative Stories
Ad hoc local governance
Because of the ineffective federal government and disputes between some elected people’s representatives and chief administrative officers nearly 200 local...
How local governments in Rolpa are overhauling their schools
While some local governments fail to exercise their right to manage schools in their jurisdiction, Triveni Rural Municipality has done...
Foul play causes devastation in Save Fewa Lake mission
A major dam constructed to stop silt deposition in Fewa lake faced damage due to substandard construction. The remaining three...
People’s representatives grab people’s land
Ruapandehi is urbanising rapidly, and all types of land, from farmland to public land are being grabbed and sold. In...
Bhutanese political prisoners have been languishing in jails for nearly 30 years
Majority of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese nationals who were forcefully evicted from the country since 1990 have now settled in various countries...
Lack of a weather forecast system causing unprecedented loss and damage
Nepal’s mountain region is witnessing excessive rain in recent years because of rising temperatures. But these areas lack temperatures and...
Bhutan’s happiness index ‘illusion’
The truth is that Bhutan carried out a horrific ethnic cleansing in the 1980s and 1990s--one of the biggest in...
Business of converting fake licences into genuine ones
Around 500 fake driving licences issued illegally by the Office of Transportation Management, Butwal, were converted into genuine licences in...
Public service at the local level affected due to a shortage of human resource
Nepal’s apex court has questioned and stopped the employee integration decision made based on federal law. As a result, local...
Pandora papers
Sixteen Nepalis have illegally invested in offshore companies in overseas tax havens
An international investigation has revealed how many Nepali business persons and companies have used tax havens to stash wealth and...
How three tiers of governments colluded to spend Rs 500 million to fund cadres in the name of “war tourism” in Rolpa
In Rolpa, programs ostensibly organized to promote “war tourism” have become a source to fund cadres out of state coffers...
Nepal’s affluent businessmen are gobbling up the government-provided agricultural loan subsidy meant for poor farmers
Affluent businessmen have been reaping the benefits of Nepal government’s agricultural loan subsidy program, aimed to ensure farmers’ access to...
Madi Mayor’s questionable conduct: Public land rented out and sold for plotting, bypassing laws
Thakur Prasad Dhakal, the mayor of Madi Municipality, has made a mockery of rule of law and public mandate—renting out...