Investigative Stories
Nepali Afghanistan and Iraq Victims Seek Compensation, Justice
According to the US Labor Department, approximately 300 Nepalis have filed compensation claims for deaths or injuries in the US...
Cheap Nepali Deaths in US War zones
In Afghanistan and Iraq, Nepalese who are injured or killed while working for American contractors are often sent home with...
Peace for brokers
Local Maoist leaders embezzled Rs 200 million allocated to build four model villages in the districts of Dang, Rukum, Rolpa...
Stress and suicide in Nepal's quarantines
Basanta Pratap Singh in Bajhang; Krishna Adhikari in Nepalgunj; and Laxmi Basnet and Bidya Rai in Kathmandu: Centre for Investigative...
‘Sting Operation’: CIAA’s illegal tool to trap opponents
Should the constitutional body itself get involved in offering bribes to public position holders and arrest them in a planned...
Why Kathmandu’s land prices continue to skyrocket
Nepal’s moneyed classes, aided by unscrupulous banks and an irresponsible government, have turned land into a quickly tradeable commodity. Rudra Pangeni:...
Police to replace tear gas with water cannons
Nepal Police says, “water cannons will be used to disperse crowds after questions were raised about use of tear gas.”...
Public disinterest litigations
Over the past 25 years, Nepal’s governments have blatantly ignored court decisions, especially on public interest petitionsEkal Silwal: Centre for...
Authorities in Bajhang pocketing money by creating fake labors
Local authorities have stooped so low as to forging documents showing a one-year-old baby receiving a salary. Bhuwan Bahadur Singh:...
Castles in the air
Buyers of units in high-rises and colonies continue to get ripped off by developers because the authorities have turned a...
Federalism in action: How Belaka Municipality is ushering development
The Belaka Municipality in Nepal’s eastern Udaypur district, once struggling to get basic facilities, has set a perfect example with...
A crying shame: The Nepal Police has been using expired tear gas shells and is likely to continue doing so
Tear gas shells used by security forces for crowd control are always hazardous for health. What’s worrying is that the...
Domestic violence survivors coerced into ‘compromise’
Despite brutal physical assaults from husband and family members, domestic violence survivors are compelled to reach a compromise with perpetrators...
Ordeal of kidney patients during lockdown
Over 30,000 kidney patients, who need to go through regular dialysis, are facing life-and-death situation due to lockdown enforced aimed...