Nepal’s queer Dalits face double discrimination

While queer Nepalis have been facing social ostracization and violence for long, the Dalits among them face even worse.

Lokendra Bishwakarma  | CIJ Nepal

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