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Heads Roll

From gold smuggling to land grabs and fake refugee papers, web of scandals ensnares Nepali politicians and businessmen

The Year of Scandals

Speaking at a program on the International Day against Corruption on 9 December in Kathmandu, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal admitted that...

Shristi Karki

State malfunction

It seems like just yesterday that the momentous story broke. Police started investigating the fake Bhutanese refugee scandal, and Nepalis held their...

Nepal gets Gold Medal for corruption

There is national consensus among politicians only when it comes to protecting each other from prosecution

Try Visiting Nepal

Charles Shobhraj once claimed that he could pass an elephant through Nepal’s customs, and that is still true at Kathmandu airport, where...

A year wasted

After ten years of blood and 12 years of trying to come to terms with why it was shed, Nepalis had great...

Muddling along

Despite its two-thirds majority, and after getting off to a flying start, the government is digging itself into an ever deeper hole.In...

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