As living in the hills becomes more difficult, people are fleeing in droves abandoning their villages. As a result, while farmlands have been left desolate and abandoned in the hills,  land is increasingly getting fragmented in the lowlands, and population pressure is rising in the cities.

Gopal Dahal |CIJ, Nepal

Spoilage loss inhibits plan to buttress value chain of mandarin oranges in Syangja.

Dinesh Kafle |CIJ, Nepal

Several young people from various countries, including Nepal, have reportedly been abducted in Myanmar’s ethnic states under rebel control. These areas are increasingly becoming hotspots for cyber scams. According to reports, Chinese nationals torture these trafficked abductees and force them into cyber crimes.

Jeevan Dangi and Bhadra Sharma |CIJ, Nepal

While public hospitals are reeling under lack of human and economic resources, the government is donating large amounts of funds to community hospitals, many of which haven’t submitted reports of how they spend the funds.

Sagar Budhathoki |CIJ, Nepal

Many Bhutanese refugees have been rehabilitated to third countries but they have not heard from their children languishing in jails. While Bhutan bans ICRC from entering the jails, the list of the prisoners is scheduled to be released from New York this week.

Devendra Bhattarai |CIJ, Nepal

In Baitadi, monkey menace has forced hundreds to migrate to Tarai and India while it has left hundreds of ropanis of land barren.

Basanta Pratap Singh and Lokesh Saud |CIJ, Nepal

The Pokhara bus park project, conceived 47 years ago, remains in limbo, with its land embezzled and captured by squatters.

Shyam Rana Magar |CIJ, Nepal

As the government fails in protecting people’s properties and returning embezzled money, billions of rupees deposited by hundreds of thousands of Nepalis at cooperatives remains at risk.

Ramesh Kumar |CIJ, Nepal

Many countries around the world don’t have laws that criminalise marital rape, but Nepal has already enacted one, classifying forced physical relations within or outside of marriage as rape. Despite this, societal attitudes obstruct victims’ access to justice.

Pratima Silwal |CIJ, Nepal

Even as the very significance of the Constituency Development Fund is being questioned, lawmakers continue to spend money in the name of administrative expenses. The Centre for Investigative Journalism analyses the reckless administrative expenses of seven members of parliament representing Siraha and Saptari districts.

Surendra Kumar Kamati  | CIJ, Nepal

Experts warn an agricultural crisis looms large owing to haphazard plotting of arable land.

Seema Tamang | CIJ, Nepal

Why has Kathmandu’s garbage issue not been resolved? A look at the politics of trash and the billions of dollars that are made off of it.

BP Anamol | CIJ, Nepal

Young people, mainly from the Madhesi Dalit minority, are dying in police custody because the government isn’t doing enough to prevent torture.

Rohej Khatiwada | CIJ, Nepal

What impact do strict laws and inadequate investigations into wildlife crimes have on the Chepang community in Chitwan? The story of Rajkumar Praja’s family in Korak serves as an example of those seeking an answer.

Tufan Neupane |CIJ, Nepal 

Defendants with strong social clout pressure rape survivors to change their statements, prompting courts to sentence the victims instead. Further, an increasing tendency to engage in “bargaining,” is making the victims’ fight for justice harder and more isolating.

Durgalal KC |CIJ, Nepal

Although the government makes big claims on building hospitals and expanding health services, it is ignoring the need to hire nurses that form the backbone of hospitals.

 Rita Lamsal |CIJ, Nepal

Politicians visit the Dhakka camp during every election, vowing to end their plight, but the residents have given up all hope. This is the tale of the Kanchanpur “stateless” people who were evicted from their houses in order to create a national park.

Unnati Chaudhary |CIJ, Nepal

How did clerk Bhimkanta Bhandari, who started his own business by landing a government contract during the Covid-19 pandemic, become a billionaire? An investigation into his political connections and surprising business expansion seeks to find answers.

Ramu Sapkota |CIJ, Nepal

Information about the strength and weakness of parties and candidates reaches political parties’ meetings way ahead of elections. Here’s a deep dive into how the agencies are being misused, threatening the spirit of fair elections.

Rameshwar Bohara |CIJ, Nepal

A Majhi settlement in Kathaar, Chitwan has turned into a ‘slum’ to supply servants to the local elite and political parties. This is the sad story of a settlement that looks like any other from the outside. But the residents here are yet to become the state’s citizens.

Pratima Silwal |CIJ, Nepal