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Museums and galleries in the West have started returning Nepal’s stolen religious objects after relentless campaigning by activists.
Now there is a challenge of safeguarding repatriated pieces in their original place.
Back in 2002, Nepali Times covered the return of a 200-year-old Dipankar Buddha stolen from Patan and tracked to a collector in Vienna. One of the first instances of a stolen idol being returned to Nepal. . Read more...
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Activists gather at Maitighar Mandala on Saturday demanding justice for environment activist Dilip Mahato, who was murdered on 10 January 2020,
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People take to the streets on Friday demanding justice for a sexual violence survivor after she shared her story this week. They also called for an end to the statute of limitation on cases of rape and other sexual offences in Nepal.
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Victory rally by Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party in Bhaktapur. Sunil Prajapati is re-elected Mayor with 29,200 votes, and Rajani Joshi is Deputy mayor with 29,695 votes. The party made a clean sweep in the city also winning all 10 ward chairperson posts.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nepal marked its 29th anniversary on 19 May with a celebration of the doubling of the country’s tiger population and zero rhino poaching. It also inducted a new advisory board with Lisa Choegyal, Anil Chitrakar and Kunda Dixit.
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Officials start counting the votes on Saturday, a day after the local elections in Rastriya Sabha Griha, Kathmandu.
