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Is the Supreme Court facing a dual crisis? Five questions and answers

Kathmandu, Oct. 1 -- The Supreme Court held a full-court meeting after police took former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana into custody from his home in the early hours of Sunday and held him for... Read More


News Analysis: When institutional defence exposes institutional fault lines

Kathmandu, Sept. 30 -- When Manoj Kumar Sharma, the fourth-ranking judge in the Supreme Court, was appointed chief justice in May this year, the decision drew flak from judicial and political circles,... Read More


Until death: Inside Nepal's harshest punishment

Biratnagar, Aug. 26 -- At dusk on June 17, Mohammad Abbas Ansari stood by the window of his cell at Morang Prison. At the window to his left, another inmate - about his age - was speaking with his mot... Read More


Nepal's federal security gap: Provinces have constitutional authority, CDOs exercise real power

Biratnagar, Aug. 5 -- Last week, as tensions grew in Kaptanganj of Dewanganj Rural Municipality after a minor dispute between Hindu and Muslim youths escalated, the security situation began to deterio... Read More


Reporter's Diary: Driving into a divided landscape

Nepal, Aug. 5 -- On the morning of July 29, I flew to Biratnagar to cover what had been unfolding in Kaptanganj, Sunsari, since Sunday night. More than a straightforward reporting assignment - reachin... Read More


Inside Kaptanganj: How a religious flag dispute and a loudspeaker turned a border village deadly

Kaptanganj (sunsari), Aug. 3 -- Om Prakash Mehta was already in bed at around 9 pm on the evening of July 26. But as tensions began rising at the Kaptanganj Chowk, about 700 metres from his home, he w... Read More


Nepal once had a vibrant civil society. How it faded and fragmented

Kathmandu, July 29 -- Devendra Raj Panday was known less for his formal titles as an economist, former minister and planner than for his role as a "citizen leader." Standing outside active party poli... Read More


Nepal once had a vibrant civil society. Now it is faded and fragmented

Kathmandu, July 29 -- Devendra Raj Panday was known less for his formal titles as an economist, former minister and planner than for his role as a "citizen leader." Standing outside active party poli... Read More