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58 people died in last fiscal year as human-animal conflict gets deadlier

Kathmandu, March 1 -- On March 20 last year, two women from Madhuban Municipality-5 in Bardiya district went to get fodder for their goats in a nearby community forest. They never came back. Fifty-fi... Read More


Contrary to government claim, Parliament turning ineffective even in new session

Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- Contrary to the claim of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government and the ruling parties that the ongoing session of Parliament would be effective, the meeting of the House of Repre... Read More


Contrary to governent claim, Parliament turning ineffective even in new session

Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- Contrary to the claim of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government and the ruling parties that the ongoing session of Parliament would be effective, the meeting of the House of Repre... Read More


Nepal delays reply to UN concerns over transitional justice

Nepal, Feb. 21 -- The Nepal government is delaying its response to the joint concerns of four United Nations special rapporteurs on adopting gender-sensitive policies in the transitional justice proce... Read More


Conflict-era rape victims' trauma compounds

Nepal, Feb. 19 -- In one chilly winter in 2002, Victim A was on her way to her maternal uncle's house when a squad of the then Royal Nepal Army arrested her. The army labelled her as a Maoist cadre. ... Read More


Delay in vital law enforcement denies judiciary financial autonomy

Kathmandu, Feb. 18 -- In 1986, the Judicial Fund Act was promulgated with the objective of providing financial autonomy to the judiciary. It envisioned the creation of a revolving fund governed by a c... Read More


Ex-officials convicted, politicians acquitted in Lalita Niwas scam

Nepal, Feb. 16 -- The Special Court on Thursday convicted over 100 individuals including former government secretaries in the illegal transfer of government land at Baluwatar as personal assets of pri... Read More