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Nudity in devotion is not obscenity, Nepal Supreme Court rules

Kathmandu, Aug. 27 -- The Supreme Court has refused to bar Naga Sadhus (naked ascetic monks) from entering the Pashupatinath and other Shiva temples, ruling that nudity in the name of religion cannot ... Read More


Birth registration denial robs Nepali children of their future

Kathmandu, Aug. 24 -- The sight of students going to school is painful to Rabindra. Not because he is envious of them, but because he regrets not being one of them. Rabindra, 17, was a sharp student,... Read More


Supreme Court clears way to probe 2009 Madhesh uprising killings

Kathmandu, Aug. 23 -- The Supreme Court has finally cleared the way to investigate killings by security forces in the Tarai/Madhesh region under the Special Security Plan enacted to control the armed ... Read More


House committee passes education bill despite opposition

Kathmandu, Aug. 22 -- Nearly two years after its registration, Parliament's Education, Health and Information Technology Committee has endorsed the School Education Bill amid reservations from the opp... Read More


Truth commission receives over 11,000 fresh complaints from conflict victims

Kathmandu, Aug. 21 -- While some insurgency-era victims are fighting a legal battle challenging the amended Transitional Justice Act and the legitimacy of the office bearers appointed in the two trans... Read More


Top court says all social media, sites must register

Kathmandu, Aug. 17 -- Amid the reluctance of many social media platforms to register in Nepal, the Supreme Court has ruled that they should be mandatorily listed and subjected to the monitoring and su... Read More


Justices divided over how to form Constitutional Bench

Kathmandu, Aug. 15 -- Tensions between the chief justice and senior justices of the Supreme Court are deepening over the formation of the constitutional bench, prompting a group of lawyers to draw the... Read More


Voices against Gaza offensive grow louder in Israel

Tel Aviv, Aug. 11 -- While Israeli authorities defend their attacks on the Gaza Strip as necessary to protect the country, dissent within Israel is growing louder against the bloodshed, arguing it is ... Read More


Private schools double down on threats to protest education bill

Kathmandu, Aug. 11 -- Private education providers have taken strong objections to the agreement reached by the parliamentary committee regarding the provisions related to private schools in the School... Read More


Nepal conflict victims to move court against law revision

Kathmandu, Aug. 1 -- Nearly a year after revisions to the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, a group of insurgency-era victims are working to lodge a writ petiti... Read More