Police killings, abuse of power, and the lack of accountability threaten the stability of Nepal’s democracy
Photo: HIMALKHABAR.COMThere is an old Hungarian proverb: ‘If you are among thieves, and you keep quiet, that makes you a thief as well.’The…
Rautahat MP Mohammad Aftab Alam, currently in police custody charged with murder, has refused to take a polygraph test, angering the police and…
Wearing a plain white polo shirt and a hint of a smile, former House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara walked out of Norvic Hospital on Tuesday…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIWhen Prime Minister KP Oli and NCP co-chair Prachanda had a luncheon meeting at the home of business tycoon Durga…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIJust when we thought everything necessary had been said about Nepal’s corrosive corruption, it seems to be even…
All of us witness examples of Nepal’s corruption pandemic every day in every sphere of life: from slipping a few to get a driving license to…
Pic: Bhanu BhattaraiThe 2015 Constitution and arrival of fresh political leaders through nationwide elections in 2017 promised a more equal and…
After ten years of blood and 12 years of trying to come to terms with why it was shed, Nepalis had great hopes for 2018.Last year this time,…
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oIt was raining hard that Tuesday night on 11 September in Chandrapur of Rautahat. In the Das family home, teenage…
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oThere is an argument that there has not been an abrupt rise in the number of rape cases in Nepal, it is just being…
Have you raped anyone? If your answer is yes, think: why did you commit a crime deemed to be wrong by society, and illegal by law? Are you a…
The number of reported rapes in Nepal has shot up by 30% in the past year. It has multiplied four times in ten years. There are at least three…
