Harka Sampang’s house of cards

Dharan elected him fed up with old political parties and bureaucrats but the new mayor’s list of misdeeds is racking up, left, right and centre.

Gopal Dahal | CIJ Nepal

Many TU lecturers take ‘study leave’ to go abroad and do not ever return to work

The university provides paid study leave for lecturers, aiming it helps upgrade their skills. But this provision has been grossly abused as many such lecturers do not return to work after their study period. Dinesh Gautam | CIJ Nepal On 29 July, 2017, Mitramani Subedi, an assistant professor at the Tribhuvan University-affiliated Prithvinarayan Campus in […]

NP 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 only token compensation, or none at all. 

Permit to Plunder

Industries that mine the riverbeds for stone and pebbles might be lucrative for local governments, but the environment is paying the price.

Hunger for development leaves Bajhang in disarray

A beautiful village in Bajhang has become desolate as officials neglected laws and regulations and even ignored warnings of experts. This is the story of the destruction of heritage, community, and the environment due to unrestrained exploitation of nature in the rush for ‘development’.

Basant Pratap Singh |CIJ, Nepal


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Sixteen Nepalis have illegally invested in offshore companies in overseas tax havens

An international investigation has revealed how many Nepali business persons and companies have used tax havens to stash wealth and avoid taxes.

Krishna Acharya, Ramu Sapkota | CIJ, Nepal