Investigative Reports

‘5,000 individuals have grabbed 1,800 ropani public land in Kathmandu’

Revelations of the 1,350-page Rawal Commission Report obtained through use of the Right to Information. With the names and addresses of people named by the commission as encroachers of government and public land, and plot numbers of the encroached areas.

Akash Chhetri: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

How local officials have turned hydropower projects into cash cow

Officials of local bodies have obstructed works on hydro plants in their areas in order to extract donations for themselves and their party’s cadres

Bhim Gautam: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Fuel fire fright: Disaster waiting to happen

Most fuel stations in Kathmandu, home to an estimated four million people, are dangerously located around densely populated areas, often close to road and houses. Are we awaiting a catastrophic disaster?

Bhadra Sharma: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Unsafe school buildings put students’ lives at risk in case of earthquake or fire

Hundreds of thousands of students study in schools that have unsafe buildings, with an utter disregard for safety during earthquake or fire.

Rameshwar Bohara: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

The Nepalis Who Deposited Their Suspicious Wealth in Swiss Banks

An expose of how Nepalis have transferred ‘suspicious wealth’ in Swiss banks, with even foreigners depositing money in Swiss banks using Nepali passport. Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal A sensational headline on 10 Feb, 2015 grabbed attention of people across Nepal: Nepalis have 5.5 billion rupees in Swiss banks. The International Consortium of Investigative journalists (ICIJ), […]

Nepali companies are bringing suspicious Foreign Direct Investment from tax haven countries

How emerging business houses in Nepal are bringing investments from the countries and territories that harbor foreign illegal wealth for running cement factories, trade in betel nut and hotels. The Nepal connection of tax havens Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) leaked the Panama Papers in 2017, exposing how a […]

How Illegal Funds Are Channeled Into Nepal In the Name Of Foreign Direct Investment

An expose of massive operations in which business people funnel illegal income through tax haven countries and repatriate the wealth into Nepal as Foreign Direct Investment. An exclusive report about the source countries for these funds and people behind the scam. Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal The British Virgin Islands, which many Nepalis may have hardly […]

How Nepali Companies Have Used FDI To Launder Black Money

Nepali business people set up companies in Nepal, transfer their illegally earned money to offshore companies set up in tax haven countries and repatriate it to Nepal under foreign direct investment (FDI), a months-long investigation has revealed. Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal In 2017, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published Panama Papers, which revealed […]

How 55 Nepali Business Elites, Defying Their Country’s Laws, Invested In Offshore Companies

In spite of the Act Restricting Investment Abroad, at least 55 Nepalis are found to have invested in foreign countries. Among those violating the law are professor, doctor, former MP, political leaders and names unheard of. Centre for Investigative Journalism The Act Restricting Investment Abroad, 1964 bars Nepalis from investing in a foreign country. The […]

Unbridled expenditure at Kathmandu Metropolitan City

KMC official’s daily snacks, meeting allowances and transportation expenses is unusually high.

Bidhya Rai: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Couples under wraps: Women’s ordeals, men off the hook

Scores of women who killed their infants born out of “illicit affairs” in fear and feats of rage are behind bars. However, men have not been jailed for their tacit relationship. Stories of women languishing in jail on the charge of infanticide or those recently freed.

Indira Aryal: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Accommodation allowance for landlord lawmakers

The list of MPs receiving a monthly housing allowance despite living in their own private bungalows — obtained from the Parliament under the RTI Act — shows how corrupt and morally bankrupt some of our lawmakers are

Makar Shrestha: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

How doctors ignore far west?

Even the doctors, who are supposed to provide health services to people, ignore the far western region, as illustrated by the story of Mahakali Zonal Hospital

Prakash Singh and Bhageswari Shah: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

An alarming verdict

“If property has to be acquired without owners consent, it can be proceeded only after giving compensation by law” verdict passed by Supreme Court has stirred Singha Durbar

Rudra Pangeni, Anjali Subedi: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Landless squatters on the rise despite distributing 46 bighas of land

A revelation of how political parties distributed public land to their kith and kins in the name of landless squatters in the last thirty years.

Mukesh Pokhrel: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Unsafe homes, victimized by own

Mothers are in dilemma whether to protect their husband who raped their daughter or to fight against him for the sake of the daughter

Stories of 20 girl survivors of rape

Laxmi Basnet: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

How Nepal has become a hub for illegal immigrants

Illegal immigrants have been surprisingly attracted to Nepal. One such family faces 10 million rupees in fine for overstay, according to the immigration law. But they still stay here. Why?

Gopal Gadtaula: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Moving backward: Nepal govt. fails to nab wrongdoers

Malaysia’s anti-graft agency, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, has arrested former home minister, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, in connection with an investigation into suspected misappropriation of funds. Nepal government, however, is least bothered.

Ramu Sapkota, Kathmandu with Alyaa Alhadjri, Kuala Lumpur : Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

‘Entire village trapped in debt’

Dalits and poor people of far western hills continued to be trapped in bonded labor, with powerful people exploiting the tradition.

-Basanta Pratap Singh : Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal