Kathmandu, March 9 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that granting pardon or commuting jail terms of the convicts is not an absolute arbitrary authority of the executive. Issuing a full text of the decis... Read More
Kathmandu, March 7 -- Until last week, the CPN (Maoist Centre) and the Nepali Congress unanimously advocated the endorsement of a bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconcili... Read More
Nepal, March 5 -- In a dramatic political development, the year-long Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) coalition collapsed on Monday, with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal joining hands with th... Read More
Kathmandu, March 1 -- On March 20 last year, two women from Madhuban Municipality-5 in Bardiya district went to get fodder for their goats in a nearby community forest. They never came back. Fifty-fi... Read More
Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- Contrary to the claim of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government and the ruling parties that the ongoing session of Parliament would be effective, the meeting of the House of Repre... Read More
Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- Contrary to the claim of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government and the ruling parties that the ongoing session of Parliament would be effective, the meeting of the House of Repre... Read More
Nepal, Feb. 21 -- The Nepal government is delaying its response to the joint concerns of four United Nations special rapporteurs on adopting gender-sensitive policies in the transitional justice proce... Read More
Nepal, Feb. 19 -- In one chilly winter in 2002, Victim A was on her way to her maternal uncle's house when a squad of the then Royal Nepal Army arrested her. The army labelled her as a Maoist cadre. ... Read More
Kathmandu, Feb. 18 -- In 1986, the Judicial Fund Act was promulgated with the objective of providing financial autonomy to the judiciary. It envisioned the creation of a revolving fund governed by a c... Read More
Nepal, Feb. 16 -- The Special Court on Thursday convicted over 100 individuals including former government secretaries in the illegal transfer of government land at Baluwatar as personal assets of pri... Read More