Guthi Sansthan was in dark for years about how its land was being used: National Vigilance Centre’s investigation found that the land was being exploited for commercial purpose, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/08/2019)

Cases of irregularities in driver’s license distribution in Birgunj on the rise: Middlemen have been ‘active’ in facilitating driving license for those who fail the trial, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 24/08/2019)

NOC too secretive for a public company: The corporation has stopped sharing its profit-loss details since it started making gains, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 24/08/2019)

Misinformation Or The Truth, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 23/08/2019)

Fake bank guarantee cases are rare, but they are happening: At least two such incidents have already been identified, officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/08/2019)

Public post holders told to submit property details (ht 23/08/2019)

In Nepal, your social and political standing dictates the applicability of laws: The principle of equality before the law was established in 1963, and yet rules are applied differentially, by Deepak Thapa (kp 22/08/2019)

Despite concerns, top officials in universities are set to be appointed on political sharing: The government is ignoring the recommendations made by a panel it had formed in May, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/08/2019) [After the abolition of the authoritarian monarchy, which in the recent history of the country was mainly responsible for the exclusion of the majority of the Nepalese population, the non-inclusive political parties dominated by male Bahun have infiltrated the entire state apparatus in a very short time. This is undemocratic, completely irresponsible and highly politically corrupt!]

Sacked Karnali minister has a long business and political history: A week after the court’s arrest order, police fail to locate the whereabouts of Khadka Bahadur Khatri, who has connections with the NCP leadership, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)

Retired government employees see a rise in pensions thanks to salary hike of incumbent staff: Government may have to spend additional Rs1.3 billion to cover increased pay, Pension Management Fund says, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/08/2019)

How the public procurement process derails the economy: It took 15 years to pass the Public Procurement Act, the provisions of which have been largely ignored, by Achyut Wagle (kp 20/08/2019)

Fake credential cases top list of plaints (ht 19/08/2019)

Corruption under control, says Minister Baskota (ht 18/08/2019) [This strange man obviously lives in a different world!]

How farmers’ groups siphoned hundreds of thousands by faking documents of the dead: Three prominent farmers’ groups in Jhapa falsified documents to draw funds from the government’s spring paddy assistance programme, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 17/08/2019)

19 petrol pumps face action (rep 17/08/2019)

Despite steep fines, taxis continue to cheat customers: If customers complain to the police via social media or in person, they are ready to take action, say traffic police personnel, by Anup Ojha (kp 17/08/2019)

Driving Nepal deeper into debt: Government SUVs drive along roads in advanced stages of disrepair because budgets have been misspent on expensive cars, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 16/08/2019)

Indicted Karnali minister’s fate hangs in balance: Police told to produce him before high court within three days (ht 15/08/2019), Karnali chief minister sacks tainted minister (ht 16/08/2019), Sacked Karnali province minister, who faces banking offence charge, fails to appear before court: Khadka Bahadur Khatri’s whereabouts are unclear and police say there are no orders to arrest him, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/08/2019), Deadline to produce sacked provincial minister Khatri at Patan High Court ends (ht 20/08/2019)

Errant LOs to be disqualified for life: Tourism minister (rep 15/08/2019)

Graft-accused former civil servant found dead: Police believe it could be suicide, making it the third case in two months where people under probe took their own lives, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 13/08/2019)

Education consultancy swindles over Rs 11 million, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 13/08/2019)

Panel to probe vehicle procurement anomalies, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 13/08/2019), Give a thorough probe: It would not bode well should it be found that irregularities occurred in the legislature (ht 14/08/2019)

Suspend police personnel accused of corruption: Special Court (ht 13/08/2019)

Commission gets less than expected complaints (ht 13/08/2019)

Dismantling cartels and ‘cartelpreuners’: Signs are emerging that will make cartels in Nepal lose their clout, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 13/08/2019)

Eight government employees face court cases for abetting traders to evade revenue last fiscal: Officials said this is the first time government staff are facing such action although they were liable to minor actions in the past, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/08/2019)

Questions remain over PM Oli’s health as he returns today: In the interest of transparency and accountability, the prime minister’s health status should be made public, along with his expenses and who paid for them, by Anil Giri (kp 12/08/2019)

Anti-graft body steps up sting operation against corruption (ht 12/08/2019)

Army crackdown on forged credentials: Dozens including army brigadier general may face dismissal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 12/08/2019)

No more cash on the nail: The government’s decision to grant mobilisation advance to contractors only after they commence work is much-needed (kp 12/08/2019)

How Road Department officials traced their building’s ownership history: The department had abandoned its building and was preparing to build a new building in Minbhawan—until it found out it didn’t have to, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/08/2019)

13 ropanis of public land sold in Kavre: The former ward chairman of the erstwhile Saradabatase VDC had registered the land of Setimati Sapkota Pakha Forest in his name on September 25, 1998, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 11/08/2019)

How the government bowed down to contractors: All key demands of the contractors were addressed as the public procurement regulation was amended three times in two and a half months, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/08/2019), Top bureaucrats are thwarting investigation into transport entrepreneurs, officials say: At least six office-bearers of former transport committees have been under investigation since last year, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/08/2019)

When politicians go to foreign lands, who pays? The prime minister is currently in Singapore with a seven-member team. While the government says he is paying his own way, many are sceptical, by Anil Giri (kp 07/08/2019)

114 ropani police academy land transferred to Prez Office: PMO (rep 06/08/2019) [Why???]

BPKIHS VC, nephew booked for graft (ht 05/08/2019)

CIAA raids Western Regional Hospital (ht 05/08/2019)

Suspected suicides by people under graft probe highlight need to revamp investigation process: Anti-corruption activists say the corrupt should not be spared, but agencies should be careful while filing charges and making the names public, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/08/2019)

Politicians’ self-centred attitude could put federalism in peril, say experts: Public post holders are increasing their pay and perks instead of spending more on public goods, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 04/08/2019)

Government to slash contractors’ advanceThe decision comes on the heels of complaints regarding public contractors misusing advance pay, officials say., by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/08/2019)

Cabbies continue to fleece passengers (ht 03/08/2019)

CIAA arrests 5 cops with bribes (rep 03/08/201p9)

In absence of consumer court, businesses keep getting away with selling substandard products: Although dozens of restaurants and companies are found selling contaminated and low quality food, lengthy administrative process results in little action, by Rajesh Khanal and Krishana Prasain (kp 31/07/2019)

Local bodies collect service charge for 'no service' (rep 31/07/2019)

Government witness faces graft case for changing statement: The incident should discourage other witnesses from lying to the court to protect defendants, officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/07/2019)

House sub-committee begins discussion on the issue of unpaid electricity bills: Nepal Electricity Authority says 25 factories need to be forced to disgorge an estimated Rs10 billion, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/07/2019)

Oli, Dahal to go abroad (ht 30/07/2019) [Both will hopefully pay for these trips out of their own pockets and not export more than the 1500 dollars allowed by their government!]

Builders complain about tax authority freezing their bank accounts: Those having tax liability face action such as export-import ban and travel restriction, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/07/2019)

Public procurement decisions are taken through the Cabinet to avoid scrutiny, chief of anti-graft body says: In an exclusive interview, Nabin Ghimire said his office is undecided on interrogating former prime ministers over Cabinet decision on Lalita Niwas scandal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/07/2019)  [Corruption in order to protect the corrupt!] [see interview with Nabin Ghimire]

Access to power decides where embankments get built: Report (rep 28/07/2019)

Police personnel undeterred by CIAA sting operations (ht 26/07/2019)

Data shows significant revenue and expenditure progress, but economists cry foul: Revenue and expenditure targets were considerably revised, leading new figures to show marked progress, economists say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/07/2019)

Thai group dupes four more Nepali students, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 22/07/2019)

‘Well-connected’ liaison officers behind Everest scams, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 22/07/2019)

CIAA and Prevention of Corruption Act: New drafts propose amendments; This will enhance CIAA’s scope for action (ht 21/07/2019), More teeth for CIAA: CIAA is getting more legal teeth even to launch an inquiry on corruption in the private sector using public money as shares (ht 22/07/2019)

200 persons held by CIAA in fiscal 2018-19 (ht 21/07/2019)

Three arrested with undeclared money (ht 21/07/2019)

Billions at stake as projects delayed, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 20/07/2019)

CIAA received over 24,000 corruption complaints in FY 2075-76 (rep 20/07/2019)

Two former ministers and a sitting lawmaker among 351 people charged with corruption, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/07/2019)

Lalita Niwas land scam probe now at final stage: CIAA (rep 20/07/2019)

Disgraced anti-graft official Pathak under investigation for money laundering: Raj Narayan Pathak resigned as a CIAA commissioner over a bribery scandal in February, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/07/2019)

Priests of various temples involved in illegal selling of Guthi land, by Suresh Yadav (rep 17/07/2019)

Ex-vice chancellor of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences among eight charged with corruption, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/07/2019), CIAA books former vice-chancellor of BPKIHS, seven others for graftSeeks to recoup Rs 40.8 million from the ex-VC (ht 16/07/2019)

Irrigation office chief held with bribe (ht 16/07/2019)

Revenue Investigation Department identifies new group involved in faking and selling VAT bills: Investigations show fake VAT bills worth over Rs8 billion were sold to more than 600 firms, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/07/2019)

BPKIHS Vice Chancellor arrested (rep 13/07/2019)

CIAA files corruption case against seven persons, including four police officers (ht 13/07/2019)

KC demands halt to vice-chairperson appointment in medical commissionIrregularities would flourish and regulations would turn into a mess if incompetent people  or stalwarts of political parties are appointed as vice chairman, the orthopaedic surgeon says, by Arjun Poudel (kp 12/07/2019), ‘Appointment procedure for Medical Education Commission faulty’ (ht 12/07/2019)

Cabinet plans to award $16m ID card project to French company without bidding process: Public procurement law mandates a public call for bids while awarding contracts above one million rupees, by Anil Giri (kp 11/07/2019), More rules were violated in awarding national ID contract to French companyAlthough provisions require bidder to provide full security bond at contract signing, IDEMIA was given more time to submit the bond, by Anil Girci (kp 12/07/2019)

Closure of nutrition rehabilitation centre puts children’s lives at risk: Rapti Academy of Health Sciences has been fraught with irregularities since its establishment last year, by Arjun Poudel (kp 11/07/2019)

CIAA files case against three for altering exam grades (ht 09/07/2019)

Corruption in road project: Main contractor sub-contracts road project for half the cost, by Suman Malla (rep 09/07/2019)

156 drivers, riders arrested for bribe attempts (ht 07/07/2019)

Preventing resource drain: Cut non-essential agencies, by Mukti Rijal (ht 05/07/2019)

Nepal barely plays 50 different sports, but hosts nearly 200 sports associations: Organisations are used primarily to go abroad under the guise of competing  in international events, players and officials say., by Prajwal Oli (kp 04/07/2019)

10 Tribhuvan University officials face graft charge for manipulating scores in job exams:The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority found 33 answer sheets had been tampered with, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/07/2019)

TU confirms its official took bribes to manipulate scores of a student University official: Ram Bahadur Karmacharya and Patan Multiple Campus student Surendra Koirala are in the CIAA custody, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/07/2019)

Seized by the corrupt: Yes, previous governments were also corrupt—but the Nepal Communist Party came to power to clean the system, by Naresh Koirala (kp 03/07/2019)

Sub-engineer arrested with bribe (ht 03/07/2019)

Special Court acquits 4 former chiefs of APF (ht 02/07/2019)

Bribery rampant in government offices, by Upendra Yadav (rep 01/07/2019)

Supreme Court asks government to show cause why Rs 60 million was allocated to lawmakers: The constitutional bench of the top court has demanded clarification within a week, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 29/06/2019), SC notice to govt on pork barrel fund, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 29/06/2019), Fund For The Lawmakers, by Mukti Rijal (rn 04/07/2019)

Nepal is mired in corruption: The kleptocratic network here touches all aspects of society, making it almost impossible to destroy, by Deepak Thapa (kp 27/06/2019)

Obstacles To Ending Corruption, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 27/06/2019)

Lalita Niwas land grab: CIAA summons 86 individuals to record statementsThe anti-graft body has published notice only for those it could not contact, leaving many high-profile names (ht 27/06/2019)

CIAA investigates stadium upgradationThe anti-graft body has seized all related documents (ht 27/06/2019)

Around 2,500 contractors to get last deadline extension: As per the regulation, those failing to complete the work within a year will have their contracts terminated, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/06/2019)

NCP misusing NA chopper in Karnali (kp 25/06/2019)

Years on, CIAA still struggles to collect Joshi case documents (rep 25/06/2019)

Chaudhary’s shackling shows how state treats its citizens differently, rights defenders say: District court had convicted Chaudhary, who won the 2017  elections from Kailali, of inciting the 2015 Tikapur violence, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/06/2019)

In latest fake VAT bill scandal, revenue department charges 15 individuals: Suspects are accused of evading Rs 2.9b in taxes, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/06/2019)

Potential telecommunications contract winner includes tainted Malaysian firm: Co-venturer Nuemera is facing a lawsuit over the biggest data breach in Malaysia (kp 22/06/2019)

Sanjeev Karna, 12 others booked for graft (kp 21/06/2019)

Budget allocated thrice for the same road, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep 21/06/2019)

Tainted firm in the race to become the consultant for Dharahara reconstruction Seventh amendment to the Public Procurement Regulation opens door for the  corruption-accused ERMC (P) Ltd to vie for the consulting job, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/06/2019)

Finance ministry transfers Rs 85m in two months to finance foreign junkets: Rs 21 million transferred to pay for PM Oli's visit to Vietnam and Cambodia alone (rep 19/06/2019)

Private health centers charging exorbitant fee for dengue test: Patients forced to pay Rs 1500 to Rs 2500 for testing kits which costs Rs 248 (rep 19/06/2019)

Procurement monitoring office blacklists47 firms in 11 months of current fiscal year: Such moves will bar under-performing contractors from participating in additional government contracts, officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/06/2019)

Windstorm victims protest after their names went missing from the beneficiary list: Protesters claim people’s representatives removed their names for political reasons as they supported a different political party, by Pawan Yadav (kp 16/06/2019)

Another Pappu Construction bridge found to be substandard: A parliamentary committee discovered that the bridge over Bagmati River in Tinkune had used faulty piles, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/06/2019), Action sought against Pappu Construction: A field visit report prepared by House sub-panel reveals  major discrepancies in Bagmati Bridge at Tinkune (ht 15/06/2019)

NA members shun association with HoR MPs on pork barrel fund, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 14/06/2019) [This is a system of highest level corruption either!]

10 persons booked for corruption (ht 13/06/2019)

Budget allocation draws HoR flak: Constituencies represented by top leaders get major chunk, say ruling, opposition during House discussion, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 12/06/2019)

Karnali spends Rs 2b development budget on vehicles, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 10/06/2019)

Politicians are their guardians but they live in orphanages or pick yarsa (rep 08/06/2019)

Govt picks envoys to Australia, Qatar, Bangladesh and Spain (rep 08/06/2019) [Continued nepotism and political nominations for important diplomatic positions!!], In recommending four ambassadors, Cabinet goes against foreign ministry’s criteria: Mahesh Dahal, Narad Bhardwaj Wagle, Banshi Dhar Mishra and Dawa Futi Sherpa have been named as  ambassadors to Australia, Qatar, Bangladesh, and Spain respectively, by Anil Giri (kp 10/06/2019), Government’s latest picks for envoys court controversy (rep 10/06/2019), Faulting on ambassador appointment (rep 12/06/2019)

Top court warns anti-graft agency of action for not abiding by its order: Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority told to furnish the file related to Govinda Raj Joshi in 15 days, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 07/06/2019), Joshi’s case  pending at apex court for six years (ht 07/06/2019)

Corruption thrives in development projects due to lack of monitoringMost projects in Sudurpaschim Province are selected to appease party activists, officials say, by Pant (kp 05/06/2019)

Public land grab investigation: High-level commission begins work (ht 04/06/2019)

SC moved to abrogate pork barrel fund, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 03/06/2019)

JC files  corruption case against former judge Upadhyay (ht 03/06/2019)

Contractors in firing line as parliamentary committee hints at enforcing new procurement regulations: The new regulations state that no contract may be extended beyond half of the original period, preventing norm of indefinite deadline extensions, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 01/06/2019)

Wide-body probe turning defunct before even getting started, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 01/06/2019)

Graft-tainted HC judge nominee in the soup: SC orders to procure files containing  corruption complaint against him (ht 01/06/2019)

When system corrupts: I realized that the corrupt system has corrupted everyone—from the powerful people to commoners, by Prem Lamichhane (rep 01/06/2019)

TIA immigration officer booked for graft (kp 31/05/2019)

Allocation of Rs 60 million to lawmakers draws public ire: The pork barrel spending will cost the state Rs 9.9b, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/05/2019) [Continued corruption and taking advantage of male high-caste parliamentarians, who are put up by the male Brahmin leaders at the top of the parties! Uncontrolled money distribution in arbitrary and uncoordinated development projects is not the task of the legislators!], Constituency Development Fund increased by 50 pc despite criticism: Each FPTP lawmaker to get Rs 60 million (rep 30/05/2019), Finance minister defends pork barrel funding, but analysts are unconvinced: Khatiwada faces criticism for bowing to pressure and giving Rs60 million each to lawmakers to spend in  their constituencies, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 31/05/2019), Finance minister defends funds for lawmakers, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 31/05/2019)

Financial anomalies in drinking water project, by Prakash Singh (kp 29/05/2019)

Genuine victims deprived of housing reconstruction grant after many families use fraudulent documents to misuse aid: Local officials told the Post that three or four members of a single family have received the reconstruction aid,  and they are using the newly built homes as shelter for their livestock, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 28/05/2019)

Two caught with bribe money of Rs 35,000 in Jhapa (ht 28/05/2019)

Nepali Army sacks graft-tainted colonel (ht 26/05/2019) [He has to be sentenced by a public law court!]

Sudurpaschim Province spends a major chunk of its budget on buying vehicles for people’s representatives: An activist claims that local units are purchasing vehicles for the sake of commission (kp 25/05/2019)

Panchayat-era minister says Lalita Niwas land owners were compensated 49 years ago, by Matrika Dahal (ht 23/05/2019)

Contractors evade tax for river extraction, by Arjun Oli (rep 22/05/2019)

Gross misuse of budget in the name of users’ groups: Over Rs 100 billion non-transparent spending, by Matrika Dahal (rep 20/05/2019)

Mid-Hill Highway Projectoffice seeks clarification from erring contractors: The project directorate has warned builders of blacklisting and contract termination, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/05/2019)

Haste makes waste at Sikta Irrigation project: Vested interest of former director blamed, by Arjun Oli (rep 19/05/2019)

Contractors oppose law barring graft-accused to bid govt projects (rep 19/05/2019) [Nepal cannot develop without flourishing corruption???], Amended public procurement regulation may lead to summary termination of contracts, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/05/2019), Contractors charged with graft to be barred from fresh bidding (kp 21/05/2019)

Retired DSP Baburam Adhikari and three land revenue officials face corruption charges, by Nayak Paudel and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/05/2019), Retired land revenue officer accused of grabbing 590 ropani govt land, by DB Budha (rep 18/05/2019), CIAA summons 11 persons over 590 ropani land grab case, by DB Budha (rep 23/05/2019)

TU anthropology department misused USAID fund: Probe, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 16/05/2019)

Lawmakers lobby for hiking constituency development fund: If allotted as per the demand, budget for them will reach a whopping Rs 21 billion, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/05/2019) [A very special form of corruption!], Stick to your  mandate: MPs should stick to legislating and let local units carry out development plans (kp 15/05/2019), Cancel constituency development program (rep 19/05/2019), ‘Distribution of projects for development unfair’, by Tekendra Deuba (ht 22/05/2019)

Tainted TU registrar Upreti promoted to professor; TU Service Commission Chairman Chaitanya Sharma promoting nepotism: TU officials , by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 13/05/2019), Saving TU from infamy (rep 14/05/2019)

Average daily capital spending at Rs 41 million: Experts say withholding payments may be an indication of corrupt motives (rep 13/05/2019)

New bill to tighten noose on civil servants causing revenue losses: It has provisions to immediately suspend anyone found to be colluding with businessmen, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/05/2019)

Supplier accused of stealing 1000 quintals of subsidized rice, by Lokendra Khanal (rep 09/05/2019)

Anti-graft agency files another case against already disgraced officer: Suresh  Adhikari, suspended officer of Itahari Transport Management Office, is charged with illegally amassing property worth Rs51m this time, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/05/2019)

Only 10 percent of Poor ID cards distributed in seven years: While households not identified as poor have already received their cards, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 06/05/2019)

Against popular perception, Oli claims to have checked corruption, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/05/2019)

CIAA interferes to reopen illegal crusher plant, by Nagendra Upadhyay (rerp 05/05/2019)

Traffic police to remove illegal ticket counters, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/05/2019)

DSP Dhungel suspended for suspected association with a robber, by Nayak Paudel (kp 04/05/2019)

Misuse of government vehicles goes unchecked in Sudurpaschim Province (kp 03/05/2019)

Land-grab allegation baseless: Rana family (ht 03/05/2019), 'Land-grab culprits will be brought to book’ (kp 03/05/2019)

Parliamentary committee to  monitor two bridges constructed by Pappu Construction (ht 03/05/2019)

4 ropani at Dhobi Khola illegally registered in names of individuals, by Prashanta Lamichhane (rep 03/05/2019)

Army awards tender for boots to party failing criteria, by Anil Yadav (rep 02/05/2019)

Prime minister defends NCP  general secretary (ht 01/05/2019) [It cannot be what must not be!]

Elected officials collude with land mafia to sell land plots, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 30/04/2019)

NCP MPs want hike in pork barrel spending, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 30/04/2019) [The uncontrolled and self-interested investment of money by the MPs elected under the FPTP system is a grave and very special form of corruption!!], No to pork barrel: The CISP has faced criticism in the past as it is largely geared towards giving the elected lawmakers an edge during the elections and purchase votes with patronage (ht 30/04/2019)

Fake VAT bill scam, which is under probe, estimated to be worth over Rs 7 billion: Failure to take timely measures and non-implementation of laws encouraged  fraudsters to continue practice, experts and officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/04/2019)

Mockery of socialism: Prime Minister committed to zero tolerance against corruption when he took office in 2017. Now this commitment is mocking at his face for his administration has failed to control corruption, by Prakash Acharya (rep 29/04/2019)

18 land revenue officials sent to judicial custody, 12 still at large, by Arjun Oli (rep 29/04/2019)

Oli’s spokesman is unaware of Parajuli-led investigation panel’s status, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 29/04/2019)

Medical colleges charging high fees may soon face government action: Parliamentary sub-committee will begin recommending action against money-grabbing colleges, by Nayak Paudel (kp 29/04/2019)

After public outcry, authorities demolish illegal structures: But people who had rented the sheds built at Khula Manch paying  hefty amounts of money say they have been left in the lurch, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/04/2019)

CIAA to investigate railway property encroachment (ht 28/04/2019)

Government loses large swathes of land to enchroachers: 66,000 square metres of seven government offices encroached upon by individuals for private housing and other purposes, auditing body says, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/04/2019)

GMC chair Aryal released after posting bail (ht 23/04/2019)

Why corruption endures: Failure to secure justice through the transitional peace process provides the moral justification that sustains corruption in Nepal, by Bishal Thapa (rep 23/04/2019)

Jumping on the gravy train: The linkages between Nepal’s private sector and corruption is increasing, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 22/04/2019)

Selling prices of Lalita Niwas land were falsely undervalued to evade taxes: Govt records show land was sold for just Rs 800,000 per ropani, by Matrika Dahal (rep 22/04/2019)

Pressure mounts on ruling party to take action against general secretary: Bishnu Poudel’s Baluwatar land deal has put him into a controversy but leadership is maintaining silence, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 21/04/2019)

Medals for sale, by Guffadi (kp 20/04/2019)

Firms involved in supplying two A330s given one-week summon extension, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/04/2019), CIAA summons foreign firms (ht 19/04/2019)

Lalita Niwas Land Scam: Big businesses involved in Lalita Niwas land scam; Nearly 100 individuals own 114 ropani of Lalita Niwas land (rep 18/04/2019), Govt prepares to scrap all controversial cabinet decisions on Lalita Niwas land (rep 19/04/2019)

Complaints about irregularities at local level on the rise, CIAA says, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/04/2019)

Land revenue officials, brokers go out of contact, by Matrika Dahal (rep 16/04/2019)

Kathmandu-Hetauda Tunnel Highway: Govt neglect puts public money at risk (rep 16/04/2019)

Flaws in government mechanism led to misappropriation of funds, auditor general’s report says: The flaws reflect weak implementation of laws by the KP Sharma Oli administration, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 15/04/2019)

Irrigation department misusing project budget (ht 15/04/2019)

Land mafia grab 243 bighas of watershed land acquired by govt long ago, by Rohit Rai (rep 15/04/2019)

People above poverty line benefit from poverty alleviation programs, by Himnath Devkota (rep 15/04/2019)

Seed importer charging different prices for same product: Farmers (rep 15/04/2019)

A year mired in big time corruption (rep 14/04/2019)

Land grab cases to be probed (ht 14/04/2019)

'Mafia' grabbed 1,860 ropani govt land in 6 yrs post-Panchayat, by Matrika Dahal (rep 14/04/2019)

Community school denies students their exam results for failing to pay fees, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 14/04/2019)

Government audit highlights dubious accounting practices by emergency rescue agencies, hospitals, by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/04/2019)

Huge profit margin of telecom companies raises OAG’s eyebrow, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 14/04/2019)

Parliament Secretariat spent millions illegally: OAG, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 14/04/2019), Reckless expenses have gone up, says OAG report (ht 14/04/2019), 116 state bodies bypassed Public Procurement Act, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 14/04/2019)

Govt decorating Bhatbhateni owner Gurung with high state honor: Gurung is under CIB investigation for his role in illegally transferring the ownership of Lalita Niwas land to private individuals, by Matrika Dahal (rep 13/04/2019)

Construction materials meant for highway sold elsewhere illegally, by Chhabilal Tiwari (rep 13/03/2019)

Sikta Irrigation Project: Land illegally transferred to private individuals, by Arjun Oli (rep 12/04/2019)

Land brokers ‘capture’ 15 bighas of Guthi land in Janakpur, by Suresh Yadav (ht 12/04/2019)

Fraud cases in the name of foreign employment on the rise in Jhapa district, by Parbat Portel (kp 11/04/2019)

NCP Gen Secy Paudel among those involved in Lalita Niwas scam, by Matrika Dahal (rep 10/04/2019), Billions in bank loans issued with Lalita Niwas land as collateral, by Matrika Dahal (rep 11/04/2019), Lalita Niwas land grab case to be probed, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 12/04/2019), ‘Nepal-led govt facilitated land grab in 2010’ (ht 13/04/2019)

Judge accused of accepting bribe, by Abadhes Kumar Jha (kp 10/04/2019)

Medical colleges charging extra fees even from govt scholarship holders, by Anita Shrestha (ht 07/04/2019)

DoFTQC files 136 cases against businesses selling low quality food (ht 07/04/2019)

City’s broomer machines cleaning VVIP areas only: Kathmandu Metropolitan City officials say they are still imparting training to the machine drivers, by Anup Ojha (kp 07/04/2019)

Police reveals the names of individuals accused of leaking SEE question papers: Two police officers at the district office were involved in stealing the papers, a preliminary investigation finds, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/04/2019)

Jha and Moktan file applications at anti-graft agency, PM’s Office, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/04/2019)

Review electoral system for good governance, says CIAA chief (ht 03/04/2019)

114 ropani of Lalita Niwas land worth billions captured by individuals now under CIB probe, by Matrika Dahal (rep 03/04/2019), 20 land revenue officials under probe over Lalita Niwas land grab: 24 Kathmandu District Land Reform officials also under CIB scanner, by Matrika Dahal (rep 04/04/2019), Lalita Niwas land grabbed after due compensation already provided, by Matrika Dahal (rep 05/04/2019)

House sub-committee finds irregularities in Taragaon Hotels: Recommends PM office to look into ownership transfer of 150 ropani land (rep 03/04/2019)

Judicial Council’s judge picks draw flak from a section of legal fraternity: Senior advocates question competence of appointees and accuse the council of promoting nepotism akin to Rana regime, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 03/04/2019)

Gandaki Med College officials released on bail, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 02/04/2019) [??]

Local units of Kavre spending extravagantly for elected representatives and officials, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 01/04/2019)

Jha spared in Nepal Engineering College corruption case for cooperating in probe, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/03/2019)

Anti-graft body summons five international firms over Airbus deal: House committee investigation had found wide-body jet deal cost Nepal Airlines Rs4.35b in losses, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/03/2019)

Corruption rampant in Janakpur labour office, by Santosh Singh (kp 28/03/2019)

CIAA chargesheets ex-commissioner Pathak: Its probe finds he accepted a bribe of Rs 7.8 million from Nepal Engineering College director (ht 27/03/2019), Disgraced anti-graft commissioner Pathak faces corruption case, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/03/2019)

Medical colleges accused of charging extra fee from students to be probed, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 27/03/2019)

Businesses fleecing consumers: Sellers, restaurateurs in capital illegally adding value added tax to retail, menu prices of products, food items, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 27/03/2019)

Corruption-accused appointed adviser to provincial government, by Suryamani Gautam (ht 26/03/2019)

Gandaki Med College officials, who are accused of fleecing students, still at large: Police say they are searching for nine individuals, including the college principal, by Nayak Paudel (kp 25/03/2019)

Waling mayor says they will sue Michael Kobold if the fire truck is not delivered: German watchmaker had promised multiple firefighting vehicles for Nepal and raised thousands of dollars, by Tsering D Gurung (kp 23/03/2019)

A man who embezzled money at all three offices he worked since 2015: The account officer faces charge of misappropriating millions from state coffers, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/03/2019)

Anti-graft watchdog faces scrutiny as bribe cases involving its staff grow: The involved officers will be prosecuted, the agency’s spokesperson Pradeep Koirala says, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/03/2019)

Irregularities reign supreme at Poverty Alleviation Fund: Agency established to combat poverty under probe for misappropriating Rs185 million, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/03/2019)

Anti-graft body to probe stock trading software deal, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 19/03/2019)

Eight years on, construction of the Kamala river bridge yet to complete: A joint venture of the disreputed Pappu Construction was contracted to complete the bridge by the fiscal year 2015-16, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 18/03/2019)

E-procurement system on cards to keep tabs on contractors: Builders have to update the government on the projects they have bagged and the progress made, officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/03/2019)

President, public and precedence, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 15/03/2019)

Anti-graft agency to mobilise teams to catch corrupt government staff, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/03/2019) [Please start at the top!]

More students file fraud case against Gandaki Medical College chair Khuma Aryal and 10 others: The number of students registering the case against the college administration has reached 54, by Nayak Paudel (kp 12/03/2019)

Public entities are recommending errant contractors for blacklisting more than ever: Amid growing media and public scrutiny, the government agencies can no  longer overlook contractors’ shortcomings, officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/03/2019)

Consultant hiring process scrapped for Dharahara reconstruction: Bidder evaluated first faces case of corruption from CIAA, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/03/2019)

Video of frustrated citizens defying roadblock for President sparks discourse over VIP movements, by Anup Oja (kp 07/03/2019) [This is a special form of corruption by arrogant party politicians with royal ambitions!!]

Students file fraud case against Gandaki Medical College: They have charged college officials with raking in millions by charging them exorbitant fees, by Nayak Paudel (kp 04/03/2019)

The big fish in our midstHow is it that corrupt figures participate in our society with their heads held high?, by Sailesh Tiwari (kp 04/03/2019)

Nepal Police least corrupt among public offices, says CIAA (ht 02/03/2019)

Graft cases against local units continue to surge: CIAA study, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/02/2019)

Police inspector faces probe over charge of bribery (ht 27/02/2019)

MoHA recalls personnel being used as orderlies (ht 27/02/2019)

Strengthening CIAA: CIAA should be transformed into  a strong institution led by competent officials (ht 26/02/2019)

Professors demand action against bribe-accused PU dean, by Binod Subedi (rep 26/02/2019)

150 consultancies sent over 700 Nepalis to an Australian institute without accreditation: Education consultancies are asked to furnish details of the number of students they sent to the Australia Institute of Business and Technology, by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/02/2019)

Monitoring the monitors: Fewer people are filing complaints with the anti-graft body, reflecting its fading trust, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 25/02/2019)

CIAA plans dubious means to nab corrupt (ht 25/02/2019)

Teacher, former VDC secy booked for corruption (ht 25/02/2019), Graft cases filed against teacher, former VDC secy (ht 26/02/2019)

Wide-body aircraft scam probe underway: CIAA chief (rep 25/02/2019)

Pappu construction owners released on bail of Rs 1.75 crore each (ht 25/02/2019) [???]

Delayed service, bribery continue to mar government offices: Survey finds service delivery is better in offices of Baitadi compared to Okhaldhunga and Chitwan districts, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/02/2019)

Anti-graft body arrested 154 govt employees for bribery last fiscal (ht 24/02/2019)

CIAA says use of fake credentials for govt jobs on the rise (ht 23/02/2019)

CIAA arrests jailer for  bribery (ht 23/02/2019)

Complaint filed to probe properties of tainted anti-graft official and ‘his associates’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/02/2019)

Nominated lawmakers angry as they are not allowed to spend Rs 40m, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/02/2019) [This once again means that the option is predominantly for male Tagadhari leaders only, expecially male Bahuns! Nevertheless, development investment is not the task of elected legislators, it only helps to promote corruption!]

Passengers obliged to change multiple vehicles in Dolpa-Nepalgunj route, by Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep 21/02/2019)

Getting off easy: Corrupt officials get to resign and  go scot-free, fuelling impunity (kp 21/02/2019)

Probe opened into graft charge against Pathak (ht 20/02/2019)

Back to misrule: If Prime Minister Oli wants to make the country prosperous on the foundation of corruption and misrule, he will surely fail, by Nilam Sangroula (rep 19/02/2019)

Anti-graft official’s bribe case exposes how corruption thrives: Governance experts say letting go Pathak will perpetuate impunity, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/02/2019), CIAA, MPs least interested to implicate Pathak in bribery case (rep 17/02/2019), Prosecute Raj Narayan Pathak (rep 17/02/2019), CIAA discusses probe in Pathak’s graft case (kp 18/02/2019), Take further action: Pathak’s resignation must not make him a free man; he must face charges of corruption and abuse of authority (ht 18/02/2019), CIAA consults AG on Pathak investigation (ht 19/02/2019, Attorney general says CIAA can probe Pathak corruption case: Anti-graft agency sought the office’s opinion if laws allowed it to prosecute him, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/02/2019), Graft watchdog puts fallen commissioner Pathak under probe: Three-member committee is announced to look into bribery scandal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/02/2019), New footage shows Pathak planned to flee (ht 21/02/2019), Rs 7.8 million in sweets boxes: ‘Pathak was planning to extort Rs 250 million from local governments of Province 2’. ‘His brother Shubh Narayan took Rs 1.5 million for securing college affiliation’, by KP Dhungana (rep 21/02/2019), Who carried out sting against Pathak? (ht 23/02/2019)

CIAA flooded with graft complaints in far-west (ht 17/02/2019)

Cops crack down on motorists offering bribe (ht 16/02/2019), Nepal Police intensifies action against bribers, bribe-taking cops, by Biken K Dawadi (rep 16/02/2019)

Anti-graft agency official stares at impeachment over corruption: Commissioner Raj Narayan Pathak faces charge of taking bribe to ‘settle a case’, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 15/02/2019), Impeachment looms over CIAA Commissioner Pathak (rep 15/02/2019), Anti-corruption commissioner resigns over bribery scandal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/02/2019), Pathak puts in his papers, prez accepts (ht 16/02/2019), CIAA’s Pathak resigns under bribery cloud: But will he be booked? (rep 16/02/2019)

Corruption at policy making level worries anti-graft body (ht 15/02/2019)

JC names justice to probe bribery charge against judge Baniya (rep 15/02/2019)

Checking Resource Misuse, by Mukti Rijal (rn 14/02/2019)

Tackling Corruption for Good Governance, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 14/02/2019)

Eight people face corruption cases for revenue dodging, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/02/2019), CIAA books customs officer, seven others for corruption (ht 14/02/2019)

NOC ex-chief out on Rs 25-million bail (ht 13/02/2019) [Obviously, his corrupt practices have been more lucrative than that for him ridiculous amount! There are 186.6 million Rs accumulated on his bank account!!], NOC ex-chief Khadka freed after posting Rs 20.5 million bail (rep 13/02/2019)

Corruption everywhere: Barely any sphere in Nepal remains secure from the clutches of unblushing bribery and nepotism, by Madhab P Khanal (kp 11/02/2019)

Pappu scam pegs back construction of central bank’s Baluwatar office: Given the contractor’s poor track record, officials at the bank are skeptical, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/02/2019)

CIAA suggests measures to fight corruption (ht 10/02/2019)

‘Corruption rampant in public offices’ (ht 09/02/2019)

Government advised to probe corruption in private sector (kp 07/02/2019)

Say watt? Perhaps our elected officials are taking their duty to ‘take charge’ too literally (kp 07/02/2019)

Watchdog draws authority’s attention to one-roomed houses: Transparency International-Nepal alerts the reconstruction body about the suspected bid of families to build small houses to claim the grant, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/02/2019)

Ex-minister among 14 people dragged to court in graft case: CIAA has charged them with irregularities worth Rs315m, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/02/2019), CIAA files corruption case against 14 persons (ht 05/02/2019)

Corruption at high level: Political will lacking to control it, by Ram Dayal Rakesh (ht 04/02/2019)

Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal lawmaker (ht), 7 projects worth Rs 351 billion for PM's constituency: Jhapa-5 is by far the largest recipient of federal projects under PM Oli, by Yuvraj Biwas (rep 04/02/2019)

Two Sajha Swasthya cooperative staff suspended for irregularities, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/02/2019)

As dirty cash flow review nears, Nepal scrambles to make and amend 50 laws: Country runs the risk of being blacklisted if it fails to prepare legislation compatible with global standards, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/02/2019)

54 MPs change PAs after parliament paid latter through bank, by Ashok Dahal (rep 03/02/2019)

Mafia 1 KC 0, by Guffadi (kp 02/02/2019), Dr KC ends fast-unto-death, slams govt for 'policy-level corruption' (ht 02/02/2019), Dr KC ends fast after 24 days, accuses Oli of dishonesty (rep 02/02/2019)

CIAA files case against NEA deputy director (ht 02/02/2019)

Cheating cabbies paid Rs 20m in fines in six months (rep 02/02/2019)

Graft case filed against TMO staffers (ht 01/02/2019)

District court official held for graft, by Nayak Paudel (kp 01/02/2019)

Corruption rampant in local governments: Anti-graft body; Municipalities, rural municipalities are among the most corrupt agencies, CIAA survey shows, by Prithvi Man Shrestha(kp 31/01/2019)

NC to continue with pressure campaign to probe shady Aircraft deal, by Sanjaya Lama (kp 31/01/2019)

Nepal falls two places to 124 on Corruption Perception Index: The political leadership prioritised serving the interests of those who run syndicates and contractors with poor track records, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/01/2019), Nepal slips two notches in global corruption index (ht 30/01/2019), Graph keeps falling: Nepal has slipped from corrupt to  more corrupt in global rankings (kp 31/01/2019) [And this under a government that one year ago has claimed to eradicate corruption!],

TIA radio operator booked for amassing Rs 14 cr (ht 30/01/2019)

CIAA files case, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/01/2019)

Congress mum on wide-body deal: Aircraft purchase scam issue missing from minutes at Deuba’s behest, party insiders say, by Anil Giri (kp 29/01/2019) [This proves the hypocrisy of Nepalese politicians. Civil society is much more effective if the political parties do not participate!]

1,848 projects worth Rs 118 billion fail to meet completion deadline: CIAA (ht 29/01/2019)

Rural roads being constructed in Rolpa without following procedures, by Dinesh Subedi (ht 28/01/2019)

Anti-graft body opens detailed investigation on Airbus A330 deal (kp 25/01/2019), Making hay, our way: Probably nothing much will come out of investigations on wide-body scam. Events bear a “symbolic” and yet uncanny similarity to how Jamal Kashoggi was murdered, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 26/01/2019)

Govt scraps Huawei contract awarded without bidding as CIAA starts probe, by Sunil Sapkota (rep 24/01/2019)

Panel formed to probe into jet purchase deal is directionless: 19 days have passed since the probe body was formed, and it still lacks terms of reference, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/01/2019) [It has obviously been formed gang to prevent facts regarding a participation of leading politicians by doing nothing!]

They want to have no truck  with old vehicles: Most of 16 chiefs of parliamentary panels want new vehicles, but govt has allocated funds for only six (ht 22/01/2019)

CIAA requests govt to revise order of precedence (ht 22/01/2019)

Ex-NRB Governor Rawal posts Rs 1 million bail (rep 22/01/2019)

Two oil pumps found guilty of tampering (kp 21/01/2019)

Ex-minister Pandey posts Rs 40m bail: Sikta irrigation project scam (ht 17/01/2019)

‘Dr KC’s demands won’t be fulfilled’ (ht 16/01/2019) [Admits vested interests of NCP affiliated entrepreneurs!]

Politics in full play as accusations fly over tainted jet purchase deal: House panel tweaks report, takes out the part  that calls for ‘lawful action’ against ministers, by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/01/2019) [????], Poudel calls for enquiry into Deuba’s role in aircraft deal, by Anil Giri (kp 15/01/2019), Deuba denies involvemen, by Arjun Shah (kp 15/01/2019)

Plan to punish contractors dropped after pressure from higher-ups: Some companies with political connections were under scrutiny, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/01/2019)

Over Rs 6b released to local units to implement lawmaker-led projects: Rs40million allocated to 164 out of 165 constituencies as conditional grant, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/01/2019) [Local development projects are not the task of elected legislators! This is a very special form of corruption by the hands of the elected political elite!]

Positive spin gone awry: No bureaucrat or official will have the guts to try to execute this level of fraud without political blessings from the very top, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 12/01/2019)

Accounts committee ignores crucial facts in aircraft purchase probe: Jitendra Dev was not the tourism minister when the first instalment was released to Airbus plane vendor, by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/01/2019), Action against those named in jet scam after panel report, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 11/01/2019) [???], Govt in bid to trash PAC probe report, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 11/01/2019), IRC still probing NAC jet purchase irregularities: Says PAC only considered OAG  report in its investigation, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 12/01/2019), Holes seen in house panel report on jet purchase deal: Despite shortcomings, PAC report has detected stench of corruption wafting over the A330-200 procurement deal, which must be probed, by Rupak D Sharma (ht 12/01/2019)

Anti-graft body drags Shrestha to court, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/01/2019), CIAA files graft case against former transport department chief (ht 10/01/2019)

Bribery rampant in govt offices, finds NVC survey (ht 09/01/2019)

House panel goes soft on ministers: Recommends action against two secretaries, acquits Home Secretary Rai, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 08/01/2019) [There is no rule of law as long as the crimes committed by politicians and their clientele remain unpunished!], PAC for action against current and ex-ministers, clean chit for Rai: Directs govt to suspend MD Kansakar immediately (rep 08/01/2019), Adhikari rejects charges of irregularities in Airbus deal, by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/01/2019), Road to misrule: Lawmakers must act on measures to curb abuse of authority and impose harsh sanctions against those implicated and accused of robbing tax payers, by Kedar Neupane (rep 09/01/2019)

Anti-graft body files case against Khadka: Charges ex-NOC chief with amassing property worth Rs186m illegally, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/01/2019), CIAA sues ex-NOC chief Khadka over Rs 186m in unexplained wealth (rep 08/01/2019), Former NOC chief charged with graft (ht 08/01/2019)

MPs barred from pocketing salaries of aides, drivers, by Ashok Dahal (rep 08/01/2019), Right step by Parliament Secretariat (rep 09/01/2019)

Corruption watchdog seeks e-bus procurement details, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/01/2019)

PM lies to House over contract awarded to Huawei, by Sunil Sapkota (rep 07/01/2019)

Wide-body Plane Purchase and PAC, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 06/01/2019)

PAC report has a long list of recommendations to different entities including CIAA (rep 03/01/2019)

Oli government faces moral quandary: While pressure mounts on the Oli government to open  a fair and comprehensive probe into the case, some  leaders from the ruling Nepal Communist Party say  the government will not take any decision in haste, by Anil Giri (kp 03/01/2019), Wide-body jet deal cost carrier Rs 4.35b in losses: KC report, by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/01/2019), Sky-high corruption: Government must take serious note of the wide-body financial irregularity (kp 03/01/2019), Cabinet forms panel to probe disputed aircraft purchase: Three-member commission set up after a parliamentary subcommittee charges sitting minister and top bureaucrats with embezzling billions, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 04/01/2019), Former ministers Shahi, Dev refute their involvement in NAC irregularities (ht 04/01/2019), Panel fails to endorse subcommittee report for want of revision: Report on aircraft procurement to be endorsed after correcting three major issues, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 05/01/2019), 'Wide-body probe should include aviation expert', by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 05/01/2019), Lawmakers divided over wide-body aircraft scam, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 05/01/2018) [Stop any form of politicisation in the clarification of corruption cases!], Adhikari upbeat as criticism builds over aircraft deal: Minister says he will  not resign only for the ‘superficial’ charges  even as it created moral pressure on him, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/01/2019), ‘Probe panel undermining parliamentary supremacy’: Govt should have formed panel before Parliament started probe’, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 06/01/2019), Bibeksheel Sajha Party files corruption case (rep 07/01/2019), Roll back decision: With much hue and cry being made over the constitution of the probe panel by the government, its very credibility is at stake (ht 07/01/2019)

Payment made for bridges not yet built (ht 03/01/2019)

Complaint filed at CIAA over PMO contract to Huawei agent (rep 02/01/2019)

NVC seeks property details of elected local representatives (ht 02/01/2019)

Around Rs 4b embezzled while buying planes: House sub-panel, by Anil Giri (kp 01/01/2019), Lawmakers call for joint investigation committee, by Anil Giri (kp 02/01/2019), PAC panel faults Minister Adhikari, others in wide-body scam (rep 02/01/2019), Sub-panel recommends action against tourism minister: The PAC sub-committee was formed to look into possible anomalies in NAC’s wide-body aircraft purchase deal, by Umesh Poudel (ht 02/01/2019)

CIAA’s conviction rate in corruption cases takes a hit, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/01/2019)

Anti-graft body to quiz driving licence vendor over plaints, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/12/2018)

Auditor general says minister lied to House panel: Tanka Mani Sharma says Rabindra Adhikari did not consult his office before making payment for the jets, by Anil Giri (kp 27/12/2018)

Elected officials face close scrutiny of dealings, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/12/2018)

CIAA, keep the momentum (rep 26/12/2018)

Land revenue officer among 13 dragged to court over corruption, by Sanjeeb Phuyal (kp 25/12/2018), 16 including land revenue officials charged for selling land by creating fake owner (rep 25/12/2018)

Implement UN’s anti-corruption convention: CIAA (ht 25/12/2018)

CIAA’s 28th annual report: Education sector tops corruption complaints list (rep 25/12/2018)

Cabbies continue to fleece passengers (ht 23/12/2018)

Two secys at health ministry which has office for one, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 22/12/2018)

'Scrap poverty ID cards issued to fake poor', by Janak KC (rep 22/12/2018)

Polymer note printing: Ex-NRB governor Rawal among three faces corruption case; Rawal says he will accept the court’s verdict  while denying any wrongdoing when the contract was awarded to Note Printing Australia, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 21/12/2018)

Deep pockets: Lawmakers have earned notoriety for being unethical and shameless (kp 20/12/2018)

PM’s IT consultant ‘misusing power’ to land big contracts, by Sunil Sapkota (rep 17/12/2018), Misuse of power under PM’s nose (rep 18/12/2018)

Police bust fake citizenship racket in Dhanusha: Seven including four DAO officials arrested, vy Suresh Yadav (rep 17/12/2018), Case filed against eight including assistant CDO for citizenship forgery, by Giriraj Baskota (rep 19/12/2018)

Top leaders’ silence in plane deal conspicuous: Leaders refuse to lead House sub-panels formed to probe dodgy deal, by Anil Giri (kp 16/12/2018)

Fake card holders take bus operators for a ride: Entrepreneurs rue losses due to undeserved discounts n Stationers freely sell fake student IDs, by Bibhu Luitel (kp 14/12/2018)

'Abroad trips by local reps a drain on taxpayers' money' (rep 14/12/2018)

Corruption: Bane of Nation, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 14/12/2018)

Misuse of government vehicles on the rise (rep 13/12/2018)

Legislation planned to pick developer for projects above Rs 50b without bids: PMo pushes draft law with contentious provisions; expert slams decision that ‘will promote corruption’, by Bibek Subedi (kp 13/12/2018), Shaking heads: New law avoiding competitive bidding could breed more corruption (kp 17/12/2018), Don’t award projects without competitive bidding: TIN asks govt (rep 19/12/218)

Taxi drivers face 6-month licence suspension for breaking laws: New rule to fix taxi drivers who cheat passengers, by Nayak Paudel (kp 13/12/2018), Cops book 512 taxi drivers in seven days (ht 15/12/2018), 300 erring taxi drivers penalised (kp 16/12/2018)

Graft rampant in Siraha government offices, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/12/2018)

1,020 officials fail to submit property details: Law states that public official should submit personal property details within 60 days of assuming office, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/12/2018)

Sudurpaschim solves 3,672 graft cases (kp 11/12/2018) [??]

Forty-two firms booked for revenue fraud, by Umesh Poudel (ht 11/12/2018)

Irregularities seen in development projects (rep 11/12/2018)

Misuse of govt vehicles rife in Khotang (ht 11/12/2018)

Accommodation fees being charged ‘illegally’ for walking to Everest, by Khumba Raj Rai (kp 10/12/2018)

Dilemma of corruption: Both bribe payers and bribe takers gain through corrupt transactions, but the cost is passed on to the poor, honest and disfranchised population, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 09/12/2018)

Watchdog files graft case against former minister: Case filed against 21 people at Special Court; Rs2.54b recovery sum sought from Pandey’s firm, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/12/2018), CIAA sues ex-minister Pandey, 20 others for shoddy work on Sikta (rep 08/12/2018), Ex-minister, others booked for embezzling billions (ht 08/12/2018), Welcome initiatives by CIAA (rep 10/12/2018), Will Kalika and its Chinese partner, consulting firm be chargesheated? (rep 10/12/2018)

Court order gives Pappu reprieve: The government had scrapped Pappu’s contract for the construction delay, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 06/12/2018)

Erring builders face seizure of guarantee bond: Politically connected contractors among those on the hit list of the Department of Roads, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/12/2018)

CIAA issues work plan to tackle procurement malpractices: Faults mainly MoPIT and PPMO for problems, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 03/12/2018), Follow CIAA’s recommendations (rep 04/12/2018)

57 civil, security officials held with bribe: The anti-graft body received 4,670 fresh complaints in the first quarter of the current fiscal (ht 03/12/2018)

Local officials ‘use government vehicles to visit dance bars’: Ministry of Federal Affairs awakens to the misuse of cars, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/12/2018)

Education ministry lies about foreign junket expenses (rep 02/12/2018)

173 convicted of bribing for Nepal Army jobs, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/11/2018)

Health Ministry uncertain of status of 8,000 staff on its payroll, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 29/11/2018)

Funds for new cars but not fire engines, by Yubaraj Bibash (rep 29/11/2018)

CIAA, DMLI join forces to jointly fight corruption (ht 29/11/2018)

Lust for luxury: How do we explain President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s craving for luxury? Is this her obsession with power? Has she started to think of herself in terms of former kings and queens?, by Chiranjibi Paudyal (rep 28/11/2018), Government begins process to buy presidential carcade: Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee asks ministries to furnish documents, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/11/2018)

Graft cases filed against 11 persons (ht 28/11/2018)

Government’s purchase of assets abroad is haphazard and ineffective, by Anil Giri (kp 27/11/2018), Auditor general himself audited purchase of Nepal envoy’s mansion in US, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 29/11/2018)

Ministry declines funds to parliament for 23 new vehicles (rep 27/11/2018)

Bus operators defy to register as companies, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 27/11/2018)

President’s motorcade faces red light by Sanjeev Giri (kp 22/11/2018), Minister defends amenities for President, her deputy: It’s the duty of government to strengthen newly established constitutional offices, says Spokesperson Banskota, by Tilak R Pradan (kp 23/11/2018), The People’s President! Why does our President need to live like one of those dictators in a totalitarian regime when most of us barely make enough to provide for our families?, by Guffadi (kp 24/11/2018)

Bir hospital doctor charges ministry with seeking bribes: Officials deny  accusations, say  Dr Adhikari defied the transfer order, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 21/11/2018)

Singha Durbar: Where expensive cars go to die (kp 21/11/2018)

Sugar import quota: Anti-graft body told to look into possible corruption (kp 21/11/2018)

Keep unaccounted transactions below 4 percent: Ministry; Preliminary audit shows sharp rise in financial irregularities, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/11/2018)

Corruption rife at local units, by Ganesh BK (rep 18/11/2018)

Mayor’s construction firm embezzles NEA’s Rs 1.4 million, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 17/11/2018)

Govt replaces ambassador to Israel Thapa with Shakya: Shakya is Prime Minister KP Oli’s sister-in-law (rep 16/11/2018)

Corruption case filed against DSP (ht 15/11/2018)

Driving licence vendor hits speed bump: Contractor produces only 45,000 digital driving licences of  the 500,000 ordered, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 14/11/2018)

Salary as well as pension for some ‘lucky’ ex-bureaucrats, by Dipesh KC (14/11/2018), Moral question to former bureaucrats (rep 15/11/2018)

CIAA files case against senior govt attorney Thapa (rep 14/11/2018)

Room for whom?  Public properties are owned by people, not by those at the helm of affairs (kp 13/11/2018)

Sajha GM files libel case against Nepal Republic Media (rep 13/11/2018)

Govt decides to recall its envoy to South Africa (rep 13/11/2018)

Coastal-Pappu venture close to be blacklisted: Irrigation Department to send papers to Public Procurement Monitoring Office within this week, by Sanjeev Giri and Bibek Subedi (kp 12/11/2018)

Baglamukhi Oil Stores sealed for giving short measure, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 12/11/2018)

180 army personnel face court martial (ht 12/11/2018)

Poaching and smuggling unabated under the nose of local authorities, by Bhagiswar Limbu (rep 11/11/2018)

Watchdog chief says joint effort required to eliminate corruption (kp 06/11/2018)

MPs, party honchos pocket funds meant for hiring PAs, chauffers: Height of moral deficiency, says ex-chief secretary Koirala, by Ashok Dahal (rep 06/11/2018)

Red tape, other charges mar free-visa-free-ticket scheme, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 06/11/2018)

Anti-graft body probes more Pappu projects: Seeks details of seven projects handled by joint ventures involving Rauniyar’s construction firm, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/11/2018)

Two doctors face lawsuit for ‘protecting rapist’ (kp 03/11/2018)

Vigilance exposes teachers’ avarice: Out of 7,920 permanent teachers of the Tribhuvan University, 1,410 moonlight in other colleges; Teachers conduct just  three to four hours of classes in a week instead of at least 12-15 hours  of classes (kp 02/11/2018)

NCP office pilfering electricity, by Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp 01/11/2018)

Jumla Airport closed for locals, not for minister, by DB Budha (rep 01/11/2018)

SC lets convicted NTB ex-chief file appeal while free on bail (rep 01/11/2018)

Pappu projects face axe Sikta and Mid Hill Highway (Eastern) projects threaten to scrap delayed irrigation and two bridge projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/10/2018)

Dr Bhaktaman Shrestha convicted of corruption (rep 31/10/2018)

CIAA revises modus operandi to act tough against mismatching property (rep 31/10/2018)

President’s Qatar visit halts TIA flights (rep 30/10/2018) [??????]

Accounts officer accused of financial irregularities (ht 30/10/2018)

Activist renews date dispute against former CJ Parajuli (kp 29/10/2018)

3 land revenue staff among 7 charged in bogus land deal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/10/2018)

Politicians, bureaucrats misuse Melamchi Project vehicles, by Sunil Sapkota (rep 29/10/2018)

KUKL’s Bhainsepati staffers selling water on sly, by Shivahari Ghimire (rep 29/10/2018)

Ministry for repealing tax settlement Act: Move follows  controversy over exemption of taxes totalling Rs21 billion granted by the Tax Settlement Commission: Move follows  controversy over exemption of taxes totalling Rs21 billion granted by the Tax Settlement Commission, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/10/2018)

Foreign employment fraud: Anti-graft body drags 25 officials to court; Charged with facilitating departures of Nepali women to Kuwait based on fake documents and without visa, by Prithvi Man Shrtestha (kp 27/10/2018)

Around 200 soldiers face court-martial in bribery scandal (kp 27/10/2018)

Petrol pump fined for giving short measure (kp 26/10/2018)

NOC to install locking system on all tankers (kp 26/10/2018)

Should Pappu JV build central bank building? National Reconstruction Authority seeks advice of Prime Minister’s Office, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/10/2018)

Traders selling NFC’s rice at high price, by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 16/10/2018)

Irregularities suspected in granting of BCA permissions (rep 15/10/2018)

Probe questions consultants’ role in Sikta canal collapse, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/10/2018), Team submits probe report to anti-graft body (kp 15/10/2018), Govt probe faults Sikta project design, silent on contractor (rep 15/10/2018), Inept consultants: Action should be taken against highly paid experts if they goof up (kp 16/10/2018)

Black market rife at travel ticket counters, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/10/2018)

Department of Roads refuses to accept new bridge over Bishnumati, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/10/2018)

CoAS seeks support to end graft in Army: Says micromanaging affairs of national defence force is unacceptable (kp 12/10/2018)

House subcommittee accuses government of favouring cartel, by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/10/2018), House sub-committee find 'collusion' in fixing sugar price: Calls for CIAA investigation, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 12/10/2018)

MPs Or Development Executives?, by Mukti Rijal (rn 11/10/2018)

Cases related to local levels flooding CIAA (ht 11/10/2018)

Watchdog traps joint attorney with cash bribe in Pokhara (kp 11/10/2018)

Sleuths arrest three fraudsters (kp 11/10/2018)

CIAA books 10 transport officials (ht 10/10/2018)

Kathmandu-7 seat up for grabs: MP Rambir Manandhar resigns to ‘accommodate’ Bamdev Gautam (kp 09/10/2018), Lawmaker buckles under pressure, clears ground for ‘desperate’ Bamdev: Manandhar says the party will decide if he was to quit. He would then hand in his resignation to the Speaker, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 10/10/2018) [Unbelievable procedure to bring a democratically rejected failed 'leader' back into power positions!], Bamdev to try yet another controversial poll race: NCP lawmaker announces resignation to pave way for him (rep 10/10/2018) [In the interest of democracy and the rule of law, he should be rejected!], Move to field Gautam in Kathmandu-7 ‘may backfire’: Preparations for by-poll in Kathmandu-7 don’t go down well with party cadres and general public, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 11/10/2018) [Hopefully!], What a sham(e): The unnecessary by-elections make a mockery of the election process (kp 11/10/2018) [This is anti-democratic nepotism in its purest form!], In democracy, no one is indispensable (rep 11/10/2018), Bamdev backs off after outrage over re-poll plan, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 12/10/2018), Bamdev-Rambir Drama: Party Bruised, Lesson Learnt, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 14/10/2018) [This remains to be doubted!]

 CIAA wants law amended to probe inter-govt organization staff, by Ashok Dahal (rep 09/10/2018)

Pappu man ‘pays over Rs300,000 to victims’ kin’: Hari Narayan’s relative gave Rs 305,000 each to the families of the deceased. According to Ram Babu Sah, who lost his mother in the boat tragedy, Hari Narayan’s son-in-law Maheshwor Kurmi handed them the money, by Shiva Puri (kp 09/10/2018) [??], Officials in dilemma over awarding central bank building deal to Pappu, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/10/2018)

‘Project deal without funds delays works’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/10/2018)

Speaker sees conflict of interests in parliamentary committees: The House of Representatives Regulations- 2018 bars lawmakers having personal interest from joining discussions on related issues at the House committee, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/10/2018)

Property details of central members: Poll body warns parties over reporting delays, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/10/2018)

CIAA charges lawmaker Rauniyar and his son for poor bridge works, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/10/2018)

Graft scandal grips Aurahi municipal office: Residents in protest demanding disclosure of spending details, by Rabindra Uprety (kp 05/10/2018)

Army questioned over business deals (kp 03/10/2018)

MP Rauniyar signed construction contract: While Sumit, the firm’s chairman, is wanted for the Lalbakaiya tragedy, his father Hari Narayan is found to have signed the bridge deal, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 03/10/2018)

Plea to end nexus between Nepali agents and hospitals in New Delhi Embassy for booking agents sending patients from Nepal to Indian hospitals, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 30/09/2018)

Auditor general tells public entities to clear accounts by mid-February: Annual Performance Review of the Public Enterprises-2018 shows auditing of 25 of the 35 public enterprises has not been on time (kp 30/09/2018)

House panel to probe Airbus purchase deal, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 28/09/2018), Nepal Airlines flouted own laws, says Auditor general (kp 29/09/2018)

Stakeholders smell rat in Sikta probes delay, by Arjun Oli (rep 28/09/2018)

OCR deputy registrars arrested: CIB had earlier arrested 12 persons in connection with the multi-million rupees scam (ht 28/09/2018)

Budget cut compels vigilance centre to trim its activities (kp 27/09/2018)

The deadly nexus: The nexus between contractors, politicians and bureaucrats has been the biggest bane of Nepal’s infrastructure development projects (ht 27/09/2018)

Principal accused of rolling out salary to his absent daughter, by Tanka Chhetri (rep 27/09/2018)

Diplomatic passport provisions eased, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 26/09/2018), Lawmakers amend passport bill in their favor (rep 27/09/2018)

Embezzlement at Poverty Alleviation Fund: Director among nine officials convicted (kp 26/09/2018)

Bus syndicates nearly back in business as usual (rep 26/09/2018), MPs grill Mahaseth over transport syndicates lingering on: Proposal to allow 20-year-old vehicles also draws fire (rep 27/09/2018), Six transport committees claim 66 million in expenses, by Arpana Ale Magar (27/09/2018)

Directive on foreign visits gets approval (kp 24/09/2018)

Local Infrastructure Development Partnership Programme: Guideline allows MPs to execute 20 projects in single constituency; The working procedure goes against the budgetary provision, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/09/2018)

Two doctors accused of protecting child rapist: Two doctors at Janakpur Zonal Hospital allegedly took bribe to alter medical test results of rape victim (kp 22/09/2018)

Govt criticized for honoring doc who failed NMC test (rep 22/09/2018)

ID cards for households below poverty line given to wealthy in Bajura (ht 22/09/2018)

Ghimire appointed CIAA chief commissioner (kp 21/09/2018), Will new CIAA boss expedite work on high-profile scams? (rep 21/09/2018)

Pappu Construction 'deceives' Udayapur locals, too, by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 21/09/2018), Pappu Construction violates approved design in four bridges: Infrastructure Ministry’s study reinforces growing concerns over quality of projects handled by the firm, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/09/2018), Pappu delay disrupts local life and trade: Pappu has been accused of missing the deadline on 25 bridge construction deals, out of a total of 41 construction contracts, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 22/09/2018), Pappu ‘certain to win Nepal Rastra Bank contract’ Officials confirm the company’s quotation is the lowest among 12 bidders vying for the project (kp 23/09/2018) [???], Why can't govt blacklist Pappu Construction? Pappu lands another big contract (rep 24/09/2018), Arrest warrant issued against Pappu Construction chairman: Lawmakers object to owners’ inclusion in parliamentary development panel, by Prithvi Man Shrestha and Shiva Puri (kp 26/09/2018), Scandalous Pappu sold contract of Postal Highway (kp 28/09/2018)

‘Co-ops engage in misconduct due to indifferent members’ (kp 21/09/2018)

Heli rescue fraud tarnishes Nepal’s image: By tarring everyone with same brush, the government's investigations may have magnified damage, by Robert Skinner (nt 21/09/2018)

Road officials relent to Pappu's demand, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 20/09/2018)

CIAA begins quizzing Sikta officials, by Rudra Khadka (rep 18/09/2018)

Nexus between officials, smugglers abetting deforestation, by Arjun Oli (rep 18/09/2018)

Government to unfreeze accounts of transport syndicates in exchange for Dashain bookings (rep 18/09/2018) [admitting continued crime and corruption!]

Nine cops held for bribery (ht 17/09/2018)

Errant hydropower projects under scanner: These hydro projects were awarded a generation licence before mid-August 2015 but majority of them have performed dismally in terms of construction progress (kp 16/09/2018)

Rautes seek details of expenditure, by Govinda KC (rep 16/09/2018)

CIAA starts probe into Nepal Airlines’ aircraft purchase misconduct, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/09/2018), Charges mount against tainted NAC board member Pahadi (kp 19/09/2018)

No more state funds for care abroad, by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/09/2018), Overseas treatment: The decision to stop paying for medical treatment of political leaders welcome (kp 17/09/2018)

Prime Minister Oli and Corruption, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 13/09/2018)

Pappu Construction has billions in contracts—and little work to show, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/09/2018), Catching tigers: Contractors under political umbrellas deserve prosecution for their failures (kp 12/09/2018)

Education Ministry tops dubious record: Anti-graft body records 3,570 or 18.32 percent complaints against Education Ministry followed by Federal Affairs Ministry with 3,511 (kp 11/09/2018)

Sajha Prakashan under scanner for misusing JEMC papers (rep 10/09/2018)

Dashain becomes a bargaining chip: Transport entrepreneurs refuse to open advance bookings for the festival until government unfreezes their bank accounts, by Sanjeev Giri and Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/09/2018) [Not the rule of law and free market economy shall be enforced but syndicates and corruption!?]

Mayor catches staffers with bribe (ht 10/09/2018)

‘Discourage the use of diplomatic passports’, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 09/09/2018)

PM Oli's use of official residence for private event draws flak, by Bikan K Dawadi (rep 08/09/2018)

CC recommends Ghimire for CIAA chief (rep 06/09/2018)

CIAA probe still inconclusive on Jabdighat bridge collapse (rep 05/09/2018)

Project secy forges signatures to withdraw money (ht 05/09/2018)

NCP plans by-election in Dolpa To announce poll and lawmaker Budha’s resignation simultaneously, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 02/09/2018) [???]

Instead of punishment, contractors get deadline extension for sluggish work, by Tanka Chhetri (rep 01/09/2018)

Corruption runs deep and wide: Corruption is no more only a case where one takes money straight away from the service seekers. It has taken a shape where it is difficult to find out who the culprit is, by Surya Nath Upadhyay (rep 30/08/2018)

APF DSP sacked for smuggling (ht 29/08/2018)

Say no to syndicate:The decision to end syndicate was right and just but the government did not have a concrete plan to implement it, by Ashish Gajurel (rep 26/08/2018)

Millions spent on personal vehicles, nothing on public welfare (rep 23/08/2018), No basic services in villages but millions spent on vehicles for chiefs (rep 24/08/2018)

Global insurers threaten to stop cover for tourists: Four hospitals Swacon International Hospital, Era Health Centre, CIWEC Hospital and Vayodha Hospitals and three helicopter companies Heli Everest, Manang Air and Air Dynasty Heli Services are being scrutinised by the government for quoting exorbitant rates and making claims against tourist insurance policies, by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/08/2018)

Quarrying licenses on sale: majority of those acquiring quarrying licenses and controlling mines are those who have access to power and higher officials, by Dipesh KC (rep 22/08/2018)

Destroy mafia-controlled syndicate at Kalimati market (rep 22/08/2018)

Despite losses, public firms dole out millions in perks, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/08/2018)

CIAA tells govt to review perks of public entities boards, staff: Out of 11 public entities studied by the CIAA, most were founding providing their staff additional benefits other than regular salaries (rep 21/08/2018)

Fake rescue scam: Government initiates action against guilty companies; Flight Connection Domestic alone received $22.4 million in payments from insurance companies, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 21/08/2018)

Complaints drop by half after canon cuts anti-graft body power (kp 20/08/2018) [The most corrupt have been taken out of control of CIAA!]

Federal units using tax money to appease party cadres, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 20/08/2018)

Local government imposes Rs 50 per kg ‘export tax’ on apples, by LP Devkota (kp 20/08/2018) [Those responsible should be brought to justice!]

Police accused of protecting dual citizenship holder, by Suresh Yadav (rep 20/08/2018)

Elected representatives sideline public welfare to fulfill personal needs (rep 19/08/2018)

Himalayan Cargo operator ‘evaded tax’: Department of Revenue Investigation seeks three-year jail, Rs 2.72 billion in penalty for husband-and-wife team, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 18/08/2018)

Misuse of state-provided housing may bring 3 yrs jail, Rs 1m fine (rep 17/08/2018)

Civil servant held for bribery (kp 16/08/2018)

Govt splashes millions for Asian Games with slim prospect of medals: 31 officials each to receive Rs 8500 allowance per day, by Abhishek Subedi (rep 16/08/2018)

Representatives accused of preferring excursion to development projects, by Anil Bhandari (rep 15/08/2018)

Victims of conflict-era land transactions forced to purchase the same land twice, by Devendra Basnet (rep 14/08/2018)

Ex-minister, rich landlords listed as poor, by Krishna Oli and Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 13/08/2018), MP demands re-distribution of ID to poor (rep 14/08/2018), Stop misuse of ID cards meant for poor (rep 14/08/2018)

Seven people die every day in road accidents in Nepal 12/08/2018)

Freed Haliyas claim leaders and gov officials extorted portion of their rehabilitation fund: While the situation of freed Haliyas has remained unchanged, those working for their 'welfare' have become rich overnight, by Pushkar Bahdnari (rep 12/08/2018)

Accountability Matters, by D.M. Thapa (rn 11/08/2018), Public officers asked to submit property details (ht 11/08/2018)

‘Lokman offered Rs 100 million bribe to then CJ Karki’ (rep 11/08/2018)

Over 5,000 civil staff went on foreign junkets last year: Cutting down on the practice of foreign junkets was one of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s first instructions when he assumed office on February 15 (kp 09/08/2018)

Graft case against local level staff (kp 08/08/2018)

Constituency projects to follow old model: Lawmakers can execute projects of Rs 1 million in their constituencies, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/08/2018) [This opens the door to corruption and contradicts the ideal of a controlled development policy, which the Oli government allegedly wants to achieve with its National Integrity Policy!]

Sikta scam: Canal testing knowingly delayed till after Defect Liability Period, by Rudra Pangeni and Rudra Khadka (rep 08/08/2018) [Corruption everywhere!], CIAA also forms panel to probe Sikta canal collapse (rep 11/08/2018), Several Sikta chiefs 'ignored' sub-standard work, by Rudra Khadka and Arjun Oli (rep 13/08/2018), MPs shied from reporting canal work flaws 4 years ago, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 14/08/2018)

CIAA settled 12,400 plaints last fiscal (ht 06/08/2018)

Govt starts probing irregularities at SWC: Member Secretary Bhatta recalled to Ministry (rep 05/08/2018)

Dilly-dallying at PMO leaves envoy appointments uncertain: Some question over choice of ex-chief election commission Upreti (rep 05/08/2018)

Dolpa youths unite against NCP's plan to elect Gautam from Dolpa (rep 04/08/2018)

Migrant workers suffer as agents use fake papers: The issue of fake NOC came to light last week when 16 Nepali women were rescued in Delhi, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 02/08/2018)

TU associate professor plagiarizes to get promotion (rep 02/08/2018)

Shakya's hotel found to have encroached upon Fewa Lake, by Prashant Lamichhane (rep 01/08/2018)

Govt moves to clamp down on helicopter rescue scam, by Sangam Prasain (kp 31/07/2018)

Politicians only milking Sikta Irrigation Project: Locals, by Arjun Oli (rep 31/07/2018)

Province 5 members to see hefty hike in their allowances, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 30/07/2018)

Save open spaces around the country (rep 30/07/2018)

Engineer Suresh Thakur arrested with Rs 3.6 m bribe (rep 29/07/2018)

Provisions in NCP (NCP) statute ruffles feathers of leaders, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 29/07/2018) [There are no rules or laws for godlike leaders! Such provisions apply only to the rank and file!]

Public Enterprises Board scrapped after neglect: Formed in 2012 with an aim to end political appointments, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/07/2018)

Two officials caught red-handed while taking bribe, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 28/07/2018)

Officials enjoy junkets on taxpayer’s money (kp 27/07/2018)

‘Local levels splurging on vehicles’ (ht 27/07/2018)

Forum chairman blames ‘mediocre’ printers for taxis ot giving receipts: Metropolitan Traffic Police deploys 20 undercover officers to monitor rogue taxi drivers (kp 26/07/2018)

Lalitpur mayor’s junkets under CIAA scanner, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/07/2018)

Roll-call of protocol practices: It is public knowledge that Nepal’s ambassadorial appointments are largely auctioned to highest bidder among cronies and those showered with nepotism rather than merit, by P. Kharel (rep 23/07/2018)

DRI seeks Rs990m bail from tax evaders: Customs agent Nawaraj Upadhyaya at Bhairahawa customs office and his son were arrested on the charge of helping an individual evade tax worth Rs 180 million (kp 22/07/2018)

282 transport firms listed after end to syndicate: Order fails to make company registration mandatory, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/07/2018), Transporters get five more months to come under Companies Act (rep 21/07/2018), Govt sets mid-Jan deadline for registration of transport firms (kp 24/07/2018)

Kleptocrats of Kathmandu and Kuala Lumpur: Politicians and recruiters in Nepal and Malaysia collude to loot poor Nepali migrant workers, by Ramu Sapkota and Alyaa Alhadjri (nt 20/07/2018)

Govt likely to give more time to transport operators: A task force report has recommended more time for transport entrepreneurs to register as companies (kp 17/07/2018)

Govt officer held with bribe (kp 16/07/2018)

Wrong prescription: PM Oli’s stated goal is to ensure prosperity to all but medical bill will profiteer only a tiny section (kp 16/07/2018)

CIAA reluctant to reopen Ganesh Thapa file (rep 14/07/2018)

Home ministry pressures doc to issue disability certificates to fit ex-Maoist fighters (rep 13/07/2018)

SC stays decisions to dismiss 2 chiefs (kp 13/07/2018), SC stays govt decision to sack two Deuba appointees (rep 13/07/2018), Sacking of political appointees stayed, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 13/07/2018)

Challenges facing the country: Unless addressed in time, corruption and misuse of authority are likely to increase, by Binoj Basnyat (kp 13/07/2018)

Hetauda Hospital bilking women of incentives (ht 12/07/2018)

SC team off to Georgia without seeking govt approval (rep 11/07/2018)

Gold smuggling probe committee likely to end investigation: An official of the committee said that the government wants the committee to end its probe without further ado as it does not want the committee to go deep into the matter and reveal senior politicians reportedly involved in the case (rep 10/07/2018) [!!!]

CIAA probe delays NT’s 4G service expansion (ht 09/07/2018)

Money laundering case: OAG appeals against Special Court decision; The OAG had earlier failed to appeal the exoneration of another mob boss Rajeev Gurung aka Deepak Manange (kp 03/07/2018) [Political corruotion on highest level!!]

Advocates accuse judges of taking bribes: Bar protest obstructs High Court hearings for fifth day, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 02/07/2018)

Rolpa contractors still await payment for projects completed long ago, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 02/07/2018)

Govt shows flexibility to transport bodies (ht 02/07/2018)

Prosperity delusion: Lawmakers have always treated the state fund as their personal purse. They use it to secure their vote banks for elections, by  Kamal Raj Dhungel (rep 01/07/2018)

Bill for Med Edu Ordinance tabled: Altering of major provisions will allow more medical colleges in Kathmandu Valley, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 30/06/2018), Dr KC starts hunger strike in Jumla (kp 01/07/2018) [Brutal police force against against peaceful civil society action!], Dr KC starts 15th hunger strike, is briefly arrested, by DB Budha (rep 01/07/2018), Replacement medical education bill draws flak (rep 01/01/2018), Regressive bill: The replacement bill the govt is planning to introduce will deal a blow to efforts at improving medical education (ht 03/07/2018), Dr KC in emergency unit, by LP Devkota (kp 05/07/2018), Dr KC refuses medical aid, says ‘ready to die in Karnali’, by LP Devkota (kp 06/07/2018), Govt registers National: Medical Education Bill: Legislation does not address concerns raised by Dr Govinda KC; Congress leader Thapa says party will block the bill’s passage (kp 07/07/2018), Doctors at Bharatpur Hospital stand in solidarity with Dr KC (kp 07/07/2018), The crazy authoritarian doctor: It is possible to change a corrupt system. You don’t need to form a political party. You just need courage!, by Guffadi (kp 07/07/2018), PM sticks to his guns: Prime Minister Oli says Maitighar Mandala will remain no-protest zone; Kathmandu will have more medical colleges to stem student outflow, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 08/07/2018) [,,,and, especially, to fill the pockets of leading NCP politicians and their clientele!], Dr KC’s health ‘worsens’, by LP Devkota (kp 08/07/2018)

Petrol theft by tanker driver on the rise in Pyuthan, by Shamsher Bikram GC (rep 28/06/2018)

National Vigilance Centre report: Bhaktapur revenue staff ‘most corrupt’ (kp 24/06/2018)

Property details of Ministers: Poor ministers, rich wives, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 24/06/2018)

Call for probe into corruption in Haliya rehabilitation programme, by DR Panta (kp 21/06/2018)

Agitation halted after CAAN sends Rs 2bn (ht 21/06/2018)

Contractors yet to receive Rs 580m (ht 21/06/2018) [related to Dolakha district] [This is the difference: The contractors have to fulfil their agrrements but the state must not!!

Finance Ministry gives clarity on provincial government grants (kp 20/06/2018) [Development programs must not be run in a deliberate way by elected MPs in their constituencies!]

Sarlahi forest officials accused of timber smuggling, by Biken K. Dawadi (rep 18/06/2018)

Mahakali project in pits as crews extract stones, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 17/06/2018)

Province 4 lawmakers not to get constituency development fund, by Bishan Chhetri (rep 17/06/2018)

DSP among four suspended for timber smuggling (ht 15/06/2018)

हामी नै भ्रष्टाचारी : अब गर्ने के ?, by Rabindra Mishra (ap 15/06/2018)

Central govt tightens foreign visit norms: Officials travelling abroad without approval will not get recommendation for visas from the Department of Consular Service (kp 12/06/2018)

Foul play in project bids: Report; Public Procurement Monitoring Office points to possible collusion among bidders to win contracts, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (rn 10/06/2018)

16 parties yet to submit poll expense details: Expenditure details are required to make parties accountable, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 10/06/2018)

Heavy vehicles defy top court, ply BP Highway: Bus service providers and crusher operators have allegedly co-opted local administrations to ensure the apex court’s order is not enforced, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 08/06/2018), No entry for heavy vehicles on BP Highway, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 09/06/2018)

Saptari DAO involved in fake citizenship racket: Police probe, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 07/06/2018)

Anomalies in govt contracts: Coterie contractors immune to Home Ministry offensive; Almost all the projects contracted by Pappu Construction of SSF-N lawmaker Hari Narayan Rauniyar and Shailung Construction of Sharada Prasad Adhikari, known to be close to Pushpa Kamal Dahal, are running behind schedule, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/06/2018), Home Ministry vows action
against delinquent builders (kp 07/05/2018), Authorities arrest two firm owners for not delivering (kp 07/06/2018), Contractors blame late payment for delay: Federation of Contractors’ Association of Nepal says contractors are yet to receive around Rs 55b from the government, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/06/2018), Contractors facing action in Okhaldhunga (ht 07/06/2018), Act without bias: As road contracts worth Rs3.86 remain incomplete, govt should punish all dawdlers (kp 08/06/2018), Home Ministry did not seek support of Physical Infrastructure Ministry: Builders and contractors are displeased with the way the Home Ministry is treating delinquent contractors; they want contract violations punished under pertinent law (kp 09/06/2018), Minister Mahaseth assures contractors of ‘no arrest’ (kp 18/06/2018), MoHA decides to stop action against non-performing contractors (rep 25/06/2018)

Bir Hospital officials under NVC scanner (ht 04/06/2018)

CIAA loses momentum in fight against corruption (rep 03/06/2018)

Youth start-up loan plan elicits academia cynicism: Experts say ‘lack of clarity’ on bank loans against academic certificates as collateral, by Anup Ojha (kp 03/06/2018)

New laws for pardon, waiver, suspension, commutation of sentence sought (ht 03/06/2018)

Bribery as wealth redistribution: A whimsical look at how the Nepali state uses corruption to spread the cash around, by Anil Chitrakar (nt 01/06/2018)

No action yet against 43 officials fingered by medical probe panel (rep 01/06/2018)

Lawmakers or project managers? MPs must stick to their job of monitoring government activities, not managing them, by Mohan Kumar Rai (kp 29/05/2018) [But it's imperative for their corrupt ambitions!], Budget fails to please even ruling party MPs: FinMin Khatiwada faces ire for saying that he was forced to include Constituency Development Fund (kp 01/06/2018)

Commuting in a lawless country: The proof of the pudding is in the eating. It will not be long before we know if this ‘government of the proletariat’ will bring about changes to a public transport sector mired with greed and misconduct, by Mohan Guragain (kp 26/05/2018)

Mahaseth the richest minister in Cabinet: PM Oli’s cash deposit swelled to Rs5.2m in two years, PMO records show (kp 24/05/2018), Ministers’ spouses richer than their better halves: True to his name, Transport Minister Raghubir Mahaseth is the richest of them all (ht 24/05/2018) [How can politicians without special functions multiply their wealth within 2-3 years?], Rich wives, poor husbands! Karods is nothing in this land. We see mundrey dons driving around in luxury vehicles. It seems that our politicians are the godfathers and they can get away with everything, by Guffadi (kp 26/05/2018)

Security locks installed on 1,260 tankers: The security locking system is a specially designed safety measure that is being implemented by Indian Oil Corporation in India (kp 23/05/2018)

Forest ministry recalls corrupt official (kp 23/05/2018)

‘Rule of criminals and corrupt people will end’ (kp 22/05/2018) [By freeing and promoting convicted murderers and generally by close cooperation between leading politicians and criminals??]

Potential defaulters flocking to poorly managed co-ops (kp 22/05/2018)

13,390 officials not submitting property details to face action (rep 22/05/2018)

Sub-inspector under probe in driving test bribery case (kp 21/05/2018)

Break syndicate in all sectors, home minister tells police (ht 21/05/2018)

7,500 claims filed seeking compensation: Oriental cooperative apparently misused an eye-popping Rs 4.20 billion in deposits (ht 21/05/2018)

Ministry transfers official who crushed bus cartels: Motive questioned as Transport Department DG Rupnarayan Bhattarai is recalled (kp 19/05/2018) [Step to safeguard syndicates and corruption??], Government tightens noose on public transport committees: Ministry seeks info on properties that go to state coffers after mid-July (kp 20/05/2018), Minister Mahaseth denies
politics in DG Bhattarai’s transfer (kp 23/05/2018) [What else?], Former DoTM DG Bhattarai back at MoPIT again (ht 29/05/2018)

Govt to scrap fees unfairly levied on Malaysia-bound Nepali workers: Minister says government committed to dismantling all cartels in the foreign employment sector, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/05/2018), Med centre, VLN operators booked for overcharging Malaysia-bound workers (kp 21/05/2018)

Scholarship grant to non-existent school! (rep 18/05/2018)

Leaders spar over funds: UML chairman says Member of Parliament’s job is to make laws, not dole out funds, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/05/2018), 51 projects flout rules: New study: NGO FEG Nepal exposes lawmakers’ violations (kp 20/05/2018), PM moots new CDF modality, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 20/05/2018)

'Local representatives also involved in Sunkoshi excavation': Locals have claimed that the excavation began after formation of the local government, by Anil Bhandari (rep 16/05/2018)

Govt official caught while taking bribe (rep 15/05/2018)

Only a third of local reps submit property details (kp 14/05/2018)

Guideline on bringing austerity and effectiveness in public expenditure: Govt scraps most of perks, incentives of civil servants (kp 11/05/2018))

UML MPs want govt to continue doling outconstituency budget, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/05/2018)

Clear case of lack of public accountability: Rs 18 billion collected for Budhi Gandaki haydel project, Rs 1.6 billion for heritage reconstruction, but progress is dismal (ht 05/05/2018)

Easier said than done: The question on everyone’s mind is how systematised corruption will be rooted out, by Binoj Basnyat (kp 02/05/2018)

Education ministry doles out money and forgets (rep 02/05/2018)

Govt bans officials from taking up sponsored trips (kp 30/04/2018)

MPs call for renewing constituency budget, by Binod Ghimire and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/04/2018) [The running of development projects should not be the task an parliamentarians! It only opens the door to favouritism and corruption!], Lawmakers' lobby for continuity of controversial fund sparks concerns, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 29/04/2018), Lawmakers ‘misuse special project funds’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/05/2018), Constituency Development Funds, by Mukti Rijal (rn 03/05/2018)

Govt accountant under probe in Rs 75m swindle: Rabin Chandra Dhakal stands accused of syphoning off millions of rupees from public funds, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/04/2018)

Taxmen clamp down on fake excise duty stickers, by Shanker Acharya (kp 27/04/2018)

Parliament staff enjoy 80 pc perks under dodgy decision (rep 27/08/2018)

Cabinet ratifies foreign visit rule for officials (kp 25/04/2018)

Gold smuggling probe puts ex-DIG in net (kp 23/04/2018), Ex-IGPAryal likely to be quized in gold smuggling case (rep 27/04/2018)

Bus owners use political nexus: Rift among entrepreneurs n Govt ‘firm’ on action, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/04/2018)

Rautahat deploys police at gas stations to curb smuggling: Move after gas stations found colluding with smugglers, by Shiva Puri (kp 20/04/2018)

Swollen Unsettled Account: As usual, the Office of the Attorney General, OAG, has presented a gloomy picture of government accounting (sp 20/04/2018)

Govt employees no longer ‘attracted’ to TIA immigration office (ht 18/04/2018)

Proposed integrity policy to bar MPs, local reps from businesses: Policy says lawmakers and local officials should not engage in businesses, receive benefits from commercial entities and work for organisations for regular pay, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 17/04/2018)

Cudgelling corruption: During the multiparty democratic dispensation, corruption got democratized. In federal democratic republic Nepal, corruption seems to have become institutionalized, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 17/04/2018)

Corruption in rationing electricity: Minister vows action against perpetrators; Despite erratic power  supply in the past, some big industries were supplied power while keeping people in the dark, literally: Minister Pun (kp 16/04/2018)

Ranger accused of colluding with smugglers (ht 16/04/2018)

AG exposes dubious accounting practices (kp 13/04/2018), Reckless expenses up: OAG report, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 13/04/2018), Rs 120 billion govt expenditure unaccounted for: OAG (rep 13/04/2018), EC spent millions in donor funds with no audit: OAG report (rep 13/04/2018), OAG report shows rampant financial irregularities in EC (ht 15/04/2018), Lawmakers took Rs 50m in perks, says top auditor: Lawmakers made allowances effective retrospectively  by endorsing the law before its promulgation (kp 15/04/2018), Rs 155b allocated out of budget for road projects: Ambition of finance ministers behind financial indiscipline: Experts (rep 15/04/2018), NAC breached law in procurement of wide-body jets: OAG (rep 15/04/2018), Questions hover over Nepal Army’s helicopter purchase: Decisions made out of compulsion and necessity, NA defends (kp 16/04/2018), Income and expenditure of temples opaque: OAG (rep 16/04/2018), Lack of a cost conscious culture has allowed those in govt to believe they can spend the state’s money as they like, interview with Auditor General Tankamani Sharma (kp 16/04/2018), 39.05% more housing grant beneficiaries than 2011 census data, by Bishnu Tamang (rep 16/04/2018), OAG concerned about unpaid VAT worth Rs166m (kp 17/04/2018), OAG finds discrepancies in Bouddhanath stupa reconstruction (rep 17/04/2018), Four agriculture projects spent nearly Rs 2 billion for consultant services: OAG (rep 18/04/2018), No records of resources spent on officials’ foreign visits (kp 22/04/2018), Rs 2.64b in unsettled accounts at Health ministry (rep 23/04/2018)

District Survey chief caught red-handed with bribe (kp 13/04/2018)

Government bodies splurge Rs 500b, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/04/2018)

Law to control rampant under-invoicing missing (ht 11/04/2018)

Parshuram Basnet acquitted in money laundering case (ht 09/04/2018)

Catch the corrupt: Nepal’s new leaders have a duty and opportunity to redefine and wipe out corruption, by Shubhash Wostey (kp 08/04/2018)

Delays prevent naming chief of anti-graft body (kp 08/04/2018)

Expert groups to support anti-graft body (kp 08/04/2018)

CIAA arrests technicians while taking bribe (rep 07/04/2018)

SSP Lohani under probe in gold smuggling case (kp 06/04/2018)

How they kept Nepal in the dark ages: Prolonged power cuts were not due to undersupply but because of rampant corruption, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 06/04/2018)

CIAA starts quality test of infra projects (kp 05/04/2018)

New law to restrict 'unnecessary foreign junket': Of late, government employees have been spending over a billion rupees on foreign visits every year (rep 04/04/2018), MoFAGA seeks details of foreign visits made by local reps, government staffers (ht 05/04/2018)

Anomalies in Nepal Red Cross Society: 'Syndicate' in membership distribution promoting massive corruption, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 02/04/2018)

CIAA files 99 graft cases in nine months (ht 31/03/2018)

Flood victims padlock ward office in Rajbiraj (ht 30/03/2018)

Six public entities under probe: National Vigilance Centre investigating into Nepal Electricity Authority’s metre installation process, by Prithvi Mabn Shrestha (kp 29/03/2018)

NBA vows to make judiciary free of graft, by Thakur Singh Tharu (ht 26/03/2018), Call for clipping CJ's wings to curb corruption, by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 26/03/2018)

Elected representatives look on as forest officer is attacked (kp 26/03/2018)

High-level panel grills Oriental chief Basnet (ht 24/03/2018)

Woman held for attempting to bribe cops (ht 23/03/2018)

IFRC summons NRCS officials over quake funds misuse, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 21/03/2018)

Rot runs deep: Good thing is that Parajuli is gone. Bad thing is that actors who elevated Parajuli to that most important post are active and unapologetic, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 21/03/2018) [!!!]

Another man at the helm: Can the Oli administration deliver good  governance with kleptocracy at its worst?, by Binoj Basnyat (kp 20/03/2018)

Revolving door entry: The officials switch jobs from the public to the private or vice versa to seek rents. The revolving door raises the spectre of potential corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 18/03/2018)

13 key NCC bank officers held in Rs1.5 billion scam (kp 17/03/2018), CIB arrests 13 of Apex Bank over banking fraud (rep 17/03/2018), HC remands 13 bankers to judicial custody (rep 19/03/2018)

Now Dr KC takes aim at TU VC Khaniya (rep 17/03/2018)

Cases filed against 26 stores, hospitals, schools: The department has been preparing to file cases against GEMS School, Dhapakhel; Premier International School, Satdobato and Pathsala Nepal School, Baneshwor (kp 13/03/2018)

Fighting corruption: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has vowed to adopt policy of zero tolerance against corruption. Let’s hope he will keep the promise, by David Kainee (rep 11/03/2018), ‘Zero tolerance policy against corruption’ (kp 13/03/2018)

The easy path to riches: It is probably a function of our socio-economic development, but rent-seeking seems ingrained in our psyche, by Deepak Thapa (kp 08/03/2018)

Sharma out on Rs4.5m bail (kp 05/03/2018) [He is accused of having amassed almost ten times this amount!], Chudamani Sharma released on bail in illegal wealth possession case (rep 05/03/2018)

Government to punish corrupt civil servants, by Rewati Sapkota (kp 05/03/2018)

Office chief caught with bribe money (ht 02/03/2018)

CIB cracks down on moneylenders (ht 01/03/2018)

Perception and reality: Data of the last 14 years show Nepal’s anticorruption efforts have impacted nothing. All anti-corruption efforts and investments have gone into waste, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 28/02/2018)

Govt fails to take action on Karki report: Commission submitted report to then PM Deuba on January 6, by Manish Gautam (kp 25/02/2018)

Commission seizes papers from forest university: A team from Hetauda raided Agriculture University (ht 25/02/2018)

Sharma faces new trial for graft (kp 25/02/2018)

Corruption index 2017: Nepal jumps nine places to 122nd spot, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/02/2018), Nepal improves ranking in global corruption index (ht 23/02/2018), Nepal making a little progress against corruption: TI (rep 23/02/2018), A little less corrupt! Maybe, someday, our police, CIAA and courts will find the courage  to punish our ‘thulo’ chors instead of just going after the small fish, by Guffadi (kp 24/02/2018), Corruption Index: Improving But Below Mark, by Nandalal Tiwari (kp 26/02/2018)

Two former NTB officials jailed in corruption case: Court orders Mahendra Khanal to pay a penalty of Rs 154,224 (kp 23/02/2018), NTB ex-CEO gets seven-year sentence for corruption (ht 23/02/2018)

Urban dev office faces corruption charge in State 7, by Arjun Shah (kp 22/02/2018)

4G service licensing issue under CIAA scanner (ht 22/02/2018)

Decline and fall: Widening gap between complaints lodged and resolved indicates CIAA’s inefficiency or backlog of corruption complaints, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 20/02/2018)

NVC eyes Rs 96m in property fines (kp 20/02/2018)

Citizens have the power to fight: Nepali citizens can influence change by rejecting corruption at all levels and demanding transparency, by Alaina B. Teplitz (kp 20/02/2018)

Police crack down on loan firms charging over 24 pc interest (rep 20/02/2018)

SC order puts stop to 5 percent of former lawmakers’ projects (kp 19/02/2018)

Congratulations! Mr PM! The success of any anti-corruption campaign is contingent on Oli’s understanding of causes of corruption, by Naresh Koirala (kp 19/02/2018)

‘449k govt employees didn’t submit property details in 2016-17’: Teachers topped  the chart with as many as 14.2 percent  failing to submit  property details (kp 19/02/2018), Action sought against 19,000 govt staffers (ht 19/02/2018)

‘Threats will not deter us from filing case’: Police submit former Deputy Inspector General Nawaraj Silwal file to Attorney General Basanta Ram Bhandari, by Manish Gautam (kp 15/02/2018), AG Bhandari submits resignation to PMO, by Manish Gautam (kp 16/02/2018)

End pork barrel: In the changed context, there is no need to dole out funds directly to lawmakers in the name of constituency development (ht 15/02/2018)

Constituency programmes set to resume in a month: The Ministry of Federal Affairs has ordered all District Offices to stop pro-grammes until new law-makers are sworn in (kp 13/02/2018) [Development programs should not follow constituency lines and politicians with their personal interests and ambitions!!]

Basnyat retires, Ghimire takes charge of CIAA (rep 13/02/2018)

Dispute over subsidised salt sale raging in Darchula (ht 12/02/2018)

Decision to provide land to parliamentarians backfires, by Ashok Sujan Shrestha (rep 12/02/2018)

CIAA team probing irregularities in road project (ht 11/02/2018)

Bulldozing democracy: “One third of mayors and village councils seem to have just one goal: amass personal wealth rather than serve the people who elected them”, by Om Astha Rai Rai (nt 09/02/2018)

Trickledown corruption (nt 09/02/2018)

Govt awaits AG Office’s advice (kp 07/02/2018), Corruption in med education: Govt mum on probe report (kp 08/02/2018), Anomalies in med schools: Student bodies unite to form joint monitoring team (kp 08/02/2018), Karki panel presses for action against doctors for fabricating report: Panel seeks action against Dr Yogi’s team for passing National Medical College, by Manish Gautam (kp 09/02/2018), Medicine gets personal: Now that probe panel has fulfilled its mandate, it’s for govt to follow through (kp 09/02/2018)

Irresponsible decision: Non-budgetary, ad hoc, populist decisions will exert additional pressure on the already stressed fiscal situation, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 07/02/2018)

A rotten state: Corruption gains momentum when political parties in power start viewing the opportunity to serve in the govt as an opening to promote partisan interests, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp 06/02/2018)

CIAA starts probe into Nepal Tel 4G plaint (kp 05/02/2018)

CIAA puts on hold its inquiry into Ncell dividend repatriation (kp 04/02/2018)

Amnesty for all! Unless our political parties are transparent when it comes to  their financial dealings, we cannot expect others to finally have  a change of heart, repent and pay taxes in this country, by Guffadi (kp 03/02/2018)

Utopian dream: Incoming government needs to aim high if it is to seriously reduce corruption, by Shyam KC (kp 02/02/2018)

Probe exposes corruption of ex-education officer of Bara: National Vigilance Centre sends its investigation report on Dhana Prasad Pokharel to CIAA for further inquiry, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/02/2018)

Bleeding state coffers dry: It is high time political parties stop competing with each other to introduce populist policies (kp 30/01/2018), MoF expresses commitment to execute Cabinet decisions, but can it deliver? (ht 30/01/2018)

Oli moots one-time amnesty to money launderers (ht 30/01/2018) [???], Oli for legalizing 'underground money': Repeated statements from would-be prime minister indicate incoming government's lenient  attitude, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 30/01/2018) [Politicians and criminals are a mutually supportive community!!]

'Chairpersons using office vehicle as their own', by Devendra Basnet (rep 30/01/2018)

KC’s unending fight: Dr KC has fasted 14 times in five years and yet the end of his fight is still not in sight, by Naresh Koirala (kp 29/01/2018)

CIAA drafting prosecution policy (kp 29/01/2018)

CIAA to file fresh graft case against Sharma (kp 26/01/2018), Chudamani Sharma goes 'out of contact' (rep 27/01/2018), CIAA readies new graft case against Sharma (reps 29/01/2018), Anti-graft panel slaps new case on  absconding revenue chief Sharma, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/01/2018), CIAA files yet another graft case against Chudamani Sharma (rep 30/01/2018)

Due punishment: CIAA finally investigates NOC land deal, but case isn’t over until the guilty are punished (kp 26/01/2018), Probe into NOC land deals in final phase: CIAA (kp 27/01/2018)

Earthquake victims to get additional grant of one lakh rupees (ht 25/01/2018) [??], Govt ups home reconstruction grant to Rs 400,000 (rep 25/01/2018) [A decision by a no longer legitimate government that is not even able to provide the first (50.000Rs) and second (150.000Rs) tranches to all affected people!!!], Quake victims welcome reconstruction grant hike, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 26/01/2018), NRA unable to provide additional Rs 100,000 to quake victims, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 28/01/2018)

Foreign junket of elected leaders of Jumla irks locals: Visit made to 'srudy' federalism, by DB Buda (rep 25/01/2018)

Parties mull rotating govts, CMs in four provinces (rep 24/02/2018) [Yes, please do everything to prevent political stability in the new provinces! The politicians' access to power and funds is far more important!!]

Khadka grilled over NOC land deals (kp 24/01/2018)

Probe into Sumargi’s funds in second phase: State minister (22/01/2018), Sumargi’s shady deals: Promotion of crony capitalism will only fuel public anger and invite social conflict (kp 23/01/2018), DMLI starts detailed probe in Sumargi case (kp 24/01/2018)

Special court acquits 33 of corruption charges (ht 23/01/2018)

JEMC yet to repay Rs 100 billion loan (ht 21/01/2018)

Saturday’s IELTS examination cancelled on police orders (kp 21/01/2018)

Things are falling apart: A society without a moral compass needs its conscience overhauled, by Dinkar Nepal (nt 19/01/2018)

Citizenship with fake papers: Ward chief among 5 people under probe for forgery, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 19/01/2018)

KMG statement on its coverage of Sumargi’s financial transactions (kp 17/01/2018), Maoist leader asks govt to investigate Sumargi’s case (kp 18/01/2018)

SC stays dev projects by retired MPs (kp 15/01/2018), SC stays govt decision to spend billions, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 15/01/2018)

Contractors, officials collude to steal Rs 8-14 billion, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 15/01/2018)

KMC engineer arrested for bribery (ht 15/01/2018)

CIAA to quiz NOC board members: The anti-graft body is  probing oil monopoly for irregularities in land deals (kp 14/01/2018)

Writ against govt implementation of CISP, CDP, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/01/2018)

That’s public money: Political leaders should stop abusing the  financial system by spending as they please, by Durga D. Poudel (kp 09/01/2018)

CIAA seeks clarification from NOC officials on land purchase scandal (ht 08/01/2018)

CEC meets CIAA chief, auditor general amid graft allegations (rep 06/01/2018), CIAA probing graft charges against poll panel (ht 08/01/2018), EC confirms meeting among constitutional heads (rep 08/01/2018)

Govt silent on institutionalized corruption: TI Nepal (rep 03/01/2018)

CIAA yet to finalise probe report on NOC’s land purchase scam (ht 02/01/2018)

SC directs not to remove 'squatters' from public land, by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 02/01/2017)

‘CIAA against politicisation of dev projects’ (kp 31/12/2017)

Biggest corruption case in Nepal’s history: The CIAA has regained public trust after it initiated action against questionable tax officials, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/12/2017)

Law minister lobbying for brother's pick as chief judge (rep 28/12/2017)

Investigate the allegation, says Sirohiya (kp 28/12/2017)

‘Bamdev’s own modus operandi behind poll loss’, by Kamal Panthi (kp 26/12/2017)

Contractors, suppliers paid Rs 20 billion in bribes last year, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 25/12/2017)

IGP appointment scandal: Police open probe against Silwal on forgery charge, by Manish Gautam (kp 21/12/2017)

CIAA drags ex-DoFE chief to court (kp 20/12/2017)

Power tussle holds back health secy appointment: The post of health  secretary is vacant since Dr Kiran Regmi retired  on December 4 (kp 19/12/2017)

NAC to send ‘smuggler’ pilot for training abroad, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 19/12/2017), NAC makes mockery of currency law for pilots, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 22/12/2017)

Health Minister Bohara accused of commission game at BPKIHS, by Rohit Rai (rep 16/12/2017), Arrests show extent of corruption in Nepal's "most corrupt" govt office (ht 17/12/2017)

Nepotism rife in Maoist party in Rukum, Rolpa, by Dinesh Subedi (kp 16/12/2017)

Education sector draws highest number of complaints: CIAA report (kp 15/12/2017)

Asset disclosure sought from local representatives (kp 14/12/2017)

US calls Nepali citizens, leaders to end corruption (kt 09/12/2017)

Special Court acquits 6 in Nalsing Gadh case: the CiAA in April had filed a charge sheet accusing them of appointing sMeC to prepare the dPR even though the company had quoted a higher price than its competitors (kp 07/12/2017)

Bad hand: Political parties shouldn’t use their sphere of  influence to protect corrupt entrepreneurship (kp 01/12/2017)

Attempt to bribe traffic cops lands seven in prison (ht 01/12/2017)

Engineer held for bribery (kp 30/11/2017)

Former IRD chief Sharma released on bail, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/11/2017)

5 transport officials chargesheeted for revenue embezzlement (kp 29/11/2017)

Good governance: New hopes; In Nepal, bureaucracy or public sectors have suffered most from the rampant corruption. In fiscal year 2015/16, Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Nepal received a total of 15,126 cases of corruption, by Sisir Bhandari (kp 24/11/2017)

2 TSC members jailed after failing to post bail (kp 22/11/2017)

CIAA tells MoPIT to ease traffic congestion in Kathmandu Valley (ht 22/11/2017)

Case of rotten crate: International evidence suggests that in a corrupt political system, instead of elections controlling corruption, it is corruption that controls elections, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 21/11/2017)

DoFE DG held for graft (kp 16/11/2017)

Money, muscle and politics: Corrupt politicians should be voted out of office, but this does not happen in Nepal, by Bigyan Prasai (kp 14/11/2017)

No enforcement: Flouting election Codes of Conduct will have a multiplier effect on the level of corruption, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 12/11/2017)

NEA transformer scam: CIAA interrogates one serving, two former secretaries (kp 06/11/2017)

Under invoicing, fake bills: Fradulent activities on the rise (kp 04/11/2017)

Missing the forest: Compared to gargantuan sums involved in money laundering and illicit flows, domestic corruption deals with petty amounts, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 03/11/2017)

SC orders govt to reinstate axed Sajha Prakashan chief (kp 02/11/2017)

Irregularities alleged in Bajura development projects (ht 25/10/2017)

Corruption in education: Policy and practice, by Shak Bahadur Budhathoki (ht 23/10/2017)

SC stays Nepal Army's generator deal: A quasi-judicial probe panel found that Nepal Army had unlawfully awarded Kathmandu-based Muktinath Trade Concern a tender to supply Eicher generators worth Rs 97.8 million, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 19/10/2017)

Cops using stolen vehicles go scot free (ht 17/10/2017)

MBBS candidates paid up to Rs500,000 for entrance ‘help’ (kp 16/10/2017)

DSP Bhandari under CIAA scanner (ht 16/10/2017)

Report of panel probing 2013 CA poll silent about rigging: Panel head Karna delayed report 3 years ‘to keep enjoying vehicle facility’ (rep 14/10/2017)

Deuba inducts eight ministers from RPP, by Anil Giri (kp 14/10/2017) [??? This is nothing else than irresponsible plundering of public coffers!!]

Crystal clear: The only thing that is transparent in Nepal is the high level of corruption, by Ram Dayal Rakesh (kp 12/10/2017)

Politicizing corruption: What defines corruption here? Is it media coverage or the actions of the CIAA or court verdicts or the size of julus in favor of Dr Govinda KC at Maitighar?, by Rajendra Manandhar (rep 10/10/2017)

SC issues show cause notice over sacking of Sajha chair (kp 10/10/2017)

Govt employee arrested for bribery (ht 10/10/2017)

NOC chief reinstated: Khadka is accused of misappropriating around  Rs800 million while buying land plots worth Rs1.61 billion in four places: Bhairahawa, Chitwan, Sarlahi and Jhapa, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 09/10/2017), SC stays govt decision sacking NOC chief Khadka (ht 09/10/2017), Khadka secures court order against his dismissal (rep 09/10/2017), Dr KC warns of stern protest against judiciary (rep 09/10/2017), Snake oil salesman: NOC chief Khadka should not be allowed to hide or tamper with evidences (kp 10/10/2017), NOC Chief Khadka resumes office (ht 10/10/2017), Tainted NOC boss Khadka moves to buy more land, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 12/10/2017)

Govt grants Rs 106m to EC for luxury cars: The fund has been released even though each commissioner already has at least two vehicles (rep 09/10/2017)

Public vehicles in Ramechhap fleecing passengers (ht 07/10/2017)

NAC decides to sack Canadian pilot Gabe, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 06/05/2017)

Under-invoicing scam: Govt set to open formal probe on branded stores (kp 05/10/2017)

Sajha chair Sharma sacked (kp 25/09/2017)

CAAN DG Gautam served 24-hour notice (ht 23/09/2017), Govt asks irrelevant questions to fire Gautam: Civil aviation regulator acknowledges that it made a mistake by asking Sanjiv Gautam to clarify on 11 charges, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 25/09/2017), CAAN chief told not to attend his office, asked to report to ministry: Move seen as the start of the process to remove him from the country’s aviation sector regulatory body, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 27/09/2017), Sanjiv Gautam removed from CAAN DG post (ht 27/09/2017), EC seeks 24-hour clarifications from tourism ministry over DG transfer, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 27/09/2017), Ministry’s decision on Caan chief ‘flawed’: Some govt officials and experts term the decision ‘a comedy of errors', by Sanjeev Gautam (kp 04/10/2017), Govt rolls back decision to transfer caan director general, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 09/10/2017)

Financial irregularities reported in Budhigandaki hydro power: PAC Chairman Upadhyaya (ht 23/09/2017)

The next revolution: Let us give an ultimatum of three months to the CIAA to start investigating high-level corruption cases, by Jagannath Lamichhane (rep 23/09/2017)

Fighting corruption: The cancer of corruption is eating away at Nepal, leading to state indebtedness, insolvency and chaos, by Niranjan Mani Dixit (kp 22/09/2017)

Property details of civil servants: Submissions up this year but ‘not satisfactory yet’ (kp 21/09/2017)

The prime minister does not seem serious on corruption, interview with Suryanath Upadhyay (rep 21/09/2017)

Cleaning up government, by Alaina B. Teplitz (rep 20/09/2017) [see also Open letter to US envoy, by Bishal Thapa (rep 04/10/2017) and answer to this response by Alaina Teplitz (10/10/2017)], Yes, they can: Our major donors should ensure that the funds they contribute for Nepa's development  do not end up in pockets of corrupt politicians, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 20/09/2017)

Bus operators fleecing passengers: Metropolitan Traffic Police Division urges all to lodge complaints if they are asked to pay more for tickets, by Anup Ojha (kp 19/09/2017)

Sajha Publication GM denies violation of law (ht 19/09/2017)

Transport office staffer faces graft suit (kp 18/09/2017)

Udaypur local level reps after personal gains, by Shyam Rai (ht 18/09/2017)

CIAA, PMO concerned about projects for MPs: Caution about misuse of Rs 10 billion for constituency development; Lawmakers have been asked to submit projects under Constituency Infrastructure Special Programme and Constituency Development Programme by Oct 17 (kp 16/09/2017), Government issues CDP regulation (ht 17/09/2017)

Don’t assign any responsibility to Khadka: House panel to MoS (kp 16/09/2017), Next Cabinet meet to dwell on NOC chief’s fate (ht 16/09/2017), PAC ‘to quiz’ PM over delay in action on NOC land deals: There has been widespread criticism for the delay in  initiating action against NOC chief Gopal Khadka who is  accused of embezzling millions of rupees, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 17/09/2017), NOC Managing Director Khadka dismissed, finally (rep 18/09/2017), Cabinet sacks NOC chief Khadka, by Dilip Paudel and Rudra Pangeni (rep 19/09/2017), Twisted actions: The firing of NOC chief Khadka should not end the investigation into his embezzlement (kp 20/09/2017), Civil society demands action against Khadka (rep 20/09/2017), Sacked NOC boss Khadka files writ: Moves the Supreme Court demanding annulment of the Cabinet decision terming the government’s move illegal (kp 21/09/2017), Govt summoned over writ petition demanding Khadka's arrest (rep 21/09/2017)

Minister Dev wants to sack CAAN chief: Nepal likely to lose 6 billion, by Santosh Neupane (rep 15/09/2017), Minister sides with blacklisted Spanish firm in row with CAAN chief, by Sagar Ghimire (ht 17/09/2017)

Mafiacracy, by Shekhar Kharel (nt 15/09/2017)

Cost conundrum: Under invoicing was a speculation many had already made but it's only now that an investigation officially raised the question, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 15/09/2017)

Rotten to the core, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 15/09/2017)

DRI seeks Rs 198.37m in fake VAT bill scam (ht 14/09/2017)

Govt fails to curb foreign junkets of ministers, officials (kp 13/09/2017), Govt yet to reveal ministers’ property details, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 16/09/2017), Property details of 28 ministers made public (ht 19/09/2017)

Minister vows action against Durbarmarg stores: During inspections, these stores were found ‘marking-up the cost  price by as much as  2,300 percent' (kp 13/09/2017)

Deuba, ministers to draw Rs 14m  a month from the state coffers, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 12/09/2017), PM, ministers yet to furnish property details: Should have done so by first week of August, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 12/09/2017)

MPs press for lifelong perks as retirement draws near (kp 12/09/2017), Bid to pass bill on VIP facilities on: Lawmakers want pay and perks for former MPs as well (ht 14/09/2017), Selfish motive: If the former lawmakers deserve medical facilities why cannot the general public get the same facilities in government hospitals? (ht 15/09/2017), MPs lobby for state honor, perks for CA II members (rep 17/09/2017), MPs not to get ‘retirement benefit’ (kp 18/09/2017), Former lawmakers billed as VIPs without pay, perks, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 18/09/2017), Lawmakers change bill to suit them (rep 18/09/2017), HM opposes VIP treatment for ex-MPs, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 25/09/2017)

Big III stay mum on corruption scandals (ht 12/09/2017)

Contractor’s negligence responsible for collapse of Jabdighat Bridge’, by Sabin Mishra (ht 12/09/2017)

Thriving Corruption.., by Bishnu Gautam (rn 12/09/2017)

House panel probe into land deals: ‘NOC bought plots at highly inflated price’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/09/2017), House panel fails to moot action against offenders in NOC land scam, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 12/09/2017), House probe report wants legal action in NOC land scam (rep 12/09/2017), Leaders meddled in House panel to clear NOC chief: Lawmakers, by Dilp Paudel (rep 12/09/2017), NOC chief Khadka’s fate hangs in balance: Supplies Ministry recommends action; Cabinet to decide on Monday; Khadka is accused of  misappropriating around Rs 1 billion while buying land plots for building  oil storage facilities, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 13/09/2017), Initiate action against guilty, PMO tell MoS, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 13/09/2017) [One of those guilty has probably just been included into your Council of Ministers!], Take stern action: The exorbitant payment for land purchases indicates that a huge sum of money was looted from the government coffers and the landowners did not get fair prices (ht 13/09/2017), Govt moving to remove MD Khadka over flawed land deal (rep 13/09/2017), Nagarik registers Rs 1.5 billion counter claim against NOC’s Khadka (rep 13/09/2017), Environment concerns arise as NOC-bought land is in park buffer zone, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 14/09/2017)

Runway cracks crippling TIA: CAAN officials on Europe junket spending airport upgradation fund, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 11/09/2017), CAAN director gen faces sack: Govt serves him 72-hour ultimatum, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 14/09/2017)

PAC preparing to grill DPM Shrestha for inaction against Sajha chief, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 11/09/2017

CIAA urges media, public not to question its probes (rep 11/09/2017)

NAC 'wasted' Rs 5m on overseas trips for staff, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 10/09/2017)

Sajha chief Sharma submits 100-page clarification (kp 09/09/2017)

Ruling party MP flays minister staying mum on NOC scam (rep 09/09/2017), Suspend corruption-accused, tweets US envoy (rep 09/09/2017)

Medical certificates on sale for NID job aspirants, by Ashok Dahal (rep 08/09/2017)

Transporters refusing to book tickets to face music14 inspection teams of Department of Transport Management deployed across bus ticket centres, major routes, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 08/09/2017)

State of perfidy: Corruption has seeped into every pore of our polity, by Deepak Thapa (kp 07/09/2017)

Media Society launches campaign against corruption (kp 07/09/2017)

House panel suspects foul play in embossed plate procurement (kp 07/09/2017)

More than 100 cabbies booked in three days (ht 06/09/2017)

Local units fleecing flood victims (ht 05/09/2017)

DPM Shrestha rejects Sajha chief Sharma's resignation (rep 05/07/2017), MoE seeks clarification from Sajha chief Dolindra (rep 06/09/2017)

CIAA seeks authority to probe pvt sector, NGOs (kp 02/09/2017)

Agro cooperatives swindling farmers in Kaski district (ht 02/09/2017)

Transparency question in parties’ finances: With single leader spending millions during elections, civil society leaders wonder if the parties’ reports are close to reality, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/09/2017)

CIAA files graft case against 11 Land Revenue Office staffers (ht 31/08/2017)

‘Promotion of corruption in court disturbing’ (kp 30/08/2017)

Former supplies minister ‘involved’ in NOC land scam, by Dilip Poudel (rep 30/08/2017), NOC chief sues Nagarik for defamation, seeks Rs 800m damages (rep 01/09/2017), Lawmaker probing NOC land buy scam feels security threat, by Dilip Paudel (rep 02/09/2017), ‘NOC chief will not be spared if proven guilty’ (ht 03/09/2017), NOC land in Chitwan at big risk of inundation: Experts, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 03/09/2017), House panel finds NOC paid thrice the price received by landowners, by Dilip Paudel (rep 07/09/2017), Controversial Bohora set to become minister again (rep 07/09/2017) [There cannot be enough corrupt politicians in the government!!]

SWC biased in favour of Manmohan foundation? Okays its request to use Rs 4.7 billion of foreign funding for health project, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 30/08/2017)

Black-topping peeling off Udayapur road (ht 29/08/2017)

DPM Shrestha ‘disinterested’ in taking action against Sajha chief (rep 29/08/2017)

Gautam Buddha Airport construction: PAC ‘pressed not to probe’ delays (kp 28/08/2017)

Flood exposes bridge scandal in Bardiya: Babai river bridge at Jabadighat caves in due to ‘poor build quality’, by Kamal Panthi (kp 27/08/2017)

Dangers of crossing bridgeless rivers, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 27/08/2017)

Millions spent in NAC officials’ trip abroad to see aircraft under maintenance, by Susheeel Bhattarai (rep 27/08/2017)

CIAA stalks NEA mgmt but leaves NOC chief alone, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 27/08/2017), ‘Despite irregularities, hard to take action on NOC land deal' (ht 29/08/2017)

MPs demand action against ‘corrupt’ customs officials (kp 26/08/2017)

CIAA to probe 200 civil servants (kp 25/08/2017)

Land purchase scam: NOC paid three times the going rate in Jhapa: MPs (kp 24/08/2017), Rs 400 million-plus scam in NOC land buy in Jhapa: Lawmakers, by Raju Adhikari (rep 24/08/2017), Probe confirms irregularities in NOC land acquisition deals (ht 25/08/2017), Rs 170m embezzled in NOC land buy in Sarlahi: MPs (rep 25/08/2017)

Special Court summons TSC men in graft case (kp 23/08/2017)

‘NOC brass pockets Rs 30 million from fuel transporters’. by Dilip Paudel (rep 23/08/2017), Why is no one taking action against Khadka?, by Dilip Paudel (rep 23/08/2017)

MoE panel recommends sack for Sajha board, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 23/08/2017)

TU panel ‘falsified’ National College inspection report, by Manish Gautam (kp 22/08/2017), National’s Ghattekulo hospital run illegally, by Manish Gautam (kp 23/08/2017), Cronyism to the maximum: Investigate the falsified report that granted KNMC affiliation and punish the guilty (kp 23/08/2017), Dr KC demands annulment of Kathmandu National affiliation, by Manish Gautam (kp 24/08/2017), Judgment enforcement body in dock, by Manish Gautam (kp 25/08/2017), Probe panel not allowed to investigate at KNMC (ht 26/08/2017) [???], Kathmandu national medical college scam: Dr KC gives govt 10 days to annul MBBS affiliation; Dr KC says PM Deuba, as the TU chancellor, should also take responsibility for granting affiliation to the KNMC (kp 28/08/2017)

Deuba’s Cabinet largest ever: PM inducts 15 state ministers, 12 from his Nepali Congress party, to Council of Ministers, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/08/2017)

NOC chief defiant about controversial land deals, by Dipak Pariyar (kp 20/08/2017)

Rs 7 billion spent on ritualistic inspections, monitoring, by Surendra Paudel  (rep 18/08/2017)

Enforce the rules: Previously it was found that many cabbies were guilty of tampering with their meters to show higher reading, and they got away with it (ht 17/08/2017)

Corruption And Political Protection, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 12/08/2017)

Vehicles worth Rs 81m for 15 mayors (rep 12/08/2017)

Govt body says no permit given for Shakya’s Fewa resort, by Prashant Lamichhane (rep 11/08/2017)

SC verdict on Sharma habeas corpus writ tomorrow (kp 10/08/2017), SC orders release of Chudamani Sharma: Graft case to be settled by the Special Court, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/08/2017), Sharma faces Special Court summons (kp 15/08/2017)

CIAA names investigation officer as it boosts probe, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 10/08/2017)

Probe panel seize BPKIHS documents: The commission is investigating alleged finan-cial irregularities in MD/MS examination, leakage of question papers (kp 09/08/2017)

2 med schools to be affiliated before ban on new colleges (kp 08/08/2017), UML MPs, also patrons of MMIHS, block buyout (kp 08/08/2018)

Foul play suspected in Army's Rs 97m generators deal (rep 07/08/2017)

Drain collapses before use (ht 06/08/2017)

Saptari locals decry irregularities in development projects (ht 06/08/2017)

Practice of corruption: Hindrance to nation-building, by Dinesh Thapa (ht 04/08/2017)

Parliamentary panel head Ranju Jha hid health ministry letter for eight months!, by Ashok Dahal (rep 04/08/2017)

No To Corrupt Politicians (rn 03/08/2017), Politicians and profiteers: Fulfilling Dr KC’s demands would adversely affect financial interests of political leaders (kp 03/08/2017), Looking beyond the horizon: Politicians are more focused on maintaining power than on principles of justice and structural equality, by Pramod Mishra (kp 03/08/2017)

Lawmakers seek against all those involved in corruption (rep 03/08/2017)

Foreign pilot paid Rs 2.6m monthly salary, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 03/08/2017)

Wife of probe panelist lands job at Sajha, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 03/08/2017), Sajha Prakashan told to furnish financial records (kp 05/08/2017), Probe committee ‘lacks adequate authority’: Members say they have to depend solely on reports furnished by the state-owned publishing house (ht 06/08/2017), Official probing Sajha had given clean chit earlier (rep 11/08/2017)

SC sends Sharma to judicial custody (kp 02/08/2017)

Dahal’s caretaker govt doled out Rs 167m to party cadres ahead of polls, by Bhasha Skarma (rep 02/08/2017)

River mine traders fleecing customers in Udayapur (ht 02/08/2017)

Lawmakers question CIAA’s performance (kp 02/08/2017)

CIAA launches probe into NOC’s land deals: Misappropriation of Rs 800 million suspected while buying plots worth Rs 1.61 billion in four places: Bhairahawa, Chitwan, Sarlahi and Jhapa, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 01/08/2017), NOC submits documents on controversial land purchase deals (kp 02/08/2017), CIAA starts probing possible graft in NOC land purchase deal (ht 02/08/2017), Lawmakers turn up the heat on NOC’s land purchase deal (kp 03/08/2017), Shoddy deal: Traditional fuels are used for transportation and cooking which can be replaced with renewable energy. The nation should focus on clean and renewable energy (ht 03/08/2017), NOC’s land acquisition raises eyebrows: Corporation chief claims all the set legal parameters were fulfilled in every deal (ht 03/08/2017), NOC fumbles trying to defend its land deal (kp 04/08/2017), Land purchased by Nepal Oil Corporation inundated: Locals have criticised the NOC for buying land plots  in an area prone to inundation during monsoon, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 05/08/2017), ‘NOC deliberately ignored procedure’ (kp 07/08/2017), Don’t let them escape: Authorities should not drag their feet in taking action against the guilty in NOC land scam (kp 08/08/2017), CIAA suspects foul play in NOC’s land purchase deals (kp 09/08/2017), House sub-committee says NOC violated procedure, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 12/08/2017)

Private sector tried to prolong life of controversial tax settlement body, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 01/08/2017)

Amid controversy, Sajha board members to visit Japan Aug 9-16, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 01/08/2017)

LDO transferred 'for challenging crusher mafia' (rep 01/08/2017)

'Well-off utilize government funds meant for poor', by Ajit Tiwari (rep 31/07/2017)

Panama Papers claims Pak PM, but probe in Nepal ‘snail-paced’ (kp 30/07/2017)

Govt staffer held for graft (kp 28/07/2017)

Huge financial irregularities in targeted programs, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 28/07/2017)

CIAA raids BPKIHS, suspects irregularities to the tune of 60 million rupees (ht 28/07/2017), MRI scandal hits BPKIHS (kp 29/07/2017), Hospitals Under CIAA Scanner (rn 30/07/2017)

The Biggest Ever Corruption Scam Of TAC, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 27/07/2017)

Recovering the expenses: High election campaign costs provide legitimacy to political corruption, by Sanjaya Mahato (kp 27/07/2017)

CIAA team arrests cooperative officer (ht 27/07/2017)

CIAA Must Prevail Over The Corrupt, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 26/07/2017)

NOC chief Khadka accused of further Rs 200m graft: 'Backed by power centers, NOC managing director escaping penalty', by Dilip Paudel (rep 26/07/2017)

Amassing property: CIAA subjects Sharma to another probe, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/07/2017)

Sajha Prakashan chief accused of multiple irregularities, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal and Bashant Khadka (rep 23/07/2017), Journos barred from entering Sajha Prakashan (rep 26/07/2017)

Rautahat ward secretary held for embezzling nutrition fund (ht 21/07/2017)

Maintain status quo, orders apex court: SC full bench to hear habeas corpus writ that seeks Sharma’s release (kp 20/07/2017), Sharma to remain in CIAA custody (ht 20/07/2017)

Rs 112m paid for 11 km Valley roads but no work done, by Khilak Budhathoki and Himal Lamsal (rep 20/07/2017)

Fighting corruption: Necessary changes should be made in law and the enforcing agencies should also change their approach to tackling corruption (ht 20/07/2017)

Despite public outrage govt okays Rs 140m for 5 SUVs for EC: No new fleet for President Bhandari, by Bhadra Sharma and Balkrishna Gnawali (rep 19/07/2017)

Down the drain: Underutilisation and year-end bunching of capital budget are tantamount to financial misuse (kp 18/07/2017)

Rs 700m ‘stolen’ in Rs 1.5b NOC land deal, by Dilip Paudel (rep 17/07/2017), PM orders probe into controversial NOC land deals, by Dilip Paudel (rep 18/07/2017), House committee starts probe in NOC land buy scam (rep 19/07/2017)

Case in Special Court for Rs10.02b embezzlement, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/07/2017), IRD DG, two others booked for graft (ht 17/07/2017), CIAA seeks Rs 10b from Sharma (rep 17/07/2017)

PM’s office working on policy for self-regulated private, public sectors (kp 16/07/2017)

Engineers extorting commission from quake victims in Dhading, by Shankar Shrestha (rep 15/07/2017)

EC's new car purchase plan: EC buying 5 SUVs for Rs 110 million, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 15/07/2017)

Postgraduates in medicine approach power centers to get license after failing NMC test; Only 30.21 percent pass NMC test, many practicing without license: NMC officials, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 14/07/2017)

Locals accuse land mafias of encroaching public land on river banks, by Suresh Yadav (rep 15/07/2017)

Chargesheet to be filed against TSC trio today: Sharma, Mahat, Dhakal stand accused of embezzling Rs 10.96 billion; The embezzled amount could be higher, as CIAA has so far studied only 46 files related to tax exemption granted by the TSC members to various enterprises, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/07/2017), CIAA readies corruption case against Chudamani Sharma, two TSC office-bearers (rep 14/07/2017), Graft case against trio to be filed tomorrow: Registration could not be completed on Friday due to time constraints (kp 15/07/2017), Charge-sheets against IRD DG, others tomorrow (ht 15/07/2017)

Three VVIPS have 675 security personnel, spend 18.7 million per month: 285 security personnel for president alone cost Rs 8.2 million a month, 305 personnel for prime minister cost 7.8 million, by KP Dhungana (rep 14/07/2017)

'CIAA closely watching medical equipment deals' (rep 14/07/2017)

Audit report to name chief of public offices flouting financial accountability (rep 13/07/2017)

Civil servants’ 1,400 trips cost taxpayers over Rs 1b: A total of 1,442 civil servants acquired permission from the government to visit over three dozen countries from May 16 to July 11, by Bhadra Sharma and Roshan Sedhai (rep 12/07/2017), 26 secys make 32 trips to 16 countries in 2 months, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 13/07/2017), PM directs chief sec'y to end foreign junkets (rep 14/07/2017) [This is insufficient because it is a grave form of corruption!!], Over 300 trips of government employees uncertain, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 14/07/2017)

Technicians collecting up to 10 percent commission per project, by Janak KC (rep 12/07/2017)

The fish rots from the head: A probe into the wealth that officials have amassed will show the depth of corruption, by Suresh Sharma (kp 11/07/2017)

Prez Bhandari seeks Rs 160 million to buy new presidential fleet, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 09/07/2017) [???], Luxury cars worth millions gather dust at government offices: Prez wants new cars although there is no shortage of vehicles at president's office (rep 10/07/2017)

Bara government offices not clearing electricity tariff (ht 06/07/2017)

Fiscal-end foreign junkets cost govt exchequer millions: MoCTCA wore a deserted look when a validation mission from ICAO paid a visit, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 05/07/2017)

CIAA summons ministries responsible for capex (ht 05/07/2017)

CIAA raids Gaur municipal office (ht 29/06/2017)

Aircraft purchase deal on CIAA radar (rep 26/06/2017)

CIAA nabs engineer with bribe (kp 25/06/2017)

CIAA appeals for public help to nab TSC officials (kp 23/06/2017)

Ex-ANFA gen secy Shahi arrested on fraud charges (kp 23/06/2017)

Sudan scam: 4 former top cops turn themselves in to court; Were declared guilty on April 30 in one of the largest corruption cases (kp 22/06/2017), Ex-SSP Rana jailed over sudan scam (kp 29/06/2017)

Suspended IRD chief Sharma likely to be released on Rs 2b bail (kp 22/06/2017) [The money from corruption only has to be higher than the bail!], IRD chief Sharma fails to post Rs 3 billion bail, remains in custody, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 30/06/2017), Sharma’s lawyers want bail revision, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/07/2017)

CIAA books eight govt transport officials for revenue embezzlement (ht 19/06/2017)

Ineffective monitoring and defiant traders: Blatant disregard for authority among traders in the market because of the safety net political parties provide them with, by Pawan Timilsina (ht 18/06/2017)

MPs’ Fund & Local Democracy, by Mukti Rijal (rn 15/06/2017)

Discourage corrupt practice: KMC mayor (kp 15/06/2017)

Arrest warrant likely against Mahat, Dhakal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/06/2017), Arrest warrants issued against Tax Settlement Commission chief, member (rep 20/06/2017)

High rate of anomalies in public transport, meat outlets (ht 14/06/2017)

CIAA intensifies investigation into multi-billion rupee tax scam (rep 14/06/2017)

Grade 12 examination: Question papers via email call officials into question: Panel recommends action against eight, including exam controller, by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/02/2017)

Revenue misappropriation: CIAA summons TSC chairman, member; Asked to appear before anti-graft body tomorrow, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/06/2017)

Market inspectors find traders using defective weighing machines (ht 07/06/2017)

IRD chief Sharma arrested for graft: Charged with settling taxes in a questionable way, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/06/2017), CIAA arrests IRD Director General Chudamani Sharma (ht 03/06/2017), CIAA arrests IRD head over tax waivers (rep 03/06/2017), Special Court extends Sharma’s judical remand by seven days (kp 05/06/2017), Entrenched corruption: There is no effective system for tracking the sources of income of holders of public posts and their properties and their lifestyles (ht 05/06/2017), IRD chief Sharma hospitalised (kp 06/06/2017), Petition in apex court for Sharma’s release (kp 12/07/2017), SC show-cause to CIAA over IRD chief Sharma’s custody (kp 13/07/2017)

Myadi recruits in Surkhet protest pay cut (kp 02/06/2017)

Fuel pumps caught tampering by NBSM, by Narendra Adhikari (kp 30/05/2017)

Lawmakers press govt to continue constituency dev funds (rep 27/05/2017) [a source for endless corruption on a failed way to development!!]

Hearings panel endorses Basnyat for CIAA chief (rep 22/05/2017), New CIAA chief, Auditor Gen sworn in (kp 23/05/2017)

DEO officers caught for bribery (kp 19/05/2017)

The impeachment anarchy: Two high-profile officials responsible for fighting corruption have been labelled with being paagal and bhrasta, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 15/05/2017), The Politics Of Impeachment, by Meena Bhatta (rn 16/05/2017)

Pvt sector seeks legal system to channelise political donations (ht 09/05/2017)

Corruption Impairs Development, by Kamal Chudal (rn 07/05/2017)

CC recommends Basnyat as CIAA chief (kp 03/05/2017)

Human Rights & Corruption, by Madhab Regmi (rn 02/05/2017)

Maoist Centre picks PM’s daughter for Bharatpur mayoral race (kp 28/04/2017)

Govt picks Rana as envoy to Japan (kp 25/04/2017) [Long live family connections and other forms of nepotism: Pratibha Rana is the mother-in-law of Nepali Congress President Sher BahadurDeuba who will probably become PM in May ]

Five DoTM officials suspended (kp 20/04/2017)

Five staffers of Kailash Bank suspended (ht 20/04/2017)

Health minister spills some beans, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 20/04/2017)