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

Lokendra Bishwakarma  | CIJ Nepal

With remittance and tourism supplementing strong agricultural foundations, villages of Gandaki have transformed in just a decade and a half. And women are leading the charge.

Durga Rana Magar | CIJ Nepal

Many parliamentarians have appointed personal secretaries who do not fulfill the qualifications mandated by law. This has not just flouted the rule of law but also misused the state’s investment.

Makar Shrestha | CIJ Nepal

Millions were allocated for the construction of 23 hi-tech nurseries in Karnali but five years on, the funds have been misused, further obstructing the development of the region.

Jyoti Katuwal | CIJ Nepal

Despite Nepal’s constitution recognizing crime victims’ rights as fundamental, the criminal justice system remains far from victim-friendly. Victims still endure additional suffering, unable to access basic rights like protection, privacy, compensation, and rehabilitation. This is a story of a justice system failing to protect those most in need.

Sabina Devkota | CIJ Nepal

The indifference of the Securities Board, responsible for safeguarding investors’ interests, is increasingly putting the public’s investments in the stock market at risk.

Sharmila Thakuri | CIJ Nepal

In the fiscal year of 2022/23, seven arba thirty crore 84 lakhs rupees was used under the headings of travel, monitoring and evaluation. Some of the ministries in Koshi  have the most expenditure under these headings, which are suspicious. Here is an investigation on this ongoing loot of the state treasury.

Kishor Budathoki/ Hari Adhikari | CIJ Nepal

School management committees across the country have turned into tools to exercise power. As a result, corruption and irregularities abound, while educational development takes a back seat.

Krishna Malla | CIJ Nepal

The Nepal government has neither punished the traffickers pushing Nepali youths to fight the Ukraine war nor has it been able to stop Nepalis from joining the Russian army.

Bhadra Sharma | CIJ Nepal

While the number of sickle cell patients keeps on rising, the government appears indifferent to the disease’s impacts. As the young labour force falls sick, the state stands to lose a lot.

Unnati Chudhary | CIJ Nepal

After he was denied the Rs. 120 million he demanded, former minister and Nepali Congress lawmaker representing Sindhupalchok-2 Mohan Bahadur Basnet has disrupted work on extension of transmission line of Mid-Bhotekoshi Hydropower project under various pretexts.

Khilanath Dhakal | CIJ Nepal

The deposits embezzled in cooperative scam has reached Rs. 49 billion. But the government and political parties appear indifferent to this scam that took root about 24 years ago.

Sharmila Thakuri | CIJ Nepal

Local governments introduced the Barghar Act to institutionalize the traditional leadership system of the Tharus, but it has instead posed new challenges to the community’s traditions of self-governance and mutual support.

Krishna Raj Sarbahari | CIJ Nepal

In Nepal’s churches, donated properties are held privately, fueling internal strife. Urgent calls arise for a dedicated law to protect and regulate the assets of all religious institutions.

Man Bahadur Basnet | CIJ Nepal

In the local election held a year ago, Dalit women did not give candidacy in 123 wards out of 6 thousand 700 wards. However, political parties and the Election Commission have not been able to attract Dalit women to the vacant seats.

Sabina Devkota | CIJ Nepal

Funerary spaces for cremations and burials are shrinking rapidly for Nepal’s minorities

Alisha Sajapati | CIJ Nepal

Most women and girls who end up at dohori saajh and cottage restaurants essentially want to escape poverty and violence. However, they are further pushed into exploitation by the unsavoury motives of owners and managers, along with the ignorance of law enforcement. Many children are trafficked in this manner.

Pratima Silwal and Sindhu Dhakal | CIJ Nepal

Even if the existing airports are being closed for a lack of passengers, the race for opening the new ones continues unabated. Why is this phenomenon on the rise and who does it really benefit?

Basanta Pratap Singh and Bidhya Rai |CIJ Nepal

Prime Minister Dahal, by crafting a narrative that singles out forests as the primary obstacles to development, seeks to facilitate land acquisition for opportunists and party members through amendments to the law.

Mukesh Pokhrel | CIJ Nepal

Dozens of DPRs are prepared at the behest of politicians every year in the province but the provincial government has no record of how many of these projects have been implemented.

 Jyoti Katuwal | CIJ Nepal