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Ministry working to endorse TRC rules despite reservations from some conflict victims

Kathmandu, Jan. 7 -- Despite strong reservations from a section of conflict victims, the government is moving ahead with endorsing the regulation to the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reco... Read More


Oli denies ordering police to fire on Gen Z protesters

Kathmandu, Jan. 5 -- Nearly four months after the deadly Gen Z-led protests, CPN-UML chief KP Sharma Oli, who was prime minister at the time, recorded his statements before the Gauri Bahadur Karki-led... Read More


A vote for generational change or just another election?

Nepal, Jan. 1 -- term elections are not new to Nepal, and the country is once again on the cusp of another one. Barring a few exceptions, Nepal has repeatedly gone to elections before the House of Re... Read More


Government study finds irregularities at The British College

Kathmandu, Dec. 30 -- The government is preparing to take action against The British College after a study concluded that it defrauded dozens of Nepali students by enrolling them in an unauthorised pr... Read More


Code of conduct ready for March 5 polls

Kathmandu, Dec. 29 -- The Election Commission has endorsed the election code of conduct, setting do's and don'ts for the March 5 snap parliamentary elections. The code of conduct, drafted in accordan... Read More


Parties busy working on proportional lists for March election

Kathmandu, Dec. 25 -- With just five days to the deadline to submit the closed list under the proportional representation (PR) system, political parties are busy finalising the names of their candidat... Read More


Students allege British College misled them on 'overseas courses'

Kathmandu, Dec. 24 -- The British College, which offers courses in affiliation with foreign universities in Nepal, has been accused of duping students, prompting the Ministry of Education, Science and... Read More


Nepal presents glowing human rights report in UN as rights defenders raise questions

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- While civil society organisations reckon Nepal has made dismal progress in implementing the recommendations from the previous Universal Periodic Review, the government in its rep... Read More


Transitional justice panels stuck in red tape now cite March polls for delay

Kathmandu, Dec. 14 -- The teams in the two transitional justice commissions appointed on May 14 should already have been conducting full-fledged probes into thousands of complaints lodged with them. W... Read More


Supreme Court races to recover case files lost in Gen Z protest vandalism

Kathmandu, Dec. 13 -- Over a month after the Supreme Court began recovering the case files destroyed during the deadly Gen Z movement, it has so far managed to restore under a quarter of the files los... Read More