Politicians and cronies blamed for Kavre floods
Uncovering the hidden owners of mining companies that made September’s floods more deadly
sand-mining
Nepalis win two investigative journalism awards
Two Nepali reporters are winners in top investigative journalism awards announced on 2 March, and have been recognised for their exposés of...
Power to the periphery
Bal Bir Biswakarma from the village of Lulang at the lap of Mt Dhaulagiri in Central Nepal is a 68-year-old subsistence farmer, descendants...
Hiding their head in the sand
Illegal sand mining on Chure rivers displaces farmers, decimates a fragile landscape
Drowning in sorrow
Despite protests, defiant sand mining and quarry contractors have continued to leave large abandoned pits along Nepal’s rivers in which children drown...
The nature of pandemics
Over 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is still a matter of...
The nature of pandemics
Over 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is still a matter of...
“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...
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