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In Koshi Province, DPRs worth millions for projects never to be built
February 20, 2025 Many detailed project reports (DPRs) prepared by the Koshi provincial government at the cost of tens of millions are shelved....Investigative Stories

Uncooperative cooperatives
A Rs1 billion project aimed at promoting farmers failed due to mismanagement
Corruption convicts are still enjoying properties ordered to be seized
Even after years since courts ordered confiscation of properties amassed through illegal means, corruption convicts and their families continue to...
Harka Sampang’s house of cards
Dharan elected him after being fed up with old political parties and bureaucrats but the new mayor’s list of misdeeds...
Lessons still not learnt
By banning women from going to the Gulf, the government continues to put them at a higher risk of exploitation...Federalism

Reversal of Political Parties and The Election Commission: Dalit Women on the Brink of Losing Quotas
In the local election held a year ago, Dalit women did not give candidacy in 123 wards out of 6...Discrimination

Life after death
Funerary spaces for cremations and burials are shrinking rapidly for Nepal’s minorities.Climate Crisis

Hundreds of sheep die in lightning strikes
Almost 1,500 sheep have been killed in lightning skills in Baghjale in Jumla District. As they lose their cattle to...Accountability

Nepal’s parliamentarians appoint personal secretaries arbitrarily, flouting law
Many parliamentarians have appointed personal secretaries who do not fulfill the qualifications mandated by law. This has not just flouted...Kleptocracy

Harka Sampang’s house of cards
Dharan elected him after being fed up with old political parties and bureaucrats but the new mayor’s list of misdeeds...Crime

Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in the Name of Entertainment
Most women and girls who end up at dohori saajh and cottage restaurants essentially want to escape poverty and violence....Cross-Border Investigation
