Celebrity rape case spotlights Nepal laws
For the past weeks, there is one news item that has overshadowed news of the MCC or Ukraine: allegations that Nepali actor...
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Nepal’s wildlife watchdogs honoured
Growing up in a Darchula village near the Tibetan border, a young Birendra Singh Johari was no stranger to wildlife crimes. At teashops and community gatherings,...
Mother on 25th day of hunger strike
A mother who is on the 25th day of a hunger strike in Kathmandu demanding justice against the murderers of her son...
Nepali jailed 40 years without trial in Kolkata
The mother of a Nepali man who has been languishing in a Kolkata jail without trial for the past 40 years has...
The prolonged trauma of acid attack survivors
Teenage survivors of acid attacks, nearly all of them young women, say regulating the over-the-counter sale of acid and life imprisonment for...
“Business, bureaucracy and politicians all plundering the Chure”
On 10 January, 24-year-old Dilip Mahato was killed for opposing the ‘Crusher’ industry in Dhanusha that was illegally mining sand from a...
China gets Nepal to detain its citizens in Kathmandu
The 122 Chinese nationals detained by Nepal Police using information provided by China have been presented to the Kathmandu District Court before...
Mixed picture for Nepal’s children
Nepal has made progress in most areas related to children, like health, education, street children welfare, but challenges remain in nutrition, child...
Crime and politics
Six months after the unsolved rape and murder of her daughter, the stress is beginning to show on Durga Devi Panta. Her...
Children and Crime
Rameswor Bohara in Himal Khabarpatrika,28 October – 11 NovemberDhanusha’s Sunita Devi Yadav was alarmed one October night to discover that her seven...
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