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

Almost 1,500 sheep have been killed in lightning skills in Baghjale in Jumla District. As they lose their cattle to lightning, farmers are in a dire financial situation. But the issue has failed to draw the attention of administrators. 

Mukesh Pokharel |CIJ, Nepal

Yeti group compelled people of Dharan to sell their land for cheap to pave the way for a new airport. The group now wants to sell the land, instead of returning it to their rightful owners.

Gopal Dahal | CIJ, Nepal

Parties, and organisations close to them, have captured thousands of ropanis of public land. But the land administration hasn’t bothered to question them.

Ramesh Kumar |CIJ, Nepal

The government turns a blind eye to the sale and purchase of sensitive medicines through online pharmacies, prompting the possibility of a large-scale medical crisis.

Kamala Gurung |CIJ, Nepal

The chhaupadi system has hindered the development of Karnali and Sudurpaschim even as huge investments and grand strategies are made in the name of eradicating this practice.

Basant Pratap Singh (Bajhang), Bidhya Rai (Kathmandu)

The parties that lead protests and are champions of change give birth to new political narrative—this is the public perception. But this year’s local level election discontinued that notion and created a narrative of the supremacy of candidates. Rameshwar Bohara |CIJ, Nepal Late at night on September 6, the civil society leader Devendra Raj Pandey […]

Finland has become an attractive destination for employment and studies for Nepalis three decades after the first Nepali restaurant opened its doors in the Nordic country. However, people who spend a large amount of money in the hope of landing a well-paying job without knowing the language and acquiring necessary skills face exploitation.

Ramu Sapkota |CIJ, Nepal

Tiger attacks on humans and cattle have led to people around jungles in Banke and Bardiya stopping cattle rearing. As the people do not have other means of income, their livelihood is in crisis.

Mukesh Pokharel |CIJ, Nepal

Tricked by organised human traffickers, Nepalis who try to land in Greece illegally via Turkey are dying and disappearing in increasing numbers.

Janakraj Sapkota |CIJ, Nepal

Almost 250 people are killed and 20,000 injured each year in workplace accidents. Yet, little is being done to enforce safety rules and widen insurance coverage for workers.

Mukesh Pokharel |CIJ, Nepal

Just as ‘sugar disease’ causes fatigue in the body, wrong government policies and the attitude of the industrialists towards growers have fatigued sugarcane farmers. Field reporting from Madhes and Lumbini.

Praju Pant |CIJ, Nepal

The project that aims to provide jobs to 74000 people is progressing at a snail’s pace. With none of the three tiers of government prioritizing the project, a large amount of the state’s investment risks going to waste.

Laxmi Sapkota |CIJ, Nepal

Even as the country has been reeling under an economic crisis, the local level election “brought a Dashain” to the commission at Bahadur Bhawan. A look into how financial irregularities is flourishing in state mechanism, making elections extortionately expensive.

Ramji Dahal |CIJ, Nepal

As authorities misuse the criminal justice system, poor people languish in Nepal’s prisons for failing to furnish their bail.

Tufan Neupane: |CIJ, Nepal

Patients across Nepal suffer as public hospitals fail to employ super speciality doctors.

Sagar Budhathoki |CIJ, Nepal

The country is now in election mode. However, there are many settlements in Madhesh where even those who have reached the age of 70 have never cast their votes. Here we present examples of how government policies and practices deprive citizens of their right to vote, considered the greatest civil right in a democracy.

Mukesh Pokhrel |CIJ, Nepal

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