Supreme Court orders a new law as Transitional Justice Act overlooks child soldiers' issue

Kathmandu, June 12 -- The Supreme Court has directed the government to enact a law criminalising the recruitment and use of children under the age of 18 in armed forces and to classify such acts as se... Read More

Dhankuta community forest being developed into medicinal plant gene bank

Dhankuta, May 26 -- The Jautar Community Forest in Ward 3 of Pakhribas Municipality has developed into a centre for herbal conservation, biodiversity promotion, and eco-tourism, with plans to establis... Read More

Monkey menace pushing farmers out of Nepal's hill villages

Nepal, May 17 -- From east to west, monkey menace on farms has become a growing crisis across Nepal's mid-hill region, driving farmers to despair, emptying granaries and, in some places, forcing entir... Read More

Laligurans Municipality declares public holiday to drive away monkeys

Dhankuta, May 13 -- The growing monkey menace in Nepal's hill districts has pushed one local government in Tehrathum to declare a public holiday so residents can collectively chase monkeys away from f... Read More

Tired of waiting, locals take matters into their own hands

Dhankuta, May 8 -- In a display of collective resolve that speaks to the widening gap between rural needs and state delivery, the villagers in Dhankuta have completed a 22-metre-long concrete culvert ... Read More

Suspension bridges lie unused in Dhankuta, travellers stop only for photos

Dhankuta, May 1 -- Suspension bridges were once lifelines for mountain communities. Whether crossing turbulent monsoon streams or year-round rivers, these swaying structures provided a safe and depend... Read More

Insurgency-era victims urge visiting UN special rapporteur not to back transitional justice process

Kathmandu, April 30 -- As Bernard Duhaime, the UN Special Rapporteur on Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, prepares to visit Nepal in June, a group of conflict victims has u... Read More

Scientist vacancies hamper agriculture research in Nepal

Nepal, April 27 -- Agricultural research centres across Nepal are struggling to function effectively due to a severe shortage of human resources, undermining research, technology development and suppo... Read More

Supreme Court says Oli and Lekhak need not be in custody for investigation. Orders their release on Thursday

Nepal, April 7 -- The Supreme Court has directed the government not to extend the custody of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak, who were arrested on March 28 f... Read More

First lower house meeting begins with argy-bargy between ruling and opposition parties

Kathmandu, April 3 -- The first session of the newly elected House of Representatives commenced on Thursday with an exchange of blames and statements between the ruling and opposition parties. Even b... Read More

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