Kathmandu shuts eyes to earthquake risk
The ‘generous’ building guidelines of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City gave construction completion certificates to 4,000 houses earlier rejected for non-compliance...
How local officials have turned hydropower projects into cash cow
Officials of local bodies have obstructed works on hydro plants in their areas in order to extract donations for themselves...
In Far-Western Province, Powerful People Channel Funds to Their Constituencies, Leaving Urgent Infrastructure Works in Limbo
Chief Minister, ministers, speaker and lawmakers have routed state funds to their villages and constituencies, depriving other areas of crucial...
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...
In Western Nepal, Elected Local Officials Promote Illegal Practices
Instead of abolishing bad practices that are widespread in society, local officials in Bajura district have themselves followed it.
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 Illegal Funds Are Channeled Into Nepal In the Name Of Foreign Direct Investment
An expose of massive operations in which business people funnel illegal income through tax haven countries and repatriate the wealth...
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...
How 55 Nepali Business Elites, Defying Their Country’s Laws, Invested In Offshore Companies
In spite of the Act Restricting Investment Abroad, at least 55 Nepalis are found to have invested in foreign countries....
Unbridled expenditure at Kathmandu Metropolitan City
KMC official’s daily snacks, meeting allowances and transportation expenses is unusually high.
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...
Sowing seeds of another insurgency in mid-western hills
Some local governments of mid-western region have deemed those who defied Maoist orders by their ‘people’s government’ two decades ago...