Despite
occasional seizures, no let-up in gold smuggling : Man
carrying 14 kg of the precious metal was held from
Kathmandu airport on Thursday night. Government
announces six-member investigation panel (kp
09/12/2023)
Police
confiscate two kg of gold at Nagdhunga, three arrested
(kh 08/12/2023)
Two
arrested at Tribhuvan Int’l Airport with 14 kg of gold
(kh 08/12/2023), How
the 14 kg gold illegally being smuggled into Nepal was
seized (kh 08/12/2023)
Woman
arrested for husband's murder, son also detained, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 07/12/2023)
65
percent of sexual abuse victims are minor girls, by
Ajabi Poudel (ae 05/12/2023)
Senior
advocate seeks transparency in property confiscation
issue (rep 05/12/2023)
Attempt
to kill ward chairman by setting his house on fire
(rep 04/12/2023)
Doctor
beaten again: Medical Superintendent of Siddhartha
Children and Women Hospital assaulted after death of
postpartum mother : Medical superintendent Basyal being
treated in ICU, hospital services stopped (rep
29/11/2023)
Fatal
assault over cigarettes: 14 apprehended in Kailali after
young man’s death (kh 29/11/2023)
Police
nab fraud for making false
promises of employment in
Portugal (kh 26/11/2023)
Dream
of going to UK shattered as
unscrupulous agent deceives more
than 50 people, by Sabita
Khadka (rep 26/11/2023)
167
cases of domestic violence registered in four months in
Chitwan (rep 26/11/2023)
80
percent of GBV includes domestic violence in Nepal:
Police (kh 26/11/2023)
6
student leaders convicted for beating and injuring TU
teacher Chalaune : Nepal Student Union leaders slapped
two-year jail (kp 24/11/2023)
Dhankuta
man kills self after murdering wife and son: Police :
Neighbours attribute the deaths as the tragic outcome of
frequent domestic violence that plagued the family,
by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 24/11/2023)
Crimes
related to extra-marital affairs on the rise, by
Ajabi Poudel (ae 22/11/2023)
Act To
End Violence Against Women, by Namrata Sharma (rn
22/11/2023)
14
arrested following clash between locals and police in
Lapsiphedi (kh 18/11/2023), Lapsephedi
clashes snapshot of hassles in building power lines : At
least three police personnel were injured as locals
hurled stones and over a dozen people allegedly behind
the attack were held, Kathmandu district administration
says, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/11/2023)
Newborn
baby found abandoned with umbilical cord still attached
(rep 17/11/2023)
No
significant rise in criminal incidents during Tihar:
Nepal Police (rep 16/11/2023)
Young
man succumbs to stab wounds in Rautahat, by Madan
Thakur (rep 13/11/2023)
Police
arrest murderer after 20 years! (rep 09/11/2023)
GBV
cases have decreased: Minister Alemagar (kh
08/11/2023), CARE
Nepal draws attention to GBV, disease outbreak post
earthquake in Jajarkot, pledges psychological counseling
(rep 08/11/2023)
Prisoner
pardoned by President arrested for extortion : The
accused, with a lengthy criminal history, had served
four and a half years in prison before being pardoned by
President Paudel on Republic Day, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (kp 02/11/2023) [What is
the background for pardoning convicted criminals? Always
a political one?]
Nepali
woman accused of defrauding Rs 2.5 million using
Guterres’s falsified signature (kh 01/11/2023)
Police
take to firing to apprehend drug traffickers in
Kathmandu (kh 01/11/2023)
School
principal shot dead in Kalaiya : The victim succumbed to
his injuries while undergoing treatment at Vayodha
Hospital in Birgunj (kp 31/10/2023), Bara
Principal murder case: Police nab five accused (kh
01/11/2023)
Five
arrested for stealing millions through eSewa (ht
30/10/2023)
Kathmandu
Valley witnesses 103 incidents of crime during Dashain
(rep 208/10/2023)
DSP
Tiwari stabbed while rescuing hostage infant from
deranged father in Kohalpur (kh 27/10/2023)
Wife
dies after husband hits her with firewood (rep
27/10/2023)
Four
members of the same family murdered in Mugu (kh
27/10/2023), Three
children along with mother found dead in Mugu, by
Golden Buda (rep 27/10/2023), Mugu
murder: Brother-in-law and uncle arrested (kh
10/11/2023)
Woman
killed in hotel, suspect arrested (rep 18/10/2023),
Man
pardoned by President arrested for alleged murder of
woman in Rukum West (kh 19/10/2023)
Amendment
to Banking Offenses and Punishment Act proposes two-year
jail term for check bouncers (rep 18/10/2023)
Chhaupadi
still persists in remote Achham, by Gita Kunwar (ae
17/10/2023)
Gang
rape of girl in Biratnagar, 3 transport workers
including a minor arrested (kh 16/10/2023)
Way
too young: All girls must enjoy their full
childhood, by Bashir Najeeb (ht 16/10/2023)
Police
in Karnali launch campaign against drugs : Cases of drug
abuse and smuggling have seen a steady rise in Karnali
Province in recent years, by Tripti Shahi (kp
15/10/2023)
Two
jailed for manhandling doctors (kh 14/10/2023)
Bauddha
shootout: ‘Police forced open fire in self-defense’
(rep 12/10/2023)
Widow
struggles to raise three sons after losing husband,
by Prem Raj Simkhada (rn 09/10/2023)
Un-Regal
justice : The pardon of a murder convict hints at how
little our political class cares about people’s concerns
(kp 06/10/2023), Supreme
Court demands original documents related to decision of
paroling ‘Rigal’ : Bharati Manandhar, the spouse of
Chetan Manandhar, whom Rigal had murdered in Banke, is
in hunger strike demanding justice (nlt 06/10/2023),
Supreme
Court seeks explanation for pardon granted to murder
convict : President on the Constitution Day had commuted
the jail terms of 670 convicts, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/10/2023)
Police
arrest three individuals, including Chinese in 11 kg
gold smuggling case (kh 03/10/2023)
Unidentified
assailants kill young man in New Road (kh
03/10/2023)
RSP
leaders seek President’s attention to reconsider
immunity granted to murder convict (kh 02/10/2023),
President
Paudel acknowledges RSP's concerns on amnesty issue
(rep 02/10/2023), Parliamentary
committee to call home minister for discussion on
amnesty issue (rep 02/10/2023)
KMC
doctors assaulted within 24 hours of
govt-medical professionals agreement (rep
01/10/2023), Doctors
beaten up in KMC hospital, two arrested (kh
01/10/2023)
Turmoil
continues in Birendranagar following death of two
children (rep 01/10/2023)
Cyber
Defense for Nepal: Do we need a specialized police force
or national authority in Nepal?, by Bivek Chaudhary
(rep 28/09/2023)
Man
arrested for abducting and raping minor in Surkhet
(kh 26/09/2023)
Incidents
of thefts rising as festive season approaches (rep
25/09/2023)
Woman
arrested for online fraud through Fifia App (kh
22/09/2023)
Police
arrest four people in Dadeldhura on gang rape charges
(kh 21/09/2023)
One
more arrested in connection with Hetauda doctor assault
case (rep 21/09/2023)
Man
arrested on charge of murdering wife over dowry : The
couple was married 21 months ago and have an
11-month-old son, by Binod Bhandari (kp 20/09/2023)
Mahendra
Morang Campus students torch Exam Controller's car in
protest against answer-sheet exchange (rep
20/09/2023)
Four
individuals connected to Tikapur incident to be released
today (rep 20/09/2023)
One
dead, three injured in Rupandehi clash (kh
19/09/2023)
Four
people found dead in Kathmandu’s Gairigaon (kh
16/09/2023), Gairigaon
murder case: One suspect arrested _ Four people found
murdered in Gaurigaon, Tinkune in Kathmandu (kh
16/09/2023), One
more individual arrested in connection with Gairigaun
murder case (rep 17/09/2023), Police
publicly identify suspect in Tinkune Gairigaon mass
murder case (kh 17/09/2023), Police
reveal the identity of accused in Gairigaun quadruple
murder case (rep 18/09/2023), Police
release Dipendra Rai, earlier arrested in connection
with Tinkune murder case (rep 18/09/2023)
All
15 murder accused sent to judicial custody (ht
15/09/2023)
Youth
clash leads to attack on deputy mayor's residence in
Dharan (rep 14/09/2023)
Japan
Embassy expresses grave concern over stone pelting
incident targeting JICA Nepal Chief's vehicle, deems it
a criminal offense (rep 14/09/2023)
Four
arrested for assaulting doctors in Hetauda (kh
14/09/2023), Mass
resignation of doctors paralyzes Hetauda hospital
services (kh 15/09/2023), Four
persons involved in assaulting doctors arrested (rep
15/09/2023)
Police
arrest 8 people, including Dharan Deputy Mayor’s brother
(kh 13/09/2023)
Chinese
gang operated 7 companies for gold smuggling in Nepal:
CIB (kh 13/09/2023), CIB
reveals additional 302 kg gold was smuggled into Nepal
prior to 60 kg gold smuggling episode (kh
13/09/2023)
Caste-based
discrimination rife in Doti : Dalit rights activists say
non-Dalits refuse to interact with them, extend
services, rent rooms or even sell them milk, by
Mohan Shahi (kp 12/09/2023)
US
job promise turns nightmare for many. Nepali agent
arrested : Victims say they paid between Rs2.5 million
and 7.5 million to Hasta Gautam and his agents to be
smuggled, by Anup Ojha (kp 12/09/2023)
Unknown
group attacks police, loots weapons and ammunition in
Sunsari (kh 09/09/2023)
US
national with Nepali origin arrested on charge of human
trafficking (rep 09/09/2023)
Estranged
husband, two others, arrested after mother and son go
missing in Kalikot, by Tularam Pandey (kp
09/09/2023), Mother,
son missing from Kalikot found in Nepalgunjm : The woman
claims a gang of three people abducted them at around
3am on Friday, by Tularam Pandey (kp 10/09/2023)
One
arrested on charge of online fraud (rep 08/09/2023)
Unidentified
person assaults Janaki Temple priest in Rautahat (kh
08/09/2023)
Nepal
Police says it has so far issued 139 red notices :
Speakers at an event held in Kathmandu to mark
Interpol’s centenary highlighted the importance of its
coordination, by Anup Ojha (kp 08/09/2023)
Youth
attacks NC Joint General Secretary Mahendra Yadav with
Khukuri at Reporters Club (rep 06/09/2023) [A
47-year-old man is definitely no longer a youth!],
Congress
leader injured in khukuri-attack in Kathmandu : Police
have arrested the alleged assailant, Shyam Sapkota, who
styled himself as a pro-royalist and anti-MCC activist,
by Anup Ojha (kp 07/09/2023)
‘Sticker
campaign’ promoting crime reporting in Karnali : Under
the campaign, stickers with police phone numbers are
pasted on houses in the province. Criminal complaints
have increased markedly, say police, by Jyotee
Katuwal (kp 06/09/2023)
Custodial
deaths go on as perpetrators are left unpunished :
Advocacy Forum’s 2022 report documents 39 deaths since
2018 when the new Penal Code came into force, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 04/09/2023) [see 2022
report by Advocacy Forum; see INSEC
study (in Nepali)]
Concerns
arise over dubious networking business ‘Indian Vestige’
in Western Nepal, by Nirmal Ghimire (rep 04/09/2023)
One
held with homemade pistols in Bhaktapur (kh
31/08/2023)
Pipeline
damage compels residents of a Salyan village to drink
untreated water : Around 60 households in Namra village
are drinking muddy water from the Bheri river and many
people are falling ill, by Biplab Maharjan (kp
29/08/2023)
Police
expected to exercise caution while arresting foreigners
for visa overstay : Supreme Court recently said foreign
detainees should be provided legal and language support,
by Anup Ojha (kp 29/08/2023)
KMC
fines grocer 150 thousand rupees for selling
contaminated Coke (kh 27/08/2023)
Proposal
to extend terms of two TJ bodies presented in National
Assembly (rep 27/08/2023) [???]
Growing
cybersecurity threats: Laws needed to tackle them,
by Narayan Adhikari (ht 25/08/2023)
Man
arrested for character assassination of a woman (kh
23/08/2023)
Chinese
criminals involved in illicit activities acquire Nepali
citizenship and passports (kh 23/08/2023)
SC
orders release of foreigner detained ‘arbitrarily’
(rep 23/08/2023)
Gyanaecologist
accused of selling newborn : A 26-year-old woman who
gave birth to a baby at Green Cross Hospital has accused
the doctor of selling her baby, by Binod Bhandari
(kp 22/08/2023), Biratnagar
gynaecologist accused of selling newborn for Rs500,000 :
Police investigation reveals that Tapeshwar Lal Karn
sold the infant to a couple through a staffer of Green
Cross Hospital, by Binod Bhandari (kp 23/08/2023), Gynaecologist
to be charged with organised crime, human trafficking
and forced disappearance : On August 18, police detained
Dr Tapeshwar Lal Karn from Green Cross Hospital in
Biratnagar on charge of selling a newborn to a childless
couple for Rs500,000 (kp 28/08/2023)
Indian
national arrested for kidnapping children : The arrested
individual had kidnapped two children–aged 9 months and
two years–from Devtaal Rural Municipality along the
Nepal-India border and was taking them to the Indian
side on a sack, by Laxmi Sah (kp 21/08/2023)
1,275
cases registered at Kathmandu police in a month (kh
19/08/2023)
Two
inmates tortured to death: Probe report, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 18/08/2023)
Illegal
abortions continue killing women : Nepal legalised
abortion in 2002. Every year about 100,000 women undergo
the procedure at government-authorised clinics, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 15/08/2023)
Five
Bangladeshis, two Nepalis arrested for kidnapping,
extortion : Police have rescued four Bangladeshis who
were held hostage in a guest house in Kathmandu (nlt
13/08/2023)
Govt
looks to enforce new laws related to banking offense and
punishment : Police reports filing 7,101 cases of
banking fraud in FY 2022/23, which was almost double of
the number in FY 2021/22 (rep 10/08/2023)
Deal
with kin of Gaur victims puts coalition at risk : 27
Maoists died in a clash with cadres of Upendra Yadav’s
Madheshi Janadhikar Forum in March 2007 in Rautahat,
by Anil Giri (kp 10/08/2023)
'Nexus
between foreign employment, trafficking' (ht
09/08/2023)
Two
arrested on charge of their involvement in online sexual
abuse (rep 09/08/2023)
Nepalis
are increasingly being duped by fake offers of iPhones :
Cyber bureau says victims should file cases of fraud at
the Crime Investigation Bureau, by Anup Ojha (kp
08/08/2023)
131
foreign nationals arrested in Nepal in one year: Chinese
nationals top list with 42 arrests (kh 06/08/2023)
Congress
top leaders against prosecution in ‘non-cruel’ murder :
Party takes a stance against demands of conflict victims
that there must be no amnesty for serious rights
violations, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/08/2023) [Sher Bahadur Deuba and his NC are
strictly against justice for victims! Every murder is
cruel, both for those directly involved as well as for
their families and friends! Human rights defenders are
stunned!]
Five
arrested for intimidating people in Kathmandu (kh
03/08/2023)
Bara
villagers attack police to free a poaching suspect :
Tangiya Basti, a squatter settlement located inside
national forest in Bara, poses a significant challenge
to wildlife conservation, officials say, by Aakash
Chaudhary (kp 02/08/2023)
Husband
guns down his wife in Byas (kh 02/08/2023)
Uptick
in incidents of crime in the country in past two years:
Nepal Police (kh 02/08/2023)
Land
dispute leads to abduction, murder of woman (ht
01/08/2023)
Human
trafficking : The desperation seen among women in going
abroad puts them at risk of being trafficked
(ht 01/08/2023)
State
of impunity wrecking our university system : There is a
criminal gang that benefits by extorting the university.
They work for the mafia in education, interview with
Prem Chalaune, assistant professor at the Department of
Sociology of Tribhuvan University (kp 31/07/2023) [Once
again political parties have their fingers in the pie
and cover up crime!]
Unauthorised
translation and piracy of foreign books thrive in Nepal
: The phenomenon has not just hurt creativity but also
caused losses to authorised translators and publishers.
There is law but implementation remains lax, by
Upendra Raj Pandey (kp 31/07/2023)
The
Golden Triangle, by Narayan Manandhar (rep
28/07/2023)
Director
of Mid-hill Highway arrested on rape charge (rep
28/07/2023)
Caste-based
discrimination persists despite being outlawed in Nepali
society : Dalit activists say lax legal provisions pose
a significant challenge to swift justice delivery for
cases of discrimination, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp
28/07/2023)
One
youth killed in Saptari, another injured (kh
28/07/2023)
One
arrested over NBM looting, search for others intensified
(kh 27/07/2023)
Kathmandu
reports steady rise in crimes (rep 25/07/2023)
Chinese
gangs engage in lucrative smuggling operations in Nepal,
by Krishna Timalsina (kh 25/07/2023)
A
university professor was brutally attacked by student
union members. Political parties made all-out efforts to
deny him justice, by Abhyudaya Upreti (nlt
23/07/2023) [Nepal's politicians stand for the
perpetuation of the unjust state!]
Woman
shot dead at Nepal-India border (kh 23/07/2023)
Unidentified
group sets seven houses on fire in Jumla, by Golden
Buda (rep 22/07/2023)
Combating
money laundering in Nepal, by Anil Karki (rep
21/07/2023)
Gold
worth more than one billion rupees recovered from TIA
(kh 19/07/2023)
Failing
on money laundering : For the last 15 years, Nepal has
faced the constant risk of slipping into the FTAF’s grey
or black list, by Achyut Wagle (kp 18/07/2023)
Minor
gang-raped in Saptari (rep 18/07/2023)
Impunity
by law: Government bent on amending law to withdraw
criminal cases against political parties and groups :
This is not the first time the government has tried to
ram a faulty legal provision to withdraw criminal cases
against political parties, groups, leaders and cadres
(nlt 17/07/2023)
Cases
filed against 15 individuals for unlawful operation of
pharmacies (kh 17/07/2023)
Former
Agriculture Minister of Lumbini Province Yadav arrested
for banking offense (kh 17/07/2023)
Pregnant
woman murdered in Bardiya for refusing abortion, suspect
arrested, by Ganesh Bisu and Nirmal Ghimire (rep
16/07/2023)
A
troubling nexus between crime and politics, by
Devendra J. Subedi (rep 15/07/2023)
As
looting cases rise, people warned to be alert during
walks, temple visits : Last week, police made public
eight cases of serial robbery of gold chains when people
were on their morning walk, by Anup Ojha (kp
14/07/2023)
Police
forms probe committee on Siraha police constable abuse
case (kh 12/07/2023) [This
should no longer be a matter for the police, but for the
public prosecutor's office and an independent court!],
Investigation
launched after controversial video of torturing police
constable goes viral in social media, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 13/07/2023)
Police
hunt for two youths over brutal attack on a cyclist : A
19-year-old has been arrested on charge of attempted
murder for an unprovoked attack on 27-year-old Sah,
by Binod Bhandari (kp 12/07/2023)
Man
slapped with 33 yrs prison sentence for raping daughter
(kh 11/07/2023)
Man
kills self after murdering wife in Ilam (kh
07/07/2023)
Night
clubs and dance bars in Kathmandu becoming crime hubs,
by Tapendra Karkdi (rep 07/07/2023)
NA
defuses grenade bomb found in Kailali (kh
07/07/2023)
Poaching,
smuggling go unchecked in Dhorpatan due to security
lapse : Taking advantage of the poor security situation,
poachers and smugglers hunt animals and birds illegally
and smuggle timber as well as medicinal herbs, by
Prakash Baral (kp 06/07/2023)
One
arrested for raping a minor in Lalitpur : Arrest warrant
issued against LOD owners as well (kh 06/07/2023), LOD
owner Raju Singh Suwal arrested from Baluwatar (kh
06/07/2023), Another
owner of LOD, Shrestha, arrested (rn 07/07/2023)
3
injured, one critically, as gunshots fired in Mahottari
after motorcycle collides with dog, by Surendra
Yadav (rep 06/07/2023)
How
Prithvi Shah scams US $4 million from US citizens with
false FDI promises : Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government
suspended governor instead of investigating Shah’s scam,
by Pramodh Raj Sedhain (kh 05/07/2023)
Dalit’s
house torched for eloping with ‘upper-caste’ girl in
Jumla : Police have arrested the girl’s brother on
charges of criminal arson and caste-based discrimination,
by DB Budha (kp 04/07/2023)
'Time-bound
programme needed to abolish dowry', by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 02/07/2023), Woman
and daughter found dead in Rautahat (ht 02/07/2023)
Lawyer
arrested for thrashing Lalitpur District Court female
employee (kh 29/06/2023)
Top
court orders relief for conflict-era victims of torture
and sexual violence : 17 years since Peace Accord,
torture victims lack adequate means to seek justice and
hold perpetrators to account, by Binod Ghimire (kh
28/06/2023) [The next step
should be to punish all those who have been deliberately
preventing justice for the victims by hook or by crook
for 17 years!]
Rise
in flesh trade in Karnali Province due to poverty,
by Lalit Bista (rep 25/06/2023)
12,
including 5 foreigners, arrested for alleged illegal
drug trade worth Rs 23.3 million (rep 23/06/2023)
Emerging
cybersecurity concerns: Make security consolidationa
priority, by Kumar Pudashine (ht 22/06/2023)
Kin
demand justice as woman’s death raises suspicion :
Father of 22-year-old Aarati Sah accuses her husband’s
family of killing her over dowry issues. Her husband and
father-in-law are in police custody, by Santosh
Singh (kp 21/06/2023)
Man
arrested for allegedly killing spouse (kh
21/06/2023)
Police
arrest 225 people involved in drug smuggling in 11
months in Kanchanpur (rep 21/06/2023)
Eight
including actor Marichman Shrestha arrested on charge of
promoting online betting platforms (rep 15/06/2023)
Nepal
Medical College temporarily suspends OPD service : The
hospital administration stated that all services, except
for emergencies, will remain closed until action is
taken against those involved in the act of vandalism
(nlt 14/06/2023)
Police
arrest five individuals involved in illegal online
gambling and cryptocurrency trading , by Narayan
Adhikari (nlt 14/06/2023)
Two women
allegedly killed for dowry in Sarlahi (rn
11/06/2023)
Man
arrested for repeatedly raping a minor (rep
10/06/2023)
Nepal
not doing enough to tackle online child abuse :
According to police cyber bureau, 110 cases of sexual
abuse against children were reported in the past 11
months, by Anup Ojha (kp 09/06/2023)
Experts
decry new budget’s ‘wrong approach’ to tackling cyber
crimes : It plans to scrap National Information
Technology Centre, which keeps government data, by
Anup Ojha (kp 05/06/2023)
Hackers
cause Nepali travels companies to incur a huge loss
(rep 05/06/2023)
Dalit
lives must matter, by Shristi Karki (nt 02/06/2023)
Comparing
Maina Sunwar and Resham Chaudhary cases : Both are cases
of criminal political violence, but the security forces
are perpetrators in one and victims in the other, by
Aastha Dahal (nt 02/06/2023) [Politically
motivated murder must not be excused, whether it is
committed by security forces or by revolutionaries, even
if their cause is justified.]
Pardon
to Resham Chaudhary comes under question : On Monday,
the President pardoned 19 prisoners, including Resham
Chaudhary, the convicted mastermind of 2015 Tikapur
incident, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 01/06/2023)
Resham
Chaudhary, the convict of Tikapur carnage, walks free :
Chaudhary, who was convicted by district court, high
court and supreme court and given life sentence, was
given pardon on Sunday by President Ram Chandra Paudel
(nlt 29/05/2023) [The families
of the victims will be delighted in view of this
principle of justice! Is this now a pattern for not
punishing the crimes of the time of the insurgency?],
President
pardons Tikapur killings convict Resham
Chaudhary : Rights activists decry the
decision while Tharu campaigners hail
the freedom from life imprisonment as
justice for the community, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 29/05/2023)
Bus
driver deceives adolescent, offers safety, and takes her
to guest house, where she was raped
The driver had manipulated her into remaining on the bus
for two hours, claiming it was unsafe for her to leave
late at night. He then took her to a hotel, where he
raped her (nlt 26/05/2023)
Girl
hacked to death in Khandbari (rep 26/05/2023)
Govt
starts preparations to grant clemency to Resham
Chaudhary (kh 25/05/2023) [Article
276 of the Constitution opens the door to the
arbitrariness of the political elite. Will we soon see
something similar with regard to the accused in the
current corruption scandal? Article 276 sets convicts
free, but does not change their guilt. If Chaudhary is
indeed innocent, this must be determined by a court.
Then he would be entitled to adequate compensation for
the injustice he has suffered! Now the procedure once
again smacks of the manipulation of political power.],
President’s
Office sends back proposal to pardon Resham Chaudhary to
Home Ministry (kh 26/05/2023), Government
urges President to authenticate Citizenship Bill (kh
26/05/2023) [Why isn't a law passed that excludes
politicians from any punishment for all time to come?
Then the current corruption scandal would not have to be
pursued any further as well. Politicians could go about
their dirty business in complete openness and the
cumbersome annulment of court rulings by the executive
would be superfluous!]
Senior
citizen shot dead in Rautahat, by Madan Thakur (rep
25/05/2023)
1,700
complaints lodged against loan sharks in Mahottari
(ae 24/05/2023)
Police
disrupt ‘psychic healing’ event in Tulsipur : The event
was organised by alleged conman Bharat Bhattarai aka
Simanta KC, who identifies himself as astrologer and
claims to possess magical powers to cure serious
diseases, by Durgalal KC (kp 24/05/2023)
Over
5,000 cases of banking fraud, financial crimes
registered in Kathmandu Valley in the first 10 months of
current FY (rep 23/02/0223)
Lal
Commission report: Truth and lies : Shelving a report
that could speak of security personnel’s wrongdoing will
give rise to impunity, by Dipendra Jha (kp
23/05/2023) [Anything that
contradicts the interests of the ruling elite must not
be published. People's fundamental right to information
is being disregarded. This has been similar with regard
to the social and cultural data of the latest population
census.]
Two
Biratnagar firms accused of evading Rs3.72 billion in
taxes : The revelation came following a dispute between
business partners Ashok Kumar Murarka and Krishna Prasad
Prasai, by Binod Bhandari (kp 23/05/2023)
Man
accused of swindling dozens by promising Japan jobs
arrested : Ajay Kumar Rajbanshi of Sunabarshi-6, Morang
allegedly collected millions of rupees from dozens of
individuals, by Binod Bhandari (kp 22/05/2023)
22-year-old
woman killed for rejecting love proposal (rep
21/05/2023)
Law
amendment aims to drop conflict-era cases, human rights
commission claims : High possibility of the draft aiming
at withdrawing cases by giving them a political colour,
says Top Bahadur Magar, commission chair, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 18/05/2023)
Police
not to submit report on Wednesday : Preparing deadline
extension for 14 in custody (kh 17/05/2023)
Four
arrested for their alleged involvement in Arghakhanchi
fire (kh 17/0,5/2023)
Fake
Refugee Scam : Fraud Exposes Organised Crime, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn 16/05/2023)
Supreme
Court sentences Resham Chaudhary to life imprisonment
(kh 16/05/2023), Top
court upholds Resham Chaudhary’s life sentence :
He was handed life term by lower courts for
links to the Tikapur lynchings in which 8 people
were killed in 2015, by Binod Ghimire (kp
17/05/2023), Resham
Chaudhary is a revolutionary: Baburam Bhattarai (kh
17/05/2023) [??? When
revolutionaries kill, it is a heroic act, when state
forces do the same, it is a crime? By the way, dastardly
crimes from the time of the insurgency, both those of
the Maoists and those of the security forces, must be
punished at all costs if the rule of law is to be
secured!]
Rape
accused vandalizes the victim's house (rep
14/05/2023)
Three
held for fraud of over Rs 2.2 million (kh
14/05/2023)
How
Nepalis’ vulnerability grows amid changing nature of
cyber crimes : While the organised sector is impacted by
cyber attacks, the effect of hackers on individuals is
no less significant, by Anup Ojha (kp 14/05/2023)
Madan
Rai, founder of Subhadra Madan Foundation, arrested on
child sexual abuse charge : On Thursday, Setopati, a
Nepali language news portal, published a story exposing
how Rai has been sexually harassing children who are in
the shelter of the foundation run by himself (nlt
12/05/2023), Madan Rai arrested over sexually harassing
girls studying at his foundation, by Shova Sharma
(Setopati 12/05/2023) [see also बालिकामाथि
यौन दुर्व्यवहार गरेको आरोप लागेका मदन राई पक्राउ
(Setopati 11/05/2023)]
Police
get beaten while trying to arrest rape-accused (rep
08/05/2023)
Rape
offense is not just rape offense, do not normalize it :
Our society tends to demotivate and defame the victims
and further victimize the victims if the perpetrators
are powerful people, by Shreena Nepal (nlt
08/05/2023)
Manufacturing
refugees : The fake documentation case highlights the
criminalisation of politics and bureaucracy in Nepal
(kp 05/05/2023)
Dalit
Network objects demolition of Badi people’s huts (kh
04/05/2023)
ACC Men’s
Premier Cup: Sandeep Lamichhane declared best
player of tournament (kh 02/05/2023) [And what about his still
unresolved rape allegations? What about the
potential victim? A sportsman should only be
reinstated and celebrated after he has been
cleared of the charges!]
Police
make public the suspect in Nira Acharya’s murder :
Investigating officers allege professional bouncer Binod
Bishwakarma committed the crime with a motive to rob the
victim (kp 01/05/2023)
Police
arrests one accused involved in the murder of Nira
Pandey (rep 30/04/2023)
Madhes
districts developing into hubs for fake currency (ht
28/04/2023)
Lure
of easy money leads Nepalis into traps of online
fraudsters : The scams mainly take place through social
media outlets like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or
through websites such as Google and Yahoo!, by Anup
Ojha (kp 25/04/2023)
Teachers
miss out on Chaitra pension as pay for ex-combatants
gets priority : Around 18,000 retired teachers failed to
receive monthly pay owing to budget shortfall, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/04/2023)
Vehicle
of Dr. Swarnim Wagle’s father vandalized in Damauli
(kh 21/04/2023)
Fake
Bhutanese refugee scam: 10 victims contact police
claiming they were conned (rep 20/04/2023)
Woman’s
body found buried in Dang, husband on the run (rep
20/04/2023)
Rabi
Lamichhane’s supporters becoming increasingly anarchic,
by Arun Bam (rep 17/04/2023)
Cybercrime-related
cases see an alarming rise : The data showed that this
year, IT-related financial frauds were the most common
cybercrime followed by cases of revenge porn, by
Anup Ojha (kp 16/04/2023)
One
killed, two hurt in Rautahat shooting (kh
16/04/2023), Rautahat
shooting incident: 16 suspects arrested (rep
16/04/2023)
Youth
murdered in Dogdakedar of Baitadi (kh 16/04/2023)
Police
arrest Constable Pun for firing at Barshaman Pun’s
mother (kh 15/04/2023)
Dahal
backtracks on responsibility for 5,000 conflict deaths :
In a statement to court, the prime minister says his
remark was political, and cannot be an issue of judicial
concern, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/04/2023) [Deciding
this is the exclusive task of a court of law and not
that of a possibly responsible perpetrator!]
Police
arrest a woman from Nuwakot for forcing Nepali girls
into flesh trade in India (nlt 12/04/2023)
Opium
poppy farming destroyed in Rolpa (kh 12/04/2023)
AK-47
security to Chakre Milan in Nepalgunj, by Tapendra
Karki (rep 11/04/2023)
Rape-accused
judge Giri arrested (kh 11/04/2023)
Court
asks police to produce doctor who examined girl
allegedly raped by Lamichhane : Court issued the order
after finding that the statement produced in the court
wasn’t from the doctor who had physically examined the
minor (kp 10/04/2023)
Two
teenagers arrested for killing two minors in greed of
gold, by Devendra Basnet (rep 09/04/2023)
Drug
trade becoming difficult to control in Sarlahi : Sarlahi
has become a major transit point for drug supply to the
country’s hill districts, by Om Prakash Thakur (kp
09/04/2023)
Gender
Violence: A Problem In Nepal : Numerous young girls
describe hearing similar tales. Both within and outside
of the house, strangers might engage in sexual
harassment, by Malena Villa (sp 07/04/2023)
District
court orders arrest of judge accused in marital rape :
Judge Bhuwan Giri’s wife has also charged him with
domestic violence, by Manoj Paudel (kp 06/04/2023)
TikTok
Live being used to lure clients for sex massage : Spa
operators say just around three dozens of around 400
centres in Kathmandu Valley offer ethical services for
mental and physical wellness. The rest are into shady
business, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/04/2023)
Janamat
Party’s central member arrested on charge of loan
sharking (krep 03/04/2023)
Dalit
man insulted for joining feast for ‘upper-caste’ guests
: Various political parties, their sister organisations
and several social organisations deplored the incident
and demanded legal action against the guilty, by
Deepak Pariyar (kp 03/04/2023)
Dozen
school bus drivers booked for rules violation :
Since August last year, over five dozen school
drivers have been punished for drink-driving, an
‘unforgivable’ crime (kp 03/04/2023)
Behind
births of fewer girls than boys : Preference for sons,
which leads to female foeticide, is among the suspected
reasons, by Arjun Poudel (kp 02/04/2023) [Only
males are full Nepalis. This is what is written in the
constitution and laws and especially in the minds of the
patriarchal machos!]
Police
arrest 19 including 9 Chinese nationals for online fraud
(kh 29/03/2023)
Nine
trafficked women rescued, three allegedly involved in
trafficking arrested (rep 28/03/2023)
Efforts
on to criminalise loan sharking : Six months after the
government’s last commitment, a fresh promise is made to
take action against loan sharks and ease the woes of
their victims, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/03/2023) [What do the
statements and assurances of the government and other
politicians mean? Absolutely nothing!]
Dahal
accused of trying to appease conflict victims : The
government recently announced a new cohort of martyrs
and cash relief for former child combatants, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 22/03/2023)
Assault
attempts on Maoist Center leader Angbo in Taplejung
(kh 21/03/2023)
Crime
and politics: How politics shapes criminal activity :
Nexus between politics and crime is evident in the way
criminal gangs operate in Nepal. Many criminal gangs
have links to political parties and they use their
political connections to expand their criminal
activities, by Bikash Yadav (nlt 19/03/2023)
Should
Deepak Manange be in jail?, by Bhasa Sharma (rep
17/03/2023) [Also a case of the
great proximity of politics and crime!]
Interpol
arrests Nepali national who fled to Dubai after
murdering an elderly in Nepal (kh 16/03/2023)
Women
survivors silenced : The transitional justice mechanisms
cannot make the survivors of sexual violence invisible,
by Binita Poudel (kp 16/03/2023)
A
polygamist in Saptari sent to jail (rep 16/03/2023)
Violence
against women on the rise : Experts working in women’s
rights point out the patriarchal mindset of people,
taking the woman as second class citizen, rise in
reporting of the incidences and use of various social
media as some of the causes for a rise in the number of
cases of violence against women, by Sabitri Dhakal
(ae 15/03/2023)
Once
sold in Kuwait, she still lives in pain back home :
Sanimaya’s tale represents countless Nepali women who
are taken to various Gulf countries on visit visas and
then are made to work in virtual slavery, by Anup
Ojha (kp 15/03/2023)
Conflict
victims complain of not getting justice yet (kh
14/03/2023)
The
Meaningless Maoist Attack on Judiciary (rep
14/03/2023)
Fighting
Sexual Abuse In Public Transport, by Writika Rijal
(rn 14/03/2023)
Six
including Prithvi Bahadur Shah sent to custody for fraud
(rn 14/03/2023), Prithvi
Bahadur Shah and associates sent to judicial custody for
fraud : Nepal Police had received 24 complaints from 56
victims—all American citizens—through the US Federal
Investigation Bureau (kp 15/03/2023)
Amendment
of TRC bill becoming controversial again, by Devesh
Jha (kh 13/03/2023), ‘Regular
justice system in play when transitional justice bodies
are defunct’, Human rights and constitutional lawyer
Raju Prasad Chapagain on ways to take the transitional
justice process forward (interview) (kp 13/03/2023)
8th
century Buddha idols stolen (kh 13/03/2023)
14-year-old
typhoid victim dies from alleged torture by faith healer
in Rupandehi : Girl died on March 4. Police have
arrested 17 people, including the faith healer named
Soniya Reshmi for investigation, by Sanju Paudel (kp
13/03/2023)
Indians
top list of foreigners arrested in Nepal, followed by
Chinese : Most common crimes involving foreigners are
drugs smuggling, gold smuggling, forgery, sexual abuses,
paedophilia and human trafficking, police data show,
by Anup Ojha (kp 11/03/2023)
Nepal
bill says murder is not serious rights violation : The
government registers the new bill at the Parliament
Secretariat to amend controversial transitional justice
law, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/03/2023)
Long
fight against culture of rape and impunity : Women know
the battle for justice won’t be easily won but refuse to
give up. They vow to speak up louder, by Anshrica
Dewan (kp 08/03/2023)
Supreme
Court to begin hearing petitions against Dahal tomorrow
: NHRC expresses concern over unresolved issues, 16
years after the peace accord, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/03/2023), Eight
Maoist groups close ranks as judiciary takes up war-era
cases : Vow to counter ‘any attempt by court to go
against peace process and political change’, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 08/03/2023) [17
years of empty promises by politicians are enough! It is
high time that justice is done for the victims!]
Don’t
stay silent about harassment and overcharging in public
transport : Dial 103 to complain. In the past seven
months, traffic police have fined 189 vehicle operators
for misbehaviour with passengers, by Anup Ojha (kp
07/03/2023)
Nepal
Police’s Cyber bureau busy tackling petty personal
issues : Of about 70 complaints the cyber bureau gets on
a daily basis, 50 are unrelated to it, say police
officials, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/03/2023), Growing
menace : Cyber Bureau should be enhanced so that it can
combat complex and planned cyber attacks (kp
06/03/2023)
Orphanage
administrator sentenced for child sexual abuse : Among
the victims, is a 14-year-old girl suffering from mental
illness, who was fed medicines to forcibly terminate her
pregnancy, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 04/03/2023)
SC
orders to register writ against PM Dahal (kh
03/03/2023)
Anti-money
laundering: Nepal at risk of slipping into gray list
(ae 03/03/2023)
Covid
drugs of Indian origin destined for China seized at
Kathmandu airport : Officials say smuggling of
unauthorised medicines from India has emerged as a
threat, by Arjun Poudel (kp 02/03/2023)
Police
bureau recommends prosecution of Prithvi Bahadur Shah
and associates : Calls grow to make former finance
minister Sharma accountable for trying to offer
political protection to Shah, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 02/03/2023), Two
more high-ranking army officers arrested in connection
with Major General Shahi’s case (rep 02/03/2023), Prithivi
Shah to be prosecuted on four charges (ht
02/03/2023)
In
Geneva, Nepal pledges justice for the atrocities
committed during conflict : Fed up with repeated
promises, insurgency victims say, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 01/03/2023) [Nothing but
hollow promises! The former perpetrators sit partly in
highest state offices and have no interest in justice
for the victims!]
Above
the law? Former Prez and PM receive millions from the
state coffer : Nepal’s Public Health Service Act
explicitly prohibits financial assistance for treatment
of political leaders. In practice, successive
governments have been providing millions for treatment
of some powerful politicians without formulating
guidelines (nlt 01/03/2023)
Chinese
national arrested on charge of kidnapping and raping
teenagers : Liming lured the girls into coming to
Kathmandu from Pokhara and Jhapa and kept them captive
in his house (nlt 26/02/2023), Mother
shares harrowing account of daughter’s abduction, abuse
: Police searching for a missing 13-year-old girl from
Jhapa have arrested a 49-year-old Chinese businessman
from Bungamati, Lalitpur. Seven girls have been rescued,
by Anup Ojha (kp 01/03/2023)
Insurgency-era
victims of sexual crimes still unheard : Most victims
are from marginalised communities and lack of faith in
the system deters them from coming forward, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 25/02/2023)
Parents
wait for missing son, two decades since his
disappearance : In November 2000, Maoist rebels took a
grade five student and several other young boys from
their school. That was the last the parents saw their
13-year-old son, by Prakash Baral (kp 25/02/2023)
Police
constable found dead with bullet injuries in Surkhet
(kh 23/02/2023)
Two
children injured in IED explosion in Pokhara, by
Sandesh Shrestha (rep 22/02/2023)
Of
the arrestees in Gongabu riot, three are regular
thieves, police say : Transport operators say the
Gongabu incident should be taken seriously by law
enforcement authorities, by Anup Ojha (kp
21/02/2023)
Police
arrest 40 people for vandalizing Lotse Mall, torching
police vehicles : A total of 29 people were arrested on
the charge of their involvement in arson and vandalism,
and 11 for their involvement in looting mobile sets
(nlt 18/02/2023)
Murder
hearing against Maoist leader Sapkota deferred for 45th
time : Victims and rights activists say the top court’s
deferrals are deliberate attempts aimed at protecting
the accused, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/02/2023) [A case that raises reasonable doubts
about the Nepali legal system and gives impetus to the
suspicion of unconditional impunity for well-known
politicians! The fact that people who have been on trial
for capital crimes for many years run for elections and
are repeatedly appointed to high state offices is
evidence of a non-existent political morality!]
Govt
presents bill in parliament that, if passed, will help
legalize illegal wealth, by Dilip Poudel (rep
16/02/2023) [Hurray for the
arch-corrupt politicians!]
Three
convicted in murder of environment activist Dilip Mahato
: Dhanusha District Court Judge Chitra Bahadur Gurung
found Bipin Mahato, Jitendra Mahato, and Munindra Mahato
guilty of the crime (kp 16/02/2023)
Home
ministry orders probe into Gongabu vandalism and
looting : Observers blame lawlessness, link the
incident to a frail security situation,
by Anup Ojha (kp 15/02/2023), Hooliganism
in Balaju: An incident that exposes
lapses in security strategies : On 13
February, violence erupted in Balaju
during a protest by transport workers in
which over 41 security personnel were
injured while public and private
properties were set on fire. Who is
responsible?, by Narayan Adhikari
(nlt 15/02/2023), Six
people arrested on charge of torching
police vehicles (nlt 15/02/2023), Police
arrest 15 more people in connection with
Lhotse Mall robbery (kh 16/02/2023)
Police
nab a youth for defrauding US-based Nepali national
online : In the past six months, 560 complaints of
hacking social media accounts have been reported. Nearly
80 percent of them involve Facebook users, by Anup
Ojha (kp 11/02/2023)
Money
laundering: Cooperatives on watch : The absence of a
regulatory body and clear legal framework has made
co-ops a risky place for people to deposit their
savings, insiders say, by Subin Adhikari (kp
11/02/2023)
Police
baton-charge a doctor during President’s
motorcade : The Nepal Medical
Association (NMA) has given a 24-hour
ultimatum to the government to take
action against the police responsible
for the incident (nlt 10/02/2023) [This
has something to do with the fact that
politicians see themselves as heirs to
the monarchy and want to be courted as
such, instead of serving the people as
their representatives!], Police
beat up doctor for walking during presidential escort
(rep 11/02/2023), President
should apologize: Gyanendra Shahi (rep 11/02/2023),
Police
constable involved in beating up Dr Singh suspended
(rep) [Suspension is not enough!
What is needed is appropriate punishment and
compensation and, above all, the eradication of the
attitude of politicians and security forces that
underlies this crime!]
15
arrested on charge of smuggling rhino horn (kh
10/02/2023)
Government
starts probe into Lamichhane’s Nepali passport : If
found guilty, the RSP chief could face a jail term of
three years and Rs30,000 fine, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
10/02/2023)
The
troubling rise of ‘revenge porn’ in Nepal : In the past
six months, 680 such cases have already been registered
with the police, by Anup Ojha (kp 09/02/2023)
Covid-19
pandemic has disproportionately affected trafficking
survivors: Report. The report recommended the local
governments address the impacts of Covid-19 on the
livelihoods and physical and mental well-being of the
trafficked survivors and returnee migrants (kp
08/02/2023)
Man
arrested for raping his daughter-in-law (rep
08/02/2023)
Plugging
digital holes : Mitigating cybercrime risks is a shared
responsibility that calls for collaboration with the
private sector (kp 0802/2023)
Electrocution
new security threat in rhino conservation :
Electrocution of pachyderms was hardly reported in the
past, but a recent incident shows that it has emerged as
a tactic for poaching, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
08/02/2023)
Nepal
Police suspect a girl was being smuggled into India for
‘human sacrifice’. Here is a horrifying tale : In what
police suspect is an attempt of human sacrifice, a
racket of traffickers in Nepal took a young girl to
India, holding her hostage for a month in Kathmandu,
by Narayan Adhikari (nlt 07/02/2023)
Cases
of banking offenses on the rise (kh 05/02/2023)
12
women rescued from India in two months (kh
04/02/2023)
Wildlife
smuggling case filed against 47 people including two
province assembly members, by Gobinda Prasad
Pokharel (kp 04/02/2023) [The
closeness of politics and crime is frightening!]
Teenage
girl trafficked to India for 'sacrifice' rescued (rn
03/02/2023), Trafficked
teenage girl rescued from India : According to police,
tantriks in India are demanding young girls—5.4 feet
high and without scars or tattoos, by Anup Ojha (kp
04/02/2023)
Police
nab eight allegedly involved in bank accounts-hacking
(kh 03/02/2023), Eight
persons held for internet banking fraud (ht
04/02/2023)
Nagarik
Unmukti Party MP Arun Kumar Chaudhary arrested (kh
02/02/2023), Nagarik
Unmukti Party’s Arun Kumar Chaudhary sent to custody :
Kailali District Court had convicted Chaudhary in 2013
on charges of setting a tractor on fire. The party has
warned of protests against his arrest (nlt
03/02/2023), Nagarik
Unmukti Party lawmaker Arun Chaudhary arrested over
12-year-old arson : Party says it is shocked by the
arrest and may withdraw support to government, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 03/02/2023)
Attorney
general challenges high court on cricketer’s release :
Demands ex-captain be investigated in judicial custody
(kp 01/02/2023), CAN
lifts suspension of rape-accused cricketer Sandeep
Lamichhane : The executive committee meeting of the
nation’s cricket governing body held in Pokhara on
Tuesday decided to lift the suspension on Lamichhane,
by Pratiksha Kafle (kp 01/02/2023) [Another
example of disregard for the rule of law!], What
about ‘Gaushala 26’? The survivor has been rendered
invisible ever since she filed the case against Sandeep
Lamichhane (kp 02/02/2023), Lamichhane’s
place in cricket training camp sparks outrage : The
22-year-old was included in the 20-member closed camp
for ICC World Cup League 2 Triangular Series, by
Prajwal Oli (kp 04/02/2023)
SC
receives petition against rape accused Sandeep
Lamichhane’s bail (kh 31/01/2023), Attorney
general challenges high court on cricketer’s release :
Demands ex-captain be investigated in judicial custody
(kp 01/02/2023), CAN
lifts suspension of rape-accused cricketer Sandeep
Lamichhane : The executive committee meeting of the
nation’s cricket governing body held in Pokhara on
Tuesday decided to lift the suspension on Lamichhane,
by Pratiksha Kafle (kp 01/02/2023) [Another
example of disregard for the rule of law!]
Fresh
bid to withhold information draws flak : Calls grow for
revoking decision of chief secretary-led panel that
could curtail people’s right to information, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 30/01/2023), Govt's
decision to repeal RTI Act condemned (ht
30/01/2023)
Trap
of trafficking: How women and girls are lured into
trafficking by their own relatives : According to
police, a significant number of girls sold into brothels
are trafficked by their own family members or
acquaintances, by Sushmita Aryal (nlt 30/01/2023)
Man
kills son, injures wife by setting fire sprinkling
petrol (kh 30/01/2023), Condition
of woman allegedly burnt by husband remains stable
(kh 31/01/2023)
Hackers
obstruct govt sites for four hours (ht 29/01/2023),
Singha
Durbar server continues to face cyberattacks : About
1,500 government websites were shut down, raising
questions over the cybersecurity infrastructure of Nepal,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/01/2023), Stop
that hacker : Nepal is ill-prepared to handle
cyberattacks because of inadequate institutional
arrangements, by Achyut Wagle (kp 31/01/2023)
Man
arrested on charges of trafficking four Nepali women to
Kuwait : They were allegedly sold for 900 dinar for two
years and were made to work without pay for 20 hours
daily (kp 27/01/2023)
Crackdown
on Dubai Property Show: A case that exposes Nepal’s
massive capital flight situation : On 22 January, Nepal
Police raided the Dubai Property Show that was being
organized at Soaltee Hotel. Nepal can get the clue of
illicit capital flights if a thorough and transparent
investigation is done, by Narayan Adhikari (nlt
27/01/2023)
End
Corporal Punishment In Schools, by Bijaya Karki (rn
26/01/2023)
Corruption
fuelling Nepal’s aviation disaster; probe committees
mere hoodwink, by Pramod Raj Sedhain (kh 26/01/2023)
re
Police Defying Home Minister’s Orders? (rep
25/01/2023)
Rape
convict arrested after 23 years (rep 25/01/2023)
Street
drama performed to demand justice for Nirmala Kurmi
(Photo feature), by Prasan Gurung (rep 23/01/2023), Rights
activists staging street drama demanding justice for
Nirmala Kurmi arrested, by Upendra Lamichhane (rep
23/01/2023),
Activists
demanding justice for Nirmala Kurmi in police net : Days
after Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane promised
investigation, police arrest Ruby Khan and her friends
demanding justice for the disappeared Banke woman
(nepalminute 23/01/2023)
Home
Ministry draws attention of Police Headquarters why UML
lawmaker Koiri was not arrested (kh 20/01/2023) [What can be expected from a
government whose recently elected Prime Minister has
long admitted to being responsible for the premature
deaths of 5,000 people? Crime and politics have a
symbiotic relationship in many parties!]
Delayed
bill: Crash victims’ kin miss out on millions : As per
the proposed law, domestic airlines must pay a minimum
of $100,000 for injury or death of a passenger, by
Sangam Prasain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/01/2023) [Obviously, since then, Messrs. Oli,
Dahal and Deuba have been more concerned with their
political intrigues than with the ratification of this
bill!]
77%
financial crimes in Valley (rn 20/01/2023)
Police
arrest three persons with 713 passports (kh
19/01/2023)
Judge
Bhuwan Giri’s wife stages protest, demanding action
against him (rep 17/01/2023)
“We
trust journalist Rabi Lamichhane but not Home Minister
Rabi Lamichhane”, by Upendra Lamichhane (rep
17/01/2023)
Journalists
who perished in the Maoist armed conflict in Nepal,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 14/01/2023) [The
one who claimed responsibility for many of these crimes
has just become PM for the third time!] Resolve
transitional justice at the earliest (rep
14/01/2023)
Space
of exclusion: No women, no Dalits, no Janajatis in chief
ministers of Nepal’s provinces : Experts say the
tendency of the political parties to repeatedly
undermine constitutional obligation to proportional
inclusion could pose a threat to federalism itself,
by Dhanu Bishwakarma (nlt 14/01/2023)
KMC
bans selling goods in bicycles and carts in Kathmandu
(kp 11/01/2023) [Another
ill-conceived blow to the poorest sections of society!
Should Balen Shah, at his young age, still lack
political and social foresight?], Street
vending ban a kick in the belly of urban poor : Urban
planners accuse municipal officials of not keeping the
poor people in mind while formulating policies, by
Anup Ojha (kp 13/01/2023)
Ward
chair accused of committing racial discrimination
(kh 11/01/2023)
Police
recover over 4000 kg red sandalwood in Sindhupalcowk
(kh 11/01/2023)
I
have given instructions to arrest ‘fugitive’ MP Mahato:
Home Minister Lamichhane (rep 11/01/2023), Home
Minister Rabi Lamichhane directs police to arrest
lawmaker Laxmi Mahato Koiri : On Tuesday, Home Minister
was criticized for his indifference to arrest the
murder-accused lawmaker Laxmi Mahato Koiri though the
latter was present in the parliament (nlt
11/01/2023)
Police
nab a man for killing wife (kh 11/01/2023)
Oli
defends HoR dissolution as new session begins,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 10/01/2023) [This
is a clear contempt of court! Oli continues to
claim that he interprets the constitution
correctly and not the SC! This is a criminal
offence and should be punished accordingly. Why
was this intransigent politician even allowed
back into the elections?]
NHRC
recommends investigation against 130, including Upendra
Yadav in 2007 Gaur carnage (kh 07/01/2023), Rights
body recommends Yadav, others be probed for 2007 Gaur
killings : As many as 27 individuals linked with the
Maoists were killed and 115 others left injured, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 08/01/2023)
Man
who put ex-finance minister and governor on a collision
course arrested for fraud : Police bureau says Prithvi
Bahadur S
hah
and associates were caught for defrauding foreigners of
millions of dollars, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/01/2023)
Human
trafficking case filed against two women allegedly
running sex trade, by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep
07/01/2023)
Nirmala
Kurmi disappearance: A probe going nowhere : The woman
was in her 40s when she went missing, but an Indian
death certificate obtained by police as hers shows the
deceased was in her mid-30s, by Pinki Sris Rana (kp
07/01/2023)
Court
clears six people of rape charge, by Khagendra
Adhikari (rep 06/01/2023)
Two
Indians arrested in connection with Nirmala Panta rape
and murder case (rep 06/01/2023)
Govt
directs to shut down all illegally operated crusher
plants (rep 05/01/2023), Govt
starts shutting down power lines of illegal crushers and
sand processing centers, by Upendra Yadav (rep
07/01/2023)
Smuggling
rife in Tarai district in collusion with customs
officials, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 05/01/2023)
15
absconding criminals busted (kh 04/01/2023)
Rural
Municipality Chair faces three years’ imprisonment
(kh 03/01/2023)
Man
absconding after ‘rape attempt’, by Yogesh Rawal
(rep 01/01/2022)
444
women, girls from western Nepal go out of contact after
reaching India, third countries (rep 01/01/2023)
Rape-accused
Tolangi sent to jail for investigation (rep
30/12/2022)
Women
in Madhesh are being murdered over dowry : Justice
remains elusive, complain victim’s relatives, by
Rupa Gahatraj (kp 29/12/2022)
How
Nepali society silences gender-based violence survivors
: Breaking the silence against abuse has been a
challenge, especially for ‘urban’ women. Their hesitance
can mostly be attributed to lack of support in their
immediate circles, by Pinki Sris Rana (kp
24/12/2022)
At
least five women were killed in Nepal by partners or
family members over the period of “16 days of activism”
: Horrific incidents demand an urgent need of meaningful
interventions by all concerned stakeholders to end the
violence against women (nlt 23/12/2022)
Two
Chinese charged with trafficking Nepali girls to Laos
sent to judicial custody (ht 23/12/2022)
One
arrested from TIA with 19 kg gold (kh 23/12/2022)
Indian
gang of smugglers beat Nepalis (rep 21/12/2022)
Nimsdai
accused of refusing to pay for damages : Nimsdai accused
of refusing to pay for damages (ht 20/12/2022)
Priest
Vaishnav arrested on forgery charge (kh 18/12/2022)
School
DI’s ‘insensitive’ behavior incites a minor girl to take
her own life, by Sara Pahari (rep 16/12/2022)
Lal
commission report gathers dust as coalition plans to
free Tikapur convict : Authorities have snubbed the top
court and parliament to keep the report secret, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 14/12/2022), Rage
against impunity: Why is the ordinance to amend National
Criminal Procedure being opposed? The government's move
to introduce the ordinance to secure release of the
convicts in the heinous crimes has met with widespread
opposition across the party lines (nlt 14/12/2022)
Neha
Chaudhary's husband arrested, family members absconding
(rep 14/12/2022), Doctor
accused of domestic violence and demanding dowry
arrested : Neha Chaudhary has accused Pankaj Chaudhary,
her husband of nine months, of physical and mental abuse
for not bringing enough dowry (kp 15/12/2022), Police,
locals clash in Mahottari (kh 16/12/2022)
Combating
violence against women in politics : We should realise
that a threat to women in politics is a threat to our
entire democracy, by Sagoon Bhetwal (kp 13/12/2022)
Elderly
woman beaten to death over land dispute (kh
13/12/2022)
Parents
face hassles in birth registration of children (rep
12/12/2022)
Govt
introduces ordinance to grant amnesty to Resham
Chaudhary (kh 11/12/2022) [Ordinances
to create majorities capable of governing are
democratically questionable. An amnesty does not absolve
Chaudhary of possible guilt. He is entitled to justice!
Only a court should decide on this, not power-hungry
failed politicians.], NC
General Secretary Sharma opposes ordinance brought to
free Resham Chaudhary (kh 12/12/2022)
Locals
vandalize hydropower project amid fear that it will dry
up water in their fields, by Narhari Sapkota (rep
11/12/2022)
Petition
demands removal of polygamous PR candidates : Lawyer
registers a writ petition at the Supreme Court after
appealing the Election Commission that candidates
practising polygamy be denied election (kp
10/12/2022)
Three
people sent to prison for caste-based
discrimination : The Kaski District Court on
Monday issued an order in favour of the
plaintiff sending the culprits to one year in
prison and a fine of Rs 50,000 each (kp
06/12/2022)
Kapilvastu
judge Giri alleged of rape (kh 06/12/2022)
Row
in Duduwa Rural Municipality deprives staff of
pay of 4 months (rn 06/12/2022)
Man
beaten to death in Dhanusha (rep 02/12/2022)
Dhangadhi
administration issues curfew order (kh 01/12/2022),
Police
choose firing after demonstrators invade prohibited area
in Dhangadhi (kh 02/11/2022), Dhangadhi
tense following girl's death, students protest violating
prohibitory orders, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
02/12/2022))
Accused
of caste-based discrimination, ward chair
arrested in Chetan Ayadi murder case (rep
01/12/2022)
Most women
journalists face online violence: Study.
Facebook Messenger is the most commonly used
platform for online abuse, according to the
report prepared by Media Advocacy Group, by
Anup Ojha (kp 01/12/2022)
Acting
together to end gender-based violence : Crimes against
women and girls have increased in Nepal, with 21,568
cases reported between July 2021 to July 2022 (kp
25/11/2022)
Two
injured in IED explosion in Banke (rep
17/11/2022), Treatment
of Chand-led party cadres injured in bomb blast under
police supervision (rep 17/11/2022)
Bomb
blasts near Prachanda’s election event venue in Bhojpur
(kh 16/11/2022)
Apex
court seeks reasons after petitions against Dahal
rejected : The petitioners have demanded action against
Chairman Dahal saying that he, speaking at a public
function on January 15, 2020, had admitted to having
taken responsibility for the death of 5,000 people among
the around 17,000 who lost their lives during the
decade-long insurgency (kp 15/11/2022)
Dowry
Still Killing Dreams in Nepal’s Terai, by Sajira
Shrestha (rep 13/11/2022)
Women’s
share in House likely to shrink : With few women FPTP
candidates, more of them may need to be elected to the
upper house to meet the requirement, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 13/11/2022)
[The continued and even
increased non-inclusive policies of high-caste male
politicians must be criminalised and punished as a
matter of urgency!]
HPCIDBC
warns of demolishing riverside slums if they do not
leave within 10 days (rep 12/11/2022) [Without
alternative accommodation? The poorest of the poor live
here out of necessity. Now you want to destroy the last
things they own?]
Parties
coming up with stale agendas in fresh elections
(kh), Parties
regularly mention transitional justice in manifesto but
progress dismal : Conflict victims say they are fed up
with unfulfilled promises, by Binod Ghimire (kp
11/11/2022)
Unified
Socialist leader Khatiwada manhandled in Makawanpur
election gathering (kp 08/11/2022)
Over
17 tons of illegal sugar seized in Surkhet, by
Govinda KC (rep 05/11/2022)
Three
arrested for vandalizing ATM machines in Lalitpur
(kh 02/11/2022)
Inspector
imprisoned for attempting to rape female policewoman
(rep 02/11/2022)
A
16-year-old girl raped in Kathmandu (kh 01/11/2022)
Govt
prosecutor files case against Sandeep Lamichhane at
Kathmandu District Court (kh 31/10/2022), Chargesheet
filed against Sandeep Lamichhane in rape case :
Kathmandu district court is likely to decide whether he
will be freed on bail, without bail or kept in custody
(kp 01/11/2022), Rape
case against Lamichhane : Ten to 12 years of
imprisonment sought for suspended captain of National
cricket squad (ht 01/11/2022)
One
dies and four get injured in bomb blast in Kalikot
(kh 29/10/2022), Two
die in Kalikot Bomblast (kh 29/10/2022),
Two girls, both
aged four, killed as IED goes off in Kalikot : Three
other children seriously injured in the blast are
undergoing treatment, by Tularam Pandey (kp
30/10/2022)
Youth
arrested on charge of raping a minor girl in Bara
(kh 29/10/2022)
Nepali
trekkers feel inferior treatment in MBC (kh
29/10/2022)
Police
recommend up to 12 years in jail for cricketer Sandeep
Lamichhane : Investigators say Lamichhane ‘indeed raped
the minor’, by Matrika Dahal (kp 24/10/2022)
Woman
allegedly tortured in custody : The victim says officers
physically abused her to extract confession, by
Bharat Jargha Magar (kp 19/10/2022)
Dead
body of abducted youth found in a guest house in
Biratnagar (rep 15/10/2022)
Rescued
from a hotel’s room in Kathmandu with serious burn
injuries, girl dies in ‘suspicious circumstances’
(rep 12/10/2022), Two
arrested in connection with death of a girl in Kathmandu
: The victim was likely set on fire before being taken
to hospital for treatment, police say. She died on
Monday while undergoing treatment (kp 13/10/2022)
Change
in sexual offence related acts stressed (ht
12/10/2022)
Three
held in connection with vandalism at Chitwan Medical
College (kh 11/10/2022)
One
arrested on charge of raping girl (rep 11/10/2022)
In
remote west, campaigners tore down chhau sheds. They
have sprung up again : Despite costly campaigns, the
practice of banishing women to period sheds still
prevails in many districts of Sudurpaschim and Karnali
provinces, by Basanta Pratap Singh and Bidya Rai (kp
10/10/2022) [Another option
would be to send the men to these chau sheds when the
women in their family have their periods. Then they
would finally be "safe".], Whack-a-mole
: The practice of Chhaupadi won’t be removed with the
current top-down approach (kp 12/10/2022)
Number
of serious crimes fell this Dashain, police say : Police
data show 21 minor incidents of crime were registered in
the past two weeks in contrast to 773 in 2019 and 568 in
2018 during the festival, by Anup Ojha (kp
10/10/2022)
Ward
chairman who beat up a Dalit man for entering
temple lands in police custody, by Krishna
Oli (rep 29/09/2022), Dalit
man beaten up for entering temple : Police have detained
three people, including ward chair, in connection with
the incident, by Arjun Shah (kp 30/09/2022)
Drones
to keep an eye on crowded places during the festivals :
Police ask Valley residents not to share their travel
plans on social media. Say such information could give
ideas to criminals, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/09/2022)
Municipality
office vandalised, damage estimated at Rs 40 million
(ht 26/09/2022)
Man
is jailed in a landmark caste-based discrimnation ruling
: District courts rarely punished the accused in such
cases. Ramechhap court was exception, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 25/09/2022)
Scores
of rape and sexual violence cases pending in Dhanusha
court, by Manika Jha (ae 22/09/2022)
One
arrested on charge of raping mentally-challenged minor
girl (rep 22/09/2022)
Three
held in connection with murder of Bhutanese refugee
(rep 22/09/2022)
Ex-MP
facing life imprisonment freed on Constitution Day
(ht 22/09/2022)
Minor
rape victim's mother seeks security assurance after
release of accused in Saptari (ht 20/09/2022)
Shoot-out
at Gothatar in Kathmandu, one injured (kh
19/09/2022), Gothatar
shooting victim dies (kh 19/09/2022)
One
arrested for raping minor girl (kh 19/09/2022)
Minors
in no position to give consent to sex : Lowering the age
of consent will leave children vulnerable to child sex
abuse, grooming and sexual violence, experts say, by
Aakriti Ghimire (kp 16/09/2022)
Teacher
thrashes student for being absent (ht 14/09/2022)
Chinese
distributor of Oppo mobile phones in Nepal absconds
without paying rent (kh 13/09/2022)
Murderer
arrested after 16 years (kh 12/09/2022)
Three
idols of the same temple stolen in Bhaktapur, by
Krishna Kisi (rep 12/09/2022)
31
school bus drivers booked for drink-driving in valley
(ht 10/09/2022)
15-year-old
girl 'gang-raped' in Kailali (rep 09/09/2022)
Evidence
builds against Sandeep Lamichhane, CAN reluctant to act
: A 17-year-old girl, in the presence of her guardian,
filed a complaint against the national cricket team
captain at Gaushala Police Circle on Tuesday accusing
him of rape, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 08/09/2022),
Arrest
warrant issued against Nepal’s cricket team captain
Lamichhane (kh 08/09/2022),
I will return to Nepal at an appropriate time: Cricketer
Lamichhane (kh 26/09/2022), Interpol
issues diffusion notice against Nepali cricketer Sandip
Lamichhane (kh 26/09/2022), Sandeep
Lamichhane arrested from TIA (nlt 06/10/2022)
Actor
Paul Shah sentenced to two and a half years in jail :
The Nawalparasi district court also ordered Shah to pay
Rs1 million to the victim as compensation, by
Narayan Sharma (kp 07/09/2022)
Conclude
Protracted Peace Process, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
06/09/2022)
Police
arrest security guard for asking a sitting minister to
wait in queue : A Chhaya Centre security guard asks
Tourism Minister Shrestha, who was at the visa centre in
a personal capacity, to wait for his turn, by
Matrika Dahal (kp 05/09/2022) [Ministers
are no better at doing private things. The security
officer deserves an award and compensation!], Security
Guard Gurung tells Lamichhane from police custody, “I
did not misbehave with tourism minister” (rep
05/09/2022), Guard
arrested for doing his duty : Asked minister to come in
queue for visa biometrics (ht 05/09/2022) [The
cocky arrogance of some politicians can hardly be
surpassed!], Security
guard who asked a minister to wait in queue freed : Home
minister orders Gurung’s release after Minister Shrestha
pardoned him (kp 06/09/2022) [The
security guard needs no pardon from the failing
minister, but justice and compensation.]
Crime-accused
can contest polls but they may be barred from performing
duty : Experts say flawed laws can create a situation
where the electorate may not have their representative
in the House, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 05/09/2022), Crime
and politics : By legitimising criminality, political
parties have turned politics into a transactional
enterprise (kp 06/09/2022) [No
democratic party should nominate persons as candidates
or appoint them to positions such as Speaker of
Parliament while they are subject to criminal
proceedings. This then quickly leads to the stalling of
juridical processes.]
Police,
bandits exchange fire in Bara; two arrested, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 04/09/2022)
Couple
found brutally murdered in Talawang, Rolpa (kh
01/09/2022)
Police
starts surveillance after complaints of human
trafficking (kh 01/09/2022)
Nepal’s
human rights defenders, conflict victims seek UN support
to correct flaws in transitional justice bill : Rights
activists and conflict victims' organizations wrote to
the UN Secretary General drawing the attention of the
latter toward the flawed transitional justice bill
(nlt 29/08/2022)
Nobel
College teacher arrested on charge of sexually abusing
female student (kh 29/08/2022)
TU
demands security from the government (nlt
28/08/2022)
Kathmandu
police arrested 88 criminals in first month of this
fiscal (kh 24/08/2022)
Police,
smugglers clash in Saptari; three shots fired in air
(nlt 23/08/2022)
At
least 35 bandh enforcers arrested from different parts
of country (nlt 23/08/2022) [Every
bandh is a crime against the citizens, especially when
it turns into militancy!], Bandh
enforcers vandalize bus at Thapagaon (kh
23/08/2022), Police
arrest 17 for forcibly imposing bandh in Kathmandu
(kh), 523
cases against then Maoist leaders have been cleared: Law
Minister (kh 23/08/2022)
Int'l
communities wish for success of Nepal's unique model of
peace process (rep 20/08/2022) [The
world community should know that Nepal's peace process
is anything but unique. Since 2006, justice for the
victims from the time of the Maoist insurgency and thus
the conclusion of the peace process has been
deliberately denied by the political elite!], International
community expresses concern over transitional justice
process : Diplomats during their meetings urge Deuba and
Dahal to address victims’ grievances, as the government
prepares to table the amendment bill in Parliament,
by Anil Giri (kp 21/08/2022)
Victims
protest planned changes to transitional justice law :
During a demonstration on Monday, conflict victims and
civil society members said the current bill drafted to
amend the law favours the perpetrators and is
unacceptable, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/08/2022)
Kathmandu
school bus drivers handling steering wheels under the
influence of alcohol : In the last 20 days, traffic
police impounded 22 school buses as drivers were under
the influence of alcohol, by Shrutika Raut (nlt
16/08/2022)
Head
constable jailed to cover up SP’s misdeeds, by
Tapendra Karki (rep 16/08/2022)
Eight
police personnel injured in clash with locals (nlt
15/08/2022)
Twenty
three years after being lost, Nil Barahi statue found in
Singapore museum (nlt 14/08/2022) [The
perpetrators of that time must be found and punished!]
Bajura
woman living in cave for yrs rescued (ht 14/08/2022)
Man
arrested for murdering wife (kh 13/08/2022)
Smugglers
have a ball in Madhesh Province, by Upendra Yadav
and Mithilesh Yadav (rep 12/08/2022)
Teacher
beats his daughter's lover black and blue (rep
11/08/2022)
Unidentified
group vandalizes garbage-laden tippers in Banchare Danda
(nlt 09/08/2022), 14
vehicles carrying garbage from Kathmandu to
Bancharedanda vandalized (rep 09/08/2022)
Man
attempts to burn wife, mother-in-law to death : The
mother sustained serious burn injuries on her back, arms
and leg while her daughter sustained injuries on her
chest, arms and legs, by Santosh Singh (kp
08/08/2022), Woman
set on fire by spouse dies, mother-in-law under
treatment (kh 15/08/2022)
Police
detain single mother Niharika Rajput (rep
05/08/2022) ["Justice" or what
the government and leading politicians mean by it!],
Niharika
Rajput arrested yet again : Rajput, a single mother from
Jaleshwar Municipality 9 Mahottari, has been staging a
series of hunger strikes for the past few months
demanding justice for herself and her young son (nlt
05/08/2022), Niharika
Rajput and her ‘rapist’ to tie the knot, thanks to their
son’s phone call!, by Sara Pahari (rep 07/02/2023)
Drivers
of five school buses caught drink-driving with students
on board : Last week also drivers of four schools were
caught. Stakeholders say drivers’ wrongdoing is
inexcusable. Schools promise stern action, by Anup
Ojha (kp 01/08/2022)
Four
members of a family killed brutally in Kavresthali
(kh 01/08/2022), Four
of a family found dead in Kathmandu : Man suspected of
killing self after killing wife, children (ht
02/08/2022)
Man
thrashed two weeks ago dies (ht 01/08/2022)
Federalized
Approach to Transitional Justice Process, by Preeti
Mittal (kh 31/07/2022)
Govt
to provide free of cost treatment to acid attack
survivors (rep 30/07/2022) [It
is the government's duty to prevent acid attacks. This
includes, first of all, a strict control of the sale of
acid!]
Two
people arrested on charge of rape in Itahari (rep
30/07/2022)
Six
held for killing man to claim Rs 25 million life
insurance (ht 30/07/2022)
Wife
killed for stealing Rs 1,000 (rep 29/07/2022)
Kidney
racket found active in Kathmandu Valley : Street
children and homeless people are among those extremely
vulnerable, by Arun Bam (rep 29/07/2022)
Police
in an inebriated state attempts to rape a woman in
custody, by Ganesh Bishu (rep 29/07/2022)
Husbands
kills wife with an axe (rep 29/07/2022)
Son
kills his father with an axe (rep 29/07/2022
How
patriarchy promotes violence against women, by Cilla
Khatry (ae 28/07/2022)
Uncertainty
looms over transitional justice amid delays in tabling
bill : As conflict victims, rights activists and
international rights bodies cry foul at some provisions,
those involved in drafting the bill say there’s a lack
of political will, by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/07/2022)
Chitwan
sees increased number of sexual violence cases (kh
26/07/2022), Sexual
violence on the rise in Chitwan (rep 26/07/2022)
Two
karate coaches arrested on gang rape charge in
Biratnagar (kh 26/07/2022)
Husband
kills wife, dies while trying to run away, by
Basanta Dhungana (rep 25/07/2022)
Three
boys arrested for raping a minor (rep 25/07/2022)
Police
raid Chinese national-run call center in Tinkune,
Kathmandu (kh 25/07/2022)
Three
teenage girls found dead hanging from tree in Jhapa :
The trio had left their home on Saturday afternoon
together to go for a walk, according to family sources,
by Parbat Portel (kp 25/07/2022)
Over
150 youths arrested on charge of fraud in Butwal (kh
24/07/2022)
Father
and son arrested for murdering daughter in law (rep
23/07/2022)
Husband
stabs wife to death in Taplejung (kh 23/07/2022)
No
closure after Nepal’s insurgency : Sixteen years after
the conflict ended, families still struggle for
transitional justice, by Mandira Sharma and Mohna
Ansari (nt 22/07/2022), Impunity
through immunity : The Bill to amend the transitional
justice act exempts perpetrators of war crimes committed
during the Maoist insurgency, by Raju Prasad
Chapagai (nt 22/07/2022)
Criminalised
politics, politicised institutions : Leaders need money
to finance elections to secure victory for their
cronies, relatives and sycophants, by Achyut Wagle
(kp 19/07/2022)
480
kg of gold recovered from TIA in 7 months (rep
17/07/2022)
Five
arrested for human trafficking (kh 17/07/2022), Five
arrested on charge of organ trafficking of street
children (nlt 17/07/2022), How
two kidney racketeers lured street children of Kathmandu
to sell kidneys in India : Recently, a team of police
from the Anti-Human Trafficking Bureau busted an organ
trafficking racket in Kathmandu, by Shrutika Raut
(nlt 18/07/2022)
RSS
journalist Acharya gets allegedly beaten up by NEA
employees (kh 16/07/2022)
Four
including a headmaster nabbed for raping a child (kh
12/07/2022)
Body
of a young woman found on river bank in Rupandehi
(kh 11/07/2022)
Woman
found hanging in Butwal hotel room (kh 10/07/2022)
House
committee agrees to increase statute of limitation for
rape cases to two years (rep 08/07/2022) [There
should be no limitation at all in such cases!], House
panel for extending statute of limitations on rape by up
to three years : Observers say that’s not enough and
doesn’t match Nepal’s rights commitments made in
international forums, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
09/07/2022)
Three
arrested for raping girl in Sukute (kh 05/07/2022)
Mayor
of local unit in Achham arrested in connection to
youth’s death : A 15-year-old boy from Panchadewal
Binayak Municipality had gone missing on April 30. His
body was found on May 3 (kp 03/07/2022), Mangalsen
tense following protest over death of local youth :
Police fired 12 tear gas shells to bring the situation
under control; 12 police officers injured, by Menuka
Dhungana (kp 04/07/2022), 14
injured in clash between protesters and police (kh
04/07/2022)
Morang
husband burns wife to death (kh 02/07/2022)
Smugglers
expanding drug network via Nepal, by Arun Bam (rep
02/07/2022)
Police
retrieve 14-yr-old girl’s body from funeral pyre,
suspecting 'honor killing' (rep 01/07/2022)
Container
with 250 sacks of opium under police control (kh
01/07/2022)
'Migration
ban on women counterproductive' (ht 30/06/2022)
Most
perpetrators being relatives or neighbors, challenges
galore for rape survivors : Activists and stakeholders
say it diminishes the survivors’ chance of justice,
leaving them in perpetual trauma, by Sakshi
Srivastav (nlt 29/06/2022)
DRI
files a Rs 443.8 million fraud case against 27 people
(kh 29/06/2022)
Torture
at the hands of authorities continues with little action
: The Criminal Code that came into force in 2018 has
criminalised torture but the cases are seldom
investigated and no perpetrators have been brought to
book so far., by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/06/2022), Power
sans responsibility : Rather than a sense of security,
the presence of the police strikes fear in people’s
hearts (kp 30/06/2022)
Ward
Chairperson arrested on rape charge in Baitadi (kh
29/06/2022)
17-year-old
girl raped in Dang (kh 29/06/2022)
Voluntary
sex work should not be criminalised: Activists (ht
29/06/2022)
Cop
beats doctor black and blue because he was ‘walking at
night’ : The doctor was heading home after his duty at
Arogya Foundation in Pulchowk when the police constable
started to verbally and physically abuse him, by
Anup Ojha (kp 28/06/2022) [The
police continue to claim that it is their right to
brutally beat up civilians whenever they please!]
Dozens
of civil servants caught on the wrong side of the law
(ht 27/06/2022)
Chhaupadi
practice puts women with disabilities at higher risk :
Disabled girls and women are more prone to getting
sexually violated while staying away in chhau sheds,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 26/06/2022)
School
principal misbehaved at parents-teachers meeting
(rep 26/06/2022)
17
cooperatives put in blacklist on charge of banking
frauds in the past 11 months (rep 26/06/2022)
Husband
kills wife luring her to forest to cut grass (rep
25/06/2022)
Breaching
laws, govt released Rs 9m for Jhalanath Khanal’s abroad
medical treatment : The amount was released illegally as
Section 30 of the ‘Public Health Service Act 2018’
states that expenses should not be provided for foreign
treatment (nlt 24/06/2022)
Fugitive
Ghimire arrested on banking offense (kh 22/06/2022)
VAW
cases continue unabated (kh 21/06/2022)
Teachers
charged of sexual abuse sent to jail (kh 21/06/2022)
Three
die due to rape within six months in Chitwan (rep
20/06/2022)
Probe
shows prison officials’ role in events leading to
youth’s jail death : CCTV not functioning when Harijan
‘committed suicide’. Detailed probe by police sought,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 19/06/2022), Sublimation
of the subaltern : Chasing the chimaera of emancipation
through political ideologies is exhausting and
meaningless, by CK Lal (kp 22/06/2022)
Mentally-ill
girl gang-raped in Dang, by Devendra Basnet (rep
18/06/2022)
NAC
Chairman Adhikari, who was mistreated by Tourism
Minister Ale, demands security (rep 18/06/2022), No
employee has been mistreated, people can check CCTV
footage: Minister Ale (rep 18/06/2022)
Cases
filed against Manoj Pandey seeking 18 years imprisonment
(nlt 15/06/2022), Attorney’s
office files case against Manoj Pandey : Faces human
trafficking, child sexual abuse charges (kp
16/06/2022)
Sexual
assault victim dies in Chitwan (kh 15/06/2022)
Four
students of Trinity College arrested for attacking
security guard with khukuri (kh 15/06/2022)
281
arrested on charges of tax fraud and foreign exchange
irregularities (rep 15/06/2022)
Woman
gang-raped in Bouddha, four rapists held (kh
14/06/2022)
‘Truth-seeking
should be the first priority of the transitional
justice process’, interview with Minister
for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Govinda
Bandi (kp 14/06/2022)
Late
as usual : Delayed delivery of textbooks infringes the
right to education of Nepali students, by Karuna
Parajuli and Timothy Fish Hodgson (kp 12/06/2022)
Woman
killed after rape bid, daughter flees to safety (ht
12/06/2022)
Police
personnel trained to combat TIP (kh 11/06/2022)
Ward
chairman jailed on charge of murder, by Dinesh
Subedi (rep 10/06/2022)
Flexible
Time Limit Succur To Rape Victims, by Sangita Subedi
(rn 09/06/2022)
Two
arrested for allegedly burning single woman to death,
by Prem Chunara (rep 08/06/2022)
Woman
arrested for alleged role in murder of spouse (kh
08/06/2022)
Four
Chinese carrying NRs 40 million undeclared cash arrested
in Kathmandu check-point : Police investigating on money
laundering case (kh 07/06/2022)
Seven-year-old
girl murdered after rape (rep 07/06/2022)
Woman
dies as police open fire in Bardiya, five-member
committee formed to probe incident (nlt 07/06/2022),
Bardiya
locals continue protest following death of teenager in
clash with police : An 18-year-old girl died of bullet
wounds on Monday when police opened fire at protestors
seeking protection from wildlife attacks (kp
07/06/2022), Bardiya
residents continue protest following death of teenager
in clash with police : An 18-year-old girl died of
bullet wounds on Monday when police opened fire at
protesters seeking protection from wildlife attacks,
by Kamal Panthi (kp 08/06/2022), Why
are police so quick to shoot during protests in
the Tarai? Eighteen-year-old Nabina Tharu died
on Monday of bullet wounds from a police
shooting, just one of at least 16 who’ve died
from being shot during protests in the last five
years, by Bhrikuti Rai and Shristi Shakya
(rec 08/06/2022) [The
Nepali police have not yet learned to respect
basic human rights. They beat, shoot, kill,
torture whenever they want!]
Body
of 6-year-old boy found at Mahottari border (rep
07/06/2022)
Minor,
abducted and raped, in critical condition (rep
02/06/2022)
Killing
by other means : The criminal system that takes in
young, healthy humans and returns dead bodies must stop
(kp 01/06/2022)
86
persons arrested on rape charges in Jhapa in last 10
months (rep 01/06/2022)
Custodial
deaths continue with little being done towards
investigation : Most of those dying in custody under
suspicious conditions are from marginalised groups,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 31/05/2022)
Woman
tortured by her husband dies (rep 31/05/2022)
22-year-old
woman raped in Rupandehi (kh 30/05/2022)
Court
extends Manoj Pandey’s custody : Kathmandu District
Court on Monday granted the Metropolitan Crime Division
permission to extend the custody of the rape accused by
seven more days (kp 30/05/2022)
Police
torture a minor who killed a man for allegedly trying to
rape her , by Upendra Yadav (rep 29/05/2022)
Panel
to investigate youth’s death in prison : Legal experts
say the probe team must be independent. Sundar Harijan,
who was behind bars instead of a real criminal, died in
Rolpa jail under suspicious circumstances, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 29/05/2022)
Resolution
motion calls for ending statute of limitations on child
rape : The motion registered in the National Assembly
also demands review of the statute of limitations on
rape cases other than rape of children (kp
28/05/2022)
Police
recover IRs 2.568 mln along with gold (kh
27/05/2022)
The
state of sexual crimes in Nepal : In the past fiscal
year alone, a total of 2,532 complaints of rape, 735 of
attempts to rape, 36 of unnatural intercourse, and 281
complaints of child sexual abuse were filed across the
country, by Pratik Ghimire (ae 26/05/2022)
Supreme
Court annuls decision to commute former APF DIG
Ranjan Koirala’s life sentence (nlt
26/05/2022), Top
court full bench quashes decision to reduce life
sentence of Ranjan Koirala : Koirala’s sentence was
reduced to 8 years, 6 months. He was released on July
23, 2020, by Tika R Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp
27/05/2022), Ranjan
Koirala arrested : Arrest follows overturning of an
earlier top court decision to reduce his sentence
(kp 28/05/2022)
Accused
Khadka arrested on charge of raping a student five years
ago (rep 26/05/2022)
Petition
filed at the top court seeking removal of statute of
limitations on rape : Six female lawyers who registered
the petition claim the time limit is in violation of
constitution, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp 25/05/2022)
A
teenage girl was raped, and killed extrajudicially
during insurgency, UN says : The girl, 16, was arrested
by a squad of 20 army personnel from her house in Kavre
on February 13, 2004 (kp 24/05/2022)
Kin
of Dalit youths killed in Rukum (West) two years ago
demonstrate at Maitighar demanding justice : Nabaraj BK,
along with five of his friends, was killed on May 23,
2020, for allegedly trying to elope with a girl from the
so-called ‘upper caste’ (kp 24/05/2022)
Teacher
at St. Lawrence College arrested on charge of
sexual harassment (24/05/2022),
Teacher
at St. Lawrence College arrested on charge of
sexual harassment (24/05/2022), Tension
erupts at St Lawrence College in Chabahil as a
teacher is accused of molesting a girl student
and asking her to be his sex partner, by
Puja Giri (rep 24/05/2022), St
Lawrence College teacher arrested for allegedly
molesting a girl student (rep 24/05/2022)
Suffering
in silence: Why young girls find it difficult to
speak up against rape : Why do the survivors of
sexual violence fail to report the case on time?
What factors actually force the survivors and
victims of sexual violence to suffer in silence?,
by Shrutika Raut (nlt 24/05/2022)
Two
cases of human trafficking and sexual abuse
registered against Pandey (kh 23/05/2022), Court
allows police to keep Manoj Pandey in custody
for five days (rep 23/05/2022)
#MeToo
in Nepal: Yet another case of sexual assault
allegation comes to the surface : A victim makes
public the details of how the perpetrator, her
school principal, raped and blackmailed her for
two years and yet nobody believed her (nlt
22/05/2022), Another
minor accuses Pandey of sexually abusing her,
by Arun Bam (rep 23/05/2022)
Protesters
demand justice and extension of statute of limitation in
cases of sexual violence (With Photos) (rep
20/05/2022), A
howl for justice : Galvanized by a series of videos
detailing one woman’s harrowing experiences of being
raped as a minor, Nepali women and men take to the
streets in protest, by Nishi Rungta (rec
20/05/2022), Stop
blaming the rape survivors, speak up for justice, by
Shreena Nepal (nlt 20/05/2022), Youths
demonstrate demanding justice for victim, action against
perpetrator (In pics) (kh 21/05/2022), Home
Ministry urges for help in investigating video clip told
incident related to VAW (kh 21/05/2022), Rape
accused Manoj Pandey arrested (nlt 21/05/2022), Manoj
Pandey, a beauty pageant organiser accused of rape, in
police custody : Crime Division of Nepal Police says the
alleged rapist has been arrested for an investigation,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 22/05/2022), Statute
of limitation related to rape comes under fire,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 22/05/2022)
‘I
was just crying and feeling helpless’: Alleged rape
victim reveals horrifying series of incidents : In a
series of videos made public, a girl provides details of
offstage sexual abuse and violence against her and how
the incident ruined her life, by Shrutika Raut (nlt
19/05/2022)
Sexual
assaults on blind women go unreported : Several blind
women have fallen prey to sexual assaulters in Bajhang
but the families’ apathy and society’s behaviour towards
sexual assault victims have kept many of them from
claiming justice, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
17/05/2022)
Bomb
goes off in Butwal : Leaflet of CPN-Bahumat Party found
near the incident site (kh 11/05/2022)
NC
cadres attacked with Khukuri in Rolpa (rep
10/05/2022)
A
49-year-old woman raped in Banke (kh 08/05/2022)
Unidentified
person attacks election candidate with khukuri (kh
08/05/2022)
Arzu
under fire for her remarks to stop grants where Congress
loses : Analysts say her remarks reflect a lack of
understanding of how the state functions, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 07/05/2022) [This is
not only offensive, it is criminal and corrupt!]
Unknown
group tries to torch two vehicles in Birendranagar
(rep 07/05/2022)
20-yr-old
held for raping a minor girl (kh 03/05/2022)
As
alliance parties threaten rebel candidates, Election
Commission says that’s criminal act : The election body
states that the threats violate citizens’ legal and
constitutional right to take part in elections, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/04/2022) [When
will the so-called top politicians finally be punished
appropriately for their constant high-handed behaviour?
Non-election of such persons and their protégés would be
an appropriate response!]
RPP
expresses concern over death threat issued against the
party’s candidate (rep 30/04/2022)
Woman
tortured for dowry, despite court order (ht
29/04/2022)
Dalit
youth thrashed to death over dispute (ht 28/04/2022)
Keshav
Sthapit’s candidacy for Kathmandu mayor sparks furore :
Sthapit has been accused of sexual harassment by at
least two women, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp 26/04/2022)
[He should not run for any political
office until a court has certified his innocence!]
Nepal
shuts down online gambling, crypto sites and apps
(rep 26/04/2022)
Police
seize seven kg of cocaine smuggled into Nepal from
Africa : Zambian and Indian nationals arrested (kh
24/04/2022)
Patriarchy
plagues the lives of young girls in Siraha : When one
girl acts beyond the traditional norms, all other girls
in the village face the consequences—their education is
discontinued and they are married off, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 18/04/2022)
Girl
who accused Paul Shah of rape changes her statement :
She had filed complaints against the actor in February
accusing him of raping her with false promise of
marriage, by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 18/04/2022) [??? One of them is lying and must be
held accountable, both to protect raped women and to
avoid false accusations.]
Makawanpur
police nabs teachers accused of sexual misconduct
(kh 16/04/2022)
Inebriated
hubby kills wife in Morang (kh 15/04/2022)
Arjun
Das murder case: Four arrested from Nepal-India border
(nlt 15/04/2022)
Son
kills father in cold blood (kh 15/04/2022)
Father
nabbed father-daughter incest allegation (kh
13/04/2022)
Office
Of Nagdhunga Tunnel Project Vandalised (rn
11/04/2022)
Man
strikes wife to death, arrested (kh 11/04/2022)
Three
teachers of a school accused of sexual abuse (ht
09/04/2022)
Around
500 women and children rescued from Nepalgunj border
point (rep 08/04/2022)
Child
murdered after abduction in Sarlahi, seven arrested
(rep 07/04/2022)
Teenager
found murdered on her way to school, by Maheshwor
Chamling Rai (rep 06/04/2022), Kabita’s
murderers unveiled (kh 07/04/2022)
Minister
Manange assaults govt official (kh 06/04/2022)
Police
seize two trucks carrying goods worth Rs 15 million
(kh 06/04/2022)
DoMLI
receives 95 complaints against money laundering in the
first eight months of the current FY (rep
05/04/2022)
Action
against victim of rape creates furore : Achham District
Court judge in the dock. Questions raised over his
competence as well as Nepal’s judicial system, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 03/04/2022)
Doctor
found dead in front of Nobel Hospital in Biratnagar
(rep 02/04/2022)
Violence
against girls goes unabated : Seventy-nine rape cases
reported in Morang this fiscal year; nearly two-thirds
of the victims are children, by Binod Bhandari (kp
31/03/2022)
Scars
of Maoist Insurgency: ‘Dear PM, first save the
victims!’, by Guna Raj Luitel (rep
31/03/2022)
New-born
baby’s body found on garbage pile in Kathmandu
(rep 31/03/2022)
Two
injured as IED goes off in Itahari (kh 29/03/2022),
Two
injured in explosion in Itahari (rep 29/03/2022)
Two
elderly men held for raping minor girls (kh
28/03/2022)
39
cases of caste-based discrimination (ht 28/03/2022)
Abducted
girl child rescued; 4 suspects held (kh 26/03/2022)
Two
held for attacking a woman with acid (kh 26/03/2022)
JSP
Chief Whip Pramod Sah attacked; guard’s pistol snatched
away (kh 26/03/2022), Federal
MP Shah seriously injured in clash over land dispute,
by Madan Thakur (rep 26/03/2022)
Ward
Chairman Jaiswal arrested for banking offense (rep
26/03/2022)
Commission
to dig up sites in search of missing persons :
Disappearance commission set to excavate possible places
where victims could have been buried after being killed
by either the state or rebel forces, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 25/03/2022)
Hubby
strikes wife to death (kh 25/03/2022)
Addressing
gender violence in cyberspace, by Prasansha Rimal
(rec 24/03/2022)
12-year-old
girl allegedly raped by her own elder brother in Bajhang
(rep 23/03/2022)
Prachanda
asks PM Deuba to provide subsistence allowance to the
injured and disabled of armed conflict, others (kh
22/03/2022) [And what about all those people who were killed,
wounded or disappeared in the course of the atrocities
committed by the insurgent Maoists or the army? What
about justice for the victims, regardless of which side
they were on?]
CPN-Biplav
leader Manik Lama nabbed in allegation of planting
explosives (kh 22/03/2022)
Rape
cases continue unabated despite harsher laws (ht
21/03/2022)
School
teacher arrested on sexual harassment allegation (kh
21/03/2022)
Curfew
clamped in Letang after police killed in clash (kh
21/03/2022), Curfew
in Letang following death of police constable in a clash,
by Binod Bhandari (kp 21/03/2022), Curfew
continues in Letang over police personnel’s murder
(kh 22/03/2022), Curfew
in Letang following death of police constable in a clash
: The constable was stabbed in the neck as a mob of
locals, gathered at a school in Morang where a girl
student had accused a teacher of sexual harassment,
clashed with police, by Binod Bhandari (kp
22/03/2022), Letang
Incident: Nine arrested for investigation, curfew still
in place (rep 22/03/2022), Curfew
lifted in Letang after three days (kh 24/03/2022), Police
constable Urmila Shrestha died of gunshot wounds,
post-mortem reveals : The 26-year-old police constable
was killed in a violent mob attack in Letang, Morang, on
March 20 (kp 14/04/2022)
17-year-old
girl raped in Tehrathum, one arrested (kh
20/03/2022)
CIB
releases actress Karki on bail after recording her
statement (kh 208/03/2022)
Man
allegedly beats spouse to death (kh 18/03/2022)
42
tolas of gold, Rs 1.2 million robbed (kh 15/03/2022)
18-month-old
toddler murdered allegedly after rape (rep
14/03/2022)
Revenue
fraud lawsuit claiming over Rs 7 bln filed against
Coca-Cola Nepal (kh 11/03/2022), Rs
7.43 billion tax evasion case filed against Bottlers
Nepal : The Department of Revenue Investigation has
accused Bottlers Nepal of evading capital gain tax while
transferring its ownership (nlt 11/03/2022), Bottlers
Nepal faces tax evasion case of Rs3.71 billion : Company
faces charge of not paying capital gains tax when
majority ownership was transferred in October 2014,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/03/2022)
Harsh
toll on visit visa: Govt likely to ask citizens to hold
on their travel dreams : Ironically, only rich Nepalis
can travel abroad, by Eak Raj Bastola (kh
08/03/2022), Visit
visa for all? No, terms and conditions apply, by
Anjila Shrestha (nlt 11/03/2022), MoHA
asks DoI to regulate visit visa (kh 11/03/2022)
Misinformation,
disinformation, false news and trial by social media :
Unchecked false and fake news and videos are rife online
and they can affect investigations as well as harm the
victims, experts say, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
07/03/2022)
Man
arrested for attacking wife with acid (kh
07/03/2022)
CPN
(UML) lawmaker Mohan Baniya suspended : Police had
arrested Baniya from Nepalgunj Airport on February 28
after a rape charge was lodged against him. The Banke
District Court remanded him into custody for
investigation (kp 06/03/2022), Rape
accused UML lawmaker Baniya released on bail (kh
17/03/2022)
Woman’s
body found in hotel, man on the run (rep 01/03/2022)
Suspicious
object found in Banepa, defused (kh 28/02/2022), Suspicious
object found in front of parliament building (kh
28/02/2022), Banda
keeps public vehicles off the streets; most schools,
colleges remain closed (rep 28/02/2022) [Every
bandh is a fundamental crime against people, especially
against children. ! Nepal is not the property of
autocratic politicians!]
Rape
charge against an actor by a minor exposes rampant
culture of grooming : Minors are often unaware of what
constitutes grooming and are unable to share their
experiences. Many fear stigmatisation and face threats
from their abusers, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
28/02/2022), Rape
accused actor Shah in remand for 12 days (kh
06/03/2022), Paul Shah’s remand extended by five days (kh
18/03/2022), Rape
allegation case filed against actor Paul Shah (kh
22/03/2022)
Man
sentenced to 36 years in prison for raping and killing
11-yr-old girl (rep 28/02/2022)
They
Hate MCC And Destroy Public Property, by Aashish
Mishra (rn 26/02/2022)
Report
On Cyber Security Challenges Submitted To Home Minister
(rn 26/02/2022)
Second
wife arrested along with boyfriend for murdering husband
(rep 23/02/2022)
Saptakoshi
municipality’s office vandalized (kh 21/02/2022)
Greenline
Centre CEO Amit Agrawal arrested (rep 21/02/2022)
Charges
Filed At CIAA Against 5 UML Leaders (rn 17/02/2022)
Murder
accused arrested after 37 years (kh 17/02/2022)
Minor
impact of bandh; 18 arrested (kh 16/02/2022)
Industrialist
Agrawal attacked in Biratnagar (kh 13/02/2022)
Minor
arrested for rape (kh 13/02/2022)
Husband
kills wife with sickle (rep 12/02/2022)
Nepal’s
unpunished war crimes : On the 20th anniversary of
Muktinath Adhikari’s murder by the Maoists, his daughter
pleads for justice, by Sabita Adhikari (nt
11/02/2022)
Rape
compalint registered against lawmaker Mohan Baniya in
Banke (rep 11/02/2022)
Open
prison rule : Those who have been convicted of heinous
crimes by the court of law should not be sent to the
open prison (ht 11/02/2022)
Alcohol
use a driving cause behind domestic violence in
Makawanpur : Although most victims of domestic violence
choose to settle their cases out of court, more women
are coming forward with complaints against their
perpetrators these days, police say, by Pratap Bista
(kp 09/02/2022)
Electronic
Device Smuggling A New Challenge At TIA (rn
09/02/2022)
Citizens
demand investigation on murder case against House
Speaker, say he is not fit to remain in post : “The
major political parties must immediately take action
against Agni Sapkota in order to protect the values and
principles of the parliamentary system." (nlt
08/02/2022) [He should never
have been elected to that office until a court confirmed
his innocence. What kind of constitutional state is
this?]
Over
two quintals of gold jewellery seized at TIA customs in
the last two months : Government may tighten imports of
the yellow metal further to stem forex reserve depletion,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/02/2022)
Police
arrests man on charge of raping teenager (rep
08/02/2022)
27-year-old
woman burnt to death in Saptari : Raj Kumari Sah was set
on fire by her brother-in-law while preparing a meal on
Friday. She died of burn injuries on Saturday, by
Abdesh Kumar Jha (kp 07/02/2022)
Sex
trade flourishing in and around Nepalgunj (rep
04/02/2022)
NHRC
reprimands Minister Renu Yadav for issuing threat to
Raut (ht 04/02/2022)
Complaints
against theft of 579 archeological objects lodged in 52
years (rep 03/02/2022)
14-year-old
arrested for raping 4-year-old girl (kh 30/01/2022)
Supreme
Court orders release of a man languishing in jail for no
apparent crime : Uma Shankar Rayabhar’s release order
comes after continuous reporting on how the poor man was
framed. Legal experts say the case shows many problems
in the system, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 29/01/2022)
Complaint
lodged with Rautahat police against Minister Yadav
(kh 27/01/2022)
CK
Raut’s cadres attack a doctor in Janakpur (nlt
26/01/2022), Madhes
Province issues order to book violent Janamat Party
cadres (kh 27/01/2022)
Rapist
sent to 18 years in prison (rep 26/01/2022)
Pashupati
Campus student activist among four people accused of
misappropriating foreign currency worth Rs 376.41
million (rep 25/01/2022)
Lichchhavi-era
idol stolen from Balkumari Temple (rep 23/01/2022)
Two
policemen suspended for stealing mobile gallery (kh
22/01/2022)
Minister
Renu Yadav gives provocative statement; threatens to
kill CK Raut (kh 20/01/2022) [If
the minister has really expressed this in such a way,
she is no longer sustainable for a minute and should be
dismissed immediately!], Nepal’s
sitting minister threatens to repeat the ‘Gaur
massacre’: Here’s the story of the 2007 carnage and
impunity that followed : Since 2007, victims of the
carnage have been demanding justice but to no avail,
by Nishan Khatiwada (nlt 20/01/2022)
Major
Shahi relieved of his post for violating military
discipline (kh 20/01/2022)
The
lasting scars of war: sexual violence during the
conflict : Fifteen years since the 10-year conflict
ended, there is no justice and little peace for victims
of rape and sexual violence, by Ameesha Rayamajhi
and Deepesh Shrestha (rec 18/01/2022)
NC
leader arrested for attempted rape (rep 17/01/2022)
Suspended
NTB CEO Regmi found guilty in gold smuggling (kh
16/01/2022)
Three
Held On Charge Of Murdering Woman, by Janarjan
Khatri (rn 16/01/2022)
Five
held on charge of murdering rickshaw puller (kh
14/01/2022)
He
was murdered for his fight to save environment. Justice
eludes his family two years on : Justice has not been
served in Omprakash (Dilip) Mahato’s murder. Instead,
the victim’s family faces false allegations, by
Tufan Neupane (kp 10/01/2022)
Ward
member, teacher arrested for settling rape case
involving 77-year-old woman (rep 09/01/2022)
Agitating
students vandalize Nobel Medical College as they clash
with security guards (rep 09/01/2022)
Ruby
Khan calls off hunger strike following agreement with
government : The strike was called off after the
government signed a four-point agreement, which includes
launching another round of probe into the case of
Nirmala Kurmi, by Anushka Nepal (nlt 05/01/2022)
Government
admits sugar mills still owe Rs80 million to farmers :
Himalayan Sugar Mill, Annapurna Sugar Mill, Lumbini
Sugar Mill and Indira Sugar Mill have not paid sugarcane
farmers for their crops, officials say, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 05/01/2022)
300
accused face charges in Lalita Niwas land grab scam
(ht 05/01/2022), Baluwatar
land scam: Arrest warrants issued against 300
individuals for document forgery : Central Investigation
Bureau of Nepal Police must file forgery cases against
them by January 21, by Prithvi Man Shrestha and
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 06/01/2022)
Ramesh
Upreti arrested for his involvement in smuggling 33 kg
gold (rep 05/01/2022)
More
girls becoming victims of revenge porn, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 04/01/2022)
Nirmala
Pant rape and murder Case: Indian national arrested for
investigation : DNA sent for test (kh 03/01/2022), Detained
Indian national released on bail (ht 08/01/2022)
Over
9,000 crimes against women in five months (ht
02/01/2022)
Police
open fire on CK Raut’s party cadres, five injured
(kh 02/01/2022) [The
police shot at these people just because they were
demonstrating? Not even in the case of damage to
property would the use of firearms have been
appropriate!], At
least 16 injured as Janamat Party cadres clash with
security personnel in Dhanusa : Eight security personnel
and eight party cadres have been injured so far.
Authorities are still trying to bring the situation
under control, said police (kp 02/01/2021)
Saurya
Airlines employee nabbed with Rs 5 million from TIA
(kh 02/01/2022), Bag
containing Rs 5 million without legal source found at
TIA (rep 02/012022), Saurya
Airlines Chairman Pokharel claims Rs 5 million found at
TIA is his money (rep 06/01/2022)
Extrajudicial
killings and the wait for justice : Unlawful executions
by police, especially in the Tarai, have continued
despite rights organisations including the United
Nations calling on Nepal to act to stop them, by
Tufan Neupane (kp 01/01/2022)
Woman
gang-raped in New Bus Park; eight arrested (kh
29/12/2021), New
bus park gangrape case: Nine accused arrested (rep
30/12/2021)
Anti-Chhaupadi
campaign in Achham losing steam : Neither the police
administration nor the local units and local people are
showing interest in effectively implementing the
campaign, women say, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
29/12/2021)
Who
is nurturing violence in Nepal’s public campuses? Acts
of violence against teachers in Nepal’s public campuses
continue unabated despite student unions’ assurances to
control them, by Prasun Sangroula (nlt 27/12/2021)
Hubby
strikes wife to death (kh 27/12/2021)
Sugarcane
farmers to launch fresh protest from mid-Jan after
failing to receive previous years’ dues (rep
27/12/2021) [There is obviously
still no state interest in finally putting an end to the
criminal practices of the sugar mills!]
Janamat
party members vandalise private vehicles on East-West
Highway (rep 26/12/2021), [So
this is what you call "non-violent", Mr Raut?], CK
Raut cadres block highway in Siraha : Vandalize trucks
and other vehicles (kh 26/12/2021)
Truth
Commission wraps up 29 war-era cases of atrocities,
victims unhappy : Commission says it has prioritised
complaints that don’t need prosecution, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 25/12/2021)
Authorities
sit on probe report as Banke activists’ sit-in nears
month : One of the accused, former Constituent Assembly
member Badshah Kurmi is contesting for Banke district
president of the ruling Nepali Congress, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 24/12/2021) [Politics
and crime continue to be close and politics likes to
prevent necessary legal investigations. Persons accused
of crimes should not hold public office until a legal
clarification has been made! This also applies, by the
way, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as
well!]
Chandre
Kami found after a week rep 22/12/2021)
Embezzlement
by employees at Hulak Bachat Bank has snatched
vulnerable groups of their savings, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 22/12/2021)
Two
main accused in Lalita Niwas land grab case arrested :
They were on the run after a graft case was filed at the
Special Court (nlt 22/12/2021)
Police
arrest priests, witch doctor on charge of ill-treating
woman (kh 22/12/2021)
Two
arrested for killing a minor in Morang, by Chuman Basnet
(rep 21/12/2021)
Not
allowed to cheat in exam, student beats up teacher
(rep 21/12/2021), Blackboard
jungle : Educational institutions should nurture mutual
respect between teachers and students (kp
23/12/2021)
Cases
of sexual abuse of women go unreported in Banke : The
cases of sexual abuse are weak and the accused are
usually let free because the victims withdraw their
complaints on their own accord or under pressure from
family, police say, by Madhu Shahi (kp 20/12/2021)
Irate
locals pelt stones at police office accusing police of
sheltering guilty : Police fire thrice to take situation
under control (kh 20/12/2021)
Food
adulteration offences rise even during lockdown : As
long as consumers consider food adulteration a minor
problem and the government plays down its impact, such
offences will keep growing, rights activists say, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 19/12/2021)
Four
years on, government keeps Lal Commission report secret
: Governments have defied calls, including a court
order, to make the report public, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 17/12/2021)
The
long arm of the law : The victims have found a new ray
of hope with the courts stepping in to solve
insurgency-era crimes (kp 15/12/2021)
Incidents
of domestic violence go unchecked in Achham : As many as
86 cases of domestic violence were reported at the
District Police Office in the past 20 months, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 14/12/2021)
Three
main accused of murdering journalist Dekendra sentenced
to life (rep 13/12/2021)
‘Alcohol
Causing 80% Of Criminal Incidents In Salyan’ (rn
13/12/2021)
Sexagenarian
man held for raping minor girl (kh 10/12/2021)
For
the women, by the women : On the occasion of '16 Days of
Activism against Gender-based Violence', four women
across Nepal, who have been relentlessly fighting to end
gender violence, share their experiences, by Pinki
Sris Rana (kp 10/12/2021)
CPN-UML
cadre killed in cold blood (ht 09/12/2021)
High
courts intervene after police refuse to register
conflict-era disappearance complaints : The Penal Code
introduced three years ago lists enforced disappearance
as a criminal offence, by Binod Ghimire (kp
09/12/2021)
How
menstrual stigma intersects with violence against women
: Confining women and young girls to small sheds for
three or more days and keeping surveillance on their
daily mobility is a form of violence against women,
by Jyotika Rimal (nlt 08/12/2021)
Dalits
living in rented homes hesitant to reveal caste during
census : Enumerators say they found many families who
were not keen to disclose their last names fearing
eviction, by Prakriti Dahal (kp 08/12/2021)
Dhanusha
attorney office says no need to probe Musahar’s
custodial death : District attorney’s office claims
Musahar committed suicide. Family members say he was
tortured to death, by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/12/2021)
Online
harassment rife but largely ignored as system fails to
recognise it : Nepal Police has a bureau to deal with
the cases, but a lack of sensitisation among officials
is leading to victimisation, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
06/12/2021)
A
death foretold : Nakunni Dhobi and the 20-day march to
Kathmandu: How many women have returned to private cages
of violence, never to reach out again?, by Reshma
Thapa (rec 06/12/2021)
12
culprits behind Baduwal’s murder publicized (rep
06/12/2021)
43
people including Ichchha Raj Tamang sued in fraud case :
Tamang denies his responsibility to return money to the
savers (kh 04/12/2021)
Vow
against VAW : As Nepal marks 16 days of activism against
gender-based violence, Ruby Khan makes an impassioned
plea for justice from her sit-in near Singha Darbar,
by Ruby Khan (nt 03/12/2021)
Youth
gone for friend’s birthday found dead : 12 friends
nabbed for investigation (kh 03/12/2021)
Naikes
running Gaur Prison : Security guards and naikes are
tormenting inmates at Gaur Prison (ht 03/12/2021)
What
constitutes sexual harassment at the workplace? An
explainer on what sexual harassment is, the legal
frameworks that aim to prevent and eliminate it, and
what else can be done, by Prakritee Yonzon (rec
02/12/2021)
Prostitution
taking place secretly in Bhaktapur: Police (rep
02/12/2021)
Mindset
Change A Must To Curb VAW, by Namrata Sharma (rn
01/12/2021)
Shuklaphanta
National Park Displaced Ones Await For Justice For
Nearly Two Decades, by Sher Bahadur Singh (rn
01/12/2021)
Mother
beats son to death (rep 29/11/2021)
Custodial
deaths probe : Independent mechanism sought, by Ram
Kumar Mamat (ht 28/11/2021)
Banke
activists resume sit-in in Capital alleging government
dishonesty : Protesters led by Ruby Khan demand
immediate arrest of ex-CA member Badshah Kurmi over a
woman’s disappearance and release of probe report,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/11/2021)
Eradicate
Caste-Based Crimes, by Shreya Joshi and Rakshya
Singh (rn 25/11/2021)
Amnesty
International Nepal calls for urgent and concerted
action to prevent custodial deaths : The human rights
organisation raises concerns about the increasing number
of custodial deaths despite earlier calls to the Nepal
government for responsibility and accountability of the
lives of detainees (kp 23/11/2021) [see AI appeal
in Nepali], End
deaths in police custody, says Amnesty International
(ht 24/11/2021)
Transitional
justice bodies spar over who should look into which
cases : Truth commission and disappearance commission
say they have received many complaints that they cannot
investigate given their nature, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/11/2021)
Government
warns Nepali returnees against bringing gold bullion :
Officials say migrant workers are being used as carriers
by gold dealers to avoid taxes, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 22/11/2021)
“15
years since CPA, Nepal’s pledges to TJ remain unmet”
(kh 21/11/2021)
Five
held with over Rs 65,000 fake currency notes in Valley
(kh 18/11/2021)
Charimaya
Tamang: ‘Who will wipe out the tears of trafficking
survivors if I start crying myself?’ From survivor to
savior: Charimaya Tamang continues to turn around the
lives of trafficking survivors in Nepal, by Anushka
Nepal (nlt 15/11/2021)
Parents
of two deceased children stage protest by placing dead
bodies in the street, by Madan Thakur (kh
15/11/2021)
Teenager
raped in Lahan, accused on the run (rep 13/11/2021)
Insurance
claims through counterfeit documents on the rise: IB
(rep 10/11/2021)
Four
arrested for Rs 190 million fraud (rep 10/11/2021)
Seven-year-old
girl killed in Surkhet (kh 09/11/2021), Seven-year-old
girl found dead with her throat slit (rep
09/11/2021)
Three
accused of gang rape arrested (kh 09/11/2021)
Woman
beaten to death by her husband (rep 07/11/2021)
Media
Action Nepal calls on government to end impunity for
crimes against journalists (ht 03/11/2021)
Woman
beaten on charges of witchcraft, by Binod Subedi
(rep 29/10/2021)
Nine
persons including ward chairman arrested for gambling
(kh 29/10/2021)
Misogyny
in Nepal: Little acts, big consequences, by Cilla
Khatry (ae 28/10/2021)
Nine
persons sentenced to life for killing two cops (kh
27/10/2021)
Man
bites wife and daughter to death (rep 26/10/2021)
Police
arrest eight youths involved in gang-raping three young
women, by Anil Bhandari (rep 25/10/2021)
What
led to the violence in Motipur that left four people
dead? The clash between squatters and police on October
10 was the culmination of years of back-and-forth
between the two sides but also at hand are wider issues
of development and displacement, by Abha Lal (rec
25/10/2021)
Protest
held denouncing killing of Bharatpur’s Bhim Bahadur BK
(kh 23/10/2021)
Lowest
cases of cybercrime in three years (ht 23/10/2021)
Drinking
water office chief mistreated by Janmat Party cadres
(rep 21/10/2021)
In
Mahottari, two women are abused physically on witchcraft
charges, one of them murdered : In a span of two days,
two women in Mahottari were accused and physically
abused for ‘practicing witchcraft’. One of them was
killed, the other rendered emotionally traumatized,
by Anushka Nepal (nlt 20/10/2021)
In
Bharatpur, a Dalit man gets brutally assaulted and
killed for reportedly arguing for Dalits’ right to enter
a temple : While Nepal Police say an investigation into
the incident is ongoing, many locals, witnesses and
rights activists have said that caste-based
discrimination was what led to the incident, by
Anushka Nepal (nlt 18/10/2021)
Government
is ignoring Nepalgunj protesters’ demands, activists
sayProtest leader Ruby Khan, who is on a hunger strike,
was taken to TU Teaching Hospital after condition
worsened, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/10/2021)
Seven
cops injured in clash with locals in Rukum West (kh
16/10/2021)
Shooting
takes place in Karsia Bazar of Rangeli in Morang (kh
11/10/2021)
Three
held for hanging woman to death in bid to earn millions
(ht 11810/2021)
Sunsari
tense after youth ‘commits suicide’ in police custody
(rep 10/10/2021)
Police
open fire during clash with squatters in Motipur
Industrial Area (kh 10/10/2021), Six
injured as police, land encroachers clash in Motipur
Industrial Area : Locals from Butwal and neighbouring
areas have encroached around 200 bigha of land in the
industrial area, said police (kp 10/10/2021), Curfew
imposed in Motipur Industrial Area of Butwal (kh
10/10/2021), Four
people killed in clash between police and squatters
(kh 10/10/2021), ]Trespassers
on govt land will be punished: MoHA (kh 11/10/2021)
[???? But this does not justify
the murder of desperate and homeless people! You are
responsible for police actions!], Four
deaths in Rupandehi put spotlight on Nepal’s
trigger-happy cops : Law enforcement agencies tend to
show discriminatory behaviour against protests and
crowds in the Tarai and by the underprivileged,
rights activists say, by Shuvam Dhungana and Tika R
Pradhan (kp 12/10/2021)
Garment
factory office near a police post looted in broad
daylight, by Chuman Basnet (rep 09/10/2021)
A
long and arduous walk for justice : The 20-day journey
by 14 people, including 11 women, to Kathmandu from
Nepalgunj on foot reflects the labyrinthine red tape
inhibiting the Nepali justice system and exposes how the
state is failing its citizens, by Anup Ojha (kp
08/10/2021), Police
round up protesters from NepalgunjA group of 14 people,
including 11 women, had walked all the way to Kathmandu
from Nepalgunj demanding justice for Nakunni Dhobi and
Nirmala Kurmi (kp 09/10/2021), Politicians,
who rose through protests, loathe citizens on streets :
Detaining Banke justice seekers from Maitighar for
agitation shows Deuba government’s double standards,
observers say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/10/2021)
Body
of teenager girl recovered from the cemetery on
suspicion of rape and murder (rep 08/10/2021)
Sexual
exploitation of minors unabated in capital, authorities
mum, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 06/10/2021)
A
country where victimization of vulnerable women in the
name of practicing witchcraft is still rampant : In
Nepal, there’s still no let up in cases of violence
based on witchcraft accusations, despite the fact that
the country’s law has criminalized it, by Anushka
Nepal (nlt 04/10/2021)
Woman
found dead in Salyan, Police nab three in murder
allegation (kh 04/10/2021)
Worker
murdered in Khukuri attack in Rupandehi (kh
04/10/2021)
Sixteen
Nepalis have illegally invested in offshore companies in
overseas tax havens : An international investigation has
revealed how many Nepali business persons and companies
have used tax havens to stash wealth and avoid taxes,
by Krishna Acharya and Ramu Sapkota (rec 03/10/2021)
Man
arrested on charge of raping elderly woman, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 02/10/2021)
Girl
killed for rejecting marriage proposal (rep
28/09/2021)
Child
goes missing in a drain in Kathmandu : Who is
responsible?, by Smriti Dhungana (rep 24/09/2021), Watch
your step : Neglected open sewers in the city should be
a matter of criminal negligence (kp 24/09/2021)
Youths
serving jail terms for murdering seven youths from
Gorkha granted amnesty (rep 20/09/2021)
3,284
foreigners arrested in five years for committing various
crimes in Nepal (rep 16/09/2021)
Two
held with over Rs 3.8 mln for ‘hundi transaction’
(kh 16/09/2021)
Two
held for raping a minor (kh 15/09/2021)
Journo
Dixit files FIR against defamation circulated via fake
‘MCC’ document (kh 14/09/2021)
Nepali
girl sold to Indian brothel returns home after seven
years, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 14/09/2021)
Firing
as police clash with timber smugglers in Birgunj (kh
13/09/2021)
Three
arrested on gang-rape charge (kh 11/09/2021)
Two
woman involved in human trafficking held in Siraha
(kh 11/09/2021)
Fraud
promising permanent govt job to public falls in police
net (kh 10/09/2021)
Crime
and turpitude : A series of murders points to
lawlessness and the degeneration of society (kp
09/09/2021)
Dozens
of people registered as disappeared during Maoist
insurgency found alive : In the last six years, the
Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared
Persons has received 3,223 complaints of enforced
disappearances implicating either security forces or the
rebel Maoists.Commission has found 2,494 cases that fall
under its jurisdiction for investigation, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 08/09/2021)
Six
members of a family killed in cold blood in
Sankhuwasabha : Mutilated bodies of the victims were
found scattered near the house on Monday, police say,
by Dipendra Shakya (kp 07/09/2021), Police
nab an accused in Sankhuwasabha massacre case (kh
11/09/2021), Sankhuwasabha
carnage: Deep seated feeling of vengeance behind killing
en masse (kh 13/09/2021), Police
make public suspect of Sankhuwasabha mass murder : The
25-year-old man committed the crime because of personal
vendetta, police said, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
13/09/2021), Police
make four more arrests in Sankhuwasbha mass murder case
: Six members of the same family, including two children
aged 11 and three, were found murdered on September 6 at
Kholagaun of Madi Municipality, by Dipendra Shakya
(kp 20/09/2021)
Tackle
Human Trafficking, by Aashish Mishra (rn 04/09/2021)
Rape-accused
Minister Shahi levels multiple allegations against
victim’s husband (rep 04/09/2021)
The
systemic silencing of stories of harassment :
Stories of abuse and harassment at educational
institutions continue to emerge but there are few
consequences for the perpetrators, by Kabita
Bahing (rec 03/09/2021)
Teenage
girl gang-raped in Rautahat (rep 02/09/2021)
Hearing
on murder case against Speaker Sapkota deferred again
(rep 01/09/2021)
Nepal
becoming transit hub for drug peddlers (ht
30/08/2021)
7,390
fugitives arrested in fiscal year 2020-21, says police
(kp 26/08/2021)
Six
years on, Tikapur carnage victims still worried about
justice (ht 24/08/2021)
Man
arrested on charge of murdering his father, wife in
Dhanusha : Dead bodies were found buried some 100 meters
away from their house (rep 24/08/2021)
Government
yet to pay Nepal Airlines for last year’s Omni chartered
flights : Payment remains stalled while the carrier
faces acute financial problems due to flight suspensions,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/08/2021)
Karnali
Province Minister Shahi accused of rape (rep
23/08/2021), Youth
activists demand dismissal of rape-accused Karnali
minister within 24 hours (rep 27/08/2021)
Three
arrested for collecting donations illegally (kh
21/08/2021)
People’s
representative from Dalit community tied to a pole and
beaten : Police nab 8 on assault allegation (kh
21/08/2021)
The
Plights Of Rape Survivors And Criminal Investigation,
by Govind Prasad Thapa (sp 20/08/2021)
Two
arrested with fake Nepali currency notes (kh
20/08/2021)
18
years on, justice still a far cry for people killed by
Nepali Army in Doramba (ht 18/08/2021)
Govt
preparing to impose five-year imprisonment for selling
substandard food items (rep 18/08/2021)
Protesters
demand justice for Krisala Chaudhary (rep
15/08/2021), Police
nab two on Krishala Chaudhary murder allegation (kh
16/08/2021)
Women
still face witchcraft charges in Sunsari : Rights
activists say most of the victims of such allegations
are women from marginalised communities, by Sumnima
Chamling (kp 14/08/2021)
Murder
accused freed on general date; victim's family left
distraught (ht 14/08/2021)
Nepali
fraudster under Interpol’s radar nabbed from Portual,
brought to Nepal (kh 14/08/2021)
A
26-year-old man sentenced to life imprisonment for
killing his wife (kh 14/08/2021)
Police
nab a rapist in Sunsari (kh 13/08/2021)
SC’s
division bench refuses to hear Aftab’s pleading citing
conflict of interest (kh 13/08/2021)
Ward
chair accused of murder freed on bail (ht
13/08/2021) [???]
Hubby
strangles wife to death (kh 12/08/2021)
Rapist
sentenced to 12 years in jail (kh 11/08/2021)
Madhyapaschim
University VC’s vehicle vandalized (kh 11/08/2021)
Gorkha:
21 children fell victim to rape in one year (rep
10/08/2021)
11-year-old
in Gorkha raped by her father and uncle (rep
09/08/2021), Two
men held on charge of incest rape (kh 11/08/2021)
Grenade
found and defused in Itahari (kh 08/08/2021)
Man
dies in Police custody in Sindhupalchok (kh
08/08/2021)
Cases
of violence against women on the rise (rep
07/08/2021)
Cops
not probing properly, allege kin of murdered woman and
her children (ht 06/08/2021)
What
if... rapes were punishable by death? Experts ApEx spoke
to say if Nepal had the provision of death for rape, it
would not only be a regressive step for the judicial
system and the society but it would most certainly be
misused, by Cilla Khatry (ae 05/08/2021)
Firearm
smuggling thriving in country, police say, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 04/08/2021)
Ward
chair tied a teenager to a pillar and beat him up
ruthlessly : A video of the incident that took place in
Jajarkot on July 30 came to light on Wednesday. A man
can be seen beating a boy ruthlessly after tying him up
to a pillar, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 04/08/2021)
Woman
held for trafficking 25 victims (ht 04/08/2021)
Two
Nepali nationals arrested on charges of trafficking
women to India (kh 04/08/2021)
Instances
of VAW far from declining yet, by Sabina Karki (kh
04/08/2021)
Three
more persons, including victim’s father, held in
connection with Sujita’s murder (kh 02/08/2021)
Police
nab two on rape allegations of three girls (kh
01/08/2021)
No
let up in criminal activities of foreigners, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 01/08/2021)
Government
must up its efforts to prevent human trafficking,
stakeholders sayChanging forms of human trafficking and
gap in existing laws have made things worse for the
victims as well as authorities working to prevent them,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/07/2021), Trafficking
laws incompatible with Palermo Protocol (ht
27/07/2021)
NC
ward member arrested on charge of attempted rape
(rep 27/07/2021)
Government
promotes police officer involved in extrajudicial
killings : Sub-inspector Dipendra Chand is promoted
despite the national rights body recommending action
against him, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/07/2021)
Dalit
woman, son thrashed in Siraha (ht 25/07/2021)
Nirmala
murder case remains a mystery even after three years
(re 25/07/2021)
Two
arrested on charges of rape (kh 25/07/2021)
Five-month-old
child murdered by cousin (kh 25/07/2021)
Women
in remote Baglung village are sent to animal sheds to
give birth : Many women die for want of treatment and
maternity care in Dhiri since they do not go to
hospitals for delivery, by Prakash Baral (kp
20/07/2021)
Two
rape cases in two weeks in Rautahat (ht 18/07/2021)
Illegal
activities unabated in prison (ht 18/07/2021)
Rapist
arrested after seven months (kh 17/07/2021)
Transitional
justice bodies get new term but conflict victims have
little hope : Rights activists say the Congress and
Maoist Centre have got another chance to complete the
peace deal by settling insurgency-era cases, but
progress remains dismal, by Binod Ghimire (kp
16/07/2021) [There
is not much to expect. Dahal, by his own admission, was
responsible for the Maoists' crimes, and Deuba was at
times responsible for the actions of the state security
forces. In particular, Deuba was responsible for the
mobilisation of the army and the resulting escalation of
the conflict!]
Caste
discrimination case : SC tells police to book
ex-minister Shrestha (ht 16/07/2021)
Rs
3.9 million of social security allowance stolen (kh
15/07/2021)
Army
officer convicted in death of man inside Chitwan
parkSergeant Chiran Kumar Budha was arrested last
September. He was released from prison on Monday
on account of completing nine-month jail term handed
down by court, by Rajesh Kumar Paudel (kp
14/07/2021)
31
enforced disappeared during conflict come to family
contacts (kh 14/07/2021)
Sunsari
police investigating over a suspicious death of a young
woman : Tracker dog Laila being used for investigation
(kh 12/07/2021)
Is
Nepal becoming a haven for Chinese criminals? Chinese
nationals involved in wildlife smuggling, hacking, and
operating mini-casinos in Nepal, by Gajendra Basnet
(kh 08/07/2021)
Nepali
woman reportedly sold off in Cambodia (kh
08/07/2021)
No
end in sight for survivors of domestic abuse : As cases
of domestic violence escalate in Ramechhap, survivors
remain economically and legally deprived, by Sonam
Lama (rec 06/07/2021)
27
rhino poachers arrested in the current fiscal year :
Many poachers who were on the run are coming forward to
surrender, Chitwan park administration says, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 06/07/2021)
Abducted
Sujata found dead in Chitwan jungle (kh 05/07/2021),
Woman
missing for 10 days found dead in forest : The body was
discovered in Ghamile forest of Bhandara Piple area on
Sunday evening by the local people, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (kp 06/07/2021), Piple
under curfew following protests over woman’s death in
suspicious circumstances : The body of 23-year-old
Sujita Bhandari, who had gone missing on June 25, was
recovered in a nearby forest on Sunday, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 07/07/2021), Sujita
Thakur’s body found a month after murder (kh
11/07/2021)
Two
arrested for withdrawing Rs 3.4 million from ATM using
expired debit card (kh 05/07/2021)
Rupa
Sunar files writ petition against Minister Shrestha on
caste-based discrimination allegation (kh
04/07/2021)
Man
arrested for allegedly raping his own daughter, by
Krishna KC (rep 03/07/2021)
Police
nab husband for killing wife (kh 03/07/2021)
Woman
found dead, in-laws blamed (ht 28/06/2021)
Student
Unions vandalize, arson Patan Multiple Campus (kh
28/06/2021)
Health
workers attacked at Dolakha Covid-19 hospital : Three
assailants in police custody, search for the fourth
underway, police say, by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp
28/06/2021)
Nepal
hasn’t seen a single conviction for torture and
custodial deaths in the past three years : Police cannot
be trusted to conduct impartial investigation into cases
where own officers are involved, says a 2020 Supreme
Court ruling, by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/06/2021)
Arun
III Hydropower worker succumbs to beating injuries
(kh 27/06/2021)
Police
nab 29-yr-old Timalsina behind murder of Santoshi
(kh 24/06/2021), Mystery
shrouds gruesome murder of animal mimic Santoshi Subba
(ht 24/06/2021)
Domestic
violence against newly married women on the rise amid
(ht 24/06/2021)
Robbers
loot properties worth 1 million at gun point (kh
17/06/2021)
Two
transitional justice commissions getting another term
extension : But conflict victims say the commissions
have done very little to deserve added tenure, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 17/06/2021)
No
safe space : Women who faced sexual violence during the
10 years of the Maoist armed conflict continue to suffer,
by Susan Risal (kp 16/06/2021)
No
let-up in cases of violence against women and children
during lockdown : On average 53 cases of violence
against women and children are reported daily across the
country, according to records maintained by police.,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 15/06/2021)
Newly-wed
spouse ruthlessly battered for not bringing dowry
(kh 13/06/2021)
Man
arrested for attacking wife with acid (kh
13/06/2021)
PM’s
Advisor claims Baidya swore to take PM’s life :
Bhattarai demands Baidya be booked by law (kh
12/06/2021), Baidya’s
statement is unacceptable: NC leader Gagan Thapa (kh
12/06/2021), NC
Spokesperson Sharma directs Baidya to apologize for his
statement : 'NC has no tradition to cover
objectionable statements' (kh 12/06/2021), Baidya’s
statement highy objectionable and criminal in nature:
UML (kh 12/06/2021), NC
Bagmati Province member Baidya self-criticizes,
withdraws his controversial statement (rep
12/06/2021), Representatives
of UML-affiliated organizations demand NC Bagmati
lawmaker Vaidya’s arrest (kh 14/06/2021)
Social
activist Gyanendra Shahi assaulted (kh 12/06/2021)
19-yr-old
girl gang-raped in Kanchanpur (kh 11/06/2021)
Chitwan
reports 37 VAW cases during COVID-19 prohibitory period
(kh 11/06/2021)
Fear
grips locals as human body part found in Bouddha (kh
08/06/2021)
Police
warn against social media misuse (kh 07/06/2021)
Three
arrested for sexually abusing Raute women (rep
06/06/2021), Three
men arrested on charge of sexually assaulting two Raute
girlsThe suspects took the victims to a local hotel, got
them drunk and sexually assaulted them, according to
police; Police made the arrests after video of the
incident went viral on social media, by
Chandan Kathayat (kp 07/06/2021), District
court orders media to remove contents regarding rape
case of Raute women (rep 12/06/2021)
Fact
Check: Is this elderly woman applauding the increase in
old-age allowance? (kh 04/06/2021)
Who
Nepal’s political parties represent anyway : None seem
to be concerned about the people hit by the virus, as
they deal with crises of their own, paying little
attention to their electorate, by Anil Giri (kp
03/06/2021)
Youth
charged with rape, hostage-taking in Sarlahi (ht
03/06/2021)
Strike
ban on areas of essential goods and services expanded
(ht 02/06/2021)
Burnt
Doti woman to be taken to Kathmandu : An unknown group
set her ablaze when she was asleep (ht 01/06/2021),
Doti
burn vicitm to get Rs 2 lakh for treatment (ht
03/06/2021)
Online
crimes like sexual exploitation and blackmailing spike
amid lockdown : Since the prohibitory orders were
enforced, police have been getting about half a dozen
complaints every day. In a reverse to earlier trends, it
is men who are the victims, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/06/2021) [husband on the run!]
People
found using ambulances, essential goods vehicles to
smuggle drugs, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 31/05/2021)
Health
workers at Bheri Hospital attacked by relatives of
deceased patient, by Arjun Oli (rep 28/05/2021), Health
ministry expresses concern over physical assault on
health workers at Bheri Hospital (rep 28/05/2021), “There
was no option but to jump off the window to save our
lives” (rep 28/05/2021), Two
cases filed against main accused in attack of health
wokers in Bheri Hospital (kh 28/05/2021)
Five
police officials injured after armed gang attacks police
post in Dharan (kh 28/05/2021)
Police
officer is caught in film assaulting civilian in Birgunj,
by Bhusan Yadav (kp 28/05/2021)
Journo
threatened over news (ht 28/05/2021)
Domestic
violence: Lessons from Nepal’s first nationwide lockdown
: Risks have increased due to restrictions on movement,
confinement with perpetrators, constant surveillance,
and disconnect from social support systems, by
Simran Shrestha, Sagun Bhetwal and Dikshya Khadgi (ae
27/05/2021)
Devkota
reveals he was intimidated to back out from NA
by-election (kh 23/05/2021)
Scars
of the Maoist conflict : Resetting the truth commission
now is a priority if citizens are to get closure, by
Anttoni James Numminem (kp 20/05/2021)
Maoist
Center leader Pandey shot at in Kapilvastu
(kh20/05/2021), Maoist
Center leader Pandey shot at in Kapilvastu dies (kh
25/05/2021)
Youth
dies in APF firing in Nawalparasi (rep 19/05/2021)
Girl
found dead inside a house in Tanahun, youth arrested
(kh 19/05/2021)
Teacher
arrested for raping student (ht 06/05/2021)
Two
held for murder attempt in Bajura (ht 06/05/2021)
As
if there’s no pandemic : Oli and his clique’s seeming
indifference to the raging coronavirus and unfolding
tragedy is stark. Even as virus cases hit a new record
of 7,137 and death toll clocks 3,325, political games
continue, by Tika R Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp
03/05/2021)
Three
minors found dead inside a car in Dang (rep
02/05/2021)
More
than 900 women go missing in Morang (ht 27/04/2021)
Justice
eludes rape victims in six South Asian countries,
including Nepal : Rape survivors and their families face
pressure to withdraw complain (ht 22/04/2021)
Police
bust a racket involved in producing fake PCR reports
(rep 21/04/2021), 122
passengers barred from boarding flights at TIA for
carrying ‘fake’ Covid-19 test reports (kh
21/04/2021), Fake
negative test reports cause for concern : 172 passengers
were turned away from Tribhuvan International Airport
for furnishing Covid-19 negative results from the
labs that were caught issuing test reports to foreign
job aspirants without testing them, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 22/04/2021)
Siraha
woman accused of practicing witchcraft, tortured (ht
19/04/2021)
Woman
raped, killed in Udayapur (ht 19/04/2021)
Siraha
residents feel insecure after spate of violent crimes :
Residents and bullion traders of Lahan have been
protesting on the streets demanding justice for the
deceased and other victims of arson and robbery for the
past one week, by Bharat Jargha Magar (kp
16/04/2021)
How
a conversation around the length of one’s hair exposed
the toxic environment of a Kathmandu school: A number of
former and current students at St Mary’s School say the
institution reeks of toxicity, with many suffering
through years of harassment, queerphobia, and
humiliation, by Ankit Khadgi and Samiksha Baral (kp
13/04/2021)
Armed
robbers kill jeweller in Siraha : Assailants shot the
jewellery shop owner and attacked his wife on Sunday.
The man succumbed to his injuries at hospital, by
Bharat Jargha Magar (kp 12/04/2021)
Man
arrested with nearly 1 kg gold from Kathmandu airport,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 08/04/2021)
Nepali
state, organizations remain highly vulnerable to cyber
attacks, by Nishan Khariwada (ae 08/04/2021)
VAW
On Rise, Seven Rape Cases Reported Daily In Nepal,
by Deepa Chaudhary (rn 07/04/2021)
Nepal’s
security forces used excessive force in peaceful
protests : Amnesty International (kh 07/04/2021)
Four
held in Thamel house robbery case, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 05/04/2021)
Judge's
daughter-in-law complains of torture (ht 03/04/2021)
One
dead, another severely injured in Baglung bomb explosion
(rep 02/04/2021)
Regulate
acid sale : The most important thing in controlling the
misuse of acids is to regulate the sale and distribution
of harmful chemicals (ht 31/03/2021)
Two
women arrested for forcing girls into prostitution,
eight rescued (rep 31/03/2021)
Families
of two youths who died in a Holi fair demand
investigation : A clash broke out during Holi
celebratrions in Baglung on Sunday, leaving two dead and
six injured, by Prakash Baral (kp 30/03/2021)
NC
urges govt to probe killing of party cadres in Baglung
and arrest guilty (rep 29/03/2021)
Cases
filed against nine firms for dodging nearly Rs3 billion
in taxes : Four of these firms, with involvement of the
same person, were found to be selling goods that they
had not procured legally. The racket involves purchase
of fake VAT bills (kp 27/03/2021)
Doctor
arrested on charge of sexual harassment in Saptari,
by Mithilesh Yadav (kp 27/03/2021)
Nepali
man kills his differently-abled son in India for failing
to meet his medical expenses (rep 27/03/2021)
Give
business to HoR : Some of the bills are sensitive and
require cautious deliberation before they are passed by
the parliament (ht), Break
the cycle of impunity for rape : Repeal statute of
limitations, by Laxmi Pokharel and Boram Jang
(ht 26/03/2021)
17
Dalits killed after introduction of act against
untouchability (ht 25/03/2021)
Marriage
is no license to rape : Sexual violence by intimate
partner is largely unreported due to social stigma as
well as the belief that forced sexual relation by a
husband without the consent of the wife doesn’t
constitute violence, by Roshani Giri (rep
25/03/2021)
Missing
Jha couple found buried on roadside in Mahottari (kh
25/03/202)
Girl
injured after boyfriend sets her on fire by dousing her
with kerosene in capital (rep 23/03/2021), Man
sets girlfriend ablaze, tries to kill self (ht
24/03/2021)
Police
tend to make public suspects too quickly and that’s
wrong, experts sayThe practice came to light once again
when four people were paraded without ascertaining what
they possessed was actually uranium, a material used for
making nuclear bombs, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
22/03/2021), Guilty
until proven innocent? The practice of making suspects
public too quickly is wrong (kp 23/03/2021)
Young
man stoned to death at Kalanki in capital, one arrested
(rep 21/03/2021)
Culprits
of two homicide cases made public in Kathmandu (ht
18/03/2021)
56-year-old
man lands in jail for raping granddaughter (rep
18/03/2021)
Three
software developers arrested for source code theft
(ht 16/03/2021)
Bomb
blast at Lahan’s Land Revenue Office, three injured,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 14/03/2021), Lahan
Blast: Pamphlets of Jay Krishna Goit-led Janatantrik
Tarai Mukti Morcha recovered from incident site, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 14/03/2021), Tarai
Janatantrik Mukti Morcha’s leaflet found in Lahan blast,
by Kamalesh Thakur (kh 14/03/2021), Eight
injured, two critically, in a blast at a government
office in SirahaThe explosion, for which Jaya Krishna
Goit-led group has taken responsibility, shows radical
forces continue to exist and they should be brought to
the talks table, analysts say, by Bharat Jarghamagar
and Tika R Pradhan (kp 15/03/2021) [Only
a few days ago, PM Oli claimed that there was no
militancy left in Nepal, except for the one he had
started. That was probably a false statement!], Shun
violence : Let us hope Nepal is not witnessing a
resurgence of those violent activities that brought the
country to a standstill (ht) 16/03/2021)
Two
companies blacklisted for a year for failure to deliver
chemical fertilisers last year : It was the first
time domestic firms had been awarded contracts to supply
fertilisers but their failure meant that fertiliser was
not available during paddy cultivation season, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/03/2021)
Police
in Kapilvastu develop school curriculum to raise
awareness on cybercrime : The courses have been launched
in 80 schools of two local units in the district, by
Manoj Paudel (kp 11/03/2021)
Itahari
takes initiatives to end gender, sexual violence in
community schools : The sub-metropolis has arranged for
a gender focal person in each community school, by
Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 11/03/2021)
A
woman commits suicide jumping into Karnali River along
with her four children, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
09/03/2021) [caused by domestic violence], Mother
and her three children found dead in Karnali river;
fourth missingPolice and local residents suspect that
Suki Baduwal jumped into the river with her children,
by Jyotee Katuwal and Klendra Sejuwal (kp)
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)
Memories
of house demolition haunt us every day, Balaju Bypass
residents say : Eviction of 39 families has left deep
mental scars on members of Newa community, by Anup
Ojha (kp 06/03/2021) [Court
decisions do not apply to Oli and his henchmen!]
Ill
practices, society's attitude root causes for sexual
violence (ht 06/03/2021)
Girl
held captive for a week and raped in Gorkha, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 01/03/2021)
Fault
lines of anti-trafficking discourse in Nepal :
Anti-trafficking community has failed to truly empower
young girls and women and has instead added to their
insecurity by holding them responsible for a situation
which is out of their control, by Vaishally Shah
(rep 01/03/2021)
Three
cadres of Biplav outfit nabbed for extortion (kh
27/02/2021)
Huge
price differential triggers cross-border fuel smuggling
: Nepal and India share an 1,800-km open border with
more than three dozen motorable crossing points, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 27/02/2021)
Police
file murder case against six for killing a youth in
Morang two months ago, by Binod Subedi and Chuman
Basnet (rep 25/02/2021)
Addressing
HR violations : Nepal Police needs to reform, by
Mohna Ansari (ht 23/02/2021)
Nepal
needs to amend human trafficking laws to fully enforce
Palermo Protocol, experts say : Existing laws define the
crime in a narrow sense and fail to protect the victims,
they argue, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/02/2021)
Police
arrest 374 runaway criminals in past three months,
by Anup Ojha (kp 17/02/2021)
Police
arrest one from Kanchanpur in Bhagarathi murder
allegation (kh 16/02/2021), Police
make public prime accused of Bhagarathi Bhatta's murder
in Baitadi (rep 17/02/2021), Police
make public a boy accused in alleged rape and murder of
Baitadi teenagerThe suspect went to the same school as
the victim, police say, by Tripti Shahi (kp
18/02/2021), Accused
of rape and murder of Bhatta confesses to the crime
(rep 19/02/2021), Bhatta’s
final rites are being performed today, 17 days after her
murder (rep 19/02/2021)
PM
Oli faction assaults NC leader NP Saud in Baitadi
(kp 16/02/2021)
NC
cadres arrested for chanting vulgar slogans against PM
Oli (kh 16/02/2021)
Abduction
and murder case filed against 42 members of the
Communist Party of Nepal, including its leader Chand :
They have been charged with kidnapping and killing a
teacher in Morang on December 4 (kp 16/02/2021), 42
CPN activists charged with abduction, murder of
Miklajung school principal : Police have arrested
party’s Morang district in-charge Dhan Bahadur BK while
the remaining 41 are at large (kp 17/02/2021), Chand
party leader accused in principal murder case being
probed for firearms possession : Dhan Bahadur BK was
sent to judicial custody for arms possession. He is due
to present his statement to the court on abduction and
murder of Rajendra Shrestha from Sunday, by Deo
Narayan Shah (kp 18/02/2021)
Three
students injured in a clash between two factions of NCP
in Kathmandu (kh 16/02/2021)
Family
of Baitadi victim still clueless about perpetrator’s
identity : Police claim that they will make public the
culprits soon, by Tripti Shahi (kp 14/02/2021), Someone
familiar involved in Bhagrathi rape and murder case:
Police (rep 14/02/2021)
Bardiya
municipalities unite to keep memories of war victims
alive : Local and provincial governments can now do
their bit to provide relief for victims of the
conflict, experts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/02/2021)
Man
arrested for raping 14-year-old girl (kh 14/02/2021)
Fear
looms the fate of Nirmala Pant case might recur, by
Gajendra Basnet (kh 13/02/2021)
Nepal’s
‘inferior’ women : Nepal is still a highly patriarchal
society that looks upon women as second-class citizens
(ae 12/02/2021), ‘Women’s
March’ in Kathmandu to demand an end to violence against
women and impunity : People from various walks of life
are participating in the march from Basantapur to Singha
Durbar gate (kp 12/02/2021), ‘Justice,
justice, justice’ : Fed up with inaction, women march to
demand end to impunity, by Samiksha Baral (kp
13/02/2021), Hundreds
rally in capital for women’s rights (ht 13/02/2021)
Girl
abducted and raped in Morang, by Chuman Basnet (rep
11/02/2021)
Standard
for expanding GBV Prevention Fund developed (ht
10/02/2021)
Eliminating
gender based violence : The way political leadership is
working to end gender-based violence in our country is
not inspiring enough. There should be greater commitment
and more actions, by Mandip Lamichhane (rep
10/02/2021), Smash
rape culture : Impunity is one of the reasons why sexual
violence continues to thrive (kp 11/02/2021) [The Oli government and political
parties care more about their sympathisers, even if they
are perpetrators! They also regard women as inferior
creatures, subordinate to men in every way!]
Lactating
mothers, newborns in the far-west forced to stay in
cowsheds after childbirth, by Prakash Singh (ht
10/02/2021)
A
pall of gloom and fear hangs over Baitadi village since
teenage girl found deadSchools remain closed as calls
grow louder that culprit(s) should be booked. Police
say, based on the post-mortem report, someone killed the
17-year-old after rape, by Tripti Shahi (kp
10/02/2021)
Three
incidents of rape and attempted rape reported in five
days in Gorkha (rep 09/02/2021)
Locals
worried that culprits of Bhagrathi rape and murder case
may escape (rep 09/02/2021)
Post-mortem
report reveals Baitadi teenager was raped and murdered :
There were wounds in her head, legs, mouth, hands and
private parts, police say, by Tripti Shahi (kp
09/02/2021)
Four
years old girl raped in school, by Narahari Sapkota
(rep 08/02/2021)
Nepali
girl gang raped and murdered in Bihar (rep
08/02/2021)
48-yr-old
woman murdered in cold blood in Bara (kh 08/02/2021)
NHRC
to monitor probe into Baitadi rape, murder (ht
08/02/2021), ‘Bhagarathi
raped and choked to death’, by Bira Gadal (rep
08/02/2021), Bhagarathi
rape and murder case: Vaginal swab sent to Kathmandu for
lab test (rep 08/02/2021)
Baitadi
father shoots daughter, torches house and flees, by
Tekendra Deuba (ht 07/02/2021)
Human
trafficking laws need to be amended, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 07/02/2021)
Teenage
girl found dead in Baitadi forest : The girl’s family
suspects that she was murdered and have demanded
authorities to arrest the perpetrators, by Tripti
Shahi (kp 06/02/2021), Bhagirathi
Bhatta murder case: Six arrested for interrogation
(kh 06/02/2021), Bhagirathi
Murder Case: Preliminary investigation suggests rape
before murder, by Tekendra Deuba (ht 07/02/2021)
Home
minister announces ‘third people’s movement’, but many
wonder what it means : In a bid to win Oli’s favour,
Thapa warns his former comrade Dahal that if his
agitation turns violent he, as home minister, will lock
up the former rebel leader in the zoo, by Anil Giri
(kp 06/02/2021) [Sick mind??
This statement alone is a proof!]
General
strike affects life nationwide : Five trucks were
vandalised in Chitwan on Thursday; vehicular movement
disrupted in many other places, by Ramesh Kumar
Poudel (kp 05/02/2021) [Since
1991, the cadres of the political parties do not
understand what the fundamental right to strike and
demonstrate entails. In any case, vandalism and coercive
methods against civil society are not part of it!],
As
citizens bear the brunt of strikes, they ask who
politicians are servingSix vehicles were vandalised in
the Capital during Thursday’s general strike called by
the Dahal-Nepal faction. Their fault—going about their
lives to feed their families, by Anup Ojha (kp
05/02/2021), Banda
for what? People are not going to tolerate it when any
political group declares shutdowns and restricts their
mobility (rep 05/02/2021)
Dahal-Nepal
faction supporters hold protests in major cities across
the country : Five trucks were vandalised in Chitwan on
Thursday; vehicular movement disrupted in many other
cities, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 04/02/2021), Taxi
set on fire, vehicles vandalised; over 70 arrested in
Kathmandu during Dahal-Nepal faction general strike :
The Dahal-Nepal faction is protesting against
Wednesday’s appointments and House dissolution (kp
04/02/2021) [Demonstrations and
strikes against Oli's coup are necessary, but vandalism
is a crime for which the organisers must be accountable!]
Dahal-Nepal
faction cadres vandalize vehicle in which DPM Ishwar
Pokharel was traveling to Nuwakot, by Tapendra Karki
(rep 01/02/2021)
Let’s
raise our voice : This is a time to unite and educate
every person to speak out against gender violence,
by Sachina Paudel (kp 31/01/2021)
Five
arrested with Rs 3.8 million illegal money and bank
checks (rep 29/01/2021)
Youth
hacked to death over school committee election dispute
in Bajhang : Ward chairman and three others arrested in
connection with the murder, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 28/01/2021)
Campaigners
decry use of force by police on peaceful civic protest
against the House dissolution move : Unwarned,
protesters were hit by water cannons and beaten up
as they marched towards Baluwatar. Earlier in the day,
rights activists were rounded up from same area, by
Anup Ojha (kp 26/01/2021), [The
police action as now ordered by the Oli government is
criminal and a serious violation of basic human rights.
The behaviour of the police has not changed since the
end of the authoritarian royal Panchayat system!]
In
mocking lawyers and judiciary, Oli is making a mockery
of rule of law : Legal experts say ever since he
dissolved the House, the prime minister has been making
attempts to justify his move and in doing so he has
turned the whole situation into a farce, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 25/01/2021)
Indian
national arrested on charge of rape in Birgunj (kh
24/01/2021)
90pc
VAW cases settled thru reconciliation (ht
18/01/2021) [This cannot be
called justice. It overwhelmingly proves the unequal
legal position of women. VAW is a serious crime and must
be dealt with and punished by public courts. In case of
legal loopholes, the courts must bindingly oblige the
legislator to adjust the laws immediately!]
Over
2,000 absconding convicts nabbed (ht 17/01/2021)
One
dead, three injured at the hands of faith healers in
Gulmi district : A 64-year-old man was fatally burned
and beaten in the name of treatment, by Madhav Aryal
(kp 15/01/2021)
Cops
thrash man black and blue (ht 12/01/2021)
Murders
on the rise in Kathmandu; three murders of same nature
in a year, by Gajendra Basnet (kh 11/01/2021)
Millions
worth of expired goods that were still being sold in
market destroyed, 512 firms fined : Market flooded with
expired products, says Department of Commerce, Supplies
and Consumer Protection. Consumers urged to exercise
caution, by Krishana Prasain (kp 10/01/2021)
Over
4,000 arrested for drug crime last fiscal (ht
10/01/2021)
Nepali
investors make millions from opaque share deals, by
Rudra Pangeni, Deepak Adhikari and Diarmid O'Sullivan (kp
10/01/2021)
Youths
demanding justice to Nirmala Pant arrested from PM Oli’s
mass assembly (kh 08/01/2021), Seven
held from Oli’s event for wearing t-shirts with slogans
demanding justice for Nirmala Pant : People who attended
the function say they were not allowed to wear anything
black, even caps or masks, by Mohan Budhaair (kp
09/01/2021) [Many authoritarian
politicians are prone to such misbehaviour. Moreover, he
must once again put up with the question of whether he
personally is deliberately trying to prevent the crime
against Nirmala Pant from being solved!]
Man
on the run after murdering wife found dead (rep
07/01/2021)
Discrimination
against Bajura elderly with leprosy; forced to live in
cow-shed (ht 06/01/2021)
Hubby
‘hacks wife to death’ in Ilam (kh 05/01/2021)
Man
arrested while trafficking woman to UAE (kh
04/01/2021)
Minister’s
car flees after hitting a man, by Om Prakash Thakur
(kp 03/01/2020)
Nirmala
Panta's Case Revisited : Apathy delays justice (rep
02/01/2021)
Protests
called for release of eight people convicted in 2015
Tikapur incident : The individuals who have been jailed
for life are ‘political’ prisoners, struggle committee
says, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 02/01/2021)
With
no House, amendment to transitional justice law, as per
court order, remains uncertain : The government is
preparing to extend the terms of the commissioners
assigned to look into conflict-era cases once again. Why
not bring an ordinance to amend the law as ordered by
the Supreme Court in 2015 instead, victims say, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 01/01/2021)
Online
scammers still active in Kathmandu (ht 01/01/2021)
Violence
against women on the rise in Province 2, by Kamalesh
Thakur (kh 31/12/2020)
Ganga
Maya staging hunger strike for last six days, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 27/12/2020)
Alleged
mastermind behind honey trap case lands in police net
after five months : The man allegedly lured a
motorcyclist to Chobhar using a woman and robbed him
of valuables worth Rs635,000, by Anup Ojha (kp
25/12/2020)
Hubby
strikes wife to death in Panchthar (kh 24/12/2020)
Inmates
being mistreated in Gaur prison (ht 23/12/2020)
Man
from Palpa village charged with raping sister for seven
years (ht 23/12/2020)
Rapist
father sentenced to life in prison (kh 23/12/2020)
Rapist
sentenced to 10 years in Jail (kh 22/12/2020)
Dissolution
of parliament was not my wish: PM Oli (rep
21/12/2020) [A no-confidence
vote in parliament would have been a normal democratic
procedure. Dissolving the parliament to prevent it is an
attack on the fundamentals of democracy and both PM and
President must stand trial for this crime! The long
overdue resignation of the PM would have been another
democratic option!]
Extrajudicial
killings : Court order to form mechanism could provide
justice to victims’ kin; Such crimes have so far been
investigated by Nepal Police or a task force, but
perpetrators are hardly ever punished as investigations
are not honest, human rights activists say, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 19/12/2020) [In a
state where even those in the highest offices do not
feel bound by the constitution and laws, and where
supposedly binding statements constantly turn out to be
lies, the close links between politics and crime prevent
any justice for victims!]
Police
arrest one on charge of sex extortion : The arrested
allegedly demanded Rs 7 million from the victim not to
disclose her nude pictures (rep 19/12/2020)
Cases
Of Women Trafficking In Name Of Foreign Employment On
The Rise, by Mukunda Gaure (rn 18/12/2020)
Resham
Chaudhary and Laxman Tharu convicted in Tikapur incident
receive life imprisonment (rep 18/12/2020), High
court upholds life sentences of seven individuals in
Tikapur incident : Court commuted life sentences of four
persons to five years; raised three-year jail term of
Laxman Tharu to life, by Mohan Shahi (kp 19/12/2020)
Supreme
Court not hearing case against Speaker Sapkota (kh
18/12/2020) [A typical case of
denial of justice! Without clarification of this case,
Sapkota should never have been appointed Speaker of
Parliament in a democratic state! However, it has only
been 15 years since the crime was committed...]
Four
arrested on charge of sexual abuse in Bhaktapur (rep
17/12/2020)
Old
lady found abandoned in Tinkune dies (rep
17/12/2020)
Police
Inspector held for performing forceful abortion (kh
17/12/2020)
Minister
Gyawali yet again says amendment to transitional justice
law soon : Conflict victims and experts doubt the
amendment will be presented before Parliament anytime
soon and it will do away with provisions of amnesty for
perpetrators of rights abuse, by Binod Ghimire (kp
16/12/2020)
Rape
cases increasing in Banke (ht 16/12/2020)
Smuggling
of wildlife parts rampant in Butwal, by Amrita Anmol
(kp 16/12/2020)
Alam
brother remanded in judicial custody in connection with
Rautahat killingsSecurity personnel detained Mahatab
Alam from Bihar in India and brought him to Rautahat
last week, by Shiva Puri (14/12/2020)
The
bitter story of sweet sugarcane: Farmers not paid for
past seven years (rep 13/12/2020)
Case
filed against a judge offering clean chit to ‘Siddha
Baba’ (kh 13/12/2020)
Ordinance
amends law on rape but fails to recognise rape of boy
child and sexual minorities : Provision to legally
recognise rape of only a woman or a girl child retained
despite authorities wanting to change that provision to
‘person’. That could have had other implications, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 11/12/2020)
Contain
Chand-led party’s activities before they get out of
hand, analysts say : Observers say the more the
incumbent government fails, the more it will create
space for anti-democratic forces, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 11/12/2020), Chand
cadres often visited slain teacher : Villagers say the
activists of Communist Party of Nepal used to come to
their homes asking for food and money, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 11/12/2020)
Chand
party’s killing of school principal is a grim reminder
of the Maoist conflict : Analysts say the government
appears to be failing in its approach to deal with the
Communist Party of Nepal, which has been involved in
violent activities for long, by Binod Ghimire (kp
10/12/2020), Chand-led
Communist Party of Nepal claims responsibility for
murder of school principal : The party said it took
action against Rajendra Kumar Shrestha for being an
informant to police and helping them arrest its cadres,
by Madhav Ghimire and Binod Bhandari (kp 10/12/2020) [It is indeed brazen that the people
whom the CPN wants to "liberate" through murder,
extortion and destruction of public and private property
are defending themselves against these crimes! There is
a great deal wrong in Nepal, but Dahal and other leaders
of his former Maoist party have already amply
demonstrated how quickly dear targets are replaced by
personal power interests!], Govt
intensifies surveillance on Biplav activities following
Miklajung murder (kh 10/12/2020), Let’s
rage against Biplav’s barbarism (rep 10/12/2020), Nepal
Police Headquarters directs its units to be aggressive
against Chand outfit (rep 10/12/2020), Entrepreneurs
are being threatened to either pay extortion amount or
close businesses: FNCCI (rep 10/12/2020)
AI
Nepal Starts Campaign Urging PM Oli To Probe Incidents
Of 'Custodial Deaths' (rn 10/12/2020), AI
Nepal starts campaign urging PM Oli to probe incidents
of ‘custodial deaths’ (kh 10/12/2020)
“I
am not angry at what happened to Nabaraj. I am scared
that it will happen to me”, by Binayak Sundas (rep
09/12/2020)
Rape-convict
lands in police net after 11 years (kh 09/12/2020)
Teacher
shot dead by Biplav cadres in Morang (kh
08/12/2020), CPN
cadres abduct, kill school principal (ht
09/12/2020), Govt
intensifies surveillance on Biplav activities following
Miklajung murder (kh 10/12/2020)
Ex-Minister
Aftab Alam's Brother Mahatab Detained, by Krishna
Tiwari (rn 07/12/2020)
One
arrested on charge of human trafficking (rep
05/12/2020)
Powerful
bomb blast at limestone mine of Saurya Cement, five
laborers injured, by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep
04/12/2020)
Women
commission defunct as cases of violence against women
continues : Since it was elevated to a constitutional
body in the new constitution, it has not had full quota
of commissioners, and since 2017 it hasn’t had any
office bearers, by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/12/2020)
Murdered
by caste : We have become accomplices to crimes against
humanity and brought dishonour upon ourselves (kp
01/12/2020)
Six
people arrested in connection with ‘honour killing’ of
17-year-old in Rautahat : The victim was living with her
parents after divorcing her husband, police say, by
Shiva Puri (kp 30/11/2020), Parents
mastermind daughter’s murder to ‘save family honour’
(ht 30/11/2020)
Siblings
arrested for faking abduction (ht 30/11/2020)
Six
including ward chairperson arrested for settling rape
case in Baitadi (rep 29/11/2020)
Two
women thrashed in Saptari district (ht 28/11/2020)
Father
arrested on charge of raping 13-year-old daughter in
Pokhara (rep 27/11/2020)
Teenager
raped while out for fetching water from well : Village
elders try to influence case tempting victim with 10gram
gold (kh 27/11/2020)
Two
suspected detonators arrested (kh 27/11/2020)
Seven
including ex-lawmaker not charge-sheeted in Chaurasiya
murder case (kh 27/11/2020)
Act
now to address shadow pandemic of VAW, says WHO (ht
26/11/2020), End
to gender-based violence sought (ht 26/11/2020)
Rapist
father gets 37 years in prison (kh 26/11/2020)
14
rape cases in Gorkha in just four months; 10 girls under
16 years are among victims, by Narhari Sapkota (rep
26/11/2020)
Government
strategy against VAW confined in papers, VAW cases
increasing : 16-day campaign against VAW starts today,
by Sabina Karki (kh 25/11/2020)
Never-ending
road to justice : In the absence of political
will, the process has been derailed systematically,
by Susan Risal (kp 24/11/2020)
Six-year-old
girl murdered after ‘rape’ in Mahottari, enraged locals
torch house of accused (rep 24/11/2020), Six-year-old
missing girl found dead; rape and subsequent murder
suspected : Three persons injured on Tuesday as police
opened fire at demonstrators demanding action against
the guilty, by Sunita Baral (kp 25/11/2020), Situation
tense in Bardibas as protests against rape, murder of
minor continue : Demonstrators took to streets despite
prohibitory order imposed by local administration,
by Sunita Baral (kp 26/11/2020)
Three
injured as police open fire on locals protesting against
murder of minor in Mahottari (rep 24/11/2020)
Mediators
in rape cases will also face jail term, as per a new
ordinance (kp 23/11/2020), Three-year
jail for forcing reconciliation on rape victims (ht
23/11/2020), Combating
rape culture : The latest ordinance is a positive step
towards providing justice to victims of sexual violence
(kp 24/11/2020), Rape
is unreconcilable : The new provision in the ordinance
will discourage village leaders from settling rape cases
outside the court of law (ht 24/11/2020)
Murder
investigation an excuse for police to harass locals,
Dudawa residents say : Police have detained 18 people in
connection with the murder of a 12-year-old boy, by
Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 23/11/2020)
Decades
and still no justice : Not a single victim has realised
any form of justice or acknowledgement in the 14 years
since the peace deal, by Suman Adhikari (kp
22/11/2020) [But the
perpetrators and those responsible live in luxury and
leading positions through which they know how to prevent
any justice!]
Two
arrested on the charge of rape (kh 22/11/2020)
Dalit
family thrashed in Siraha; one critical (ht
22/11/2020)
Fourteen
years on, victims of the decade-long armed conflict are
still awaiting justice : On eve of the anniversary of
the signing of the peace deal, rights bodies warn that
delay in concluding transitional justice process
could be investigated by international courts, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 21/11/2020), Failure
to prosecute perpetrators promoting fresh abuses, warn
rights groups (ht 21/11/2020), Rights
bodies accuse Nepal of stalling justice for conflict-era
crimes (rep 21/11/2020)
Action
sought against Gaur massacre perpetrators (ht
20/11/2020)
Take
criminal cases seriously, DAs, cops told (kp
19/11/2020)
Three-year-old
baby girl murdered in Makawanpur (rep 19/11/2020), 3-year-old
girl raped and murdered in Makawanpur (kh
19/11/2020), Four-year-old
raped and murdered in Makwanpur, by Subash Bidari
(kp 20/11/2020)
Teenage
girl ‘hanged to death after gang rape’ in Kapilvastu,
by Kiranman Bajracharya (rep 19/11/2020)
Man
held on charge of raping 14-year-old girl in capital
(rep 18/11/2020)
बलात्कारीलाई
जन्मकैद : बलात्कारलाई जन्मकैदको सजाय गर्ने, जाहेरी
दरखास्त दर्ता नगर्ने प्रहरीलाई कारबाही गर्ने, जाहेरी
दरखास्त लिन प्रहरी पीडितको घरमा जाने, बलात्कारको घटना
मिलाउनेलाई बलात्कारीलाई हुने सजायको आधा सजाय गर्ने कानुन
बनाउनुपर्यो [Rapist is sentenced to life
imprisonment : A law had to be enacted to punish the
rapist with life imprisonment, to take action against the
police for not registering a complaint, to go to the
victim's house to file a complaint, and to punish the
rapist with half the punishment for raping the rapist.],
by Balram KC (ka 15/11/2020)
54
women missing since March lockdown (ht 13/11/2020),
247
missing from Bara (ht 13/11/2020)
Young
Woman Shot Dead In Rautahat (rn 12/11/2020)
Former
state minister, who was held on charge of gambling,
released on bail (rep 11/11/2020)
Man
arrested for raping 7-year-old in Kathmandu (kh
11/11/2020)
Smuggling
of medicinal herbs, wildlife parts rampant via Urai
border point in Bajhang : The remoteness of the area has
encouraged smugglers to use the route to carry out
illegal trade across the border, locals say, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 11/11/2020)
Two
jailed, six others fined for distributing expired
products in market : Consumer protection body takes
action against representatives of Ayan Distributor and
Bishnu Laxmi Enterprises for peddling expired products
by relabelling their dates, by Krishana Prasain (kp
10/11/2020)
Murder-convict
on the run arrested after 16 years (rep 10/11/2020)
How
frequent do murders take place in Nepal?, by
Gajendra Basnet (kh 09/11/2020)
More
fugitives getting caught across country amid the
pandemic : With loss of jobs abroad, they have been
returning home only for police to catch them. But this
has added to the burden of overstretched prison system,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/11/2020)
Man
arrested on the charge of rape (kh 07/11/2020)
राजनीतिमा
अपराधीकरण, by Sri Prasad Prasain (Rajdhani
04/11/2020)
How
young activists are trying to reshape the movement
against sexual violence in Nepal : In a country with
alarming rape statistics, where survivors of sexual
violence fail to get justice, ‘Ajhai Kati Sahane’ hopes
to bring about social change, by Ankit Khadgi (kp
03/11/2020)
Rape,
murder attempt cases filed against police constable in
Doti (ht 03/11/2020)
Rape
cases up in Dashain (ht 03/11/2020)
Two
held for rape (ht 03/11/2020)
Transitional
justice, conflict victims and human dignity : Nepal has
failed miserably as a responsible state that is willing
to investigate war-era atrocities, by Madhav Joshi
(kp 02/11/2020)
Indian
national arrested on charge of raping 10-year-old girl
in Nepal (kh 02/11/2020)
Three
arrested on charge of stabbing a youth to death in Tokha
(rep 01/11/2020)
Social,
Financial Crimes Up During Dashain: Police (rn
30/10/2020)
Pashupatinath
Temple Trust’s Bhandari to be tried under cybercrime
charge (kh 30/10/2020)
Body
of man killed in clash remains in Narayani Hospital :
The victim had sustained serious injuries on his head
and died while undergoing treatment at Birgunj based-LS
Neuro Hospital on Friday morning, by Bhusan Yadav
(kp 29/10/2020)
Two
Persons Posed As Traditional Healers, Made Women Enter
Their Shrine Naked, Abused Them Sexually For 13 Years,
And Now They Are Arrested, by Bhakti Bilash Pokharel
(rn 29/10/2020)
10
high-profile gamblers arrested with Rs 3 million in
Nepalgunj, by Arjun Oli (rep 29/10/2020)
Shaman
arrested on the charge of rape (kh 28/10/2020)
Whereabouts
of police officer who went missing on Sunday still
unknown, by Arjun Shah (kp 20/10/2020), Seven
individuals held on charge of killing two policemenThe
smugglers killed the policemen and threw their bodies
into the Mohana river on Saturday night, police
say, by Arjun Shah (kp 21/10/2020)
Do
Rapists Deserve Death Penalty?, by Birendra Madai
(rn 20/10/2020)
Police
seize 23kg gold from Birgunj apartment : The contraband
was found in the apartment of an Indian national on
Saturday, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 18/10/2020)
Hooliganism
spreading wide; more than 250 under police vigil, by
Gajendra Basnet (kh 18/10/2020)
National
rights body probe finds yet another extra-judicial
killing : State protection for guilty giving rise to
such cases, activists say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
17/10/2020), Bhaktapur
abduction accused killed in police custody: NHRC (ht
17/10/2020), Rights
body sticks to its decision (ht 17/10/2020)
Authorities
warned against settling rape case through reconciliation
(ht 17/10/2020)
Rape
cases continue to rise in Bara district (ht
17/10/2020)
Youths
misbehave with girl, arrests sought (ht 17/10/2020)
Nepal
Police urged to adopt stringent measures against heinous
crimes (ht 17/10/2020)
Man
held for minor’s rape, killing (ht 16/10/2020)
Nepal’s
acid attack survivors find a saviour : Activist Ujjwal
Bikram Thapa says he will not rest until this crime is
eradicated, by Sabina Devkota (nt 16/10/2020)
Suspension
of DSP GC acquitted in Nirmala Pant case lifted (kh
15/10/2020)
Online
Misogynist Bullying Emerging as a Silent Pandemic in
Nepal, by Deeksha Khatiwada (kh 14/10/2020)
Two-year
project launched in Karnali and Province 2 to tackle
gender-based violence (rep 14/10/2020)
Witchcraft
violence continues unabated across Nepal (ht
12/10/2020)
Police
to intensify operation to prevent sexual harassment
(ht 12/10/2020)
Man
arrested on girl trafficking charge (rep 11/10/2020)
Victims
of crimes continue to be at the receiving end of
panchayat justice : Most of them have no knowledge of
legal proceedings while factors like lengthy legal
process and financial burden drive them to seek justice
from within the community, lawyers say, by Abdhesh
Kumar Jha (kp 11/10/2020)
Lifer
for rape of daughter (ht 11/10/2020)
eSewa
data breached! A hacker releases nearly two dozen eSewa
users’ details including passwords : Denying data
breach, eSewa blames third party sites for ‘phishing
scams’ (rep 09/10/2020)
43-year-old
man held on charge of raping seven-year-old girl in
Kathmandu (rep 08/10/2020)
Father
of Bijay Mahara claims he was forced to change complaint
: The father of Bijay, who died in police custody, was
promised monetary compensation and martyrdom for his son
if he agreed to receive his body and change his
statement, by Shiva Puri (kp 08/10/2020)
Real
estate agent beaten to death by clients (rep
08/10/(2020), Three
arrested on charge of beating real estate agent to death
(rep 13/10/2020)
Women
Alliance Calls For Stern Action Against Guilty Of VAW
(rn 07/10/2020)
People’s
representative arrested for sexual abuse (kh
06/10/2020)
TU
assistant professor attacked with iron rod (kh
06/10/2020), Two
students arrested on charge of thrashing TU asst
professor with iron rod (rep 12/10/2020)
Expect
more rape and murder unless internal security is
improved: Experts, by Anjali Subedi (rep 05/10/2020)
Women
MPs lobby for harsher penalties for rape : As cases of
sexual violence have continued to go up despite
increased jail term, women lawmakers want rapists to be
chemically castrated, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/10/2020)
Two
arrested for rape, hostage-taking (ht 05/10/2020), Two
arrested on charge of gang-raping teenage girl in bus in
Bhaktapur (rep 05/10/2020)
Oppn
lawmakers resort to vandalism as Province 5 Assembly
meeting deliberates on proposal to name the province as
Lumbini and make Dang its capital (rep 05/10/2020) [The destruction of public property
by office bearers must be punished severely!], NCP
conflict plays out in Province 5, Congress jumps into
the fray : Provincial assembly members from the
opposition resort to vandalism amid dispute in the
ruling party over declaring name and capital of
the province, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 06/10/2020), An
assembly of vandals : Nepali Congress must show that a
well-behaved opposition is paramount to democracy
(kp 07/10/2020) [These MPs have
disqualified themselves as representatives of the
people, now and for all future! That they personally pay
for the damage done is the least they must do! Nepal
must show that it is a democratic constitutional state!]
Police
arrest an absconding accused of Rautahat mass murder
(rep 03/10/2020), Another
suspect of Rautahat brick kiln massacre held, by
Shiva Puri (kp 04/10/2020), Man
admits to burning alive those injured in 2008 blast
(ht 05/10/2020)
Get
Tough With Rapists, by Bini Dahal (rn 02/10/2020)
Exposed!
The story of a controversial godwoman who exploited
people for years (rep 02/10/2020)
Nepal
Army soldier held on charge of assaulting Chepang youth
in Chitwan National Park in July, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (kp 01/10/2020)
Ward
secretary arrested on rape charge (kh 01/10/2020)
SC
allows review of verdict to acquit accused in Ram Hari
murder case (kh)
One
arrested on charge of kidnapping and extorting Nepali
migrant worker in Malaysia (rep 30/09/2020)
Father
arrested on charge of raping daughter (rep
29/09/2020)
Ex-PM
Bhattarai’s tweet on death penalty for rapists triggers
ripples (kh 29/09/2020)
Family
refuses to accept the body of 12-year-old rape and
murder victim : The accused, who is in custody, has not
admitted to the crime, raising doubts about the police
investigation, say family members, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 29/09/2020), Suspect
in Bajhang girl rape, murder case confesses to crime :
The suspect says he raped the 12-year-old and murdered
her with a trident and hammer, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 01/10/2020)
Youths
seek justice for 12-year-old girl killed after rape,
by Monica Malla (rep 26/09/2020), Victim’s
family does not wish to see her body before culprit is
arrested, by Jagat Khadka (rep 27/09/2020), “Don’t
let rapists walk free”, by Dipesh Shrestha (rep
28/09/2020)
How
controversial statements by lawmakers on sensitive
issues go unchecked : A debate has started on the need
for lawmakers to change their traditional mindsets,
rather than just amend the laws and policies, by
Binu Subedi (kp 25/09/2020)
Acid
attackers to face jail term of upto 20 years and fine of
Rs 1 million (rep 25/09/2020), Ordinance
moots 20-year jail term for acid attack (ht
26/09/2020) [And what about
strict control of acid selling?]
Attempts
to dismiss rape exposed, ward chair chased off (ht
23/09/2020)
Teacher
in Kapilvastu arrested after four months on rape charge
(rep 22/09/2020)
Cases
of violence against women have gone up in Achham : Many
men who have returned home from foreign jobs due to the
pandemic have taken to drinking and hitting their wives
and children, police say, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
21/09/2020)
Woman
thrashed on charge of witchcraft in Saptari (kh
21/09/2020)
New
deterrent provisions on the cards : Punishment for acid
attack perpetrators seen as too less, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 20/09/2020)
Deceased
journo Pahari’s family demands investigation (ht
20/09/2020)
Policemen
who beat up civilian at Babarmahal on Thursday to be
investigated (rep 18/09/2020), Three-member
committee formed to probe police brutality in Kathmandu
(rep 19/09/2020)
Rape
victim in Saptari commits suicide after villagers stop
her from filing a case with police (rep 16/09/2020),
Teenage
rape victim in Saptari took her own life after being
forced into out-of-court settlement : The village elders
had tried to hush up the matter and threatened the
victim and her mother of consequences if they
reported the incident with the police; The four men who
raped the 17-year-old girl are still at large, police
say, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 17/09/2020)
Two
deaths in police custody within a month (ht
14/09/2020), In-custody
death of a Dalit youth in Kailali sparks protests,
by Arjun Shah (kp 15/09/2020)
Man
may have killed wife, son, in Thimi, police
investigators say, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
13/09/2020)
Case
filed against police for alleged custody death of
Dalit youth : Bijay Mahara’s father filed the complaint
with the Office of District Attorney on Wednesday
seeking investigation into his son’s death, by Shiva
Puri (kp 10/09/2020)
A
teenage girl held captive and gang-raped for days after
being drugged in Kanchanpur (rep 09/09/2020)
3
held in connection with 17-yr-old girl’s rape in Baitadi
(kh 09/09/2020)
Despite
pandemic, drugs still being moved into Nepal, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 09/09/2020)
Amid
little progress, pandemic could become an excuse to
delay justice for conflict-era victims : Five years have
passed since two commissions were formed, but not a
single investigation has been started, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 09/09/2020)
Police
officials don’t accept complaints against their own
colleagues, activists say : The latest of such examples
is police in Garuda Municipality, Rautahat refusing to
register a first information report against the death in
custody of 19-year-old Bijaya Mahara, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 08/09/2020)
Police
constable arrested for “attempt to rape” (rep
07/09/2020)
Alka
Hospital staffer found dead in jungle two days after she
went missing (rep 05/09/2020)
9
alleged in attacking traffic policeman to be sued in
offenses against public order : District Administration
Office grants remand for 7 days (kh 04/09/2020)
Woman
stabbed to death in Anamnagar (kh 04/09/2020)
Two
arrested on charge of gang rape (kh 04/09/2020)
Two
former lawmakers stage hunger strike over custody
death of Dalit youth : The struggle committee has warned
of stepping up protest if its demands are not addressed,
by Shiva Puri (kp 03/09/2020)
Crime
up in Rautahat, four killed in two weeks (ht
01/09/2020)
Demonstrations
continue over custody death of Dalit youth : Family of
Bijay Kumar has refused to accept probe committee formed
by Home Ministry, by Shiva Puri(kp 01/09/2020)
Two
killers: Cities and centralism; The federal government’s
lack of support for the vulnerable is going to add to
the death toll, by Achyut Wagle (kp 01/09/2020)
Work
or perish: The state is morally bound to safeguard its
citizens working in precarious conditions abroad (kp
01/09/2020)
“Forgotten
and Forsaken”, by Nirajan Thapaliya (ht 30/08/2020),
For
the families of the hundreds of disappeared, the long
wait for justice still continues : Fourteen years have
passed since civil conflict ended and five years since
the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared
Persons was formed, but not a single family has been
told what happened to its loved one, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 30/08/2020) [Not
even those who claim to be responsible for the death of
5.000 people are removed from all offices and taken to
court!], “Forgotten
and Forsaken”, by Nirajan Thapaliya (ht 30/08/2020),
Various
organizations call for end to continue delays in justice
for Nepal's victims (rep 30/08/2020)
Perpetrators
who shot dead temple priest remain at large : Police say
the suspected shooters are hiding in India as protesters
demand they are brought to justice, by Shiva Puri
(kp 29/08/2020)
Locals
protest the death of youth held on murder charge : The
deceased’s family has accused police of torture while
authorities claim the detainee died due to prior illness,
by Shiva Puri (kp 28/08/2020), Yet
another Dalit death puts spotlight on culture of torture
police custody : Family members and rights activists
demand investigation into the death of Bijay Mahara
detained over a murder case, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/08/2020)
Police
looking for man who sold a 14-year-old Nepali girl in
India : She was trafficked last year but had been too
traumatised to speak up about the incident, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 28/08/2020)
‘I’m
shocked it happened to me’. Record-breaking athlete
encounters discrimination : Chandra Kala Lamgade, who
has represented Nepal in two South Asian Games and an
Asian Championship, was allegedly attacked for standing
up against caste-based discrimination, by Parbat
Portel(kp 28/08/2020)
Man
shot in clash over ox slaughtering dies : A clash had
ensued between the locals of Kamatoli and police on
Wednesday; police personnel had fired at the crowd, says
eyewitness, by Parbat Portel (kp 27/08/2020)
Investigation
into Chepang youth’s death in Chitwan National Park yet
to conclude : The father of the deceased had filed a
complaint with the district police against Nepal
Army personnel a month ago, but no one has been booked
yet; Nepal Army has been accused of fatally
assaulting Raj Kumar Chepang, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel
(kp 27/08/2020)
Party
panel’s transitional justice proposal draws flak : The
recommendations are political and go against principles
of transitional justice, and Nepal’s commitments to
human rights, victims and activists say, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 26/08/2020)
Health
workers say they reuse disposable masks as hospitals
don’t provide enough : More health workers not involved
in treating Covid-19 patients are getting infected with
the coronavirus due to the lack of enough personal
protective equipment, by Arjun Poudel (kp
26/08/2020)
Schools
once used as quarantine centres are now damaged and
littered with garbage : Many schools in Karnali Province
have been left to pick up after the mess left behind by
quarantined villagers, by Chandan Kathayat (kp
24/08/2020)
11-year-old
girl abducted and raped in Bardiya (kh 22/08/2020)
Seven
persons charged with Dalit youth’s murder paraded
(ht 21/08/2020)
‘Provide
proper treatment to ailing pregnant woman’ (ht
21/08/2020)
The
cost of the ruling party feud: This dispute is
destructive because of its disconnect from the pressing
issues of national interest, by Achyut Wagle (kp
18/08/2020)
How
my teacher abused me, and how I got out of the
depression that followed (rep 17/08/2020)
Bharatpur
dumps waste in Narayani River banks despite having
designated land to build a landfill site: Monsoon spells
disaster for locals living in riverbank settlements with
garbage washed ashore by the overflowing river, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 15/08/2020)
One
arrested on charge of stabbing a youth to death (rep
15/08/2020)
Another
case spotlights apathy towards rights body: Ministry of
Home Affairs asks the National Human Rights commission
to review its recommendations on alleged extra-judicial
killing of Kumar Poudel, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/08/2020) [The authoritarian
Oli government continues to move forward on its path of
anti-democratic and unlawful action!]
The
prolonged trauma of acid attack survivors: Teenage
survivors in Nepal get together to deter future attacks
with stricter laws and ban on sale of acid, by Laxmi
Basnet (nt 14/08/2020)
Menstrual
huts: You demolish one, we’ll build another: In Surkhet
district alone, around 2,000 menstruation huts were
demolished. But with the end of the campaign,
menstruation huts are resurfacing, by Lalit Bahadur
Budha and Hiknat Bahaduur Nepali (ae 14/08/2020) [Ram,
Ram, says the PM!]
Altab
Ansari, alleged mastermind of 15 kg precious metal
smuggling scam, arrested from Bara: Two Indian nationals
are said to be the masterminds behind the smuggling
racket while Ansari assisted them in Nepal, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 14/08/2020)
Govt
decides to provide Rs 1 million each to the family of
those killed in Soti incident (rep 12/08/2020) [And what about the brutal killers?
When will a court finally punish them severely? The
compensation payments to the victims and their families
must be made by all those who committed the crime,
supported it or in any way incited it!]
Rape
accused APF SSP Adhikari remanded to judicial custody
(ht 12/08/2020)
Mudbari
Confesses Murdering Bohara For Blackmailing Her: Police,
by Keshab Raj Poudel (rn 11/08/2020), Gongabu
murder case: How Poudel killed Bohora (rep
11/08/2020), Woman
arrested for killing a man and dismembering the body
found in Gongabu: Police say the premeditated murder was
an act of revenge over a relationship gone sour, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 12/08/2020), Woman,
daughter held in Gongabu murder case (ht 12/08/2020)
Indigenous
groups feel deprived of their access to land and natural
resources: Indigenous rights activists blame the state
for its coercive approach, the latest examples being the
eviction of Chepangs in Chitwan and plans to displace
the Newars from Khokana, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
10/08/2020)
Cut-up
body found in suitcase in Gongabu: A team of officials
from the Metropolitan Police Range and the Metropolitan
Crime Division has been mobilised for further
investigation, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 10/08/2020)
Locals,
kin of deceased vandalise Narayani Hospital (ht
10/08/2020)
Young
woman dies for want of treatment (ht 09/08/2020)
Dubious
Gold Scam: Police the abettor of racketeers: Smuggling
carried out from rented apartmen, by Gajendra Basnet
(kh 09/08/2020)
Teachers
vandalise campus chief’s office (ht 08/08/2020)
Catch
the big fish: The trade in fake VAT bills is to Nepal's
revenue sector what a tick is to a dog's ears (kp
07/08/2020)
Stadium
construction continues despite the use of substandard
material, by Rajan Gaunle (ae 07/08/2020)
Isolation
centre vandalised over food quality (ht 07/08/2020)
Around
200 firms sell fake VAT bills worth Rs 15 billion
leading to huge tax evasion: Revenue probe department:
The racketeers who sold the fake VAT bills have been
found to have registered firms in the name of poor and
ignorant people from rural areas so that they can avoid
being indicted by law enforcement agencies, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/08/2020)
0
rape cases in 4 years in Darchula (ht 06/08/2020)
Heinous
Crime Of Acid Attack, by Namrata Sharma (rn
05/08/2020)
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)
Security
lapses uncovered in last week’s gold smuggling case:
Investigations reveal two police constables let go three
smugglers who were later arrested in Nawalparasi, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/08/2020), The
chase for gold: The connivance of security officers in
yellow metal smuggling exposes the faultlines of
policing in Nepal (kp 03/08/2020)
Porous
border, poor interception and changing forms continue to
enable human trafficking to flourish: Trafficking of
Nepali girls and women remains a big challenge for the
country as traffickers use the open border–not only to
traffick them to India, but also to further smuggle them
into the Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 30/07/2020)
Nirmala
Pant murder case: Eight police personnel including SP
Bista accused of destroying evidence acquitted (rep
30/07/2020), Eight
police personnel get clean chit on Nirmala rape and
murder case (kh 30/07/2020), Court
acquits eight police officers charged in connection with
Nirmala Pant rape-murder case: The officers were charged
with meting out torture and destroying evidence, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 31/07/2020)
Kathmandu
Police created a “fake incident site” in 14-kg yellow
metal case, by Ashim Neupane (rep 30/07/2020)
No
To Gender Based Violence, by Namrata Sharma (rn
29/07/2020)
Seventh
grader raped and threatened to keep quiet, family fears
rapist may walk away scott-free, by Anjali Subedi
(rep 29/07/2020)
Regulate
acid sale: The chemical has become a weapon for jilted
lovers to disfigure the beloved who couldn't be theirs
(kp 27/07/2020)
Sexagenarian
arrested on rape charge (rep 25/07/2020)
A
22-year old woman attacked with acid in Kathmandu
(rep 24/07/2020), Two
arrested for throwing acid on 22-year-old woman in
capital (rep 24/07/2020), Spurned,
man asks staffer to throw acid on woman (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), Investigating
officers recall Koirala case: The former DIG would not
have been connected to his wife’s murder but for one
error he made, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 25/07/2020)
Nepal:
Authorities must stop ruthless evictions of Indigenous
peoples (Amnesty International 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International calls for halting forced eviction of
people from Chepang community in Chitwan (rep
22/07/2020), Amnesty
condemns enforced eviction of indigenous Chepang
families by Chitwan National Park authority: The rights
organisation has called on the authorities concerned to
hold the people accountable who set fire and razed down
the huts of the landless families (kp 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International calls for halt in eviction of Chepang
peoples (kh 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International Calls For Halt In Eviction Of Indigenous
Peoples (Sancharkarmi 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International calls for halt in eviction of indigenous
peoples (Ratopati 22/07/2020), ‘Halt
forced eviction of Chepang people’ (ht 22/07/2020),
Distressed
Chepangs of Kusum Khola bemoan loss of property and
await relocation: Chitwan National Park authorities on
Saturday set ablaze two huts and vandalised eight
others, asking the indigenous people to vacate Kusum
Khola, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 23/07/2020), Chepang
organisation demands inquiry into Kusum Khola incident:
Nepal Chepang Sangh has submitted a memorandum to the
chief district officer of Chitwan, demanding legal
action against the guilty, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel
(kp 24/07/2020), Nepal
Army personnel blamed for death of Chepang youth: Nepal
Army has denied allegations of beating seven youths who
had entered Chitwan National Park on July 16 without
permission, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 25/07/2020)
Valley’s
crime rate soars with the easing of lockdown
restrictions: Police data show after the lockdown was
relaxed on June 10 crime rate has risen by more than 80
percent, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 20/07/2020)
Man
sustains bullet injuries in a clash between APF
personnel and suspected smugglers: The injured was
rushed to Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health
Sciences for treatment, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
19/07/2020)
Man
beaten by police at quarantine facility in Surkhet has a
fractured hand, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
18/07/2020)
Man
accused in fatal drunk-driving case released on bail:
Court said Malla could be released as he was unlikely to
abscond or tamper with evidence, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 18/07/2020)
Pandemic
has once again thrown light on plights of Nepali women
migrant workers: Blanket ban on women from migrating
overseas for employment has only encouraged labour
trafficking and exploitation, labour migration experts
and rights groups say, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
16/07/2020)
Armed
Police Force Senior Superintendent of Police held on
rape charge (ht 16/07/2020)
Blood
on the hills: Though insufficient, the parliamentary
probe committee's recommendations on the Soti killings
must be implemented to provide justice to the victims
(kp 16/07/2020)
Rukum
(West) murder of six youths was result of caste-based
discrimination, parliamentary probe says: Study finds
sheer lapses on the part of the local administration,
local government and police in handling the incident,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/07/2020)
21
trafficked Nepali women coming home after nine months:
Group had ended up in Manipur after falling in the trap
of traffickers planning to take them to the Gulf, by
Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 13/07/2020), Human
trafficking woes: The government must ramp up its
measures to stop the illegal trafficking of Nepali women
to the Gulf (kp 14/07/2020)
Absconding
murder suspect held after 13 years (ht 14/07/2020)
Government
attorneys’ negligence helps Dipak Manange go scot free
(ht 13/07/2020) [Negligence or
intention or simply political corruption?]
Three
doctors, two police personnel among 12 held for illegal
kidney transplantation (ht 13/07/2020), Kidney
trafficking: Selling poor men’s kidney: Ward chair,
doctors and police in trafficking, by Gajendra
Basnet (kh 14/07/2020)
33-kg-gold
smuggling case: Hari Sharan Khadka, alleged supplier
arrested from airport: Khadka will be sent to Biratnagar
as a case against him is pending in Morang District
Court, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 12/07/2020)
How
Bomjan manages to hoodwink police?, by Gajendra
Basnet (kh 12/07/2020)
Conflict
victims lament govt’s apathy in their joint submission
(ht 11/07/2020)
Police
bust a gang involved in a string of jewelry shop heists
in Kathmandu Valley: Two gang members are still on the
run and police suspect the duo has already sold off the
stolen items in India, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
08/07/2020)
Sudden
move to prorogue Parliament undermines legislature,
experts say: The budget session was ended saying it
lacked business, but there are some crucial bills,
including one related to citizenship, pending for
approval, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/07/2020)
COVID-19
Magnifies Domestic Violence, by Suman Raj Tamrakar
(rn 05/07/2020)
Exploitation
risk for women migrant workers has increased during
pandemic, labour migration experts and rights activists
say: They have urged the government to protect
vulnerable women migrant workers and ensure their wages
and other legal rights, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
05/07/2020)
Sexual
exploitation case filed against Ram Bahadur Bomjan in
Sarlahi: A complaint was registered against the
controversial spiritual leader earlier this year for
allegedly raping a 15-year-old, by Om Prakash Thakur
(kp 04/07/2020)
Body
of a girl found in Dhanusha’s field; rape-murder
suspected, by Brij Kumar Yadav (ht 04/07/2020)
Police
fire warning shots during demonstration by Dalit
Struggle Committee: The protest was launched demanding
justice for two Dalit youths who died in the past month;
one at an isolation centre in Dhanusha and the other in
Sabaila police custody, by Santosh Singh (kp
03/07/2020)
Government
tells UN that it will incorporate conflict victims’
concerns but victims are not convinced: Victims have
called the government’s response to the concerns of five
special UN human rights rapporteurs insincere and the
entire transitional justice process flawed, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 02/07/2020)
Nepal
Police devises action plan to curb crime (ht
27/06/2020)
Rupandehi
District Court remands in custody three people arrested
in connection with murder of Dalit teen: Prosecutors
filed a charge sheet against the trio on June 21 and
presented them before the court on Tuesday, by Sanju
Poudel (kp 26/06/2020)
Student
leaders set fire to TU VC’s chair (ht 25/06/2020)
12
trafficking victims, including three minors, rescued in
past three months: The Anti-human Trafficking Bureau of
Nepal Police says there’s a risk of traffickers
targeting the people who have become financially
vulnerable due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 24/06/2020)
Police
arrest in-laws over death of Hetauda woman:
Investigators, family of deceased believe she was
murdered, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 20/06/2020)
Police
raid Ram Bahadur Bomjan’s ashram in Sindhuli: Search is
on for the controversial cult leader after security
personnel seal the site, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp
19/06/2020)
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), Kin
of the youths killed in Soti continues protest demanding
justice: Protesters demand to scrap of the alleged
‘falsified’ postmortem report, by Bhim Bahadur Singh
(kp 17/06/2020), Dalit
killings in Rukum village spark outrage over caste
discrimination (ht 18/06/2020)
Janata
Socialist Party youth leader charged with rape (ht
17/06/2020)
Bank
fraudster Shrestha to face money laundering case at
Special Court: Shrestha is accused of embezzling Rs 2.6
billion while he was serving as the executive chairman
of Nepal Share Market and Finance Limited, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/06/2020)
Woman
in quarantine in Kailali gang raped, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 15/06/2020)
In-custody
death of a Musahar man sparks protests in Janakpur:
Police say 23-year-old Shambhu Sada committed suicide,
but family members suspect it was an extra-judicial
killing, by Ajit Tiwari (kp 15/06/2020) [Nepal
is also ripe for an anti-racism movement and a
correction of its view of history, including its
questionable heroes, identifications and
socio-hierarchical discrimination!]
Cases
filed against 34 people demanding life imprisonment for
Dalit youth killings in Soti: Homicide, attempted
homicide and caste-based discrimination and
untouchability charges have been filed against them,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 15/06/2020), Relatives
of youths killed in Soti question 'ambiguous'
post-mortem reports: Protesters accuse doctors of caving
under political pressure and vandalise Jajarkot hospital,
by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 16/06/2020)
Cross-border
small arms trade posing security threat in Tarai (ht
14/06/2020)
In
Saptari, a Musahar woman is accused of practising
witchcraft and beaten: Despite being beaten bloody with
a metal plate, Manjudevi Sada has been ordered by the
village panchayat to settle with the perpetrators and
not file a case, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp
11/06/2020)
Two
more arrested in connection to Dalit killings in Rukum
(West): A relative of the Malla family accused of
orchestrating the killings, and another unidentified
individual have been arrested based on call data, said
police, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 11/06/2020), All
20 prime accused in the killings of Dalit youths in
Rukum (West) arrested: Police arrested three more people
on Wednesday in connection to the incident, by Hari
Gautam (kp 12/06/(2020)
Water
cannons and batons at protest against government’s
handling of the pandemic: Police employed force to
disperse around 150 people gathered in peaceful protest
outside the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar,
by Anup Ojha (kp 10/06/2020)
Digging
for justice: Keep an eye on the parliamentar committee’s
probe on Soti killings (kp 10/06/2020)
Nepal:
End impunity for caste-based discrimination and killings
(Forum-Asia 09/06/2020)
Police
arrest Rautahat brick kiln ‘massacre’ suspect: Eleven
people, including former lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam,
have been accused of incinerating people injured in an
explosion in Rautahat on the eve of the first
Constituent Assembly elections, by Shiva Puri (kp
08/06/2020), Rupandehi
murder update: Five struck to death with spade
(kh 09/06/2020), Five
people murdered in Rupandehi farm; suspect in police
custody: The murder suspect prone to erratic mood
swings, said police and locals, by Ghanashyam Gautam
(kp 10/06/2020), District
Court remands main accused of Rupandehi mass murder to
seven days in custody: Five people were bludgeoned to
death at a cattle farm in Tilottama Municipality on
Monday night, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 11/06/2020)
‘Lawmaker
Satgaunwa’s remark to be probed’ (ht 08/06/2020)
A
shadow pandemic: With the lockdown grabbing all
attention, domestic violence against women is often
overlooked, by Nilima Adhikari (kp 07/06/2020)
One
of the accused of Rautahat mass killing arrested
(rep 07/06/2020)
Rukum
killings ‘crime against humanity’ (ae 05/06/2020)
Soti
incident accused remanded in custody for ten more days:
Police have arrested 18 people, including Dambar Bahadur
Malla, the ward chairman of Chaurjahari Ward No. 8, over
their involvement in the alleged murder (kp
05/06/2020)
Challenge
To End Caste Discrimination, by Gopal Khanal (rn
04/06/2020)
“He
was beaten the whole night, and his body burnt by lit
cigarettes”, by Ashim Neupane (rep 04/06/2020)
Police
to probe manhandling of NMC doc (ht 01/06/2020)
NHRC
deploys separate team to probe Soti incident
(ht01/06/2020)
Soti
incident premeditated, a team of provincial assembly
members concludes: Karnali state legislators call for an
impartial investigation into the Dalit killings and
punishment for the perpetrators, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh & Hari Gautam (kp 31/05/2020)
Rights
commission expresses concern over death after rape
incident in Rupandehi: National Human Rights Commission
says its Butwal office has started a probe into the
incident (kp 30/05/2020), NHRC
concerned about death of rape victim (ht 30/05/2020)
Still
untouchable: Navaraj BK and his friends died because he
loved an upper-caste girl. He won’t be the last, by
Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 29/05/2020)
UN,
AI demand impartial probe into Rukum incident (ht
29/05/2020), Nepal:
Bachelet condemns Dalit killings, calls for independent
investigation (OHCR 28/05/2020), Nepal:
Authorities must deliver justice for Dalit killings
(AI 28/05/2020), UN
condemns Dalit killings in Rukum (West) and calls for
independent probe: Despite constitutional guarantees,
impunity for caste-based discrimination and violence
remains high in Nepal, UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights says (kp 29/05/2020)
Thousands
of Nepalis without food or shelter await entrance at the
Karnali border: Migrants arriving from India are massed
at the border without basic amenities as the provincial
government has sought to test them all for Covid-19
before letting them in, by Aditi Aryal (kp
27/05/2020)
As
popularity of virtual meetings soar, concerns over abuse
and harassment come to surface: Law enforcement
officials say it is difficult to track down and punish
people ‘bombing’ online meetings as they don’t leave
behind evidence, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 27/05/2020)
Bodies
of two Dalit men recovered from Bheri River: A Dalit man
went to marry a girl from ‘upper-caste’ but her family
and villagers chased them into the river, by Hari
Gautam and Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 25/05/2020), Serious
human rights violations against Dalits reported during
lockdown: Parliamentary committee orders the government
to book culprits, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
26/05/2020), One
more body recovered from the Bheri River on Monday: The
third victim was among the 18 who had accompanied
Nabaraj BK to Soti in Rukum (West). The deceased Nabaraj
was killed in his pursuit of a girl whose family deemed
him ‘untouchable’, by Bhim Bahadur Singh & Hari
Gautam (kp 26/05/2020), 15
including ward chair arrested in connection with Nawaraj
BK’s killing, by Dinesh Kumar Shrestha
(ht26/05/2020), Caste-based
discrimination ends a beautiful relationship: Even a
locally-elected representative was against their
relationship, by Lokendra Khanal and Ganesh Bishu
(rep 26/05/2020), Government
forms team to investigate the death of three youths in
Rukum West: Lawmakers have demanded a parliamentary
probe committee to study discriminations against Dalits
throughout the country (kp 27/05/2020) [This is an extremely severe criminal case, based
on Hindu fanatic thinking! Why are representatives from
ministries participated? Or are you loking for ways to
eliminate outdated Hindu social thinking and behaviour?],
Fourth
body recovered: from Bheri River: Family members and
relatives of the deceased had found the body on
Wednesday, by Hari Gautam (kp 28/05/2020), One
more body recovered from Bheri River; death toll of Soti
incident reaches five: Search is on for another missing
person, police say, by Hari Gautam and Bhim Bahadur
Singh (kp 29/05/2020), Soti
incident: Sixth missing body found after 10 days: The
deceased along with his 18 friends was attacked by Soti
villagers while the group was accompanying Nabaraj BK to
bring home his 17-year-old girlfriend as his bride,
by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 03/06/2020)
With
people staying home, burglars target shops and empty
houses: Forty-four cases of burglary have been reported
in the Valley in the last two months, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 24/05/2020)
Police
raided Mohammed Aftab Alam’s home in Rautahat on
Thursday night in search of his brother: The locals,
unaware of the raid, encircled the security team
thinking there was a robbery, and the police had to fire
warning shots a dozen times to disperse the crowd,
by Shiva Puri (kp 23/05/2020)
Police
hit 67-year-old with baton for stepping out to buy milk:
Man sustains a broken bone in his right leg due to the
severity of the blow, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
19/05/2020) [Both this police
officer and the person who ordered such action must be
brought to justice!]
Nepal
hasn’t allowed UN rapporteurs on transitional justice to
visit country: The government is afraid their visit will
expose it’s failure, say victims and human rights
activists, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/05/2020)
Order
to shoot at fleeing patients draws flak (ht
16/05/2020)
Survivors
of domestic violence are forced to “compromise” with
abusive husbands, by Sher Bahadur Jero (rep
16/05/2020)
Unidentified
group thrashes Bara journalist (ht 12/05/2020)
Five
held for using street kids to steal (ht 12/05/2020)
COVID-19
And The Threat Of Cybercrime, by Kumar Abhinav (rn
11/05/2020)
For
Nepali women, rampant objectification and sexualisation
on the internet: One community on Reddit with more than
4,500 members has been sexualising, objectifying and
humiliating women with photos taken from their social
media accounts, by Aditi Aryal (kp 07/05/2020), Shedding
light: It is disturbing that pages propagating rape,
misogyny, paedophilia and the invasion of privacy exist
(kp 08/05/2020)
NHRC
member slams rumour-mongers (ht 06/05/2020)
Biplav
outfit leader Bandhu Chand released after 14 months
(kh 06/05/2020) [The Bandhu Chand case is a prime example of the
criminal contempt of judicial decisions by the Oli
government!]
Cyber
risk increases along with rising trend of webinars,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 06/05/2020)
OAG
submits annual report to president (ht 05/05/2020)
Two
men held for running illegal remittance business:
Although crime rates in the Kathmandu Valley have
dropped significantly during the lockdown, police
continue to receive complaints, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 03/05/2020)
Man
arrested for raping 15-year-old girl in Dang (kh
03/05/2020)
Hospitals
turn away patients with fever, by Laxmi Gautam (ht
02/05/2020)
OHCHR
urges govt to amend TJ law in support of SC ruling
(rep 01/05/2020) [see OHCHR
Press briefing note on Nepal], Four
int'l HR bodies urge govt to immediately amend TJ law in
line with Supreme Court ruling (rep 01/05/2020) [see
press
statement by AI, HRW, ICJ and TRIAL International],
International
rights bodies, UN welcome Supreme Court decision on
transitional justice: Government should now amend the
law to comply with the verdict, they say, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 02/05/2020)
Four
children killed in a bomb blast in Rolpa: Two of the
deceased children are said to be from the same family,
by Kashiram Dangi (kp 01/05/2020)
Expecting
mother expelled from operation theatre (ht
01/05/2020)
After
police and district attorney’s refusal to take
complaint, lawmaker Surendra Yadav approaches human
rights commission: Commission asks Nepal Police to
explain in writing why it refused to register Yadav’s
case and ensure his and his family’s safety (kp
01/05/2020), District
attorney office takes Yadav abduction complaint but only
after a counter-complaint by the accused: Complaint by
ruling party leaders accused of kidnapping lawmaker
Surendra Yadav is aimed at defusing the case, lawyers
say, by Tika R. Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp
05/05/2020), Yadav
finally gets to lodge FIR against ex-IGP, NCP MPs
(ht 05/05/2020)
Three
injured in a clash between APF personnel and locals in
Nawalparasi: Security personnel baton-charged the crowd
for disobeying lockdown, locals say, by Nabin Paudel
(kp 01/05/2020)
Police
arrest drug peddlers operating in the guise of importing
essential goodsIn Province 1, police have so far seized
over 2,800 vehicles on charge of defying the lockdown;
1,523 individuals have been in police custody for the
same charge, by Madhav Ghimire (kp 01/05/2020)
In
Province 5, sexual harassment and domestic abuse cases
are getting more severe: A large number of sexual
harassment cases in the province still go unreported,
said police, by Sanju Poudel (kp 29/04/2020)
Seven
rape cases reported in Kapilbastu in a month (kh
29/04/2020)
Nepalis
stranded in India continue to brave Mahakali River to
return home: More than 30 people tried to cross the
boundary river this weekend, by Manoj Badu (kp
29/04/2020) [Responsible for the crime is Mr. Oli, who claims
the right to deny Nepali citizens a safe return to their
villages]
Woman
thrashed to death (kh 28/04/2020)
With
everyone forced indoors and online by the lockdown,
cases of cybercrime are increasing: Police advise that
individuals take safety measures to protect their
information and identities online as criminals too have
more time on their hands, by Aditi Aryal and Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 28/04/2020)
SC
rejects govt’s request to review verdict on transitional
justice (rep 27/04/2020), Supreme
Court thwarts attempt to retain amnesty provisions in
transitional justice law: The government now has no
option but to amend the law to adhere to the court’s
February 2015 landmark order, by Binod Ghimire (kp
28/04/2020)
SP-N
alleges party lawmaker abducted (ht 24/04/2020), Nepal
Police’s refusal to register Surendra Yadav abduction
case raises questions about its neutrality: Many believe
police are acting on order from on high to not register
the case, especially since: it involves powerful
political actors and a former chief of police, by
Shuvam Dhungana Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/04/2020), NC,
RPP and People's Socialist Party demand legal action
against those involved in 'kidnapping' lawmaker Yadav
(rep 28/04/2020), After
police, district attorney also refuses to register
complaint against alleged kidnapping of lawmaker Yadav:
District attorney asked the complainants to leave an
application, but didn’t file the complaint, Janata
Samajbadi leaders said (kp 29/04/2020), JSP-N
MP’s abduction case a hot potato: Govt attorney accused
of turning deaf ear to kidnapping complaint against
ex-IG, lawmakers (ht 29/04/2020), District
Attorney Office registers ‘abduction’ complaint by
lawmaker Yadav (kh 04/05/2020)
Former
secy arrested for cyber offence (ht 24/04/2020), Freedom
Forum concerned (ht 24/04/2020)
How
one Pokhara resident led a smear campaign to get an
American kicked out of the country: After his romantic
advances were rejected, one individual used his
influence with an online news portal to smear and
discredit a foreigner, a month-long Post investigation
has revealed, by Shuvam Dhungana and Pranaya SJB
Rana (kp 23/04/2020)
Mahottari
sees rise in illegal mining of construction aggregate
during lockdown: Two journalists were threatened for
covering the story about illegal mining in the district
on Thursday, by Sunita Baral (kp 23/04/2020)
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)
Police
clueless about three bodies found during lockdown
(ht 21/04/2020)
Police
sub-inspector beat up health worker in Dharan: Health
workers staged a protest outside the city demanding
action the officer following the incident, by
Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 17/04/2020) [The
policemen's mistaken idea that they could beat other
people at any time has not changed a bit since the royal
panchayat era!], Police
Punish 50 Morning Walkers (rn 17/04/2020) [The
police have to guarantee law and order, but they have no
right to order punishment.]
Wood
smuggling, wildlife poaching cases up (ht
17/04/2020)
Hackers
gain unauthorised access to .np domain: The group also
threatens to infiltrate Nepal Electricity Authority’s
system, by Umesh Poudel (ht 16/04/2020)
NTA
cautions against fake mobile calls: Advises against
calling back 1-ring calls originating abroad (ht
16/04/2020)
VAW
in lockdown: More than 104 cases in two weeks, by
Sabina Karki (kh 15/04/2020)
Man
in police custody for raping woman inside moving truck:
Police say the driver was released after the woman
vouched his innocence, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
15/04/2020)
Woman
dies trying to protect son from police thrashing (ht
14/04/2020), Woman
dies in stampede following clash between police and
locals in Saptari: The incident occurred as security
personnel were taking action against the locals who had
gathered in the market place, by Bharat Jarghamagar
and Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 14/04/2020)
Valley’s
crime rate drops during lockdown: There has been no
serious crime in the last 20 days, police say, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 13/04/2020)
Wildfire,
poaching and tree felling go unchecked in forests of
Morang and Mahottari: Forest officials claim that the
poachers sparked wildfires to trap the wildlife, by
Binod Bhandari and Sunita Baral (kp 13/04/2020), Lockdown
a boon for timber smugglers, by Laxman Ghimire (rep
13/04/2020)
Around
200 Khayar trees cut down in Tripurasundari, Dhading:
Smugglers have cut down trees taking advantage of
nationwide lockdown, locals say, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 12/04/2020)
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)
Rautahat
police confiscate ambulances on charge of carrying
passengers during lockdown: Of the three ambulances, two
are privately owned and one belongs to the Nepal Red
Cross Society in Hirapur, by Shiva Puri (kp
05/04/2020)
Timber
smugglers are entering Nawalparasi forest taking
advantage of lockdown: As many as 65 trees were felled
in the past few days in Nawalparasi (East), forest
officials say, by Narayan Sharma (kp 05/04/2020)
Concerns
over safety of public money, data after F1Soft's
intrusion in news website (rep 03/04/2020)
Rise
in GBV, sexual abuse cases feared (ht 01/04/2020)
Man
accused of raping minor arrested (ht 31/03/2020)
More
than 2,000 lockdown violators punished (ht
31/03/2020), [The police have no
right to punish anybody! This would be a task of the
judiciary! It's time for the police to under stand their
limits!]
As
Covid-19 fears grow, some medical personnel face
eviction from their homes: Reports of medical personnel
being forced to work without adequate protection have
only aggravated discriminatory behaviour from landlords,
say doctors, by Arjun Poudel & Aditi Aryal (kp
30/03/2020)
Construction
company leaves workers high and dry at Gauda: Around
1,100 workers stranded for the past one week at various
construction sites of Kaligandaki corridor road
construction projects struggling to make their way home,
by Narayan Sharma (kp 30/03/2020)
Serial
killer Sobhraj in sentence waiver list (ht
29/03/2020)
In
Butwal, juvenile delinquents are compelled to stay at a
crowded correctional facility without proper means: As a
result of the overcrowding, many suffer from
skin-related diseases, by Amrita Anmol (kp
22/03/2020)
Neighbour
confesses to rape and murder of 17-year-old girl in Ilam
(ht 21/03/2020)
Government
launches coordinated inspections to curb black
marketeering of essential goods: The Department of
Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection Management
carried out inspections at 161 firms and penalised 57 in
the month of Falgun, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
20/03/2020)
Police
seize one million masks (ht 19/03/2020), Confiscated
face masks to be sold from Sajha Swasthya Sewa (rep
19/03/2020)
Police
arrest a dozen in a span of two weeks for possessing
illegal pharmaceutical drugs: According to the data
provided by the bureau, the number of people arrested
for drug possession has been rising in recent years,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 18/03/2020)
Man
who slapped NCP leader Dahal held after 7 years (ht
16/03/2020) [And what about the
man who claims responsibility for the killing of 5.000
people! He is still not held!]
CIEDP
team in Rolpa to investigate into war-time cases
(rep 16/03/2020)
Transitional
justice is backsliding: To ensure better predictability,
a national roadmap with parliamentary ownership could be
a way out, by Tika P. Dhakal (kp 15/03/2020)
Complaints
of the disappeared have themselves disappeared!, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 15/03/2020)
Police
arrest black marketeers, confiscate 75,000 face masks
(rep 15/03/2020)
Student
leader found guilty of rape gets eight and half years in
prison: Rai, a former assistant secretary at the Ratna
Rajya Laxmi Campus chapter of the All Nepal National
Free Students Union, was accused of raping an the girl
by luring her to his relatives’ place in Makalbari,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 14/03/2020)
Extrajudicial
killings continue in Nepal, reveals report (ht
14/03/2020)
Explosion
at former minister Baskota's under-constrution house
(ht 12/03/2020) Police
arrest a person in relation to blast at former
communication minister Baskota's house: Interrogation is
underway with the arrestee who is a district member of
Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 12/03/2020), Police
arrest three more in connection with blast at Baskota’s
house: On March 11, a group detonated a powerful IED on
the premises of former Minister Gokul Prasad Baskota,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 21/03/2020)
Regulate
acid sale: Apart from regulating the sale of acid, the
perpetrators of acid attacks should be meted out strict
punishment as a deterrent (ht 12/03/2020)
Twenty-nine-year-old
woman held for throwing acid on husband’s face (ht
11/03/2020), Victim
of acid attack blamed on wife runs out of money (rep
22/03/2020), Acid
attack victim seeks support for treatment (ht
23/03/2020)
Drug
traffickers active in Kavre district again (ht
11/03/2020)
Bizarre
punishment: Teacher sent to custody (ht 11/03/2020)
The
cost of extreme political traumatisation: The state and
the political parties are in denial about the sexual
violence that occurred during the conflict, by Susan
Risal (kp 10/03/2020)
A
51-year-old woman attacked with acid in Kapilvastu
district: Bedamati Devi Gupta, who was attacked by her
neighbour Hari Narayan Barai following a spat, is
receiving treatment at Universal College of Medical
Sciences in Bhairahawa, by Manoj Paudel (kp
09/03/2020)
Chief
accused of journalist Birendra Sah’s murder arrested:
Sah, a print and broadcast journalist, was killed in
October 2007, by Laxmi Sah (kp 09/03/2020)
Man
arrested for defrauding 60 people promising jobs abroad:
He used to target youngsters who didn’t know the
procedures to apply to work outside Nepal, police say,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 09/03/2020)
Justice
and gender equality in the age of #MeToo: It is only a
matter of time before the men hiding behind their title
and power are unveiled and brought to justice, by
Sakun Gajurel (kp 08/03/2020)
Caste-based
domestic violence against women rife in Rolpa, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 08/03/2020)
Teacher
forcing students to cut their hands arrested (rep
08/03/2020)
In
criminal cases, police often fail to ensure privacy or
security for complainants, resulting in threats and
bribes: Threats and bribes can lead the complainant to
ultimately change their statements in courts, weakening
the case and resulting in a lack of conviction, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 06/03/2020)
Provincial
Assembly member Rawal arrested on attempt to rape charge,
by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep 05/03/2020)
Siddhababa
surrenders, sent to jail, by Amar Khadka (rep
04/03/2020)
Youth
arrested for throwing shoe targeting Nepal Communist
Party chair Dahal: The 22-year-old youth from Jumla has
been identified as a son of a former Maoist fighter,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/03/2020) [Not
correct but understandable! This act is absolutely
harmless compared to the killing of 5,000 people for
which Dahal has claimed responsibility!], Flying
objects: When dissatisfaction reaches a tipping point,
people will protest (kp 03/03/2020), Panel
formed to probe shoe attack on Dahal (ht 03/03/2020)
[????], People
are angry (rep 03/03/2020)
What
you need to know about ethical hackers in Nepal: The
country’s cyber security is not the strongest. And with
everything going digital—from national identity cards to
driving licenses—if we are not too careful, we could
invite in a lot of risks, by Shashwat Pant (kp
03/03/2020)
UN
concerned over Nepal’s TJ process (rep 01/03/2020)
Nepal
Rastra Bank unit issues a set of guidelines on
suspicious transactions, defining what constitutes a
suspicious transaction: The directives come at a time
when Nepal is preparing for mutual evaluation this year
with Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering of its
compliance with the global standards on anti-money
laundering and terrorist financing, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/03/2020)
Video
of police officer baton charging a woman carrying a
child outrages the public: The video once again calls
attention to the police’s use of excessive force against
peaceful protestors who pose no threat, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 29/02/2020), [No
one has the right to beat other people, especially not
with wooden sticks. Even policemen who do this are to be
treated as criminals!], Police
inspector mercilessly beats up woman, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ht 29/02/2020)
Two
Bajura teachers absconding on facing rape allegations,
by Tekendra Deuba (ht 28/02/2020)
Gyawali
claims progress on transitional justice in Geneva but
back home, victims are boycotting the process: Rights
activists and victims call Foreign Minister Pradeep
Gyawali’s claim that the transitional justice
commissions are working independently a ‘blatant lie’,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/02/2020)
Advisor
to state minister arrested for abduction and rape of a
teenager: Amrit Kumar Ghale, economic advisor to State
Minister for Urban Development Ram Bir Manandhar
abducted a teenager, held her captive for several days
and raped multiple times, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 27/02/2020)
1,104
absconding convicts held (ht 23/02/2020)
Transitional
justice could be an issue for Nepal at the upcoming
Human Rights Council meet: It is likely that questions
will not be too critical, but at the Universal Periodic
Review in November, the government is certain to face
serious queries, say activists, by Anil Giri (kp
22/02/2020)
Regulate
sale of acid, rights activists and attack survivors urge
government: According to a report, 16 people, 13 of them
women, have been attacked with acid since 2015/2016. Yet
acid is readily available for just Rs 25, by Elisha
Shrestha (kp 21/02/2020)
Youth
arrested for raping junior college student (ht
21/02/2020) [A 21-year-old man
should no longer be called youth!]
Thirteen
cases of police torture reported in 2019 (ht
21/02/2020)
Women
protest demanding arrest of murder accused (ht
21/02/2020)
Badge
of honor, by Guffadi (rep 2102/2020)
Replicating
Nepal’s stolen gods: It is difficult to get western
museums to return trafficked deities, so Nepalis are
making copies of the missing statuary, by Alisha
Sijapati (nt 21/02/2020)
Conflict
victims warn non-cooperation to the transitional justice
commission until Act is amended: Chief of disappearance
enquiry commission assures ‘fair and impartial
investigations’, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/02/2020)
CIEDP
making final-round probe into disappearance cases
(rep 19/02/2020)
Shadow
of impunity: Election of Agni Sapkota to the post of
House Speaker looked like a state-sponsored drama
orchestrated by undermining criminal accountability,
by Charan Prasai (rep 19/02/2020)
Mahara’s
acquittal and Tumbahangphe’s elevation to minister will
have lasting effects, analysts say: While Krishna
Bahadur Mahara was acquitted of attempted rape charges,
Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe was appointed minister for law,
both on the same day, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
18/02/2020) [Without
clarification and disclosure of the full circumstances
of the Mahara case, the decision remains unsatisfactory!],
A
travesty of justice: It is surprising to note that the
KDC did not deem it necessary to look into other details
of attempt to rape submitted by the police (ht
19/02/2020)
Ward
chair arrested for digital sexual harassment (rep
18/02/2020)
Two
arrested for defrauding woman of Rs 6 million: Members
of the gang were found to have duped another person into
depositing Rs 7 million in their account, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 18/02/2020)
Teacher
accused of molestation, primary schoolgirls request
school authorities for investigation, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 17/02/2020), Justice
likely to elude children allegedly molested by their
school teacher, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 18/02/2020), Guardians
offer to get teacher booked, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
19/02/2020), School
teacher accused of molesting students arrested: Police
act after principal finally files FIR, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 20/02/2020)
Police
arrest 57 persons involved in criminal activities
(ht 17/02/2020)
16
gamblers arrested with Rs 625,000 cash in Tarkeshwor:
According to official data, during the 2018/19 fiscal,
police detained 2,869 people in connection with
gambling—the highest in last three years, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 16/02/2020)
Rural
municipality chair accused of coercing a Dalit woman
into abortion: Jaya Bahadur Chemjong is among seven
people accused of forcing a Dalit woman to abort her
fetus at 21 weeks as she was in an intercaste marriage,
district police say, by Ananda Gautam (kp
15/02/2020)
Although
sentenced to jail, Prithvi Malla has been spending his
days in the hospital: Malla, accused of killing a woman
while drunk driving, has been at Chirayu Hospital for
over a month on ailments that doctors say should not
require a long hospitalisation, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 15/02/2020)
‘Negligent’
officials in Nirmala Pant case could be exonerated:
Review committee endorses police move to arrest Dilip
Singh Bista, by Shuvam Dgungana (kp 14/02/2020)
VAW
complaints up (ht 14/02/2020)
Crossborder
cybercrime and punishment: Nepali women blackmailed over
private content on the social web seek justice, by
Sabina Devkota (nt 14/02/2020)
Illegal
crusher industry operating in Rameshwornath Community
Forest in spite of ban: All crusher industries across
the eight districts of Province 2 have been closed
following the death of Dilip Mahato, who had been
protesting against illegal mining of riverbed material
in Dhanusham by Santosh Singh (kp 12/01/2020)
Former
secretary Arjun Karki's wife dies while undergoing
treatment for head injury: Muna Karki had a serious head
injury, while the domestic help was found hanging in the
dining room on Monday morning, by Swarup Acharya and
Madhusudhan Bhattarai (kp 11/02/2020), Former
secy’s wife killed in cold blood (ht 11/02/2020)
Nirmala
murder mystery: Police get nod to probe Dilip Bista
again (ht 11/02/2020)
Nepal
Police records criminal complaints against its officers,
but only a few are brought to justice: Police
spokesperson DIG Shailesh Thapa Kshetri says most
complaints turn out to be baseless, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 10/02/2020)
Drunken
group attacks police station, two injured, by Dhruba
Dangal (rep 09/02/2020)
Transitional
justice commissions have not taken any steps to bring
victims and rights activists on board: Disappearance
commission is preparing its work plan without consulting
with conflict victims, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/02/2020)
Alam
to remain in judicial custody: Janakpur High Court
upholds lower court decision to keep him behind bars
until verdict is passed (kp 08/02/2020)
Arrest
warrant issued against former DSP accused of rape
(ht 07/02/2020)
Who
is the controversial swami everyone can’t stop talking
about? The self-proclaimed Swami Balyogeshwor has been
implicated in multiple fraud cases and has disappeared
ever since the charges became public, by Sailendra
Adhikari and Samuel Chhetri (kp 06/02/2020)
Two
persons held for fraud in Rautahat (ht 06/02/2020)
Parsa
police take harsh measure to control drugs smuggling:
Smugglers have been using Parsa as a transit to smuggle
drugs produced in Makwanpur and Dhading to India, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 05/02/2020)
Cops
involved in killing CPN leader to face action: Police
had fired nine shots to kill Kumar Poudel on the banks
of the Lakhandehi River in Lalbandi, Sarlahi, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 04/02/2020), Take
strong action: As an institution, Nepal Police cannot
escape from taking legal action against erring policemen
involved in Poudel’s extra-judicial killing (ht
05/02/2020)
Minor
raped in Bara (ht 04/02/2020)
Rajbiraj
campus vandalised (ht 04/02/2020)
Complaints
about stolen and lost mobile phones are rising, but
police are hardly helpful: Police blame a cumbersome
process for tracing missing phones, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 03/02/2020)
The
endless battle of Narcotics Control Bureau to stop drug
smuggling in Nepal: Since a unit under Nepal Police was
upgraded as a bureau, more arrests have been made, but
officials say more needs to be done, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 02/02/2020)
Dharan
SSP booked for rape, suspended (ht 01/02/2020), Rape-accused
SSP Rana surrenders (ht 03/02/2020)
54-yr-old
man arrested on the charge of raping 4-yr-old girl,
by Madan Thakur (rep 01/02/2020)
Youth
gets life sentence for killing girlfriend (ht
01/02/2020)
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)
DoTM’s
server gets partially hacked: Online driving licence
registration system to be offline till the issue is
sorted out (ht 01/02/2020)
What
is the controversy over Agni Sapkota as Speaker all
about? Ever since the ruling Nepal Communist Party
selected Sapkota as its candidate for Speaker of the
House, rights activists and conflict victims have
protested the decision, by Mohan Guragain (kp
30/01/2020)
Terror
suspects arrested in India say they were using Nepal as
a base but security agencies are clueless: The
revelation by three suspected ISIS operatives arrested
in Delhi displays an intelligence failure on the part of
Nepal’s security agencies, by Shuvam Dhungana and
Shashwat Pant (kp 30/01/2020)
Chand-led
cadres allegedly destroyed construction equipment over
donations: Contractors say excavators were torched
following their refusal to donate money to the party,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/01/2020)
Victims
of domestic violence prefer police to judicial committee
for justice: Most of the people’s representatives in the
judicial committee do not have the legal knowledge to
settle disputes, by Tripti Shahi (kp 29/01/2020)
Civil
servants spreading awareness against chhaupadi in Bajura
(ht 29/01/2020)
Police
reveal wife’s hand behind hubby’s murder in Morang
(ht 29/01/2020)
Province-1
PA member, two others to face prison, by Hari
Adhikari (ht 28/01/2020)
Message
of impunity (rep 28/01/2020)
Police
bust a gang of six alleged robbers who in a heist took
away Rs5 million from a person in Kathmandu: The police
managed to confiscate around Rs1.8 million from the
arrested persons, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 27/01/2020)
Bomb
set off at Arun III project site (ht 27/01/2020)
Local
levels told to establish fund for GBV victims (ht
27/01/2020)
International
rights bodies warn Nepal’s conflict victims could seek
justice in foreign courts: Recent appointments to
transitional justice commissions and nomination of a
person accused of killing as Speaker undermined
transitional justice, the rights orgsanisations say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/01/2020), Recent
Nepal steps undermine TJ process: Int’l rights bodies
(rep 26/01/2020) [see statement
by ICJ, AI, HRW and TRIAL]
Rape
convict arrested after being on the run for four years:
As many as 1,873 rape cases were registered across the
country in the fiscal year 2018/19, Nepal Police data
show, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 26/01/2020)
Awareness
drive launched to end chhaupadi (ht 26/01/2020)
Petition
at Supreme Court demands Agni Sapkota’s arrest: The
petition, filed by advocate Dinesh Tripathi, also asks
that Sapkota’s nomination for Speaker of the House be
dismissed, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/01/2020), President’s
advisor resigns over Sapkota’s nomination as House
Speaker: Sushil Pyakurel, one of the petitioners in the
murder case against Sapkota, resigned after being asked
to withdraw the case by ruling party members, by
Anil Giri (kp 25/01/2020), Writ
challenging Sapkota’s candidacy for speaker filed (ht),
Sapkota
is clean: NCP Co-chair Dahal (ht) [Just
as clean as the person that admits to be responsible for
the death of 5.000 human beings? It is neither the task
nor the right of any politician to decide if Sapkota is
clean! This is exclusively the task of a law court!]
Govt
to implement high-level commission’s report (ht
24/01/2020)
High
court overrules lower court’s order to release Giri on
bail (ht 24/01/2020)
Civil
society vows to protest until Sapkota’s nomination for
Speaker is dismissed: Agni Sapkota, who is accused of
murder, is certain to become Speaker of the House as he
is running unopposed, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/01/2020)
FIR
filed against PA member (ht 23/01/2020), Police
arrest Gandaki provincial assembly member Deepak
Manange: Milan Gurung, chair of Kaski chapter of All
Nepal Football Association, had filed a complaint after
Manange slapped him on Tuesday, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 24/01/2020), Mockery
of rule of law: The person who got smacked by Deepak
Manange does not have untainted past, but this does not
give leeway to the provincial lawmaker to take the law
into his own hands (ht 24/01/2020), Milan
Gurung, chair of Kaski chapter of All Nepal Football
Association, arrested: Gurung was arrested after a
complaint of fraud and banking offences was registered
against him on Thursday, police said, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 25/01/2020), PA
member Manange remanded to custody (ht 25/01/2020)
Police
misusing indecent behaviour clause (ht 23/01/2020)
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)
‘How
can someone responsible for murdering my husband be
elected speaker?’, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep
22/01/2020)
Crusher
industries operating illegally (ht 22/01/2020)
Murder
of transwoman shows that things remain perilous for the
LGBTIQ community: Ajita Bhujel’s murder in Hetauda has
the trans community concerned for their safety and
security, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 20/01/2020), Five
arrested in connection with murder of transgender woman
in Hetauda: Police said that Ajita Bhujel had been
murdered after a dispute over payment for sex, by
Subash Bidari (kp 05/02/2020)
Cases
of daylight burglary rising in Kathmandu Valley, police
say: Thieves are targeting homes and apartments of
working families, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 20/01/2020)
Conflict
victims condemn parties for bulldozing decision on
transitional justice appointments: After an agreement
between ruling and opposition forces, recommendation
committee picks 10 individuals, all with affiliation to
political parties, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/01/2020)
[Those who share responsibility
for so many crimes will never provide justice! Dahal,
Deuba, Ex-King Gyanendra and the top brass of the army
had highest responsibility!]
GoAML
To Check Financial Crime, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
19/01/2020)
Locals
of Tingla vandalize vehicles, by Sher Bahadur Jero
(rep 19/01/2020)
Dahal
says he will take responsibility for insurgency deaths
but his actions don’t match his words: Victims say he is
delaying the justice process, by Binod Ghimire (kp
18/01/2020), How
a photo has come to symbolise long wait for justice:
Muktinath Adhikari, a teacher and a member of Amnesty
International Nepal, was killed in Lamjung 18 years ago
by the Maoists (kp 18/01/2020)
Cops
take charge of body, arrest hubby (ht 17/01/2020)
Police’s
intelligence continues to fail them as Chand party
claims explosion: Despite the government designating the
Chand party a criminal outfit, Wednesday’s explosion
shows that security agencies are still unaware of their
activities, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 17/01/2020)
Aided
by Indian drug traffickers, farmers are increasingly
turning from marijuana to opium: Once limited to Tarai
districts along the border with India, the cultivation
of poppy plants has now spread across the hills of Nepal,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 16/01/2020)
Police
confiscate smuggled mobile phones worth over Rs 3.5
million: Police said no one claimed ownership of the
phones that were recovered in passenger buses, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 16/01/2020)
Dahal
ready to own up 5,000 deaths during insurgency: Says
state killed 12,000 people (ht 16/01/2020) [It
does not matter who is responsible for more killings!
They all have to stand trial for this: Maoists,
politicians, army leaders, ex-king etc.]
A
fraud company swindles millions off farmers in Lamjung
and Tanahun: Police in Lamjung say they have not
received any formal complaint against the company
representatives who have been out of contact for almost
a year now, by Aash Gurung (kp 16/01/2020)
Peace
minus justice: The promises made under the Comprehensive
Peace Accord have been thrown to the winds, by Daman
Nath Dhungana (kp 15/01/2020)
Conflict
victims decry government’s consultations as a sham: The
consultations were not aimed at ensuring justice but
simply at showing the world that feedback was collected,
victims say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/01/2020)
Bhat-Bhateni
among firms faking VAT bills worth millions: SC (rep
14/01/2020), SC
indicts Bhatbhateni for tax evasion, by Umesh Poudel
(ht 16/01/2020)
Self-styled
godman Shivananda Swami held (ht 14/01/2020)
Police
intervene rally demanding justice for Nirmala Pant:
Security personnel used force on women rights activists
who were protesting in front of the Kanchanpur District
Court seeking justice for Nirmala Pant, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 14/01/2020)
Attorney
General seeks accurate forensic reports to deal with
problems correctly (kp 13/01/2020)
Government
rescues hundreds of children every year but does little
for their care: Children are usually put up in transit
homes before they are either handed over to other
shelters or their families, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
12/01/2020)
Two
rape cases reported in valley, suspects held (ht
12/01/2020)
Irate
kin vandalise hospital (ht 12/01/2020)
Youth
crushed to death by tipper for protesting illegal
extraction of riverbed materials in Dhanusa:
Twenty-four-year-old Dilip Kumar Mahato was struck and
dragged by the tipper driver, say police, by Santosh
Singh (kp 11/01/2020) [Not only
the direct murderers are responsible, but also the idle
and disinterested government and administration!]
Police
nab four of the alleged perpetrators of Dhanusha tipper
attack: Dilip was killed on Friday morning while
protesting the illegal mining of riverbed materials from
a river beside his home at Sripur in Mithila
Municipality, by Ajit Tiwari (kp 12/01/2020), Police
arrest owner of crusher plant in connection with murder,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 12/01/2020), Rein
in Crusher Mafias: Book the culprits of Mahato’s
‘murder’ (rep 12/01/2020), Alleged
perpetrators of Dhanusha tipper attack remanded into
custodyDilip was killed on Friday morning while
protesting the illegal mining of riverbed materials from
a river beside his home at Sripur in Mithila
Municipality, by Santosh Singh (kp 13/01/2020), Dilip
Mahato was attacked before being run over by a tipper
truck: Police; In his statement to police, truck driver
Munindra Mahato has admitted to the crime, by Ajit
Tiwari (kp 14/01/2020), Dilip
Mahato should have been a hero. Instead, he will be
forgotten: Dilip’s murder encapsulates several of the
ills that ail this tottering republic, by Amish Raj
Mulmi (kp 24/01/2020)
Conflict
victims say their hope on Pradeep Gyawali might have
been misplaced: Gyawali, who had appeared sympathetic to
the cause of conflict victims, is also moving ahead on
transitional justice without taking victims into
confidence, by Binod Gjhimire (kp 09/01/2020)
Police
take steps to curb opium farming in remote areas of
Makwanpur: The first time police discovered an opium
plantation in the district was five years ago, by
Pratap Bista (kp 09/01/2020)
Despite
stringent measures, no let up in gold smuggling through
Kathmandu airport: In the past one week alone, police
have already arrested five people at the Tribhuvan
International Airport, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
07/01/2020)
School
teacher held on charge of beating and injuring student:
The victim’s family lodged a complaint with the police
on Sunday and urged authorities to take strong against
the guilty, by Sanju Poudel (kp 07/01/2020)
Police
arrest bank hacker fugitive: The gang had stolen around
Rs48.5 million from the Lahan Branch of the Agriculture
Development Bank and Panas Remittance, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 06/01/2020)
Transitional
justice: This time around, the government must not go
back on its promise (kp 06/01/2020), NHRC’s
threat to withdraw its member from ex-CJ-led panel
(ht 06/01/2020), Amend
the TRC Act: It makes no sense in appointing members in
the TRC and CIEDP without amending the TRC Act in line
with the Supreme Court verdict (ht 06/01/2020)
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)
Law
Ministry aims to get Transitional Justice Act amended
from ongoing session of Parliament: Foreign Minister
Pradeep Gyawali, also the law minister now, who has made
commitments from various platforms including the United
Nations, is taking the lead for amendments, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 05/01/2020)
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 05/01/20202)
For
Nepali women seeking work in the Gulf, new routes and
old risks: Despite restrictions from traveling to the
Gulf countries, desperate Nepali women are falling into
traps of trafficking agents who are exploiting new
routes to take them out of the country, by Parbat
Portel (kp 04/01/2020)
'We
don't follow Chhaupadi', by Dhan Bahadur Budha (kp
04/01/2020)
572
India-bound girls, women missing (ht 04/01/2020)
Nepal
may be becoming a new transit point for drug smugglers:
As many as 5,607 people were arrested for drug-related
crimes in the first five months of the current fiscal
year, data show, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 04/01/2020)
After
failing to establish charges, government to deport all
arrested Chinese nationals: Police had arrested 122
Chinese from different parts of Kathmandu for their
involvement in suspicious activities, by Anil Giri
(kp 03/01/2019)
Police
arrest six persons for allegedly making fake smart
driving licences: Fake licences are mostly used by
people who fail the licence test or those who want to go
abroad, Metropolitan Traffic Police Division says,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/01/2020), After
crackdown against drink driving, MaPaSe cases have
decreased in Kathmandu Valley, police records show:
Division office says an awareness programme for 47,000
drivers and riders focusing on the anti-drink drive,
helped reduce MaPaSe cases, by Anup Ojha (kp
02/01/2020)
Nepal
Police to keep record of landlords, tenants (ht
01/01/2020)
One
held with gold hidden in rectum (ht 01/01/2020)
Attacked
and violated: From Chhaupadi death to incidents of
sexual exploitation to cases of acid attacks, there was
no let-up in incidents of violence against girls and
women in 2019, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 31/12/2019)
Rape
accused godman freed on bail (ht 31/12/2019) [??]
Polluted
air spikes respiratory illness: The govt standard for
unhealthy air is way above WHO’s, by Sabitri Dhakal
(ht 29/12/2019)) [And the
government is doing nothing!]
Battle
against Chhaupadi in Karnali: Govt gets aggressive, but
people’s blind belief too strong (rep 29/12/2019)
Man
arrested on charge of rape, by Maheshwar Chamlinf
Rai (rep 29/12/2019)
Food,
gold adulteration rampant in Syangja, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 29/12/2019)
National
conference on sexual harassment held (ht
29/12/2019)
Bike-lifting
syndicate busted, 12 arrested with 40 two-wheelers
(ht 28/12/2019), Police
arrest two men from Changunarayan for alleged motorcycle
theft: Out of 1,611 incidents of vehicle theft in the
last fiscal year, only 189 were recovered, police
records show, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 29/12/2019)
Addressing
The Issue Of Gender Violence, by Indu Pant Ghimire
and Saurav Raj Pant (rn 28/12/2019)
Missing
teenage girl murdered (ht 28/12/2019)
Police
arrest two persons with alleged tax-evaded electronic
gadgets valued at Rs 5.2 million: The police also
confiscated more than Rs1.5 million in cash and cheques
worth more than Rs5,73000 from the accused, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 27/12/2019)
Govt
to designate watchdog for money laundering (ht
27/12/2019)
Rape
accused godman’s file submitted to court, by Santosh
Kafle (ht 27/12/2019)
Alarming
Abductions, by Bini Dahal (rn 27/12/2019)
Government
and police fail to abide by human rights commission’s
recommendation: The commission two months ago had
recommended action against police officials involved in
extrajudicial killing of Kumar Paudel, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 26/12/2019)
Breaking
the chain: Human trafficking under the guise of labour
migration has become one of the most severe problems
faced by Nepali migrant workers in recent times, by
Anurag Devkota (kp 26/12/2019)
Police
rescue a girl being trafficked to India, by Tapendra
Karki (rep 26/12/2019)
Chand
group’s donation terror in Udayapur (ht 26/12/2019)
Govt
to act tough against those who encourage Chhaupadi
(ht 25/12/2019)
122
Chinese nationals arrested from different parts of the
Capital: Police say the arrested, who had arrived in
Nepal on a tourist visa, are being investigated for
their involvement in illegal activities, including
financial crimes, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
24/12/2019), At
least 800 Chinese nationals are under watch in
Kathmandu: The revelation follows the arrest of 122
Chinese nationals on Monday in a joint Nepal-China
operation, by Anil Giri and Shuvam Dhungana (kp
25/12/2019), Arrested
Chinese remanded to 5-day police custody, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 25/12/2019), Police
recover only 67 passports from the arrested 122 Chinese
nationals: The arrested Chinese nationals may be
involved in suspicious activities, including cybercrime,
police suspect, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 26/12/2019),
The
recent arrest of 122 Chinese nationals sets a dangerous
precedent: How would Nepal react if the state apparatus
was conducting similar mass arrests on Nepali soil on
behalf of India?(kp 26/12/2019), Arrest
of 122 Chinese nationals was not a ‘joint operation’,
security agencies say: Although the Chinese Foreign
Ministry had said that Monday’s arrests were a joint
operation between China and Nepal, Nepali security
agencies say they acted solely on their own, by Anil
Giri (kp 27/12/2019), Detained
122 Chinese nationals likely to be deported (ht
30/12/2019)
Call
for survivor-friendly approach to investigate human
trafficking cases: Experts urge adopting Forensic
Experiential Trauma Interviews approach for better
dealing with survivors and investigating such cases,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/12/2019)
Bangladeshis
are being trafficked into Nepal, but most cases go
unreported: The Embassy of Bangladesh in Kathmandu
receives two to three cases of labour trafficking every
month, by Eliha Shrestha (kp 24/12/2019)
Two
drivers arrested for unhealthy competition on road,
by Dhruba Dangal (rep 24/12/2019)
Narcotics
Control Bureau arrests four foreigners for cocaine
smuggling: Two Belarusians and two Bolivians arrested
with 6kg of cocaine worth at least Rs150 million, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 23/12/2019)
Rural
municipality chair rescued hours after his abduction:
The Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal has
claimed responsibility for the incident, by Jyoti
Katuwal and Tularam Pandey (kp 23/12/2019)
Police
launch awareness drive in Dadeldhura community schools:
Police personnel are running classes for students to
instil positive thinking in them, by D.R. Pant (kp
23(12/2019)
Police
arrest two persons on the charge of kidnapping three
minors: The kidnapping cases have risen by 48 percent
since 2014-15 to 104 in 2018-19, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 22/12/2019)
Police
bust a gang involved in motorcycle theft in Kathmandu
Valley: Auto theft incidents are on the rise, but
vehicle recovery and arrest rates are dismal, data show,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 21/12/2019)
Police
rescue three children from clutches of kidnapper (ht
21/12/2019)
Birgunj
High Court seeks suggestions from lawyers to transfer
Aftab Alam’s case away from his hometown: Government
attorney appealed for a transfer of the case following
threats from the lawmaker who has been charged with mass
murder, by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/12/2019)
Patan
High Court denies bail to Mahara (ht 20/12/2019)
Sexual
violence case involving faculty member settled in school
(ht 20/12/2019) [???? Such cases
cannot be settled but must be puniushed!]]
She
was returning from a temple. Then a drunk driver killed
her.: On Saturday morning, a 38-year-old woman was run
over by a car with four passengers who were returning
after a night of heavy drinking, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 19/12/2019), It’s
time to make our drink driving laws tougher: The killing
of a 38-year-old woman has raised questions about how
people get away with driving after heavy drinking,
despite checkpoints (kp 19/12/2019), Families
reach compensation deal in drunk driving case, but case
will proceed regardless: While the family of Leela
Devkota stands to receive up to Rs10 million in
compensation, police say they will continue to pursue a
vehicular homicide case against Prithvi Malla, by
Shucvam Dhungana (kp 20/12/2019)
Dahal’s
proposal to set up mechanism for transitional justice
raises alarm: Conflict victims and human rights
defenders say it is wrong to have a political body that
influences the commissions, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/12/2019)
Drug
smugglers find a new, loose route— Siddhartha Highway:
Police have registered as many as 35 drug-related cases
in the past three years, by Madhav Aryal (kp
18/12/2019)
Municipality
threatens strike seeking release of rape accused ward
chair (ht 18/12/2019)
A
crisis centre provides relief to victims of violence in
Janakpur: The centre was built nine years after the
state said it would set up such centres in several other
districts, by Shahiman Rai (kp 18/12/2019)
One
year since the sexual abuse exposé: It would be a
disservice to all if we forget the survivors of Lalitpur
Madhyamik Vidhyalaya and the victims in so many other
schools, by Monika Niroula (kp 17/12/2019)
Rape
cases on the rise, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 16/12/2019)
Ending
the stigma of menstruation: How many girls must die
before we realize that Chhaupadi in all its forms must
stop? Three-month jail time or Rs 3,000 fine is not
enough to stop this brutal practice, by Sakun
Gajurel (rep 16/12/2019)
Police
inspector among three killed in Dhanusha blast: No one
has claimed responsibility for the midnight blast,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 15/12/2019), Three,
including inspector, killed (ht 15/12/2019), Police
probing Dhanusha blast (ht 16/12/2019), Upholding
Order, by S. Binodkumar Singh, (SAIR 16/12/2019), Bomb
terror grips Dhanusha: Following the Mahendranagar
incident, people have become both wary and terrified
(ht 17/12/2019)
CDOs
instructed to form anti-chhaupadi mechanisms, intensify
campaigns (rep 15/12/2019)
“They
turned me into a living corpse”: For victims of the
Maoist insurgency, no justice and no peace: Over 13
years after the peace agreement, transitional justice
process has largely been held hostage to partisan
interests, with both the political parties and Army
playing for time, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/12/2019)
Lack
of proper parking spaces in the capital gives rise to
auto theft cases: Thieves sell stolen two-wheelers at
prices ranging between Rs50,000 and Rs150,000, depending
on the vehicle’s condition, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
14/12/2019)
Amend
act on human trafficking: NHRC (ht 14/12/2019)
Evidence
to prosecute Dr Rohit Kumar Jha for attempt to rape
insufficient (ht 14/12/2019)
Families
are sites of love and affection but also violence and
discrimination: A new report by UN Women points to the
dual role of families in Nepal, where 26 percent of
women face domestic violence, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
13/12/2019)
Everything
you need to know about Chhaupadi, the taboo ritual of
banishing women to period huts: Legal actions and social
campaigns have failed to make people in Nepal’s remote
western regions understand the urgency of abolishing the
deadly tradition, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 12/12/2019)
Exploitation
continues unabated at Kathmandu’s dance bars and dohori
restaurants: As such informal entertainment venues are
not regulated by the government, there is ample room for
labour exploitation and physical and sexual harassment,
by Elisha Shrestha (kp 12/12/2019)
Rape
incidents up in Saptari (ht 12/12/2019), Three,
including ward chair, held for attempt to rape (ht
12/12/2019)
South
Asian states urged to end culture of impunity (rep
12/12/2019)
Police
arrest three persons for defrauding around Rs150 million
through social media platforms: Peter Herman, a Nigerian
national believed to be currently residing in India is
the mastermind of the scams, says police, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 12/12/2019)
Police
want to be friends with the community but they act more
like foes: Time and again, police quickly resort to
baton charges and physical violence to deal with
protests, even when unnecessary, by Anup Ojha (kp
11/12/2019), Nagarik
reporter injured in police assault, by Rajan Shah
(rep 11/12/2019), Criminal
case filed against police over assault on Nagarik
journalist (rep 18/12/2019)
Abused
and forced to flee: How unchecked superstition displaced
a family in Dolakha: Belief in superstition and the
abuse of human rights that comes with it is widespread
in this mountainous district of about 200,000 people,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 11/12/2019)
Paedophile
caught in the act with three minor girls: One of his
victims escaped and brought cops to his hotel room,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 10/12/2019)
Violence
against differently-abled women goes largely unreported,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 10/12/2019)
Statues
are being stolen from Simraungadh, but nobody is
bothered: Simraungadh is the capital city of the Mithila
kingdom and houses many historical palaces, which is why
statues and other artefacts are frequently extracted
from various places, by Laxmi Sah (kp 10/12/2019)
Time
to think out of the box: If we had tackled this problem
from women’s health perspectives rather than cultural
taboos, perhaps the woman who died in Chhaupadi shed
would be among us today, by Mukesh Adhikari
(rep 09/12/2019) [Chhaupadi is
an archaic and perverse tradition that has its origin in
the morbid delusion of superiority of a deeply
patriarchal way of thinking. This crime against women
must be eradicated if women's health is to be protected.]
Department
of Foreign Employment seeks support of other government
agencies for overseas job frauds: The department seeks
collaboration with Nepal Police and Department of
Immigration for controlling malpractices in foreign
employment sector., by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/12/2019)
Police
arrest Chinese national in possession of banned drug:
The contraband is valued at more than Rs5 million in the
international market, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
09/12/2019)
Crime
rate rose by 40 percent in five years: Data: 6,233
murder cases, 5,155 suicide cases and 3,999 women and
children related cases were registered last fiscal year,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 08/12/2019)
Doctor
arrested for ‘raping’ woman, by Madan Thakur (rep
08/12/2019)
Rape
accused AHW held (ht 08/12/2019)
‘Collective
effort needed to curb rape’ (ht 06/12/2019)
Suspended
DSP served arrest warrant over alleged criminal link: On
May 3, Nepal Police had suspended Dhungel, who was then
in charge of Chandranigahapur Area Police Office in
Rautahat, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 05/12/2019)
Victims
of domestic violence must make the decision to take back
control of their lives: The national mission to end
domestic violence must be taken to every family, school,
workplace, courtroom, cabinet and police station, by
Madhuri Rana Singh (kp 05/12/2019)
Police
arrest two persons for alleged online fraud: Police
recover more than Rs800,000 from the bank account of
alleged fraudsters, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
04/12/2019)
Menstruation
huts become death traps: 17 die in sheds in ten years,
by Prakash Singh (ht 04/12/2019) [If
men cannot stay in the house together with menstruating
women, then men must leave the house and stay in sheds!!],
Banishing
women to “period huts” is a national shame: Young girls
and women losing their precious lives to a deadly
superstition is distressing (kp 05/12/2019)) [It's not only a shame, it's a grave
crime!], For
greater activism: The local school is a good place for
intervention, where an appropriate curriculum could help
create awareness among the students (ht 05/12/2019)
[related to chhaupadi crime], Police
arrest brother-in-law of Parbati Budha who died in a
menstruation hut in Achham: This is the first arrest
since the country criminalised Chhaupadi in August 2017,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/12/2019)
Transitional
justice: Truth is its foundation; Transitional justice
is a challenge by which we test ourselves, our vision of
the future and the kind of society we want to build out
of the rubble of the decade of conflict, by Mohna
Ansari (ht 04/12/2019)
Priceless
idols stolen from Padukasthan Temple of Dailekh, by
Govinda KC (kp 04/12/2019)
Banished
from home, Achham woman dies in menstrual hut, by
Prakash Singh (ht 03/12/2019)
Despite
protests from animal rights activists, tens of thousands
of animals are being slaughtered in Gadhimai: In line
with the Supreme Court’s order to work towards
eliminating animal sacrifice, the temple has decided to
stop sacrificing pigeons, by Laxmi Sah (kp
03/12/2019), Ritual
sacrifice at Gadhimai shrine begins, photos barred
(ht 04/12/2019) [This brutal and completely senseless slaughter of
innocent creatures must never be called a "ritual
sacrifice". It is simply barbaric!], Contempt
of court case against govt, Gadhimai Trust for animal
sacrifice (rep 04/12/2019)
High-profile
culprits skip police custody on medical grounds (ht
03/12/2019)
CVCP
calls for parliamentary panel’s meeting, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ht 02/12/2019)
Man
arrested for 'raping' distant granddaughter (rep
02/12/2019) [What is a 'distant'
granddaughter? And why is 'raped written with quotation
marks?]
Most
traffickers are relatives of victims, officials say:
Police in the past four fiscal years have rescued 2,333
trafficked persons, statistics show, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 01/12/2019)
International
concern: Delay in transitional justice process (rep
01/12/2019)
Rape-accused
godman admits himself to hospital fearing arrest:
Sunsari police say he will be arrested once discharged,
by Santosh Kafle (ht 30/11/2019), Rape-accused
Siddhababa in ICU (ht 02/12/2019), Rape
accused 'godman' taken from ICU of nursing home to court
for remand (ht 03/12/2019), Siddhababa’s
remand extended by seven days (ht 07/12/2019), Giri
to be in judicial custody for 7 more days, by Amar
Khadka (rep 07/12/2019), Siddhababa’s
remand extended by three days (ht 14/12/2019)
Hi-tech
forgery racket busted, 3 arrested (ht 30/11/2019)
Two
Chinese nationals held with eight kilo gold (ht
30/11/2019)
Conflict
victims demand government to dissolve the recommendation
and start afresh selection process: They claim the
government is inviting international intervention by
politicising the transitional justice process, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 29/11/2019), TJ
appointments process hits snags (rep 30/11/2019)
Fake
doctors are conning villagers in Banke: People with
basic medical training are running clinics in rural
areas and putting people’s lives in danger, by Rupa
Gahatraj (kp 29/11/2019)
IED
detonated outside ruling party candidate’s office in
Mahottari: The explosion has caused minor damages to the
building while there were no human casualties, by
Santosh Singh (kp 29/11/2019)
Butwal
Sub-metropolis implements programme to end incidents of
sexual abuse in schools: Under the programme, every
school is supposed to assign a focal person for
resolving complaints filed by students, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 28/11/2019)
In
Achham, domestic abuse is driving women to depression:
Every week, the Bayalpata Hospital, which has a
dedicated mental health bureau, sees over a hundred
women suffering from depression, doctors say, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 28/11/2019)
Police
arrest six men for withdrawing Rs1.9 million from a bank
account by forging signature: Suspects caught with Rs
1.8 million, copies of citizenship cards, signature
specimens and cheque books, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
28/11/2019)
Rights
groups’ statement shows the world is watching Nepal’s
transitional justice process, experts say: The statement
from four prominent human rights organisations is
stronger than ones issued in the past, indicating the
international community may be gradually losing faith in
Nepal’s system, by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/11/2019)
[see joint
statement by ICJ, AI, HRW and TRIAL], International
rights watchdogs concerned about justice for victims
(ht 27/11/2019), NHRC
decision too little, too late: Conflict victims, by
Roshan S. Nepal (ht 27/11/2019)
NCP
student wing cadres thrash college chief: ANNFSU targets
Tri-Chandra College principal for hiking fees (ht
26/11/2019), Deplorable
conduct: The unruly conduct of the student unions has
its genesis in the upbringing by the parties that use
them for disruptive activities (ht 27/11/2019)
Detainee’s
death in police custody suspicious (ht 26/11/2019)
Couple
ostracised for practising witchcraft (ht 26/11/2019)
Officials
stress need for ending all forms of violence against
women, by Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep 26/11/2019)
Police
yet to identify culprit in hit-and-run that claimed
doctor’s life (ht 25/11/2019)
The
transitional justice process has failed to envision the
pains of women who were sexually abused during the
insurgency: As the state has excluded rape in the
interim relief process and in transitional justice, many
victims still await closure, by Chandra Bhadra (kp
24/11/2019), Panel
moves to recommend TJ officials amid widespread
criticism (rep 24/11/2019)
Our
songs from the forest: Finding freedom from menstrual
taboos in the lap of nature, by Uma Bista (kp
23/11/2019)
The
fight for fighting crime: Inside the Nepal Police’s
investigation unit: The country’s crime investigation
body has come a long way, but challenges persist, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 23/11/2019)
Surveillance
heightened in driving test centres to catch imposter
candidates: Police arrested six persons for taking
driving tests on behalf of others in the past four
months, by Anup Ojha (kp 23/11/2019)
High
court seeks details on Mahara case (rep 23/11/2019)
Smugglers
using Kimathanka border point in Sankhuwasabha to move
gold into the country: Arrests of three people,
including a gold carrier, has made it clear that
smugglers are using the border point to bring the
precious yellow metal from Tibet, say police, by
Dipendra Shakya (kp 22/11/2019)
Govt
to take care of four rape victims (ht 22/11/2019)
Dahal
for appointing new faces to TRC (ht 22/11/2019) [The leader of one of the outstanding
human rights violating forces at the time of the
conflict must not have any say in the composition and
work of the two commissions!]
Mahara
challenges Kathmandu court’s remand order in Patan High
Court: Former House Speaker was remanded in judicial
custody earlier this month in an attempted rape case,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 22/11/2019)
Justice
still eludes conflict victims: NHRC (ht 21/11/2019),
Peace
and injustice: Thirteen years of Comprehensive Peace
Accord (rep 21/11/2019), Waiting
for justice: Thirteen years after signing of CPA,
justice eludes the conflict victims, by Ram Kumar
Bhandari (rep 21/11/2019), Conflict
victims decry apathy of government and parties towards
transitional justice: Thirteen years after the peace
deal, victims of the decade-long Maoist insurgency
continue to wait for justice, by Binod Ghimire (kp
22/11/2019)
Unidentified
group kills man in Sunsari district (ht 21/11/2019)
Alleging
political intervention, applicants for transitional
justice commissions are withdrawing their names: Since
the recommendation committee has become a rubber stamp
for the political parties, no independent decision is
forthcoming, rights activists and victims say, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 20/11/2019), Stakeholders
prepare for consultations on TJ bill (rep
20/11/2019)
Seven
trafficking victims, including four minor girls rescued
(ht 20/11/2019)
Fuel-laden
tanker goes missing (ht 20/11/2019)
Supreme
Court sentences ‘Pooja Bohara’ rape accused to 11 yrs,
six months in jail, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
19/11/2019)
After
deal between parties, selection panel publishes list of
probable candidates for transitional justice bodies:
Conflict victims object to political interference,
saying they won’t accept the officials selected without
following the due process, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/11/2019), Victims
decry selection of candidates for TJ bodies, by
Rohan S. Nepal (ht 19/11/2019)
Five
murder accused arrested (ht 19/11/2019)
Police
arrest man for fatally stabbing his friend in the
Capital: Forty-six-year old Manish Kunwar Khadgi was
detained in connection to the death of Arun Chitrakar of
Kathmandu Ward No. 19, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
18/11/2019)
Police
arrest Indian man suspected of running Hundi from
Capital: The arrestee has been identified as
Satyanarayan Prasad, 57, of Betiya District, India,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 18/11/2019)
Panel
proposes Bhatta for TRC head, Mallick for CIEDP chief
(ht 18/11/2019)
Eight
arrested for hostage-taking (ht 17/11/2019)
956
gambling dens dismantled across country in three years
(ht 17/11/2019)
In
Rajapur, police consistently fail to investigate cases
involving marginalised communities: Police have refused
to look into a number of recent cases involving Tharus
and Dalits, despite their families alleging foul play,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 16/11/2019)
Under
the guise of humanitarian aid, high-profile paedophiles
are abusing Nepali children: Loose laws, illiteracy and
poverty, along with an unsuspicious welcome of
foreigners, have turned Nepal into a haven for Western
paedophiles, by Janakraj Sapkota (kp 16/11/2019)
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)
Govt
auctioning Oriental’s assets to compensate duped victims,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 16/11/2019)
Parties
close to consensus on chairperson for Truth and
Reconciliation Commission: Both ruling and opposition
parties are positive about appointing Ganesh Datta
Bhatta, associate professor at Nepal Law Campus, ruling
party leaders say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/11/2019)
Law
to protect victims, witnesses need of hour: ‘Vulnerable
should be relocated and their privacy protected’ (ht
14/11/2019), Protect
victims: Although relocation of the vulnerable with
changed identity has been suggested, is this feasible in
a small country like ours? (ht 15/11/2019)
Police
arrest 50-year-old woman for alleged human trafficking:
The then minor victim was trafficked to India in 2012
and thrown into prostitution, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
14/11/2019), Woman
held for selling her niece to brothel in India (ht
15/11/2019)
Durbar
Marg rape case accused sent to prison: Main accused
sentenced to five years and two months in jail (ht
14/11/2019)
49
gamblers nabbed from valley in a day (ht 14/11/2019)
Five
accused in Nidan Hospital kidney scam sent to judicial
custody (ht 13/11/2019)
Families
of air crash victims say they are being pressured to
withdraw their case: 22 Nepalis were killed when
US-Bangla flight BS 211 from Dhaka crashed while landing
at Kathmandu airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/11/2019)
Two
witnesses in Alam trial change their statements:
Government prosecutors demand protection for witnesses
and their close relatives, by Shiva Puri (kp
12/11/2019), Defendants
present arguments (ht 12/11/2019), No
blast had occurred in 2008: Alam's lawyers, by Madan
Thakur (rep 12/11/2019), A
witness in Alam trial says he was abducted and forced to
change statement: Gauri Shankar Ram Chamar, who was
injured in the 2008 Rautahat blast, is currently under
police protection, by Shiva Puri (kp 13/11/2019),
Protect the victims, eyewitnesses (rep 13/11/2019),
Victim’s
family tempted to change statement (ht 14/11/2019),
Aftab
Alam remanded in judicial custody after his formal trial
ended on Friday: Rauthat District Court had begun a
formal trial on Alam’s case on November 7, by Shiva
Puri (kp 16/11/2019), As
reputed lawyers flock to Alam’s defense, many question
their moral judgment: Mohammad Aftab Alam, who is in
custody on charge of a mass murder, is being represented
by nearly three dozen lawyers, some of whom once held
the position of attorney general, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 17/11/2019), District
judge and attorney dealing with Alam’s case left
district: Alam was remanded in judicial custody after
his formal trial came to an end on Friday, by Shiva
Puri (kp 17/11/2019)
Cop
takes Sudan scam convict Bharati to hotel on pretext of
health check-up (ht 11/11/2019)
High-profile
gamblers in hospitals 'to avoid police custody' (rep
11/11/2019)
14-year-old
girl found dead in suspicious circumstances: Family
members claim the victim was abducted, raped and
subsequently murdered, by Kamal Panthi (kp
10/11/2019)
Recommendation
committee fails to pick candidates leaving TJ bodies in
the lurch (ht 09/11/2019)
Department
of Money Laundering Investigation notifies District
Police for investigation into Alam’s properties: Alam
will be arrested again even if the court releases him on
general date, according to the letter sent by the
department, by Shiva Puri (kp 09/11/2019)
Woman
accused of witchcraft, tortured (ht 08/11/2019)
Tarai
farmers face crop failure due to fake paddy seeds: The
Garima variety of seeds sold to farmers in Kailali and
Kanchanpur produced only empty grains, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 08/11/2019)
Six
Chinese hackers sent to judicial custody, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 08/11/2019)
Police
rescue 14-year-old boy (ht 07/11/2019)
Minister
Rawal yet to appear before court (ht 07/11/2019)
Nepal
Police appears unwilling to take action against
officials involved in extrajudicial killing: The human
rights commission had asked that criminal charges be
filed against officers implicated in the killing but
police say they have yet to receive any official
communication in that regard, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/11/2019)
Police
submit report on kidney scam at Nidan Hospital (ht
06/11/2019)
Man
dunking wife’s face in hot curry shocks even folks used
to VAW, by Anjali Subedi (rep 05/11/2019)
The
District Attorney’s Office files charge sheet against
Alam, seeking life imprisonment: Alam was presented at
the court on Monday amid tight security, while his
supporters had gathered outside the court, shouting for
his release, by Shiva Puri (kp 05/11/2019), Charge-sheet
filed against Alam: Ten absconding persons named as
co-accused, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 05/11/2019), Life
imprisonment sought for Alam and ten others, by
Madan Thakur (rep) 05/11/2019, Alam’s
statement being recorded in Rautahat (ht 06/11/2019)
Nationwide
campaign launched to end violence against women: Flagged
off from Province 1, the drive will be run throughout
the year for long-term effectiveness, by Binu
Timsina (kp 05/11/2019)
Krishna
Bahadur Mahara remanded in custody over attempted rape
allegations: The former House Speaker will have to stay
in custody until the court passes the final decision,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 05/11/2019), Former
speaker in judicial custody for attempt to rape, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 05/11/2019), Ex-speaker
Mahara off to jail until final verdict: He is the first
politician of his stature to land in jail on a criminal
charge in Nepal’s recent history (rep 05/11/2019)
High-profile
individuals, when arrested, tend to suddenly need
hospitalisation: Often, lawyers and doctors are
complicit in employing legal loopholes to help the
accused avoid time in jail while in police custody,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 04/11/2019)
Court
urged to send Mahara to judicial Custody (ht
04/11/2019)
Money
laundering probe against 25 gamblers (ht 04/11/2019)
Panel
to probe code of conduct violation charge against Shahi
(ht 04/11/2019)
Nepal
yet again fails to report to the UN on status of
judicial action on the killings of journalists: We are
waiting for updates from the Home Ministry,
Communication Ministry says (kp 03/11/2019)
Army
major among nine detained for alleged gambling: Police
detained 473 gamblers in the last two weeks across the
country, more than Rs31 million seized, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 03/11/2019), NA’s
Major Shahi sent to police custody (ht 04/11/2019)
Three
persons found murdered in Gulmi forest: Investigating
officers suspect the victims were from the same family
and were murdered by smashing their heads, by
Ghanhyam Gautam (kp 03/11/2019)
Assailant
of Hetauda acid attack arrested after more than six
years: The perpetrator had thrown acid on a 19-year-old
girl for rebuffing his romantic advances, by Subash
Bidari (kp 02/11/2019)
Filing
complaints with the police is filled with hassles: Nepal
Police’s behaviour with people seeking help from the
authorities has frequently come under the scanner,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/11/2019)
Ministry
starts process to amend bill on transitional justice
law: Law and Justice Ministry will gather suggestions
from the concerned parties to finalise the amendment
bill, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/11/2019)
Investigation
report in Alam’s case submitted to attorney’s office
(ht 02/11/2019)
Chargesheet
filed against Mahara for rape attempt: District attorney
office has sought five to seven-and-a-half years jail
term for the former House Speaker, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 01/11/2019), Attempt
to rape case filed against Mahara: His trial hearing has
been scheduled for today (ht 01/11/2019), Rape
attempt case filed against Mahara: Prosecution seeks up
to 7 years 6 months jail (rep 01/11/2019), Mahara,
in court statement, denies ever entering the woman’s
apartment: The former Speaker of the House finally gave
his statement on Friday after he was formally charged
with attempted rape, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
02/11/2019) [Mysteriously, he
did not remember this before?]
Man
dies after police fire on a group defying curfew in
Krishnanagar: Local administration imposed indefinite
curfew after a clash between Hindu and Muslim
communities over the route of idol procession, by
Manoj Paudel (kp 01/11/2019), A
10-point agreement signed between the agitating parties
and local administration in Kapilvastu: The situation
remained peaceful throughout Friday; administration yet
to lift curfew, by Manoj Paudel (kp 02/11/2019), Curfew
continues at Krishnanagar (ht 02/11/2019)
“I
thought I would die”: Despite laws on domestic violence,
archaic and insensitive treatment by police and the
justice system force women in Nepal to remain trapped in
cycles of abuse, even when they muster the courage to
report them; In the majority of domestic violence cases,
police push for reconciliation, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
01/11/2019)
Police
file two more cases against Aftab Alam: Police have
filed ‘attempted murder’ and ‘holding, transporting
explosive materials’ cases against Alam, by Shiva
Puri (kp 01/11/2019)
VTEN's
arrest is only a symbol of a larger malaise: ‘Moral
order’ is such an amorphous idea that anything
undesirable to the authorities can be slotted into it,
by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 01/11/2019)
Owner
and manager of a leather factory in Parsa Bara arrested
over Sirsiya stream pollution: Industrial waste from the
Parsa-Bara Industrial Corridor has become a major
contributor to the pollution of Sirsiya stream, say
authorities, by Shankar Acharya (kp 01/11/2019)
Squatters,
who received plots to build houses, are deprived of land
titles: Around 500 landless squatters had received space
to build in Salyan district, by Biplab Maharjan (kp
01/11/2019)
Student
leader from ruling party arraigned on rape charge: Indra
Hang Rai of All Nepal National Free Students Union is
accused of assaulting an 18-year-old girl, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 31/10/2019), Three
youth leaders of NCP, Nepali Congress arrested on rape
charges (ht 31/10/2019)
Politics
has become a haven for crime and corruption: Political
parties have not only protected the criminality of their
cadres, but they also have provided shelter to notorious
criminals, by Achyut Wagle (kp 31/10/2019)
Interpol
decides to enhance exchange of police data (ht
31/10/2019)
Police
arrest 25 and seize over Rs 26 million in illegal
gambling bust: Acting on a tip-off, police raided a
house in Maharajgunj for operating an illegal gambling
den, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 28/10/2019), 59
gamblers nabbed in a day from valley (ht 31/10/2019)
Even
with a murder conviction, lawmakers might still be able
to hold on to their seats: Lawmakers are suspended when
they are convicted but they do not lose their seats
unless their crime involves ‘moral turpitude’, but no
one is certain what that means, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 26/10/2019)
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