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Sickle sick

Sickle sick

A rare genetic disorder sickle cell anemia has become an epidemic, affecting an indigenous Tharu community of western Nepal, which...
Thesis on sale !

Thesis on sale !

At Tribhuwan University’s central departments and constituent campuses, professors, lecturers, university employees, and stationary shop owners collude in a thriving...
Bonded poverty

Bonded poverty

In Nepal’s remote outback, the rich loan-sharks force poor farmers and aspiring migrant workers to sign promisory notes, agreeing to...
Nepal’s security challenges

Nepal’s security challenges

Nepal’s cabinet secretly ratified National Security Policy which has identified foreign intervention, open international border, border encroachment, infiltration and fuel/energy...
Pocket full of fund

Pocket full of fund

Four years back CIJ report exposed how government’s Youth Self-employment Fund, set-up to help unemployed youths kick-start their own business...
In the name of the people

In the name of the people

People in the mid-western hill district,forced to purchase properties under ‘People’s Government’ during the insurgency, are facing evection due to...
Guilty until proven innocent

Guilty until proven innocent

Gross negligence by police, government lawyers and judges have resulted in wrongful conviction of many innocents, who are languishing in...
Aborted lives

Aborted lives

Female feticide and unsafe abortion continues unabated in the Far-west Nepal. PRAKASH SINGH- Centre for Investigative Journalism
Chronic disease:Nepal’s medical education in the grip of ‘maafias’

Chronic disease:Nepal’s medical education in the grip of ‘maafias’

The nexus between corrupt bureaucrats and officials at medical council and universities, colluding with the Supreme Court judges, lawmakers and...
Pay per patient

Pay per patient

Kathmandu’s private hospitals continue to bribe ambulance drivers to bring in sick-patients with an intention to extort them through their...
How politics blocks relief

How politics blocks relief

Will the survivors of the earthquake suffer the same fate as the victims of the jure iandslide who are still...
Unholy politics

Unholy politics

There was no mass slaughtering of cows in the Far West. Religious outfits exploited public sentiment to push their enveloped...
Earthquakes don’t kill, but poorly constructed buildings will

Earthquakes don’t kill, but poorly constructed buildings will

The loss of lives and property during the devastating earthquake was amplified due to greed and corruption in Kathmandu's booming...
Where are the missing 290 people?

Where are the missing 290 people?

Several people reported missing after the devastating earthquake in Nepal might still be buried in the rubble -Pratima Baskota: CIJ
Land encroachment rampant in Kailali

Land encroachment rampant in Kailali

The trend of encroaching on public land in the name of landless people and freed Kamaiya has gone rampant in...