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...
Middlemen occupy government propertyI’ll evict them immediately, says mayor
Middlemen have laid siege to the government property situated at the main chowks of the tourist city of Pokhara. The...
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...
31 couples employed in a single government office
A close look at the details of staff at the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training shows members of...
People's representatives enticed by vehicles, pay
Katahari Rural Municipality in Morang has fixed salary for people's representatives and staffers and purchased vehicles. The law bars the...
Contractors' election leaves projects in limbo
Contractors elected mayors and rural municipality chiefs in Province 7 have drawn flak for not completing projects on time-Nimendra Shahi,...
How open spaces in Kathmandu Valley are shrinking?
A building spree continues in the public open spaces of Kathmandu. Elected local representatives have not woken up to the...
Military Inc : Nepal Army demolishes a historic building to make way for a business complex
Nepal Army demolished the historic Tri-Chandra Military Hospital and replaced it with a commercial building. The army first built it...
Cartel of contractors in cahoots with govt officials swindle billions of rupees, govt report reveals
In Nepal, half a dozen contractors have monopoly over construction contracts. The cartel holds sway over entire construction administration and...
Happening now: Judging without legal knowledge
Even as the government brought the concept of forming judicial committee, it has failed to deliver necessary legal orientation or...
Local governments suffer from civil servants' politics: 5,000 wards without secretaries
Not even half of the ward offices of country’s metropolitan cities, sub-metropolitan cities, municipalities and rural municipalities have their chiefs....
Malnutrition in Bajhang: Daughters at greater risk
In Bajhang district alone, nearly 11,000 children have been afflicted by severe acute malnutrition. The plight of girls is more...
Birth pangs of federation: Health centres run out of drugs
Lack of coordination with other agencies hampers services to be delivered by constitutionally empowered local federal units. Medicine shortage faced...
Where the impossible is definitely possible: Gross misutilisation of government allowances in Humla
Village officials use finger prints of the dead and non-existent for the collection of senior citizen social security allowances. There...
Why and how underage girls are forced into prostitution?
How a large number of adolescent girls are coerced into sex business to earn their livelihood in Kathmandu? These teenagers,...
Liquor business devouring children's future
The story of local liquor shops in markets of Chowkbazar and Dovan of Bhojpur district have been excruciating with lassies...