Baskota’s
recommendation to House committee raises concern about
conflict of interest : The ex-minister, who was
embroiled in a Rs700 million bribery scandal, has been
recommended as a member of the Public Accounts
Committee, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/04/2021)
[This is probably part of
Oli's way of fighting corruption!], Accountability?
What? The Baskota case shows how little politicians
care about public opinion (kp 13/04/2021) [KP Oli stands out in a
particularly negative way. He can be bluntly described
as a protector of corruption!], Performance
contract blues : Such contracts have failed due to the
lack of ownership and concrete incentives, by
Achyut Wagle (kp 13/04/2021)
Poverty
Alleviation Fund was scrapped, but it still exists.
What does it do? The fund created at the height of
insurgency has lost its relevance with local
governments in place, officials admit, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 06/04/2021)
Oli
rushes to inaugurate 165 road projects without their
preparatory works complete : Observers term prime
minister’s move a populist ploy aimed at securing his
political position, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/04/2021)
PAC
asks govt to recover dues of dedicated feeders and
trunk lines from industries (rep 04/04/2021)
Lack
of urgency to investigate Omni case raises concern :
The anti-graft agency appears toothless when it
comes to high profile corruption cases,
observers say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/04/2021)
Public
hearing by Greater Civic Agitation : The disgrace that
was!, by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (kh 02/04/2021)
Kumari
Chowk Office moves to recover government dues : It
needs to get back Rs2.24 billion in unpaid royalties,
taxes and loans from 115 firms and individuals after
they flouted its latest ultimatum to pay up, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/04/2021)
Court
seeks copies of Cabinet decisions made during Madhav
Nepal and Baburam Bhattarai’s tenures in relation to
Lalita Niwas land transfers : The two former prime
ministers are among a number of key people spared by
the anti-graft body which last year filed corruption
cases against 175 individuals, including three former
ministers, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
29/03/2021), SC
orders CIAA to submit latter's decision not to file
charge-sheets against former PMs Nepal, Bhattarai over
Lalita Niwas land scam (rep 29/03/2021), Court
seeks copies of Nepal’s and Bhattarai’s Cabinet
decisions relating to Lalita Niwas case : The two
former prime ministers were among key people spared by
the anti-graft body which last year filed graft cases
against 175 individuals, including three former
ministers, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/03/2021)
Pre-departure
orientation centres are not training migrant workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/03/2021)
Open
border: Fuel smuggling continues unabated (kh
19/03/2021)
Salyan
hospital charging exorbitant fees : Local residents
complain that the medical fees at the district
hospital and private hospitals are the same, by
Biplab Maharjan (kp 17/03/2021)
Politicians
influencing constitutional body decisions comes to
light once again : As a minister implicitly admits the
Election Commission was ‘pressured’, analysts say
independent bodies are increasingly being brought
under the control of the executive, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 09/03/2021)
Security
of VIPs in Nepal: Need vs. Obsession, by Abhaya
Raj Joshi (kh 05/03/2021)
Oli’s
unconstitutional House dissolution leads to unwanted
burden on state treasury, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 28/02/2021) [Thank you, Mr
Oli! Nothing is too expensive for you to maintain your
power, but you, like the other top politicians, do not
care about the country and its people!]
Two
petitions filed at Supreme Court against Pashupati
golden jalahari case : Prime minister had pledged Rs
300 million to install a golden jalahari at the temple,
by Anup Ojha (kp 24/02/2021), SC
issues interim order against Jalahari installation at
Pashupatinath (kh), President
Bhandari reaches Pashupatinath to begin installation
of golden ‘Jalahari’ (kh 24/02/2021) [???], Court
issues stay order after President unveils golden
Jalahari at Pashupati temple : Two petitions were
filed at the Supreme Court against the government’s
decision to release a large sum of money from the
state coffers to the temple, by Anup Ojha (kp
25/02/2021)
Initiating
development projects after poll notice is abuse of
resources, analysts say : Week-long plan of laying
foundations of five industrial estates begins even as
progress of ongoing projects is poor; Oli has warned
of agitation if the court decides against
dissolution of Parliament, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 23/02/2021)
480
million rupees spent to decorate Prime Minister’s
Office (rn 23/02/2021)
153
local bodies yet to submit COVID-19 relief expenditure
details to the ministry, by BP Aryal (rep
21/02/2021)
AICL
in hot water for awarding Rs 1.36bn contract to
under-qualified firm (ht 18/02/2021)
Contractors
negligent in supply and sale of rice in remote Karnali
districts : People say contractors don’t transport
rice in time and when they do, the grains are of
inferior quality, by Chandani Kathayat and Raj
Bahadur Shahi (kp 11/02/2021) [Disinterest
of the Oli government to control this and ensure
supply to the people!]
National
Development Agenda Obscured, by Mukti Rijal (rn
04/02/2021)
Despite
concerns, government releases budget for projects
chosen by lawmakers : Rs6.56 billion has been released
for Local Infrastructure Programme even as House has
been dissolved and polls announced, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 28/01/2021) [Taxpayers'
money to former MPs of a parliament now dissolved by
the PM, who were once handpicked as candidates by the
party leadership in a non-inclusive manner :
Corruption cannot be practised any better!], Pork
barrel politics : Spend the Rs6.56 billion on
vaccines, not some dubious partnership programme
(kp 29/01/2021)
Public
perception of corruption rises further in Nepal; the
country becomes fourth most corrupt country in South
Asia (rep 28/01/2021), Nepal
ranks 117th in global Corruption Perceptions Index
(kh 28/01/2021)
Police
arrest Rakesh Agrawal, owner of Annapurna Sugar Mill,
for not paying to cane farmers (rep 28/01/2021)
Nepalis
being sent to Qatar for security jobs via illegal
routes, officials suspect : The circulation of an
electronic copy of a ‘Police Army Staff’ visa issued
in the name of a Nepali national even without proper
permits from the government raises concerns, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/01/2021)
Staffers
in Dhanusha rural municipality hold sit-in demanding
their pay, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/01/2021)
Polluted
politics : If driver exhalation is checked for
alcohol, why not vehicle exhaust for pollutants?
Governance failure. Corruption (nt 22/01/2021)
Sugarcane
farmers to resume protest to get paid in
full : Both the government and the sugar mills are
refusing to disclose the details of the payments
made so far, by Krishana Prasain (kp 22/01/2021)
Two
court employees arrested with bribe in Rupandehi
(kh 22/01/2021)
Nepal
to rely mostly on foreign aid to buy Covid-19 vaccines
for its people, officials say : Rs48 billion has been
estimated for vaccines. Government, however, says it
won’t have a resource crunch for midterm elections,
which will cost it as much as Rs 20 billion, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/01/2021) [??????],
Rs
100 billion: The cost of Nepal’s next parliamentary
election, by Ashok Dahal (ae 22/01/2021)
Students
launch protest against alleged swindling by two
colleges in Rukum (West) : The agitating students have
padlocked TNT Technical College and Syarputal
Engineering College, by Hari Gautam (kp
21/01/2021)
Way
to address the concerns of sugarcane farmers, by
Ayushma Maharjan (rep 21/01/2021)
City
police accused of taking kickbacks from street vendors,
by Anup Ojha (kp 19/01/2021)
Sugar
mills fail to clear outstanding dues within govt
deadline (ht 19/01/2021), NHRC
urges govt to pay sugarcane farmers pronto (ht
21/01/2021)
Sugar
mills are gradually clearing years-long dues,
government says, but farmers contest the claim : With
the deadline for payment on Monday, sugarcane farmers
say they want to know how much each farmer has been
paid. There are also differences on how much is
actually owed, by Krishana Prasain (kp 18/01/2021)
Despite
austerity rules, recurrent expenditure continues to
surge : Financial Comptroller General Office warns of
action against public offices not following austerity
measures, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/01/2021)
Inspector
suspended for receiving bribe (ht 08/01/2021)
Baluwatar
land scam: Several accused have secured release on low
bail, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/01/2021)
Lumbini
Sugar Mill Starts Clearing Payment Dues After Owner
Got Arrested (rn 03/01/2021), Sugar
factories ‘show interest’ in paying cane farmers after
the arrest of Lumbini Sugar Mills owner, by Rekha
Bhusal (kh 03/01/2021) [Obviously,
this is the only language these criminals understand!]
Cane
farmers complain about delayed payment from mills :
The government made a deal on Monday and said their
payments were being processed, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 01/01/2021)
No
end of corruption : A corruption-free society is
possible when the powers that be and the CIAA are
committed to ending it from all layers (ht
31/12/2020)
Former
BoK branch manager convicted of fraud (ht
312/2020)
Five
charged with embezzling millions of rupees (ht
30/12/2020)
CIAA
offers 16-point suggestion to combat corruption
(ht 27/12/2020)
Labour
recruiter netted in sting raid, by Upasana Khadka
(nt 25/12/2020)
CIAA
files corruption cases against 1,212 individuals in FY
2019/20 (kh 25/12/2020)
Corruption
in local governments still remains unchecked: CIAA
(rep 24/12/2020)
NHRC
calls for paying outstanding dues to sugarcane farmers
(ht 23/12/2020)
Sugarcane
farming declines in Mahottari (ht 23/12/2020) [This reaction has been overdue for
long!]
Protesting
farmers unconvinced they will be paid soon despite
assurances from the government (kp 20/12/2020) [Who would believe a government of
constant liars?]
Workers
still pay hefty sums for jobs abroad : Even years
after ‘free visa and free ticket’ policy was
rolled out, most workers haven’t benefited from it,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/12/2020)
PAC
urges CIAA to probe irregularities into medical
supplies procurement : Health Minister Dhakal denies
his involvement (kh 18/12/2020), There
were irregularities in Omni deal, parliamentary
committee concludes : Public Accounts Committee asks
the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority
to look into the case, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/12/2020), Shree
Ram Sugar Mills starts clearing dues : Rs 319.1m
deposited; Rs 77.3m transferred to farmers’ accounts
(ht 19/12/2020)
House
panel wants sugar mills to clear all arrears within a
week : The House committee directs the government to
take action against mills showing laxity in
settling farmers’ dues, by Krishana Prasain (kp
18/12/2020)
Police
issues arrest warrant against operators of four sugar
mills (rep 17/12/2020)
PAC
summons Health Minister Dhakal over irregularities in
medical supplies procurement (kh 17/12/2020)
CIAA
files corruption case against River Control Project
Chief (kh 17/12/2020)
CIAA
files Rs 70 million graft case against three employees
at Land Revenue Office (kh 15/12/2020)
Judicial
custody of former anti-graft body chief raises
questions over appointments : Unless appointments are
made in a transparent way without political
motivations, the trend of choosing a person
lacking qualifications will continue, observers say,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/12/2020) [A
consequence of the total party politicisation of all
areas of public life by an anti-democratic generation
of male high caste top politicians], Crime
and punishment : Basnyat’s arrest has proved that
corruption is not possible without a nexus between
politicians and bureaucrats (ht 15/12/2020), Most
defendants in Baluwatar case have been released either
on bail or general dates : Former Deputy Prime
Minister Gachhadar and key middlemen including Ram
Kumar Subedi and Sobha Kanta Dhakal are yet to present
themselves to the court, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 16/12/2020)
Former
CIAA Chief Commissioner Basnyat remanded to judicial
custody (kh 13/12/2020), Former
anti-graft body chief Deep Basnyat sent to judicial
custodyThe agency he once headed had filed corruption
charges in a case when he was a secretary in 2010,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/12/2020)
Coca
Cola manufacturer accused of evading capital gains tax
(rep 13/12/2020)
The
bitter story of sweet sugarcane: Farmers not paid for
past seven years (rep 13/12/2020), Sugarcane
farmers are back in the Capital as Oli administration
broke its promiseThe government failed to make sugar
mills pay the farmers their dues despite an agreement.
They saw no option and came to Kathmandu to protest
demanding payments, by Krishana Prasain (kp
14/12/2020), ugarcane
farmers refuse to sit for talks as the government
dilly-dallies : Home and industry ministers show
lukewarm response to farmers, with one promising
‘lawful action’ against mill owners and the other
saying infiltration by ‘middlemen’, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 16/12/2020)
Five
firms accused of embezzling Rs 410 million using fake
VAT bills (rep 03/12/2020)
PM
Oli obstructing anti-graft bodies to investigate
corruption cases, alleges civil society body (rep
28/11/2020)
Food
trading company uncertain whether to file legal case
against dishonest rice supplier : The supplier was
recently caught transporting subsidised rice meant for
the people in Karnali Province to Bhaktapur, by
Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 28/11/2020)
Rs
one million graft case filed against NEA engineer
(kh 27/11/2020)
Recruiting
agencies suspect foul play in Qatar hirings : Nepal
Association of Foreign Employment Agencies says a few
agencies have formed a syndicate to exclusively send
workers to the Gulf country, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 26/11/2020), Raids
of four manpower agencies expose ‘syndicate’ to supply
workers to Qatar (rep 27/11/2020)
CIAA
Needs Committed Leadership, by Mukti Rijal (rn
26/11/2020)
Corruption
cases up by 58 per cent (ht 25/11/2020) [see Transparency
International report (24/11/2020)], 84
percent of people in Nepal think that government
corruption is a big issue: TI report (rep
25/11/2020), Transparency
International report unacceptable: Government : Says
it is politically motivated (kh 29/11/2020) [??????]
Owner
of Nepal Engineering College Neupane arrested on
charge of duping people (rep 25/11/2020)
Haj
Committee Chair alleged of irregularities worth
millions of rupees (kh 25/11/2020)
दलीय
सहमतिमा भ्रष्टाचार ! सत्तामा रहनेहरू नागरिक असन्तुष्टि
दबाएर राज्यसंयन्त्र आफ्नो नियन्त्रणमा राख्ने
गैरलोकतान्त्रिक अभ्यासमा अभ्यस्त हुँदैछन्
[Corruption in party consensus! Those in power are
becoming accustomed to the undemocratic practice of
controlling the state apparatus by suppressing civil
dissatisfaction], by Shyam Prasad Mainali (ap
22/11/2020)
Govt
blacklists half a dozen errant contractors, vendors
(rep 21/11/2020)
Local
level staffers told to sign commitment letter (ht
20/11/2020)
Bullion
traders asked to record details of buyers in high
value transactions : Directive is aimed at making
business transparent and discouraging money laundering,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/11/2020)
Govt.
To Bear Treatment Cost Of Former DPM KC (rn
12/11/2020) [It's still
decisive if you are a politicion or an unimportant
normal citizen. The latter should even pay for Covid
tests according to Oli doctrine!]
Rani
Jamara project warns contractor of legal action : The
contractor completed over 95 percent of works but
hasn’t shown up at site for a year, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 11/11/2020)
Sugarcane
farmers demand clearance of dues (ht 11/11/2020),
Farmers’
woe : This has happened largely because the government
has failed to crack down on the industrialists for
duping the farmers (ht 12/11/2020)
Empty
food depots force Mugu folks to buy rice at higher
price : Subsidised rice meant for the villages hit by
food shortage is being sold elsewhere, by Raj
Bahadur Singh (kp 10/11/2020)
प्रधानमन्त्रीसहितको
भ्रष्टाचार छानबिन [Corruption investigation
including the Prime Minister] , by Bhairav Risal (nag
09/11/2020)
सार्वजनिक
खपतको अभिव्यक्ति र राजनीतिक भ्रष्टाचार : भ्रष्टाचार
बढ्दै जाँदा नेपालमा पनि हङकङमा जस्तै जनता स्वतःस्फूर्त
सडकमा निस्किएर भ्रष्टहरूउपर कारबाहीको अभियान प्रारम्भ
हुनेछ [Expression of public consumption and
political corruption : As corruption grows, people in
Nepal, like in Hong Kong, will spontaneously take to the
streets and launch a campaign to crack down on the
corrupt.], by Shyam Mainali (np 09/11/2020)
भ्रष्टाचार
नियन्त्रणमा सेवाग्राही : स्थानीय तहसम्म सुशासन कायम
गर्न नसक्दा सरकारको विश्वसनीयता र साख कमजोर हुँदै गएको
छ [Service recipients in corruption control : The
inability to maintain good governance at the local level
is weakening the credibility and credibility of the
government] , by Shiva Ram Neupane (ap 09/11/2020)
30
Sting Operation In 6 Months By CIAA (rn
08/11/2020)
Engineer
at Belkotgadhi Municipality arrested on charge of
corruption (rep 08/11/2020)
Remdesivir
costing Rs 5,600 being sold for more than Rs 40,000,
by Tapendra Karki (rep 08/11/2020)
Supplier
under investigation for illegal export of subsidised
rice : Police arrested the accused on Tuesday and have
remanded him in custody for seven days for a
probe, by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 04/11/2020)
Blacktopped
road in Gorkha peels off in just one day of its
construction, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 02/11/2020)
No
price tagging lives : Citizens must realise that in a
corrupt state, the onus to remain alive is on
themselves (kp 02/11/2020)
Unscrupulous
activities continue to rise despite an uptick in
market inspections : n current fiscal year alone, from
mid-July to October end, the department has fined 197
firms a total of Rs9 million, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 01/11/2020)
Subsidised
rice meant for Karnali illegally exported to other
provinces : A truck carrying 250 quintals of
subsidised rice on its way to Bhaktapur from Surkhet
was seized by police, according to the chief district
officer, by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 31/10/2020)
Corruption
overshadows good deeds in Nepal Army (kh
22/10/2020)
New
provisions on parliamentarians' fund will encourage
irregularities, experts say : With a new working
procedure coming into effect, there is high risk of
lawmakers choosing their own people as consumer
committee members to spend the funds, critics say,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/10/2020)
Kulman
Ghising, Bonnie Henry and Bamdev Gautam : Nepal’s
biggest challenge is not poverty. It is the impunity
with which politicians operate, by Naresh Koirala
(kp 18/10/2020)
Dashain
allowance for House members draws flak (ht
18/10/2020), Lawmakers
relinquish Dashain allowance following criticisms
(kh 18/10/2020)
Passengers
leaving Valley overcharged even after fare hike
reversed : There are not enough passengers to cover
operation costs and fuel expenses, long haul bus
operators say, by Anup Ojha (kp 18/10/2020)
Head
constable, wife caught red-handed with bribe money
(ht 17/10/2020)
Who
pocketed nine billion rupees commission in Budhi
Gandaki Project?, by Himal Lamsal (rep 15/10/2020)
People
in growing numbers getting insured against COVID-19,
but claim settlement by insurance companies very slow
(rep 14/10/2020)
Jhalanath
Khanal Foundation’s Antivenom Center is misusing
taxpayers’ money to buy luxury items worth millions
(rep 14/10/2020)
Cane
farmers demand payment of outstanding dues from sugar
mill : The Sugarcane Producers Association says that
Shree Ram Sugar Mill in Rautahat, which closed two
months ago, has Rs410 million in outstanding dues to
farmers, by Krishana Prasain (kp 12/10/2020), Honour
thy farmer : Sugarcane producers are deep in debt as
the government looks away (kp 13/10/2020)
Dailekh
residents accuse local units of misappropriating
Covid-19 fundsDespite the high expenditure, the local
governments did not deliver on their promise,
say locals, by Jyotee Katuwal (kp 09/10/2020))
Combating
Corruption In Nepal, by Mukti Rijal (rn
08/10/2020)
Graft
case filed against 15 including Bheri Hospital
staffers (kh 08/10/2020)
Expired
food items worth Rs 1 million seized from Kathmandu’s
Kalopul (rep 08/10/2020)
Substandard
mechanisms : Businesses are out to cheat when the
government mechanisms are flawed and weak (kp
06/10/2020)
Govt
officials surprisingly lenient toward key players of
‘expired chocolates scam’ : Officials let go the eight
individuals arrested by police after raids on three
houses full of expired food items in Kalanki since
Thursday (rep 05/10/2020)
Debate
rages over current relevance of the anti-corruption
commission : There is no alternative to making the
constitutional watchdog effective, and for that
choosing the right person to head it is imperative,
experts say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/10/2020)
Eight
held for tampering with expiry dates of food items,
cosmetics : Head of Vishal Group’s local distributor
among those arrested (ht 03/10/2020), Police
discover another house full of expired food stuff in
Kalanki (rep 04/10/2020)
Increasing
the number of ministries to pacify dissidents
sets poor precedent, experts sayIt would not only go
against the spirit of constitution but also federalism
and provinces could follow suit in future, they say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/09/2020) [Such
an unconstitutional and in any case completely
superfluous procedure must be strictly prohibited by
the SC. Nepal is not a playground for the pointless
power struggles of politicians.]
Budget
duplication and irregularities in road projects go
unchecked in Dailekh districtLocals have raised
questions about the poor monitoring and evaluation of
the development projects by the local
authorities, by Jyotee Katuwal (kp 30/09/2020)
Aviation
mafia eyeing NAC’s ground handling income (rep
29/09/2020)
CIAA
seizes municipality’s documents on charge of
embezzling COVID-19 fund (rep 29/09/2020)
Dr
KC v State, Round 19 : The irony of the most powerful
government in Nepal’s democratic history working for
medical mafia is not lost on anyone (ae
25/09/2020)
The
FinCEN Files: Nepali banks and companies transact
billions of rupees through dubious channels (kh
21/09/2020), Dirty
Money Flow And Fragile Democracy, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 23/09/2020)
Arbitrary
awarding of Constitution Day honours draws widespread
flak : Writers who praised the prime minister and the
driver of the chief secretary among 594 awarded for
contributing to national life in the past year, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/09/2020) [Long
live the nepotistic oligarchy of Nepal!], Honour
sans honour : National honours have become an object
of ridicule rather than a matter of pride (kp
21/09/2020), Nepali
society and meritocracy : The question of Kulman
Ghising’s reappointment shows how Nepalis actually
value meritocracy, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
22/09/2020) [This is more a
misconduct of corrupt politicians who have lost all
sense of morals and values than of Nepalis as such!]
Not
to reappoint Kuman Ghising a height of corruption:
Mishra (kh 16/09/2020)
Insurance
companies are cheating the people, and destroying
their own credibility during pandemic, by Rudra
Khadka (rep 16/09/2020)
Omni
gets off lightly being blacklisted for just a year
instead of three yearsThe company has been penalised
for delay in supplying medical equipment to
fight Covid-19 but not for delivering inferior
quality rapid diagnostic test kits, officials say,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/09/2020)
CIAA
files graft case against ex-BPKIHS VC Balbhadra Prasad
Das for amassing property worth Rs 77.19 million
illegally (rep 15/09/2020)
CIAA
under public scrutiny as outgoing chief puts NOC land
scam case on hold (rep 15/09/2020)
Selling
of date-expired food items rampant in Valley (rep
15/09/2020)
Fake
PCR reports made (ht 15/09/2020)
Anti-graft
body had relied on inconclusive video evidence to file
case against a junior civil servant who committed
suicide : The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of
Authority did not produce any witnesses in court
though it had claimed in the chargesheet that
witnesses had vouched Rs 1,000 had changed hands,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/09/2020)
Anti-graft
body in the spotlight as questions arise over its
independence : The constitutional body is largely
failing to function as per its mandate because
over-politicisation has meant officials often
serve their political masters, analysts say, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/09/2020)
Bridges
to hell : As defaulting contractors remain scot-free,
bridges continue to pose a threat to life and property
(kp 10/09/2020)
How
a multi-billion rupee railway trackbed corruption scam
was exposed and ultimately brought down, by
Krishna Gnawali (rep 08/09/2020)
Nepal’s
patronage economy : Government-led capital expenditure
projects are overwhelmingly selected by patronage and
corruption, by Bishal Thapa (ae 04/09/2020)
How
to spot a genius : Nepotism and favouritism have been
the bane of Nepali polity for centuries. It is not
going away any time soon, by Deepak Thapa (kp
03/09/2020)
CIAA
summons whistle-blower in Baskota audiotape scandal
(ht 03/09/2020)
A
number of firms that cheated consumers refuse to pay
cash fines determined by market regulator (rep
29/08/2020)
Youth
dies in police custody in Rautahat : The family of the
deceased accuses police of ill-treatment while police
rule out allegation, by Madan Thakur (rep
27/08/2020)
Financial
irregularities suspected in construction of isolation
centre, by Jyotee Katuwal (kp 27/08/2020)
Four
persons booked for graft (ht 27/08/2020)
Save
the Children faked data to receive Rs. 230 million
from the Global Fund, says Health Ministry, by
Sunil Sapkota (rep 26/08/2020)
Implementation
of projects under Investment Board is drawn-out
process : The new Act will further inhibit the board’s
functioning that is already throttled by rigmarole of
bureaucracy, officials say, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 25/08/2020)
Government
lacks system to monitor builders’ bid capacity : The
monitoring body says it is updating software to
enforce bidding capacity criteria, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/08/2020)
Will
CJ's new initiative end corruption in the judiciary?,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 23/08/2020)
Commerce
department collects over Rs 1 million in fines last
week from unscrupulous traders (rep 15/08/2020)
Nepal
Bar Association calls for a mechanism to control
corruption in the judiciary: It has concluded that the
justice delivery process under the incumbent
leadership of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana is
not satisfactory (kp 11/08/2020)
Writ
petition registered at Patan High Court against
Bhatta’s appointment as CEO of Investment Board: The
writ seeks interim order barring Bhatta to work as
CEO (kp 11/08/2020), Patan
High Court issues interim order barring Sushil Bhatta
from assuming office as CEO of investment board: The
court has summoned the two parties in the case for a
hearing on August 16 to decide the legitimacy of
Bhatta’s appointment, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
12/08/2020)
CIAA
Holds Government Employee With Bribes Of Rs 1 Million
(rn 10/08/2020)
Despite
coronavirus infections, anti-graft body keeps accused
in its own custody: Officials say they are taking
safety measures to prevent the disease from spreading,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/08/2020)
Stadium
construction continues despite the use of substandard
material, by Rajan Gaunle (ae 07/08/2020)
Bhatta’s
appointment despite criticism puts a spotlight on
problem inherent in the system: Oli’s decision to
appoint Sushil Bhatta the IBN chief has run into
controversy, but analysts say it comes as a
continuation of Nepal’s parties’ trend of handpicking
people of their choice disregarding merit and process,
by Anil Giri (kp 05/08/2020)) [Long
live nepotism and corruption in Nepalese political
circles!]
PM
Oli’s IT consultant Asgar Ali’s illegal activities get
government’s amnesty: Activities include 4G expansion
discard to foreign currency misappropriation and
Bitcoin operation. by Gajendra Basnet (kh
05/08/2020)
The
chase for gold: The connivance of security officers in
yellow metal smuggling exposes the faultlines of
policing in Nepal (kp 03/08/2020)
Congress-aligned
professors, students padlock Tribhuvan University
office: Ruling party appointing key officials without
consulting other parties, they allege, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 30/07/2020)
Kathmandu
Police created a “fake incident site” in 14-kg yellow
metal case, by Ashim Neupane (rep 30/07/2020)
FNCCI
agro offshoot under CIAA scanner (ht 29/07/2020)
Government
defends licences issued to firms engaged in
‘networking business’: Networking businesses in the
past had swindled billions by illegally expanding
their network in a pyramid style, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 27/07/2020)
‘CIAA
should be allowed to investigate corruption in private
sector’, by Kamal Subedi (rep 27/07/2020)
With
over three dozen positions to fill, Oli, Deuba want to
share spoils: Experts warn such appointees will be
loyal to politicians, not constitutional bodies,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/07/2020) [Most leading
politicians in Nepal have neither understanding nor
interest in democratic processes! They are only interested
in personal advantages and power!]
Bhat
Bhateni Supermarket fined Rs 300,000 for selling
expired bottled water to a government agency: Four
bottling plants in Kathmandu were also sealed for
failing to comply with consumer protection regulations
while two were fined, by Krishana Prasain (kp
25/07/2020)
Procurement
worth Rs 72 billion made without competition, reveals
OAG report (ht 25/07/2020)
Murder-convict
former DIG Koirala released from jail (rep
23/07/2020) [???], Attorney
general questions Supreme Court verdict on Koirala
case: The former DIG of the Armed Police Force
convicted of murdering his wife was released Thursday
following top court’s order, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 24/07/2020) [Doubts about
the constitutional action of the judiciary!], Calls
grow louder to impeach Chief Justice Rana: Verdict to
commute a wife murderer’s sentence erodes people’s
trust in judiciary, legal practitioners say, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/07/2020)
66.64pc
corruption cases settled: CIAA (ht 22/07/2020)
‘Home
minister, officials misusing state fund’ (ht
19/07/2020)
Unfortunate
Truth, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km 17/07/2020)
Anti-graft
body arrests seven persons in two days (ht
17/07/2020)
Cases
filed against six people for Rs3.82b revenue dodging:
According to the department, the company dodged
customs duty amounting to Rs1.71 billion, value added
tax (VAT) amounting to Rs592.81 million and income tax
including capital gain tax amounting to Rs121.43
million, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/07/2020)
House
committee to seek clarification from minister on
procurement deal with Omni: Health ministry officials
involved in the procurement defend it saying they
adopted a fast-track process to get the essential
goods at the earliest, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/07/2020)
CIAA
arrests information officer of Joshipur Rural
Municipality (kh 14/07/2020)
CIAA
books 10 persons for graft (ht 10/07/2020)
Ward
chair’s hand suspected in fertiliser black marketing
(ht 10/07/2020)
Procurement
monitoring office seeks clarification from Department
of Health Services and Omni for second time: The
office has said that the department’s failure to
follow due procedure while terminating the contract
with Omni has complicated matters, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 09/07/2020)
Federal
government stops releasing budget for constituency
development programme: The move comes after the
government decided to transfer the saved amount for
fighting Covid-19, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
06/07/2020)) [Finally! This is
nothing else but political corruption in the interest
of a non-inclusive male highcaste elite!]
Controversial
provisions in corruption-related bills to be revised
but private sector to remain under the purview of
anti-graft body: Opposition leaders and the private
sector continue to object to the bills, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 30/06/2020)
Government
yet to pay Nepal Airlines Rs 20.4 million in charter
costs: The carrier could really use the money as its
revenues have been slashed by the pandemic, officials
say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/06/2020)
National
Assembly committee to review CIAA bill after protest
from private sector: The private sector had lobbied
hard with the senior leaders of ruling and opposition
parties to stop the bill, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 28/06/2020)
Govt
backtracks on plan to bring private sector within
CIAA’s legal ambit (rep 26/06/2020)
Ruling
party agrees to hold CIAA amendment bill in order to
build consensus: The decision came in response to
widespread criticism from both the opposition and
private sector, which believes that it will ruin the
investment climate, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
25/06/2020), Watch
your Act: The proposed amendment to the CIAA Actputs
democracy in danger (kp 25/06/2020)(
Amendment
bill to allow CIAA to investigate private sector lands
in Upper House despite criticism: The opposition and
analysts believe that the amendment is politically
motivated and could be used to conduct witch-hunts
against private individuals and institutions, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 24/06/2020)
Federal
lawmakers retain key role in distribution of funds to
fight Covid-19 pandemic at local level: A former
auditor general warns the system will lead to misuse
of funds and mismatch in priorities, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 24/06/2020)
State
plunder during a pandemic: A systemic annihilation of
the entire anti-corruption system will have far graver
consequences than a single instance of corruption,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 23/06/2020)
Surveillance
vehicle worth Rs 50 million being purchased for Prime
Minister, by Tapendra Karki (rep 23/06/2020)
Public
Accounts Committee begins investigation into Omni
Group’s procurement of medical supplies: A preliminary
report by the committee has implicated Health Minister
Bhanubhakta Dhakal and chief advisor Dr Khem Karki in
irregularities in the procurement process, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 23/06/2020)
Inspector
among four booked for graft (ht 21/06/2020)
House
committee says health minister, advisor sealed
controversial Omni deal: Advisor had no legal
authority to negotiate the deal, prices were too high,
says preliminary report, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
20/06/2020)
Nepal’s
anti-graft body continues its sting operation (ht
18/06/2020)
Reports
suspect police negligence, political protection for
murderers in Rukum killings: They doubt a strong case
will be presented to prosecute the perpetrators,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 17/06/2020)
Bardiya
farmers are being forced to buy unnecessary variant of
fertilisers: Farmers are turned away from shops for
refusing to buy two kinds of fertilisers, by
Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 14/06/2020)
Oli
peddles in mistruths and sidesteps criticism before
Parliament: Responding to lawmakers on Wednesday, Oli
stated that Nepalis have “stronger immune systems” and
refused to furnish details of the Rs10 billion spent
fighting Covid-19, by Anil Giri (kp 11/06/2020) [His Majesty, PM Oli, does not
consider it necessary and appropriate to give an
account of the use of more than 73 million Euros!],
Prime
minister’s advisor reveals expenditure report but no
one knows where it came from: Government officials
have professed ignorance about a report published on
social media breaking down the amount the government
has spent so far in fighting Covid-19, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 14/06/2020)
Surveyor
booked for accumulating illegal assets (ht
10/06/2020)
Huge
price difference in health equipment purchased by Army
and Department of Health Services, by Sunil
Sapkota (rep 08/06/2020)
New
law proposes disqualifying all companies owned by
blacklisted individuals from participating in public
bids: The bill also proposes action against officials
responsible for delay in public works, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 06/06/2020)
Kathmandu
city officials fixing pavements that don’t need
fixing, locals allege: Ward representatives, however,
say they are utilising the budget, and accusations
against them are politically motivated, by Anup
Ojha (kp 05/06/2020)
Social
media users blast planned renovation works at
President's Office calling it ill-timed (rep
02/06/2020) [???]
Why
NA not feel the brunt of corruption?, by Gajendra
Basnet (kh 31/05/2020)
Constituency
development fund given continuity despite widespread
criticism (rep 28/05/2020) [Long
live political corruption!]
Corruption
in private sector needs probe but so does corruption
in political parties, say experts: An amendment to the
anti-corruption law seeks to widen the jurisdiction of
the CIAA to include the private sector but political
parties also need scrutiny, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
25/05/2020)
Grocery
store sealed for selling fertiliser illegally: The
shop owner was charging Rs2,000 for a sack of
fertiliser which normally costs Rs785 (kp
25/05/2020)
CIAA
books five persons for corruption (ht
23/05/2020)
Corruption
in the epidemic: Double jeopardy, by Prem
Lamichhane (kh 22/05/2020)
Scrap
Lawmakers’ Fund To Fight Corona, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 21/05/2020))
Public
Procurement Review Committee to look into alleged
irregularity in selection of consultant for Nijgadh
expressway: The committee is set to hear from the army
and the complainants on Friday, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 07/05/2020)
Procurement
of medical supplies from China uncertain, by
Gajendra Basnet (kh 05/05/2020)
Firms
slapped with Rs 7 million in fines during lockdown:
Surgical stores were issued the most fines, worth Rs
1.74 million, by Krishana Prasain (kp 03/05/2020)
Government
likely to continue local infrastructure development
programme fund despite criticism: The way the money is
spent, however, will be changed in the new fiscal
year, says National Planning Commission, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 01/05/2020) [The
only reason why these funds are channelled through the
directly elected deputies, who are not responsible for
local development at all, is to ensure their
re-election at the next elections, i.e. political
corruption! Besides, the incumbent PM naturally wants
to keep the MPs in line!]
Forest
Consumers Committee chair held with Rs 50,000 bribe
(kh 01/05/2020)
CIAA
raids Bharatpur Corona Hospital (kh 28/04/2020),
CIAA
raids Bharatpur Corona Hospital Staff caught on camera
stealing equipment, by Tilakram Rimal (ht
29/04/2020)
PAC
starts probe into procurement process of medical kits
throught Omni (ht 27/04/2020)
Government
extended deadline of sick projects by a year, but
contractors say Covid-19 has stalled all works: Public
contractors say they need yet another deadline
extension of at least six months to complete the
projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/04/2020)
Mahakali
Hospital scraps tender with supplier after the latter
provided old and rusty ventilator: The hospital had
invited a tender of Rs 5.7 million three weeks ago to
purchase a ventilator, patient monitors, and blood gas
analysers, among other medical equipment, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 23/04/2020)
Public
procurement monitoring office blacklists 50
contractors and suppliers: More requests were filed
this fiscal due to an amendment made made to the
public procurement regulation, officials say, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/04/2020)
Kalaiya
mayor arrested on charge of selling substandard
lentils: Police on Saturday sealed a grocery store run
by Raya and sent the sample of the lentils to the
Regional Food Technology and Quality Control Office in
Hetauda for a quality test, by Laxmi Sah (kp
22/04/2020), Kalaiya
mayor held on charge of selling substandard lentils,
released on bail: The mayor was taken into custody
after the laboratory test of the sample confirmed that
the lentils were of substandard quality, by Laxmi
Sah (kp 24/04/2020)
Locals
beat up ward office representative accusing him of
nepotism in relief distribution: Relief distribution
programmes in other parts of the district have also
courted controversy, while some wards are yet to
coordinate any efforts, by Abdesh Kumar Jha (kp
21/04/2020), Five involved in distribution of relief
held (ht 21/04/2020)
Mayor
of Kalaiya in hot water for selling four-year-old
stock of lentils for relief: Police on Saturday sealed
a grocery store run by the mayor citing substandard
quality of lentils sold, by Laxmi Sah (kp
20/04/2020)
State-owned
FMTCL selling underweight rice in Jumla, by Dhan
Bahadur Budha (rep 18/04/2020)
Lawmakers
agree to use parliamentary funds to combat
coronavirus: Meeting of the Business Advisory
Committee agrees that the government failed to take
effective measures on time to prevent the spread of
Covid-19 (kp 15/04/2020) [This
fund for the directly elected predominantly male high
caste MPs in order to safeguard their future
re-election is a case of corruption either and should
be abolished immediately!]
IAA
begins probe into medical procurement deal (rep
10/04/2020), Procurement
monitoring office seeks clarification from Omni as to
why it should not be blacklisted: The company, accused
of irregularities in the procurement and supply of
medical equipment for Covid -19 emergency, has 30 days
to submit a response, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/04/2020), TI
Nepal seeks action against officials in medical
procurement scam (ht 13/04/2020)
Government
to roll out rapid testing kits without waiting for
assessment results: There is political pressure to use
these test kits to justify the deal with Omni and also
bring the controversial company back for more
procurement deals, officials say, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 09/04/2020)
Shanker
Group owner Agrawal arrested for overpricing thermal
guns: Medical equipment suppliers suspect foul play as
many of them ordered thermal guns from China, but none
of them received their cargo, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 08/04/2020), Thermal
gun blackmarket accused Agrawal linked to financial
irregularities (rep 09/04/2020), Shanker Group
owner Agrawal arrested immediately after district court
releases him on bail: On April 7, a team from the
Metropolitan Police Crime Division had arrested Agrawal
from Naxal for selling infrared thermometers, which cost
around Rs 3,000 to 3,500 per unit, at Rs 16,000 each (kp
01/05/2020)
Payment
gateway bought for Rs 250 million dumped to promote
eSewa, by Sunil Sapkota (rep 07/04/2020)
One
after another, Oli's key aides court controversy
(rep 05/04/2020), Fire
the corrupt people (rep 05/04/2020) [There
have to be severe judicial consequences as well!]
Govt
scraps contract with Omni Group: Didn’t receive
medical equipment in time; COVID testing kits don’t
meet standards set by the World Health Organisation;
Govt flayed for ordering kits that are known for
showing false negative results (ht 02/04/2020)
Kathmandu
Press accuses its site developer of removing a news
article without consent: The article had alleged the
involvement of the sons of the Defence Minister and
the prime minister’s chief advisor, along with Oli’s
IT consultant, in procuring medical equipment from
China (kp 02/04/2020)
Feel
some shame: Corruption in the time of crisis (rep
02/04/2020)
Army
rushes to pick consultant for Expressway as nation
combats coronavirus: Law flouted while selectiung
Korean firm (rep 02/04/2020), Nepal
Army selects consultant for Kathmandu-Tarai expressway
by violating procurement guidelines: Complaint says
army officials completed contract negotiations, which
would normally take two weeks, within three hours,
by Anil Giri (kp 03/04/2020)
CIAA
mum over suspicious procurement of medical kits
(ht 01/04/2020)
Financial
irregularities suspected in procurement of medical
equipment from China, by Sunil Sapkota (rep
29/03/2020), Provincial
lawmaker Poudel files case at CIAA against Minister
Dhakal (kh 01/04/2020), Complaint
lodged against Health Minister Dhakal at CIAA (ht
02/04/2020)
The
anti-corruption watchdog has a choice: Officials at
the CIAA need to understand that history may judge
them for protecting corrupt leaders, by Dinesh
Pant (kp 25/03/2020)
Gandaki
province chief minister and six out of seven ministers
make public their property details: The ministers
disclosed their assets after two years against the
requirement to do so within 60 days of taking office,
by Pratiksha Kafle (kp 19/03/2020)
Financial
irregularities plaints against PMAMP (ht
18/03/2020)
Police
confiscate over a million surgical masks stockpiled
for sale in the black market: The confiscated masks
will be available in the market for sale at regular
prices in a week’s time, said the chief district
office, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 17/03/2020)
Former
land revenue officer sent to judicial custody (ht
17/03/2020)
PAC
directs CIAA to probe security press deal case (ht
14/03/2020), Parliament
body tells govt to scrap security press deal with
France (rep 14/03/2020)
Profiteering
in troubled times: Consumer courts are needed to stop
unscrupulous practices (kp 12/03/2020)
Politics,
Money And Corruption, by Mukti Rijal (rn
12/03/2020)
Three
booked for graft (ht 12/03/2020)
Beyond
one's means: Politicians indulge in corruption to
recover steep campaign costs (kp 11/03/2020)
Absconding
contractor surrenders to police (ht 11/03/2020)
Four
pharmacies fined Rs 800,000 for selling surgical masks
at high prices: An inspection team was dispatched
after receiving a consumer complaint, officials said,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 11/03/2020)
Parties
spend millions on elections, facilitating corruption
and criminalisation, experts say: The Election
Commission plans to institute software to track party
finances but officials themselves are sceptical if it
will do any good, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
09/03/2020)
Revenue
Investigation body issues public notice to firms
involved in suspicious transactions: Most of the firms
were allegedly involved in the transaction of fake VAT
bills, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/03/2020)
Government
issues 35-day ultimatum to non-paying casinos and
hotels: The defaulting firms have been told to settle
their overdue royalties and taxes totalling Rs 1.57
billion with penalty and interest, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 07/03/2020)
SC
seeks clarification on funds distributed to lawmakers
(rep 07/03/2020) [This
systemis corruption in its purest form: The almost
exclusively male and predominantly high-caste directly
elected representatives receive state funds to secure
their re-election and satisfy their clientele!]
Defense
minister, army chief skip House inquiry meeting (rep
06/03/2020)
1,000
bighas of public land in Dang’s Tulsipur have been taken
over by illegal settlers: Study:
National
Vigilance Centre says the land plots were captured
with the backing from local political parties, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/03/2020)
Fallout
of favor (rep 01/03/2020)
Ex-Minister
Baskota files defamation case against Swiss company
agent Mishra (rep 29/02/2020)
PM
Oli weighs in to defend bribe-accused Baskota (rep
28/02/2020) [The chief of the
executive should not interfere in judicial processes!
In democratic states the principle of separation of
powers applies!]
Special
Court convicts ex-minister Sanjay Sah of corruption,
money laundering (rep 28/02/2020)
Congress
President Sher Bahadur Deuba refutes involvement in
leasing out Nepal Trust’s Tahachal land: Deuba says
the Oli administration is trying to divert attention
after being embroiled in controversies and
irregularities, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
27/02/2020)
Anti-corruption
body tells police to suspend 16 personnel: The
personnel allegedly seized 422gm smuggled gold and
kept it for themselves, the anti-corruption body said,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/02/2020)
In
Salyan, agriculture grants fail to reach farmers:
While the budget allocated to them is being misused,
most farmers in the district remain unaware of the
grants meant for them, by Biplav Maharjan (kp
27/02/2020)
Zero
Tolerance Of Corruption, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km 26/02/2020)
Attempting
to deflect blame, Nepal Trust points to past
governments as also complicit: A white paper issued by
the Nepal Trust alludes to the alleged culpability of
former prime ministers Dahal, Deuba and Bhattarai,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/02/2020)
Janata
Party demands parliamentary probe into graft
allegations against Baskota: Congress joins in and
seeks clarification from Oli on corruption scandals
(kp 26/02/2020)
After
two failed attempts and a corruption scandal,
passports to again be procured through a global
tender: With the stock of passports fast running out,
the Department of Passports has no choice but to
consider calling for a global tender, by Anil Giri
(kp 26/02/2020)
In
Lamjung, people’s representatives lobby to resume
illegal crusher industries: The industry owners and
construction contractors are pressuring the
municipality office to reopen them, by Aash Gurung
(kp 25/02/2020)
Anti-graft
body gets numerous complaints seeking investigation
into Baskota: The complaints have also sought
investigations into the roles of Prime Minister and
other bureaucrats, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/02/2020)
Oli
must shoulder responsibility for Baskota, say party
members and anti-corruption campaigners: The prime
minister finds himself in a tenuous position, given
that Gokul Baskota is a close aide and many believe
that he cannot have acted without Oli’s approval,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/02/2020)
Baskota
resigns following leaked audiotape where he is heard
negotiating a ‘commission’: If prosecuted and
indicted, Gokul Baskota, the communication minister
and Oli’s close confidante, will be liable for up to
10 years in prison, by Binod Ghimire (kp
21/02/2020), Public
Accounts Committee puts a halt to the security
printing project: The committee was considering
forming a subcommittee to advise the government on
ways to move forward but a corruption scandal
involving a sitting minister has put the brakes on the
project, by Anil Giri (kp 21/02/2020), Rotten
to the core: Gokul Baskota must be thoroughly
investigated, and so should the facilitator of the
alleged bribe (kp 21/02/2020), Halt
process of establishing security press: PAC (ht
21/02/2020), Minister
Baskota resigns after audiotape scandal: Was
negotiating kickbacks with a Swiss equipment supplier,
by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 21/02/2020), PM
should announce probe: Law experts (rep), Act
tough: The CIAA and PAC must launch thorough
investigations into the security printing press scam
that has cost the job of a minister (ht
21/02/2020), Minister
Baskota himself acted as agent in procurement, by
Sunil Sapkota (rep 21/02/2020), Minister
Baskota forced to resign in bribe scandal (rep
21/02/2020), PM
should announce probe: Law experts (rep
21/02/2020)
7
contractors including Pappu Construction in govt
blacklist (rep 20/02/2020)
Engineer
faces corruption case for amassing illegal properties:
The commission had started an investigation on
Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary, the immediate chief
divisional engineer at the Biratnagar Divisional Road
Office, on the charge of amassing property amounting
to Rs 39.94 million illegally, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 18/02/2020)
Department
fines importer and sellers of fake paddy seeds: The
bogus Garima seeds resulted in crop losses worth Rs230
million during the 2019 growing season, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 18/02/2020)
Three
govt employees booked for submitting fake academic
credentials (ht 17/02/2020)
Despite
completion of one third of sick projects, progress in
troubled government contracts remains dismal: As many
as 1,202 projects with a combined contract value of
Rs86.44 billion continue to be sick, corruption
watchdog’s latest report shows, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 16/02/2020)
Ward
chair among six booked for graft (ht 16/02/2020)
Supreme
Court issues show cause for exonerating Madhav Kumar
Nepal and Baburam Bhattarai on Lalita Niwas land scam:
Single bench of Chief Justice Rana demanded an
explanation from the anti-graft commission within 15
days, by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/02/2020), CIAA
gets SC notice on land grab probe (ht 15/02/2020),
SC
issues show cause notice to CIAA for sparing ex-PMs in
land scam (rep 15/02/2020)
Special
Court summons Lalita land scam accused (rep
15/02/2020)
Many
elected officials in Karnali Province are facing graft
and power abuse charges, data shows: As per the data
available at the CIAA provincial office in
Birendranagar, complaints have been filed against the
representatives of all the local units of the province,
by Chandana Kathayat (kp 14/02/2020)
Parliamentary
panel to probe former CoAS Chhetri: Sub-panel of good
governance committee recommends CIAA, DoMLI
investigation into case, by Umesh Poudel (ht
14/02/2020)
Failure
to indict Poudel and Regmi in land grab could set a
dangerous precedent, say legal experts: All of the 175
indicted in the Lalita Niwas scam could argue for
equal treatment before the law if they too pledge to
return their property like Poudel and Regmi did,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/02/2020)), What
is the land scam that has shaken the government’s seat
all about? The story of Lalita Niwas, which involves
multiple administrations right from the early days of
king Mahendra’s Panchayat, by Mohan Guragain (kp
13/02/2020), Petition
filed seeking to indict Nepal, Bhattarai (ht
13/02/2020), Petition
challenges sparing of ex-PMs in land scam (rep
13/02/2020)
Judge
Gautam files petition challenging his indictment in
land grab case (ht 13/02/2020)
Central
bank likely to ask banks exposed to Lalita Niwas scam
to provision for losses: Thirteen commercial banks
have outstanding loans worth Rs 1.1 billion issued to
indictees of the case, b y Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 12/01/2020)
Zero
Tolerance Of Corruption, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
(km 12/02/2020)
17,127
public post holders fail to submit property details
(ht 12/02/2020)
Civil
Bank chair faces money laundering investigation
(ht 12/02/2020)
‘Tendency
to file graft cases with ill intention up’ (ht
2/02/2020)
Govt,
public, guthi land encroached (ht 12/02/2020)
Anti-graft
body has no concrete plans to pursue investigation
into Airbus revelations: Although numerous other
countries have initiated their own investigations into
Airbus’ admission of paying bribes, Nepali authorities
are uncertain about how to proceed, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/02/2020) [Leading
personalities must be spared in any case!]
A
decision that benefits a few individuals cannot be a
policy decision, judges and lawyers say: The
anti-graft body had let off two former prime ministers
on corruption charges citing ‘policy decisions’, which
many say the Lalita Niwas decisions are clearly not,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/02/2020), In
the Lalita Niwas case, it's catch some, spare some:
The ruling party is making a mockery of the rule of
law, but the opposition's actions deserve rebuke too
(kp 11/02/2020)
Scrapping
of sub-agents from foreign employment leads to drop in
fraudulent cases: The Foreign Employment Department
has recorded less number of individual cases, but they
still continue to operate through indirect channels,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/02/2020)
Corruption
weakens democracy. Nepali people need to harness power
of social media to pressure the government to fight
corruption to improve the level of democracy. Failure
to prevent corruption contributes to deepening crisis
of democracy, by Subarna Shakya and Bimal Pratap
Shah (rep 10/02/2020)
Recent
graft charges and subsequent debate indicate erosion
of political culture: Ruling and opposition parties
squabble over anti-corruption watchdog’s decision, but
none is talking about ways to root out corruption,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 10/02/2020), Congress
objection to anti-graft body’s move may be right, but
the means is wrong, analysts say: Instead of raising
its voice against systemic problems and corruption in
Parliament strongly, the main opposition is resorting
to House obstruction, by Anil Giri (kp 10/02/2020)
LRO
reclaims plots allotted to Paudel, Regmi (ht
10/02/2020)
They
threaten to burn us alive: Nakkhu locals, by
Subhash Ghimire (rep 10/02/2020)
Implicating
head of govt over corruption charge remains a far cry
(rep 09/02/2020)
Former
ministers and middlemen facing graft charges in Lalita
Niwas land grab also being investigated for money
laundering: Department of Money Laundering
Investigation says the probe revolves around money the
accused had made by using graft amount, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 09/02/2020), Ownership
of Baluwatar land belonging to Paudel and Regmi
quietly transferred to govt’s name (rep
09/02/2020), Collusion
between govt and CIAA in Lalita Niwas land grab case:
Dr Koirala (rep 09/02/2020)
Under-construction
bridge at Tikuliyaghat develops cracks: The
under-construction bridge in Tikuliyaghat deadline has
not been extended but the construction work is still
incomplete, by Shiva Puri (kp 09/02/2020)
Scrap
agreement with contractors who fail to meet project
deadline: MoEWRI (ht 09/02/2020)
Recently
asphalted Charpane-Narayanchok-Jayapur road develop
cracks: Some sections of the six-kilometre road are
riddled with potholes, say locals, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 08/07/2020)
Local
governments mired in corruption, reveals CIAA survey
(ht 08/02/2020)
Quality
watchdog cites 13 cement and steel factories for
violations: The Nepal Bureau of Standards and
Metrology has released its report for the first half
of the current fiscal year, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 08/02/2020)
Anti-graft
body’s corruption charges called into question for
being politically motivated: Anti-corruption activists
and former bureaucrats say that the commission has
failed to indict the politically powerful, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 07/02/2020), NC
obstructs HoR proceedings claiming political vendetta
in land grab case action, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht
07/02/2020), Nepali
Congress accuses anti-graft body of witch-hunt in
Lalita Niwas land scam: Why were Madhav Nepal and
Bishnu Poudel spared, but Gachhadar charged,
opposition asks, by Anil Giri (kp 07/02/2020), Questions
galore: The CIAA has filed a corruption case against
175 persons in the Lalita Niwas scandal, but has given
political protection to a few (ht 07/02/2020), Experts
question CIAA Lalita probe sparing some high-profile
parties (rep 07/02/2020), DoMLI
probing assets of those accused (ht 07/02/2020), Recovery
of Rs 2.41bn loan uncertain: BFIs have used illegal
Lalita Niwas plots as collateral (ht 08/01/2020)
Families
of labourers who lost their lives on the job in Parbat
await compensation: Eight workers died in the last
seven months. None of their families has received the
compensation amount, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp
07/02/2020)
Three
former ministers among 175 individuals indicted over
Lalita Niwas land scam: Bijay Kumar Gachhadar, Dambar
Shrestha and Chandra Dev Joshi face corruption charges
over the illegal transfer of government land into
private hands, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
06/02/2020), Gachhadar
among 175 booked for land grab: Politicians, prominent
businessmen, including Bhatbhateni owner, among those
named by CIAA in Lalita Niwas scam (ht
06/02/2020), CIAA
books 175 for corruption in Lalita Niwas land-grab
case (ht 06/02/2020) [list of names], CIAA
files case at Special Court against 175 in Lalita
Niwas land scam, by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep
06/02/2020), Gachchhadar
suspended as MP, Congress cries foul (rep
06/02/2020)
Medical
colleges continue to overcharge students while
authorities remain passive: Students say the Medical
Education Commission has not taken any action despite
receiving complaints against some colleges, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 06/02/2020)
Municipality
staffers arrested with bribe (ht 05/02/2020)
Political
corruption: State funding of parties needed, by
Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 04/02/2020)
Airbus
admits to paying at least 340,000 euros in bribes to
Nepali officials: A settlement reached by Airbus with
financial authorities in France, UK and US alludes to
a total financial commitment of $1.8 million and says
the payment is ‘likely to qualify as bribery of a
foreign public official’, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/02/2020), Nepali
officials have no plan on how to proceed with Airbus
bribery revelations: Countries around the world launch
formal investigations into the planemaker’s local
connections, Nepal doesn’t have a game plan, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/02/2020)
Bureaucrats
who resign days before their retirement receive
salaries and an increase to their pensions: A clause
in the Civil Service Act allows bureaucrats who joined
civil service before November 6, 1992 to retire
voluntarily and receive these perks, by Anil Giri
(kp 04/02/2020)
CIAA
amendment bill: CIAA empowered beyond constitution: A
number of provisions in bill appear to be unwarranted,
by Ram, Kumar Kamat (ht 02/02/2020), Comply
with statue: The proposed CIAA bill must be compatible
with the constitution, which has given it powers and
defined its jurisdiction (ht 03/02/2020))
Contractor
dismissed, fined for delaying road project, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 02/02/2020)
NCP
CC members demand top leaders disclose their property
(rep 01/0/2020)
CIB
submits land grab probe report to MoHA (ht
01/02/2020), CIB
report on Baluwatar land scam exonerates top
politicians: Suggests legal action against
bureaucrats, middlemen (rep 01/02/2020)
Mobile
lab van gathering dust for seven months (ht
01/02/2020) [???]
Statute
of limitations for filing corruption cases may promote
graft, experts say: The government has registered a
new bill with the provision at the National Assembly
Secretariat, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
31/01/2020)
LRO
office assistant accused of embezzling Rs 8.98 cr
(ht 31/01/2020)
Govt
seeks more teeth to make market inspection effective
(rep 31/01/2020)
Shailung
Construction was fined for project delay, but
government body is unsure whether it should recover
the fine amount: Shailung is being fined Rs150,000 per
day since October for the delay of upgrade and
expansion of Kamalbinayak-Nagarkot road, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/01/2020)
Corruption
in healthcare: It’s killing Nepalis, by Chandni
Jaishwal (ht 29/01/2020)
Four
persons booked on corruption charge (ht
29/01/2020)
Provincial
minister Jha puts in paper (ht 29/01/2020)
Social
Welfare Council powerless in controlling high
administrative cost of foreign NGOs: The
administrative costs were as high as 65 percent in
some projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/01/2020)
Manufacturers
of building materials fail to give reason for price
hike: The Department of Commerce, Supplies and
Consumer Protection Management had given them until
Monday to provide an explanation, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 28/01/2020)
Control
corruption (rep 27/01/2020)
Nepal
climbs 11 spots up in global corruption index (ht
24/01/2020) [see TI
report 2019] [This is
not really noticeably reflected by reality!], Nepal
still among most corrupt countries (rep
24/01/2020), Nepal
improves in annual global corruption ranking, but
remains alongside countries with significant
corruption: With a score of 34, Transparency
International ranks Nepal 113th, 11 spots higher,
compared to last year (kp 25/01/2020)
Procurement,
recruitment of teachers at Sanothimi Campus were done
without following Tribhuvan University rules,
Vigilance Centre says: The Centre had conducted an
investigation after it received a complaint about
several alleged irregularities at the Campus, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/01/2020)
Today
is the last day for sugar mills to clear overdue
payments to farmers: But there is little chance that
the sugarcane growers will get their money, officials
said, by Krishana Prasain (kp 21/01/2020), Deadline
arrives but sugar mills still owe farmers Rs800
million: Farmers have been duped by sugar mill owners
in the past but this time they were betrayed by the
government too, they say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
22/01/2020), Sugar
producers deceive farmers yet again: Pay farmers only
Rs 160 million despite making promises to clear over
Rs 1 billion in dues by Tuesday (rep 22/01/2020)
The
federalisation of corruption: Corruption has seeped
into every tier of government. But to sustain the
federal system, it must be eradicated, by Achyut
Wagle (kp 21/01/2020)
Public
vehicles fleecing passengers (ht 21/01/2020)
Corruption
complaints against local units on the rise in
Makwanpur: In the first six months of the current
fiscal year, the CIAA Hetauda office has received 841
complaints reporting abuse of authority, by Subash
Bidari (kp 19/01/2020)
Corruption
is thriving in Province 5, watchdog officials say: A
study conducted by the CIAA this year states most of
the corruption takes place during the implementation
of infrastructure projects, by Amrita Anmol (kp
19/01/2020)
Misuse
of govt land rife in Surkhet, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya
All
commercial banks to now report suspicious transactions
via goAML: goAML is software built specifically by the
United Nations to assist in combating money laundering
and terrorism financing, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 16/01/2020)
Hope
and despair in Nepal: The country is struggling to
cope with rampant corruption, but the emerging youth
give some hope for the future, by Pramod Mishra
(kp 16/01/2020)
Corruption
thriving at the local level, surveys by anti-graft
body show: Experts say office bearers are engaging in
a conflict of interest, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 15/01/2020), CIAA
to act tough on corruption (ht 15/01/2020)
Cycle
of corruption: Corruption erodes the trust of the
people in the govt, the parties and the
service-providers, and, above all, it impedes
development (ht 15/01/2020)
Graft
complaint against MEC vice-chair (ht 15/01/2020)
Eight
booked for inflicting huge loss to ADBL (ht
15/01/2020)
Anti-graft
body wants anti-money laundering department under it:
Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority
says corruption and money laundering are interlinked,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/01/2020), CIAA
submits report, eyes more powers: Seeks authority to
probe ‘improper acts’ of public office holders,
private organisations (ht 14/01/2020), CIAA
sued 814 persons for graft totaling Rs 4b (rep
14/01/2020)
Cabbies
continue fleecing passengers in Kathmandu Valley
(ht 13/01/2020), Stricter
rules needed: The existing rules must be changed to
ensure that the cabbies stop fleecing the passengers
and take them to their destinations as and when
required (ht 14/01/2020)
Medical
commission ‘fails’ to enforce refund of excess fee to
students: Protesting students demand a probe against
commission’s Chair Dr Shree Krishna Giri over an
allegation that he demanded bribes, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 12/01/2020)
House
panel starts probe into financial anomalies in
security printing press (ht 07/01/2020)
Sudan
scam guilty Shambhu Bharati out on Rs 142 million bail,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 06/01/2020) [??],
Corruption
convict Bharati released before completing jail term
(rep 06/01/2020)
24
ropanies of Rani Mahal’s land encroached upon: Report;
The National Vigilance Centre says ownership titles
have been tampered with in collusion with employees of
District Land Revenue, District Survey Office and the
then VDC office, by Madhab Aryal (kp 05/01/2020)
Gas
bottlers flout govt safety regulations: Consumers at
risk as regulator fails to take action, by Rajesh
Khanal (rep 05/01/2020)
80%
of verdicts in work abroad scams go unimplemented:
Complex nexus of manpower agencies and feckless
government bodies result in insurmountable suffering
for victims, by Bhasha Sharma (rep 05/01/2020)
Nepali
farmers gather bumper paddy harvest of 5.55 million
tonnes: Experts say the government might have
manipulated the data to show it is on track to achieve
its ambitious 8.5 percent growth target, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 04/01/2020) [??]
BPKIHS
starts probe into electricity tariff collection by
unauthorized department, by Rohit Rai (rep
04/01/2020)
Katahariya
mayor, 20 others fined for citizenship fraud (ht
03/01/2020)
Contractors
can get extensions on delayed projects, but they
cannot participate in new bids: Newly-amended Public
Procurement Regulation has set the new rule for
builders, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/01/2020)
CIAA
detains suspended CDO (ht 02/01/2020)
‘If
I lose my land, I will hang myself’: Owed more than
Rs1 billion by sugar mills, sugarcane farmers are
afraid their creditors will begin seizing their land,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 01/01/2020), Arrest
absconding mill operator: Govt (ht 01/01/2020), Stop
the sugar scam: For years, the sugar cartel has been
duping everyone–from the poor farmers to the country’s
prime minister (kp 02/01/2020), Govt
to make mill owners pay farmers’ dues (ht
02/01/2020), Clear
the dues: Instead of lifting the farmers out of
poverty, the unscrupulous ways of doing business only
pushes them deeper into debt and destitution (ht
03/01/2020), Sugarcane
farmers end protest as government promises payments:
Farmers and Industry Ministry reach a deal on setting
up a task force to study an automated pricing system
for sugarcane, by Krishana Prasain (kp 04/01/2020)
House
panel tells government to make sugar mills pay farmers
their money: Protesting cane growers from Sarlahi say
they have not been paid for five years, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 31/12/2019)
Former
TMO chief, inspector held for corruption (ht
29/12/2019)
When
drug companies, pharmacies and doctors all benefit,
patients pay the price: Drug companies are marking up
the prices of their medicine to recoup their unethical
investments in doctors and retailers, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 28/12/2019)
Nepal
Trust awarded Yeti Holdings prime Kalimati land also
(rep 28/12/2019)
Government
amends public procurement regulation for the fourth
time in seven months amid pressure from the
contractors: The Cabinet meeting on December 23
amended the regulation, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 27/12/2019)
Police
personnel are resigning in the thousands every year
and it’s becoming a problem: The primary factor for
resignations is that many are dissatisfied when they
are passed over for promotions due to corruption,
nepotism or politicisation, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
26/12/2019)
Recruiting
agencies charging up to Rs500,000 for security guard
jobs once again exposes exploitation of workers:
Despite labour pacts with various labour countries for
zero cost jobs, not much has changed on the ground,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/12/2019)
Pappu
Construction halts work on under-construction bridge
in Tikuliya Ghat again: The construction company is
demanding payments be made to it first, despite it not
completing its work, by Shiva Puri (kp 26/12/2019)
NC
Kailali publishes report on irregularities, corruption
in local levels (ht 25/12/2019)
Pappu
gets permission to repair damaged Jabdighat bridge:
The 435-metre long bridge over the Babai river had
caved in even before it was handed over to the
government authorities., by Kamal Pnthi (kp
23/12/2019)
How
Yeti Group benefited from its connections with PM Oli,
by Sunil Sapkota (rep 23/12/2019), Lawmakers
seek govt reply on Gokarna resort, Kalapani (kp
24/12/2019), Questionable
conduct (rep 24/12/2019), DPM
Pokharel claims Gokarna Resort lease extended legally:
Downplays Nepal Trust Act amendment to favor Yeti
Group (rep 27/12/2019), Party
nexus shows as some tourism bodies defend Yeti
Holdings (rep 27/12/2019), Oli
defends decision to award Gokarna Resort to Yeti
(rep 29/12/2019), Yeti
Holdings eyeing Hima Griha in Pokhara, by Sunil
Sapkota (rep 29/12/2019), Flawed
defense: PM's favor to Yeti Group (rep 30/12/2019)
Insurance
firms overcharge migrant workers over premium
duration: Poor services, overcharging and limited
options show insurance companies discriminate against
Nepali migrant workers, the foreign employment
department says, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
22/12/2019)
Private
cars drive taxis away from Bhaktapur: An estimated 400
private second-hand cars and vans are being operated
in Dudhpati, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Kamalbinayak,
Thimi and Sallaghari, by Anup Ojha (kp 21/12/2019)
Bridge
contractor resumes work after 6 years, by Sher
Bahadur Jero (rep 21/12/2019)
NCP
head office housed illegally in Pasang Lhamu
Foundation building, by Sunil Sapkota (rep
21/12/2019)
Fake
bill scam: DRI seeks Rs 1.95bn from Varun Beverages
(ht 20/12/2019), Varun
Beverages pays Rs1.6 billion bail to prevent arrest of
its officials over tax fraud case: The Department of
Revenue Investigation had on Tuesday filed a case
against seven current and former officials of the
company for evading tax worth Rs649.6 million by
producing fake VAT bills, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 21/12/2019) [This must not
prevent them from being punished by a law court!]
Pappu
Construction leaves a bridge incomplete over the
Trishuli river: Hundreds in Tanglichok, Makaisingh,
Batase and the surrounding areas in Gorkha have been
affected by the construction delay, by Hariram
Uprety (kp 21/12/2019)
Youths
protest irregularities (ht 19/12/2019)
Nepali
migrant workers continue to remain exploited and
ill-informed about their jobs: In a random survey at
Kathmandu airport, National Human Rights Commission
finds migrant workers are still paying hefty fees for
overseas jobs, and remain ill-informed about working
conditions, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/12/2019)
Guthi
Sansthan officials held for corruption (ht
18/12/2019)
CIAA
chargesheets BPKIHS staff (ht 18/12/2019)
NC
lawmakers move SC against discrimination in pork
barrel fund (rep 17/12/2019))
CIAA
officials’ six-day training begins in India (ht
17/12/2019)
Stop
arbitrary Appointment of Teachers: CIAA (ht
16/12/2019)
Construction
of building for Madan Bhandari University starts
before Parliament endorses its bill: Project to be
funded by the Nepal government after the Chinese
government turns down proposal, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 15/12/2019) [Respect of
laws obviously does not play any role for the NCP-led
government!]
CIAA
implicates relatives of corruption-accused official
(rep 15/12/2019)
27
errant contractors have been blacklisted so far this
fiscal year and the list could grow: Officials expect
record-high cases of blacklisting with the recent
amendment to the Public Procurement Regulation, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/12/2019)
Karnali
Province sees rise in corruption cases: The residents
of the province have lodged several complaints with
the anti-graft body, by Jyoti Katuwal (kp
14/12/2019)
Anti-graft
watchdog books Tatopani Customs Office chief: Accuses
him of embezzling Rs 10.56 crore (ht 14/12/2019)
Shortlisted
nominees for six vice-chancellor posts are close to
the ruling party: If political association were to
have primacy over merit, what was the point of
announcing vacancies, experts ask, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 13/12/2019) [This
is a very special kind of political corroption as
practised by Nepal's top politicians!]
MPCD
police inspector held with bribe (ht 13/12/2019)
Illegal
extraction of riverbed materials goes unchecked in
Bajhang: Rampant extraction in Bajhang has increased
erosion risk of infrastructures like bridges and
roads, say locals, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
13/12/2019)
Corruption
charge against ex-Dolakha CDO brings the spotlight
back on anti-graft body Commission for Investigation
of Abuse of Authority recommends suspension of its
former employee, Khagendra Prasad Rijal, for alleged
bribe-taking, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
11/12/2019), Suspend
CDO Rijal, CIAA instructs govt (rep 11/12/2019)
Forty-two
years on, Lumbini Master Plan is still incomplete: The
plan is expected to be completed within the next three
years, with authorities recently hiring a new
consultant company for the job, by Madhav Dhungana
(kp 10/12/2019)
‘Quick
buck making mentality promoting graft’ (ht
10/12/2019)
Worrying
signals in the economy: Policy failures and the
inability to mitigate the increase of corruption will
hit Nepal’s economy hard, by Achyut Wagle (kp
10/12/2019)
Corruption
watchdog tells government to either terminate sick
contracts or speed up construction works: As many as
1,848 contracts related to seven ministries worth a
cumulative Rs118 billion have been found to be sick,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/12/2019), Govt
to penalise erring contractors (ht 09/12/2019)
Nepali
Congress is in decline because its leaders are
corrupt: Revitalising the party would threaten the
interests of these leaders and dismantle the
mechanisms through which they accumulate power and
money, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 09/12/2019)
CIAA
tells local bodies to adhere to Public Procurement Act
(ht 09/12/2019)
Patan
Campus procured goods without tenders for two
consecutive years, says National Vigilance Centre:
Campus chief claims the procurements were made in line
with Tribhuvan University’s procurement rules, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/12/2019)
Dolakha
CDO accused of corruption (ht 06/12/2019), Graft
accused CDO recalled to MoHA (ht 07/12/2019)
Public
vehicles overcharging passengers in Bajhang: Although
the local administration has fixed the rate for public
vehicles driving on blacktopped roads at Rs5 per km
and on dirt roads at Rs8 per km, most of the jeeps
charge eight times more, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 05/12/2019)
Rendered
without work, Poverty Alleviation Fund is now seeking
money to run climate change-related programmes:
Despite an earlier decision to scrap the agency after
local governments were installed, it continues to
exist and it is seeking a new role, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 04/12/2019)
CIAA
questions local levels' spending (ht 04/12/2019)
Anti-graft
body wants local governments to make policy to prevent
illegal leasing of public school lands: Different
reports show encroachment of school lands is
increasing across the country, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 04/12/2019)
CIAA
charge-sheets 11 individuals (ht 03/12/2019)
Pappu
Construction beset by a series of setbacks after its
owner was suspended as a lawmaker: The company has
been denied at least one almost sure contract while
some of the contracts it had won were terminated after
Rauniyar’s suspension, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/12/2019)
Curbing
corruption: Faulty election system of First Past the
Post is one of the main reasons responsible for
motivating political corruption, by Kul Ratna
Bhurtel (rep 02/12/2019)
After
public shaming, road authority warns contractors to
rush remaining work: Of the 17 road contracts awarded
under the second phase of line of credit, work has
only been completed on five projects, according to
officials, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/11/2019)
Cop
caught red-handed (ht 30/11/2019)
For
long-haul drivers, long hours on the road and no help
in case of accidents: Though stipulated by law,
injured drivers and the kin of the deceased rarely
receive any financial assistance from their employers
or the government, by Parbat Portel and Samuel
Chhetri (kp 29/11/2019)
Former
anti-graft body chief abruptly suspended
investigations into a dozen lawmakers and government
officials, records show: Deep Basnyat, who headed the
Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority
between 2016 and 2018, is being probed for money
laundering, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
29/11/2019)
209
people arrested for offering bribes to on-duty
officers in last 14 months: People caught for driving
offences and smuggling goods are most likely to offer
bribes to get away, police say, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 27/11/2019)
Nayab
Subba booked for graft (ht 27/11/2019)
CIAA
starts detailed probe of 100 worst projects,
contractors (ht 27/11/2019)
Agricultural
Development Bank staff booked for banking fraud: CIAA
seeks to recover Rs 2.71 billion from eight accused
(ht 26/11/2019)
Donor
complicity: A troubling emergence in Nepali politics:
Donors and multilateral institutions must not continue
to ignore corruption to fulfil their own objectives,
by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 25/11/2019)
Shaming
defaulting contractors may have worked, but it signals
system failure: Contracting firms get off scot-free
despite their poor performance because most of the
owners enjoy political patronage, experts say, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/11/2019)
Siraha
Land Revenue Office chief caught taking bribe (ht
23/11/2019)
267
persons booked for corruption (ht 22/11/2019)
Medical
colleges overcharge students by the millions but face
no consequences: As most college operators have close
relations with political parties, they face no action
for charging exorbitant fees that are against
regulations, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
21/11/2019), Home
Ministry instructs police to arrest medical college
owners if they fail to refund students: College
operators refuse to budge and insist the set fee
ceiling is not scientific, by Binod Ghimire (kp
26/11/2019), Medical
colleges to reimburse students, by Sabitri Dhakal
(ht 27/11/2019)
Medical
colleges overcharge students by the millions but face
no consequences: As most college operators have close
relations with political parties, they face no action
for charging exorbitant fees that are against
regulations, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
21/11/2019)
Shopkeepers
of Chabahil halt vehicular movement (ht
21/11/2019) [Criminal neglect
by an incompetent government!]
A
local unit in Rukum (West) spends Rs 750,000 in
foreign junkets: The money would have been better
spent on development projects for roads and drinking
water, say locals, by Hari Gautam (kp 21/11/2019)
Revenue
Investigation Department files cases on multi-billion
rupee tax evasion scam: More than 900 firms are under
investigation for purchasing fake VAT bills, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/11/2019)
Electricity
poles stand in the middle of the road in Sarlahi: The
notorious Pappu Construction is the contractor for the
project, and has used substandard materials for the
construction as well, say locals, by Om Prakash
Thakur (kp 15/11/2019)
Eight
arrested for bribery in CIAA’s sting operation: Role
of PM Oli, who is patron of Nepal Trust, under
scrutiny for serving interests of business group
(ht 15/11/2019)
Annual
rent of Durbarmarg land worth billions is just Rs 5
million, by Sunil Saokota (reo 15/11/2019)
Power
at play to extend Gokarna Forest Resort lease for Yeti
Holdings, by Sunil Sapkota (rep 14/11/2019), Yeti
Holdings secures 25 year lease extension of Gokarna
Forest Resort (rep 15/12/2019)
Enraged
locals slam contractor for dilly-dallying in expanding
Bhaktapur-Nagarkot road, by Krishana KC (rep
14/11/2019)
Elected
representatives start operating heavy equipment on
their own, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep
14/11/2019)
National
Reconstruction Authority spent just 65 percent of its
budget last fiscal year: Officials blame the use of
existing government mechanisms to channel the funds
for subpar spending, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/11/2019) [??]
Rs
42 million Siraha dam collapses five months after it
was built: Locals suspect use of substandard
construction materials, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep
13/11/2019)
Medical
colleges charged extra fees of nearly Rs3 billion in
three years, a new report says: As some colleges
received fees without providing bills, there has also
been tax evasion, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
11/11/2019)
Anti-graft
body asks government agencies to furnish progress
report on ‘sick projects’: The commission is
investigating around 100 critically sick projects,
by Perithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/11/2019)
State
Minister of Sudurpaschim Province Prakash Rawal
resigns over fraud investigation: Rawal is an elected
provincial lawmaker of the Nepal Communist Party from
Kanchanpur Constituency-3 (A), by Arjun Shah (kp
11/11/2019)
Banks
are required to maintain databases on high-profile
persons but bankers say government agencies do not
cooperate: A centralised database of high-profile
persons could plug loopholes in the system, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/11/2019)
Just
four months into repair, the Sindhuli section of the
BP Highway is already riddled with potholes: Immense
traffic, especially of heavy goods carriers, has taken
a toll on the recently repaired road, road authorities
say, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 09/11/2019)
Locals
living around Urlabari-Rabi road section suffer from
health complications caused by dust pollution: The
road has been under construction for the last seven
years with no sign of completion, by Deo Narayan
Sah (kp 09/11/2019)
Political
lobbying on to create new AIG post to secure promotion
for IGP's aide (ht 09/11/2019)
DPM
Yadav exerts pressure on acting VC to pick his kin as
BPKIHS registrar, by Rohit Rai (rep 09/11/2019)
Authorities
discover new changes to old ways of illegally
transferring money: Hundi traders are now using Indian
shopkeepers along the border to exchange foreign
currency for Nepali rupees, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 08/11/2019)
NA
top brass involved in Tarai Fast Track graft: Former
major general Khand likely to be arrested soon, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 08/11/2019)
Industrialist
Roop Jyoti arrested (ht 08/11/2019), Police
arrest renowned businessman Roop Jyoti and daughter
Suruchi, along with 9 others, on fraud charges: Police
had issued an arrest warrant against Jyoti last
December based on complaints filed against him, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 09/11/2019), Industrialist
Jyoti remanded to police custody for five days (ht
11/11/2019), Private
sector organizations condemn arrest of industrialist
Roop Jyoti (rep 11/11/2019), Arrest
warrant issued against Padma Jyoti (ht
12/11/2019), Industrialist
Jyoti remanded to police custody for five days (ht
14/11/2019)
End
this pomposity: VIP culture is fundamentally
undemocratic, deeply demeaning to the people and is
against the principle of equality, by Laabhesh
Thapa (rep 06/11/2019) [In a
democratic state, the elected representatives of the
people have to serve the people and not vice versa!]
Main
contractor out of contact, construction in limbo,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 06/11/2019)
Local
deputies: Less into development politics; In Nepal,
leaders are taken as budget holders, who are efficient
in diverting the national resources to their
constituencies. This has made policy makers an extra
structure above the constitution in terms of
distributing money, by Anirudra Neupane (ht
05/11/2019)
Truckers’
syndicate against mandatory VAT, by Rekha Bhusal
(rep 04/11/2019) [?????]
Dr
Dharma Kant Banskota set to be appointed Tribhuvan
University vice-chancellor: The education minister-led
search committee will choose top officials among the
applicants in the other seven universities, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 03/11/2019) [Never
ending political nominations and nepotism!]
Nepalgunj
prison inmates complain of misconduct: The inmates
have submitted a demand note to the local
administration accusing the jailer of bribery, by
Madhu Shahi (kp 02/11/2019)
NVC
introduces online system for submitting property
details (ht 02/11/2019)
Time
to critically examine Nepal’s VIP culture: People are
no longer going to tolerate the authorities’ tantrums
and want to be treated as equal beings (kp
31/10/2019)
Candidates
yet to submit election expenses (ht 31/10/2019) [after 2 years!!]
New
rule means contractors need to use bank credit in
public construction projects: Contractors lobbying
against the provision say it limits their ability to
participate in more bids and adds up to their costs,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/10/2019)
New
mothers in Adanchuli Rural Municipality deprived of
state-announced incentives for two years: Under the
government’s ‘Safe Motherhood Programme’, new mothers
and their newborns are provided free medical
treatment, transportation allowance and cash
incentives for antenatal checkups, by Chhapal Lama
(kp 27/10/2019)
Nepal
Army is investigating alleged corruption in
Kathmandu-Tarai expressway: Former Major General
Yogendra Khand and his team are under probe, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 26/10/2019)
Agriculture
Knowledge Centre starts legal action against the
dealer who sold fake paddy to farmers in Chitwan: In
total, fake Garima brand paddy was planted in 906
bighas of land in Chitwan, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel
(kp 26/10/2019)
How
cooperatives made billions embezzling collateral land,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 24/10/2019)
Two
elected ward chiefs on the run for the past three
months on fake citizenship charge: Administrative, as
well as development, works affected because of the
absence of ward chiefs in Birtamod and Bhadrapur
municipalities, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 20/10/2019)
A
commission formed to deal with controversies in
medical education is itself mired in controversy: The
Medical Education Commission is allowing affiliations
to nursing colleges, despite a law that disallows any
affiliations until existing medical institutions are
mapped, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/10/2019)
Gandaki
Province yet to make ministers’ property details
public: High-level officials must make public such
details within 60 days of taking office, by
Pratiksha Kafle (kp 19/10/2019)
Labour
office stops pursuing fraud cases: Victims despair as
authority to probe foreign employment swindling cases
transferred to District Administration Office, by
Binu Timsina (kp 19/10/2019)
MoF
seeks details of stalled, incomplete, defunct projects
(ht 19/10/2019)
CIAA
starts investigation in Majhuwagadhi Forest
deforestation case: Two years ago, more than 400 trees
were cut down to open a road from Kalika Bhagwati
Temple to the Majhuwagadhi area, by Dambar Singh
Rai (kp 17/10/2019)
Passengers
rarely report taxi drivers for overcharging, traffic
police say: Most cabbies in Kathmandu refuse to go by
taximeters and set their own fares, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 16/10/2019)
Jeep
entrepreneurs fleecing passengers (ht 15/10/2019)
[after more than three months!]
Congress
lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam arrested in relation to
2008 Rautahat blast: The politician faces charges of
burning those injured in the explosion alive in a
brick kiln, by Shiva Puri (kp 14/10/2019)
Six
years on, completion of drinking water project still
uncertain, by Madhusudan Guragain (rep 14/10/2019)
Distributive
nature of Constituency Development Fund in provinces
set to continue: Authorities in Gandaki Province
defend the provision, saying that the allocation would
help complete small unfinished projects, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/10/2019)
Saved
from flooding, National Vigilance Centre lab yet to
come into operation: Officials say no effort has been
made to prevent inundation of the flooding, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (06/10/2019)
Corruption
rife in billions that govt spends on free kidney care,
by Shree Ram Subedi (rep 02/10/2019)
Rautes
begging to celebrate Dashain despite welfare funds
worth millions, by Devendra Basnet and Govinda KC
(rep 01/10/2019)
Government
plans to impose severe penalty against companies that
fail to develop anti-money laundering mechanism: Ahead
of Nepal’s compliance evaluation next year, the
government moves forward to strengthen enforcement
mechanism, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/09/2019)
Anti-corruption
campaigner Gyanendra Shahi attacked in Chitwan: Shahi
was one among the passengers who criticised Minister
of Tourism Yogesh Bhattarai for causing a delay to a
Kathmandu-bound Buddha Air flight in Nepalgunj earlier
this month, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp
29/09/2019), Protest
staged expressing solidarity with Gyanendra Shahi
(ht 01/10/2019)
Many
traders found not issuing bills to shoppers, says
government body: The Department took action against
170 unscrupulous traders during mid-July to
mid-September period, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
28/09/2019)
Government
bars lawmakers from funding infrastructure projects
linked to political parties: Cabinet has endorsed a
new working procedure for using funds under Local
Infrastructure Development Programme, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 27/09/2019)
High
court’s show cause against Biratnagar Metropolis for
providing additional funds to people’s
representatives: The metropolis has to bear Rs1.03
million for uniform allowance and around Rs1.8 million
for fuel and telephone allowances annually, by
Binu Timsina (kp 25/09/2019)
Police
arrested 11 people, including former CEO of Bank of
Kathmandu, on banking offence charges: The Central
Investigation Bureau said it is investigating how
officials sanctioned a loan against fraudulent papers,
embezzling millions in the process, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 23/09/2019)
Parliamentary
panel probes graft cases in Province 2: Six different
teams of the committee reached the project sites and
started probe into the matter, by Ajit Tiwari (kp
23/09/2019)
Indian
contractor slow to start construction of embankment on
Narayani river: Several villages in Baniyi Tribedi
Rural Municipality are at risk of inundation in the
absence of a concrete embankment, by Narayan
Sharma (kp 23/09/2019)
MBBS
students protest in Maitighar after colleges refuse to
pay heed to their concerns: After weeks of pressure,
Chitwan Medical College agrees to refund the extra
amount it had charged; Gandaki Medical College yet to
agree, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/09/2019), Refund
additional fee or get ready for action, government
tells medical colleges: Medical colleges who are at
fault have been given a month to ensure all payments
be made to students who have paid more than the
ceiling amount, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/09/2019)
Tax
authorities say defaulters’ bank accounts will remain
frozen: Despite adopting measures last year, many are
yet to clear their dues, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 22/09/2019)
Consumer
committees to be barred from major projects: The
government’s decision comes in place as the committees
have been found to be misusing funds and
sub-contracting in collusion with contractors, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/09/2019)
Where
do pricey gifts received by our VVIPs go?, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep 20/09/2019)
MEDPA
in crisis: ‘Over 70% multi-billion rupee anti-poverty
training went to party henchmen’, by Shree Ram
Subedi (rep 19/09/2019)
Public
vehicles on the Mid-hill Highway charging exorbitant
fares: Passengers are forced to pay anywhere between
Rs600 and Rs700 one- way tickets, far exceeding the
fare ceiling fixed by the Department of Transport for
highway buses, by Prakash Baral (kp 18/09/2019)
Buddha
Air’s flight was delayed because minister’s aide
misinformed airport about their location, sources say:
Two officials familiar with the conversation between
Nepalgunj airport and the airline’s office in
Kathmandu said the additional delay was caused by
protesting passengers, by Samuel Chhetri and
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/09/2019), Minister
Bhattarai kicks up another row, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 16/09/2019), Political
And Financial Implications Of Holding up A Flight,
by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 17/09/2019)
Mishra
seeks probe into property of leaders, high-level
officials (ht 16/09/2019)
Former
BKPIHS VC Das released on bail (ht 16/09/2019) [????]
Revenue
Investigation Department readies case against fake VAT
bill purchasers: There have been deals of such bills
amounting to Rs10 billion, in one of the largest
revenue evasion scams, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
14/09/2019)
China
prioritizes PM’s area while making investments:
Investment in industrial area and river control,
by Yubaraj Bibash (rep 14/09/2019)
To
control ticket scalpers, police make it mandatory for
ticket counter operators to wear uniform and identity
card: The move has been brought into effect to control
ticket scalping ahead of Dashain, by Anup Ojha (kp
14/09/2019)
Shailung
Construction evades govt blacklist with ‘Dahal’s
backing’, by Himal Lamsal (rep 14/09/2019)
Lawmakers’
impartiality questioned as they recommend increase in
MBBS quotas for medical colleges: Despite commitment,
the Speaker has failed to ensure lawmakers are not
assigned in the committees where they can have a
conflict of interest, by Binod Ghimire (kp
12/09/2019)
Despite
poor track records, companies continue to receive
lucrative public works contracts: Shailung
Construction, owned by Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s landlord,
has received numerous contracts despite dismal
performance on almost every project it’s handled,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha and Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 12/09/2019), Awarding
contracts to tarnished firms is mocking the taxpayer:
Contractors under political umbrellas deserve
prosecution for their failures; but instead, they
receive numerous public construction contracts (kp
13/09/2019)
Recruiting
agencies ‘using migrant workers to siphon off US
dollar abroad’: Country's foreign exchange reserve
depleted by Rs64 billion in the last fiscal year
compared to the preceding year, according to the
central bank, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
11/09/2019) [But it is also
true that nobody can go abroad with $500 in cash!
Everybody knows this. The Nepali citizen Khadka Prasad
Sharma Oli recently went to Singapur twice for
expensive health treatment. Has he been checked and
arrested at TIA? All citizens are equal before the
law!]
Overcoming
corruption and impunity: We need policies for
development, rule of law and human security that can
get results in spite of corruption and impunity,
by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 09/09/2019)
Two
offices of Road Department award separate contracts
for the same road: Department officials say such
duplication may happen due to lack of clear
demarcation of jurisdictions among the centre,
province and local govt, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 09/09/2019)
In
Kaski, local representatives have little outcome to
show from their trips abroad: Pokhara Mayor Man
Bahadur GC has spent around two and half months on
foreign trips, many of them for trivial conferences,
by Deepak Pariyar (kp 09/09/2019)
Training
centre in Sindhuli ‘overcharging’ students: The
Ratmata-based Technical Training Centre is allegedly
charging students Rs32,000-40,000 more than the fees
set by the government, by Sujata Lama (kp
09/09/2019)
Three
persons booked for graft (ht 07/09/2019)
PM’s
arrival at TIA delays flights one hour, by Sujeeta
Pradhan (rep 07/09/2019) [This
royal bad habit must be ended at once!]
Chairman,
secretary of Paldevi Community Forest held on charge
of illegal logging and timber smuggling: Around 100
green Saal trees amounting to 3,000 cubic feet were
cut down in Paldevi Community Forest one and a half
months ago, by Narayan Sharma (kp 06/09/2019)
Former
lawmaker arrested (ht 06/09/2019) Absconding
former lawmaker Karki arrested (rep 06/09/2019)
Ex-Karnali
minister released on bail in banking offence case:
Khadka Bahadur Katri, sacked provincial minister for
physical infrastructure development, appeared before
the court on Wednesday 22 days after the court order
to do so in three days, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 05/09/2019)
CIAA
summons 58 individuals in Lalita Niwas land grab case
(ht 05/09/2019)
Shailung
Construction among builders warned for poor progress
in road projects: The construction firm owned by
Sharada Prasad Adhikari, the landlord of NCP
Co-chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, is currently holding
contracts for over half a dozen road projects, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/09/2019)
Despite
being a voice of sustainable development, Bajhang CDO
relieved of duties and transferred to Morang: The
transfer came into effect after local lawmakers made
frequent trips to the Home Ministry seeking his
transfer, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 03/09/2019)
At
Medical Education Commission, there’s already a fleet
of luxury vehicles, but no officials to ride them:
Concerned over extravagance, experts and officials
wonder if the regulatory body needs another entity to
regulate it, by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/09/2019)
Shambhu Bharati of the
Sudan scam arrested (ht 31/08/2019)
Case
filed against six, including chiefs of health, road
offices (ht 31/08/2019)
Biratnagar
campus chief under fire for selling campus books to
scrap dealer: The campus chief admitted to selling a
total of 12 quintal books and thesis papers at the
rate of Rs 8 and Rs 4 per kilo respectively, by
Binod Bhandari (kp 30/08/2019)
Vehicles
of just 6 VVIPs to be allowed on TIA domestic apron
(rep 30/08/2019)
Guthi
Sansthan says it is ‘working’ to reclaim the guthi
land sold by a priest: The priest claims the land in
Siddharthanagar had been his personal property even
before he assumed that post, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (28/08/2019)
Dealing
with syndicates : As long as the market-related
inefficiencies that actually gave rise to syndicates
remain, the transportation syndicates will rise again,
in one form or another, by Biswo Poudel (rep
26/08/2019)
Nine
firms blacklisted by Public Procurement Monitoring
Office in the first 45 days of this fiscal year: More
firms are likely to fail to complete projects on time
despite their deadlines being extended by a year,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/08/2019)
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)
House
forms watchdog panels to check policy corruption
(rep 15/04/2017)
Forest
staff
linked in timber smuggling case (kp 14/04/2017)
Community
forest
users’ committee office raided (ht 12/04/2017)
Crime
rate
high from noon till 6:00pm (ht 09/04/2017)
SC
stays probe into multi-billion rupee drug scam
(rep 05/04/2017) [???]
Poisonous
legacy:
The media gave extensive coverage to CIAA accusations
against government officials but were miserly in
covering their acquittal, by Jayash Paudel (rep
04/04/2017)
Corruption
at
nalsing gad hydel project; CIAA hauls six into court,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/04/2017), Five
govt officials, one JV representative charged with
corruption: Accused of irregularities while handing
contract (rep 03/04/2017)
Gas
stations
sealed for giving short measure (kp 31/03/2017)
Substandard
Transformer Scam: 20 NEA employees, five foreigners
convicted, by Durga Dulal and Bhasha Sharma (rep
30/03/2017)
Guthi
Sansthan
staffer held with Rs 50,000 bribe (ht 27/03/2017)
Corruption
cure:
Nepal’s state of affairs is bleak, and unless we hold
local level elections, what is in store for us could
be worse, by Prem Dangal (kp 24/03/2017)
MPs
lobby for VVIP perks after retirement (rep
18/03/2017)
CIAA
probes
CAAN’s bonus distribution decision, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/03/2017)
Lawmakers
say
no to leasing out public land (kp 04/03/2017), PAC
tells
govt to reveal names of bureaucrats (ht
04/03/2017)
Elections,
parties
and money: Creating a fund with tax deductible
donations can end campaign finance corruption, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 28/02/2017)
Political
parties
criticised for nepotism while appointing directors for
development projects (ht 27/02/2017)
Police
round
up four on charge of fraud: Rs 2.3 million without any
legal source of income was found in the accounts of
one of the arrestees (kp 26/02/2017)
UN
imposes
sanctions on NSET, its 3 officials: Says the entity
and persons were found involved in ‘proscribed
practices in UNDP procurement actions’ (kp
25/02/2017)
NAC
in
turbulence as disputed figure enters boardroom, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/02/2017)
Two
govt
employees held while taking bribe (kp 24/02/2017)
Corrupt
bodies:
Unless there is a system under which anybody indulging
in corruption of any kind faces stern action without
mercy, any talk of fighting corruption is fake (ht
20/02/2017)
CIAA
seizes TU asst lecturer exam papers (rep
17/02/2017)
Scholarship
students say medical colleges cheating them, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 16/02/2017)
Faulty
appointment:
If Nepali politicians had any spine, they’d never have
chosen someone with a dubious record as CIAA head,
by Jainendra Jeevan (kp 12/02/2017)
Education
sector
tops list of complaints filed at CIAA (ht
12/02/2017)
Development
budget
being misused, by Laxmi Gautam (ht 11/02/2017)
PM
wants CIAA probes to respect standing of individuals
(rep 11/02/2017)
Highway
robbery:
Nepal’s public transport is in the grip of cartels
which will do anything to prevent competition, by
Shreejana Shrestha (nt 10/03/2017)
Jurisdiction
expansion:
CIAA seeking firm commitment at political level,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/02/2017)
Beginning
of
the end: Impeachment motion became a botched operation
because impeachers themselves were not sure about
purpose of impeachment, by Narayan Manandhar (rep
08/02/2017), House
subpanel
probe finds Karki guilty on four of seven charges: The
subcommittee, which has already ruled out impeachment
of Karki, has suggested that the concerned
agencies can book him (kp 09/02/2017), 'Lawmakers
showing
soft corner to ex-CIAA chief fearing exposure' (kp
09/02/2017)
Security
for
ousted CIAA boss cut down (kp 03/02/2017)
CIAA
receiving
less number of corruption complaints: New constitution
curtailed rights of CIAA barring the constitutional
body from investigating ‘improper conduct’ of public
officials (rep 03/02/2017)
Price
hike
of sand, stones affects rebuilding: Quake survivors
accuse local crusher operators of profiteering, by
Nagendra Adhikari (kp 03/02/2017)
Dhading
DAO
to investigate fake quake victims, by Harihar
Singh Rathour (kp 03/02/2017)
'Rs
2.36
b splurged on community hospitals under party
influence': Health Ministry has no details of funds
distribution over 14 years, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal
(rep 02/02/2017)
Nepal
ranked
as third most corrupt country in SAsia, by Samipa
Khanal (kp 26/01/2017), C
for corruption: Let us congratulate our politicians
and civil servants for at least helping our country
win the bronze medal for corruption in our region,
by Guffadi (kp 28/01/2017 [satirical
and
true!]
Impeachment
imbroglio:
If the IRC quashes the motion, it will imply that the
157 MPs who petitioned for Lokman Singh Karki’s
impeachment were wrong, by Narayan Manandhar (rep
25/01/2017)
Bheri
Babai
could see budget cut to fund petty projects: Budget
being transferred to election constituencies of home,
irrigation ministers: Officials, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 24/01/2017)
12
NEA
officials among 16 held for electricity theft, by
Manish Gautam (kp 23/01/2017), 12 NEA
staffers held for tampering electricity meters, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 23/01/2017), Hunt
for
power pilferers on: SSP Sarbendra Khanal says
police are looking for other owners who earned
millions through meter tampering (kp 24/01/2017),
NEA
transfers
2,480 officials in biggest staff reshuffle ever: Move
follows arrest of 16 people involved in electricity
meter tampering, by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/01/2017),
Make
a
start: Govt should take its cue from the NEA and
investigate various public entities (kp
27/01/2017)
Civil
servant
held with bribe money (ht 23/01/2017)
Govt,
pvt
offices in Bardiya accused of land grabbing, by
Kamal Panthi (kp 17/01/2017)
Jewellers
fleecing
customers with impunity: Surging gold demand gives
them licence to hike prices, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
17/01/2017)
‘Nepal
yet
to ensure justice to war-era victims’ (kp
14/01/2017)
The
anti-corruption
chaos: The crisis at CIAA owes to our lack of
understanding of process of appointment and removal of
anti-corruption agency heads, by Narayan Manandhar
(rep 14/01/2017), Nepal
Police
HQ summons SSP Khatri (kp 18/01/2017)
VIP
privilege drains millions from state coffer, by
Ajit Tiwari and Raju Adhikari (rep 14/01/2017)
Probe
launched
into illegal land registration (ht 14/01/2017)
JC's
midnight recommendations for high court judges
criticized: Member Sitaula boycotts meeting, NBA
demands for review, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep
14/01/2017)
CIAA
takes up Rautahat forest encroachment, by Madan
Thakur (14/01/2017)
Nepal
Red
Cross spends millions from quake funds on 'luxuries':
200 motorbikes and scooters worth more than Rs 61
million, cars worth more than 49 million, 25.7 million
in laptops, 62.3 million for salaries, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 11/01/2017), SWC to
investigate Nepal Red Cross activities, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 14/01/2017)
With
Karki
gone, who will take CIAA helm? Qualification of four
of the five commissioners challenged in court; Statute
bars govt from bringing new face to lead anti-graft
agency, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/01/2017), A
momentous verdict: SC’s decision to disqualify Karki
is a vital step in the fight against corruption
(kp 10/01/2017), What
will
happen to facilities enjoyed by ‘unfit’ Karki? Many
say it’s more about propriety than what perks he was
entitled to (kp 11/01/2017), Anti-corruption
Drive, by Shyam KC (rn 11/01/2017), Message
From Karki's Disqualification, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 11/01/2017), Karki
leaves
CIAA quarters (kp 13/01/2017), The
end
of Karkistocracy: Lokman Singh Karki’s departure
raises questions about who mysteriously appointed him
and why, by Binita Dahal (nt 13/01/2017), Disgraced
CIAA
boss leaves for Canada: Questions asked if Lokman
Singh Karki will return at all, by Anil Giri and
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/01/2017), Parliamentary
panel
to seek experts’ advice: NC and UML lawmakers
are divided whether the impeachment motion against
Karki needs to be moved forward (kp
17/01/2017)
Money
and
politics: Election campaign contributions and
political corruption are a threat to fledgling
democracies like Nepal, by Neel Kantha Uprety (kp
09/01/2017)
Court
disqualifies
Karki as CIAA chief, by Anil Giri (kp 09/01/2017)
DoC
idles
29 TIA customs officials (kp 07/01/2017)
Bribing
civil
servants a norm in Kailali LRO (kp 06/01/2017)
Who
will
bell the cat? Lokman Singh Karki’s future hangs in the
balance between Parliament and the Supreme Court,
by Binita Dahal (nt 06/01/2017)
Directives
on licensing of hydropower projects 2073: Ministry
'leaked' info to hydro developers, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 05/01/2017)
19,213
officials
didn’t disclose property last fiscal (kp
04/01/2017)
Money
to
burn: Fears harboured by critics of CDP seem to be
coming true (kp 03/01/2017)
Forest
land
registered in individuals’ names illegally in Rautahat
(ht 03/01/2017)
National
Vigilance
Centre report: Delays, graft, bad behaviour rampant in
govt offices, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/01/2017)
MPs
spending
funds for unproductive purpose (kp 02/01/2016)
CIAA
makes
a fresh approach to win back govt’s confidence, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/12/2016)
Nepal
Red Cross blows millions for week-long meeting: The
money spent in luxury hotels was meant for earthquake
victims, by Sangeet Sangroula and Ramesh Paudel
(rep 28/12/2016)
Extreme
Act Of Greed & Graft, by Gyan Basnet (kp
28/12/2016)
TI
paints
bleak picture of govt services, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 27/12/2016), Land
revenue
offices most corrupt: TI-Nepal study, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 27/12/2016), 'Lack
of integrity, transparency leads to low integrity in
hydropower sector' (rep 27/12/2016), The
wages
of sin: Govt needs to sincerely fight the corrupt
practices taking place right under its nose (kp
28/12/2016)
CIAA
plans
to bring a just policy to prosecute graft cases
(kp 26/12/2016)
Cap
on
foreign treatment of former VVIPs, VIPs: To get up to
Rs 1.5 million if treated in hospitals abroad, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 24/12/2016) [Nevertheless,
it is still a grave form of corruption and nepotism
unless you pay this sum to every Nepali citizen!!],
Govt
tightens state largesse for VIP medical care, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 24/12/2016), Medical
expenses
for VVIPs: New work plan ends PM monopoly (kp
25/12/2016)
14
public
schools under CIAA scanner (ht 24/12/2016)
Karki
hits
back at his critics: Warns of exposing corrupt leaders
when the right time arrives (kp 23/12/2016)
Bar
seeks
deferral of today’s SC hearings: Apex court is
scheduled to hear Lokman Singh Karki’s case (kp
22/12/2016)
Imagine
no
possessions: This is not the first time that
declaration of property has been turned into a big
joke, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 20/12/2016)
Amended
anti-graft
act to include pvt sector: Currently, only state-owned
entities and those having a government share come
under the purview of the anti-corruption watchdog,
by Prithvi Man Shresth (kp 16/12/2016)
Legal
corruption:
Politicians get millions for medical care while poor
patients die for lack of money, by Kahar Singh
Khadka (kp 15/12/2016)
Dahal
second
poorest PM after Sushil Koirala! Property details say
he owns just one katha land and three tola gold; no
cash, no bank balance, by Anil Giri (kp
15/12/2016), Unconvincing
details:
The public does not believe what they have disclosed
is true. Their sources of known taxable income are
non-transparent and do not tally with their lifestyles
(ht 16/12/2016), 'Lifestyles
of
PM, DPM at odds with property statements': Might be
matter for investigations: Experts, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 16/12/2016), Chakka
panja, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 16/12/2016), 1
katha+3 tola = billions? We thought that our Emperor
was worth billions with his many investments. But we
were wrong. Our politicians live like Kings but to
finance such lifestyle they must make at least a few
lakhs Rupees every month. Do they have byapari friends
who pay their house rent and provide them with
expensive bidhesi whiskeys every other day?, by
Guddadi (kp 17/12/2016) [satirical], Premier
defends
property details, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp
18/12/2016)
Demoralized
CIAA:
If we are serious about controlling corruption there
is no alternative to expanding CIAA’s mandate and
letting it work independently, by Bhadra Sharma
(rep 13/12/2016)
Months
on, Special Court struggles to serve notices to ex-APF
chiefs (rep 12/12/2016)
Dahal’s
Cabinet
to reveal property details ‘soon’ (kp 11/12/2016)
[?], Govt
decides
to reveal ministers’ property details (kp
12/12/2016), Meaningless
ritual:
Those responsible for acting against corruption should
do their duty on the basis of the lifestyles of the
holders of public offices and the expenses they have
made (ht 13/12/2016)
PM
asks
CIAA to act within its jurisdiction (kp
10/12/2016), ‘Fighting
corruption
critical to meeting SDGs’ (kp 10/12/2016), Unbridled
power
brings anomalies, says PM Dahal (ht 10/12/2016)
Development
partners
call for stronger fight against graft (ht
10/12/2016)
Nepal
praised
for anti-corruption efforts (kp 09/12/2016)
Speaking
truth
to power: Officials secretly created a deliberate
artificial shortage of electricity to enrich
themselves while doing untold harm to Nepal's economy,
by Shreejana Shrestha, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt
09/12/2016)
CIAA
shelves 8 cases citing lack of evidence, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 07/12/2016)
Cash
and
corruption: Nepal should also think of demonetizing
large currency notes as corruption in Nepal is as bad
as it is in India, by Sukhdev Shah (rep
07/12/2016)
Curbing
arbitrary
foreign medical trips: Work plan sent to bill
committee; The work plan aims to put a ceiling of Rs
1.5 million on medical expenses (kp 01/12/2016)
40
days
on, House still debates Karki impeachment motion
(kp 30/11/2016)
Corruption
on
the rise in western region: CIAA (ht 30/11/2016)
Social
security
allowance distribution: Three VDC secretaries involved
in irregularities (ht 30/11/2016)
CIAA
drags
VDC, LRO officials to court (kp 30/11/2016)
CIAA
refining
draft bill to amend anti-graft Act: Officials say that
they are trying to make the law as possibly compatible
with the UN Convention against Corruption (kp
29/11/2016)
DG
appointments
violate group based promotion system in forestry
(ht 29/11/2016)
CIAA
charges graft cases against 4 govt officials (rep
28/11/2016)
Broad
anti-graft
policy in the making: Plan afoot also to develop an
anti-corruption mechanism in line with the United
Nations Convention against Corruption to which Nepal
is a party (kp 27/11/2016)
CIAA
drags
ex-AIG Bhattarai to court on graft charge (kp
23/11/2016)
Subsidised
salt
sold illegally (ht 20/11/2016)
Dhading
sees
complaints galore of fake quake victims: CDO Bishwa
Prakash Subedi says the volume of complaints on fake
quake victims suggests serious flaw in data collection,
by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 19/11/2016)
Commoners
feel the brunt of clearing hospital bills (rep
19/11/2016) [Most of them not
even have the caste affiliation that is necessary to
become a leading politicians and, thus, get
treatment paid be the state!!]
Mafiacracy!
Our
government’s motto is ‘Sharing is Caring!’ Share
the loot with the civil servants, contractors,
cadres and con artists but give nothing to the common
folks!, by Guffadi (kp 19/11/2016) [satirical]
Suspension
lifted
over Maoist MP Lama (kp 19/11/2016)
CIAA
internal feud deepens as House delays impeachment
motion, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 19/11/2016)
The
Karki
case: If the impeachment move is not handled well, the
war against corruption may stall, by Dinesh Pant
(kp 18/11/2016), Karki’s
‘parallel govt’ network in CIAA weakened, by
Bhadra Sharma (rep 18/11/2016), The
charade
of impeachment: As Parliament dilly-dallies, the
Supreme Court presses ahead against Lokman Singh Karki,
by Binita Dahal (nt 18/11/2016)
CIAA
probing
over dozen officials, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
17/11/2016)
Writ
filed
at SC against 4 CIAA commissioners: The petitioner has
claimed Deep Basnyat, Nabin Kumar Ghimire, Ganesh Raj
Joshi and Sabitri Thapa Gurung do not possess the
required qualification for holding the posts (kp
17/11/2016)
MPs
demand more perks, incentives amid public criticism,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 17/11/2016), Political
parties collect up to 50 percent levy from lawmakers,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 17/11/2016), Lawmakers
seek tax waiver on personal vehicles, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 18/11/2016)
Government
Freebies To Leaders, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
16/11/2016), Hospital
cabins for VVIPs unused, only few prefer treatment
there, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 16/11/2016)
Over
3,000
deprived of social security allowance (ht
15/11/2016)
Constituency
infrastructure
dev special program: Govt extends deadline for
lawmakers to submit proposals, by Gyan P. Neupane
(15/11/2016) [The coordination
of local development money by members of the
non-inclusive legislative opens the door to corruption
extension and further exclusion of disadvantaged
sections of society!]
Ministry
of
Health to check misuse of ambulances (ht
14/11/2016)
CIAA
riding
roughshod over right to privacy: Sophisticated gear
used to collect private and confidential information
on people not related to any investigations, by
Deepak Kharel (rep
14/11/2016)
Bridge
project
in limbo: Contractor builds only four pillars in five
years; Locals claim high-level corruption, by
Shahiman Rai (kp 10/11/2016)
Impeachment
Of
CIAA Chief, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km 09/11/2016),
Court
proceeding
obstruction: Clarification sought from Karki, aides
(kp 09/11/2016), Karki
summoned
over obstruction of SC summons delivery (ht
09/11/2016), SC
set
to hear all cases against Karki on Dec 1, by Dewan
Rai (kp 11/11/2016), Karki
‘ran
safe house’ to spy on people: Multiple sources say
police complicit in CIAA chief’s shenanigans (kp
12/11/2016), Lokman’s
aide
claims innocence, by Dewan Rai (kp 15/11/2016), Karki
impeachment
process: CPN-UML demands time frame for endorsing
motion (kp 15/11/2016)
KUKL
in
a shambles as water is channelled from Melamchi:
Fears of mismanagement in supply even after Melamchi
water gushes to Valley, thanks to the KUKL board that
delays decisions crucial for improving service, by
Rupak D. Sharma (kp 07/11/2016)
How
CIAA
intervened in hydro projects beyond its jurisdiction:
Despite two House committees asking the government not
to implement CIAA’s instruction to scrap licences of
hydropwoer companies, the Energy Ministry acted as per
the CIAA directive, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/11/2016)
Misuse
of
state funds in VVIP care: ‘Cash sought by Sujata can
treat 50’, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 07/11/2016), More
equal! Misuse of state funds (rep 07/11/2016), Govt
planning
to put ceiling on medical assistance (kp
09/11/2016), Govt
gives
Sujata Rs 5m despite outcry (kp 14/11/2016), Government
grants
Sujata Koirala Rs 5 mln for treatment (ht
14/11/2016), Medical
allowance
to Sujata: Minister Thapa becomes target as govt draws
flak; Brushes aside resignation call, vows to continue
fight (kp 15/11/2016), Opposition
MPs
flay govt for paying Sujata for treatment (kp
15/11/2016) [Though in the
past it has never been a problem to pay for people
like Oli!], Look
in
the mirror: Politicians’ apathy towards public opinion
puts our democratic dispensation at risk (kp
15/11/2016), How ill
are our political leaders?, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal
(rep 15/11/2016), The
gravy train, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 18/11/2016),
Single
mother struggles for cancer treatment: Says providing
for leaders' treatment from state coffers is injust,
by Ganesh BK (rep 26/11/2016)
Proper
investigation
neededPresent anti-corruption drive has to continue no
matter what the outcome of the impeachment process is,
by Shyam KC (kp 04/11/2016)
Commissioners
‘kept
in dark’ about CIAA decisions: Anti-graft body
spokesman says a collective decision is taken only
when the investigation concludes and a case should be
filed at the court (kp 31/10/2016)
Basnyat
disbands
Karki’s core: Reshuffles responsibilities of CIAA
commissioners, assumes all of suspended chief’s duties,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/10/2016)
Restructuring
The CIAA, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 29/10/2016)
Commission
for
the Abuse of Authority: It may be better to scrap the
CIAA since it is prone to being hijacked by
politicians for vendetta (nt 28/10/2016)
Impeachment
of
Karki: Important factors, by Narayan Manandhar (ht
27/10/2016)
Lawmakers
make
a case for giving CIAA chief the boot, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 26/10/2016)
The
CIAA
saga: The task of removing Lokman Singh Karki should
not be equated with halting investigation into
political corruption, by Bhadra Sharma (rep
25/10/2016)
SC
stays
probe into Social Science Baha (kp 25/10/2016)
Move
against
CIAA chief ill-timed: SLMM leaders (kp
25/10/2016), Impeachment
motion
against Karki: Congress continues to hem and haw
(kp 25/10/2016), In
NC,
‘dither and delay’ is the order of the day, by
Sarin Ghimire (kp 26/10/2016)
TI
Nepal
says it denounces corruption at any level (kp
25/10/2016)
Impeachment
axe
falls on Lokman Singh Karki: CIAA chief faces
automatic suspension after 157 UML, Maoist MPs
register proposal, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
20/10/2016), CIAA
chief Karki suspended: 157 lawmakers from UML, Maoist
Center register impeachment motion, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep
20/10/2016),
157
lawmakers
register impeachment motion against CIAA chief Karki
(ht
20/10/2016),
Basnyat
appointed CIAA acting chief (rep
20/10/2016),
Watching
the
watchdog: CIAA chief would do well to appear before
the Supreme Court within required time (kp
20/10/2016),
House
to
set ball rolling to impeach Karki from Sunday: At
least six weeks required to complete the process,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/10/2016), CIAA
chief
had gone too far, difficult to save him: Deuba (kp
21/10/2016),
UML
asks
MPs to remain on standby; Maoist Centre meetings dwell
on impeachment proposal, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
21/10/2016),
Medical
fraternity
‘relieved’ at CIAA chief’s suspension: Karki had
interfered rampantly in the medical sector, by Manish
Gautam (kp 21/10/2016), Dr
KC
welcomes move (kp 21/10/2016), Suspended
animation:
Karki is now suspended from his post, but a two-thirds
majority of 397 is required for his impeachment,
by Kunda Dixit (nt
21/10/2016),
The
lonely
struggle against tyranny: Political parties have
finally decided to act against Lokman Singh Karki, but
only to save their own skins, by Bidushi Dhungel
(nt 21/10/2016), Time
for
atonement: NC should join UML and CPN (MC) in
impeachment motion against Karki (kp 21/10/2016),
Madhesi
parties,
RPP-N say they were not consulted (ht 21/10/2016),
Impeachment
motion
against Karki: Congress buys time to decide; To hold
talks with Maoist Centre, CPN-UML today; In bid to
find a way to make him step down, by Sarin Ghimire
(kp 22/10/2016), Maoist
Centre
waiting for NC decision, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
22/10/2016),
Suspended
CIAA
chief ‘working’ from quarters: Application filed at SC
seeking to halt state facilities to Karki (kp
22/10/2016),
Cannot
defend
Karki in impeachment case: AG (kp 22/10/2016), Lokman
returns:
Lokman should have gone after the sharks after he took
office; Then, we would have supported him, but he
decided to just bully the small folks and leave the
big chors alone, by Guffadi (kp 22/10/2016)
SC
show
cause to CIAA over Social Science Baha issue (kp
20/10/2016)
Apex
court
notice to CIAA chief delivered: Hearing set to start
after a month, by Dewan Rai (kp 19/10/2016), MPs
accuse
govt of bowing down to Karki, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/10/2016), Where
is
Lokman Singh Karki?, by Anil Giri (kp 19/10/2016)
When
nepotism
rules the roost: Maoist ministers’ ‘ghost’ PAs raise
spectre of irregularities, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
19/10/2016)
Watchdog
fails
to walk cantonment probe talk: One month after word to
look into ‘misappropriation of funds’ in camps, CIAA
divulges no follow-up info (kp 19/10/2016)
Not
invincible:
Conditions necessary to provide momentum to Nepali
people’s battle against corruption are already present,
by Naresh Koirala (kp 18/10/2016)
Former
Maoist rebels: Who took the cut from our salary?,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 18/10/2016)
SC
team
returns without pasting court summons on Karki’s house
(kp 06/10/2016), SC
unable to serve notice on CIAA chief Karki (rep
06/10/2016), Notice
to
CIAA chief: Court attempt to serve summons fails
again; SC official tasked with delivering letter
suddenly ‘goes out of contact'; As per the rule, Karki
has to present himself before thecourt within 15 days
from the date of receiving the notice, by Dewan
Rai (kp 07/10/2016), Staffer
with SC notice for CIAA chief goes out of contact
(rep 07/10/2016), Battle
royal in Nepal: What seems like a fight between Kanak
Mani Dixit and Dr Govinda KC and CIAA chief is
actually a battle against an entrenched nexus thriving
under protection from next door neighbour, by
Mahabir Paudyal (rep 08/10/2016)
Bargained
away:
The ‘paper armies’ never materialized but Maoist
leaders continued to collect their salary and perks
for five years, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 05/10/2016)
House
panel
to probe misuse of govt vehicles (ht 03/10/2016)
MPs
to
be allowed to pick electoral district for CDP (ht
02/10/2016)
The
spectre
of nepotism, by Suju Bhattarai (kp 28/09/2016)
CIAA
seeks
action against Social Science Baha, Alliance for
Social Dialogue (ht 26/09/2016) [see press
release
in Nepali and English
translation], Social
Science
Baha refutes CIAA charges: Says the anti-graft body
distorted facts (kp 01/10/2016), Social
Science
Baha accuses CIAA of breaching jurisdiction (ht
01/10/2016), Social
Science
Baha claims CIAA misinterpreted facts (rep
01/10/2016), Statement
on
the CIAA and reports on investigation of Social
Science Baha (SSB) and Alliance for Social Dialogue
(ASD) (BNAC 01/10/2016), ‘No
irregularities
at SSB, ASD’ (kp 03/10/2016)
Impeachment
vs
appointment: In contrast to a famous saying, it is not
corruption but anti-corruption that is fighting back
in Nepal, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 25/09/2016)
‘Functionless,
merrymaking’
jumbo junket set for Canada tour: Nepal won't present
any paper at ICAO global meet, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 23/09/2016)
CIAA
probe
into cantonment corruption: Maoists’ response to come
today (kp 18/09/2016), Bid
to
defame Maoists unacceptable, says Pun, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 19/09/2016), CIAA
move
at UML’s behest: Dahal, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
20/09/2016), CIAA
preparing to summon Maoist leaders (rep
21/09/2016), Probe
into
cantonment scam on course: CIAA (kp 22/09/2016)
Property
details:
4,848 civil servants miss submission deadline (kp
16/09/2016)
‘Karki’s
file
lost while shifting docs after quake’ (kp
15/09/2016) [???], Apex
court
dangles the sword of Damocles over CIAA chief Karki:
To review his appointment n Censures govt for ‘losing’
documents, by Dewan Rai (kp 17/09/2016), SC to
review verdict on CIAA Chief Karki's appointment,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 17/09/2016), Minutes
of
Karki’s appointment safe, by Anil Giri (kp
19/09/2016), SC
shoots
another letter to PMO over Karki’s appointment (kp
22/09/2016), PMO
sends
Karki appointment minutes to SC (kp 24/09/2016)
Was
govt’s
special market monitoring only for show? Of the 509
businesses found to be flouting rules, DoSMCP seeks
supply ministry’s go-ahead to file lawsuits against
seven (ht 15/09/2016)
Medical
expenses
to ex-VIPs: Govt told to stop arbitrary distribution
of state funds (kp 15/09/2016)
MPs
seek
pay hike amid criticism over paying less attention to
House (kp 13/09/2016) [Currently,
they get Rs 56,228 each month and they demand a rise
to Rs 88,925 while most of the earthquake victims
living in tents still wait for the first distribution
of Rs 50,000 from international aid!], Lawmakers
set
to get 58 percent pay hike: Criticised for low
attendance, missing crucial meets (kp 29/09/2016)
NVC
in
bid for role: Law amendment in process to empower the
NVC to investigate into improper conduct of people
holding public positions, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 13/09/2016)
Dahal
Cabinet
snubs reminder to submit details (kp 05/09/2016)
Now
even
ex-MPs want state privileges, by Sarin Ghimire (kp
02/09/2016), Mechanism
to
curb medical trips abroad on cards: Minister Thapa,
by Manish Gautam (kp 02/09/2016), Medical
tourism:
Our netas seem to be blind because they like bidhesi
whiskey more than the usual vitamins you get from
saag-sabji, by Guffadi (kp 03/09/2016 [satirical],
VIP
treatment:
Govt to bring new policy for medical support, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 09/09/2016)
Graft
cases
filed against govt officials (ht 01/09/2016)
Shut
them
down: Public transport syndicates have been blamed for
the unnerving rise in bus accidents, by Umesh Raj
Regmi (kp 31/08/2016) [Such
syndicates are part of high-level political
corruption!]
Denting
the
state exchequer: Politicians claiming excessive
privileges at the expense of taxpayers, by Sarin
Ghimire (kp 30/08/2016), Milking
the
exchequer dry Parties need to draw a red line and put
a ceiling on medical bills (kp 31/08/2016) [Simply to be the chairman of a
political party does not give any right to access to
state coffer!], VIPs
On The Dole! (rn 01/09/2016)
Motion
on
CIAA chief loses steam after NC’s Thapa becomes
minister (kp 29/08/2016)
A
hard race: Containing corruption requires a huge
master plan for a long-term nationwide campaign,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 28/08/2016)
DDC
officials
found taking commission, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
28/08/2016)
SC
seeks
papers related to Karki’s appointment (kp
27/08/2016)
Chargesheet
filed
against fake doctor (kp 25/08/2016)
Plaint
lodged
at NIC for CIAA chief Karki’s property details (kp
23/08/2016)
Corruption
abyss:
Fight against corruption is winnable only if the
anti-graft agency is free of political interference,
by Naresh Koirala (kp 22/08/2016)
Abusing
authorities:
Instead of bringing down corruption in the country,
the CIAA chief’s impeachment will further aggravate it,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 21/08/2016)
Promotions
at
CAAN: CIAA orders probe (kp 20/08/2016)
CIAA
to
brief international community (kp 18/08/2916)
Stop
that
virus: Eradicating the scourge of corruption from the
country will only be possible through small individual
changes, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 16/08/2016)
Dr
KC
urges MPs to help in his crusade: Requests them to
initiate impeachment process, by Manish Gautam (kp
16/08/2016)
Dr
KC
alliance condemns arrests at CIAA office (kp
15/08/2016)
CIAA
‘confiscates’
NOC files related to bullet permits (kp
15/08/2016)
SC
issues
interim order in Dixit case (ht 15/08/2016)
Towards
a
kleptocracy? There are worrying signs that interest
groups have hijacked our democracy, by John
Narayan Parajuli (kp 13/08/2016), The
story
of a failed revolution: Our common fate is more a
result of corrupt, intransigent politicians than wrong
systems in play, by Abhinawa Devkota (kp
13/08/2016)
CIAA
vicinities out of bounds for protesters (rep
13/08/2016)
Migrant
workers’
welfare fund: Probe panel to look into alleged misuse
of fund (kp 11/08/2016)
Graft
case
filed against govt official (kp 10/08/2016)
SC
asks
CIAA to stop action against doctors: A single bench
rules that taking action against doctors is beyond
CIAA’s constitutional jurisdiction, by Manish
Gautam (kp 06/08/2016), SC
stays
TU’s action against seven docs (ht 06/08/2016), New
constitution limits jurisdiction: SC tells CIAA,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 06/08/2016), CIAA
chief giving the SC short shrift time and again,
by Nabin Khatiwada (kp 08/08/2016)
Dr
KC
supporters press for Karki’s impeachment (kp
06/08/2016), Dr
KC
supporters document CIAA’s faults: Memo with letters
and references to news reports was submitted to House
panel chairman, by Manish Gautam (kp 07/08/2016),
Impeachment
motion
‘irrelevant’ (kp 08/08/2016)
Contractors
pay up to 20 pc of total amount in bribes: FCAN
official, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 06/08/2016)
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