EDITORIAL: UN help for justice Even 15 years after the decade-long Maoist insurgency came to an end, justice for the thousands of conflict victims remains just as elusive, with little signs of whether justice will ever be done to them. Opinion 04 Oct, 2021
Conflict victims seek UN help for justice As many as 48 organisations representing conflict victims have written to UN Secretary-General António Guterres affirming that Nepal continues to fail in establishing truth, justice, and reparations for thousands of victims of human rights violations during Nepal’s 1996-2006 conflict. Nepal 03 Oct, 2021
531 jailbirds granted amnesty President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Sunday granted amnesty to 531 convicts doing time in prisons across the country to mark Constitution Day. Nepal 20 Sep, 2021
Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing that a review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed. World 18 Sep, 2021
Women can study in gender-segregated universities: Taliban Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban government's new higher education minister said Sunday. World 13 Sep, 2021
EDITORIAL - Let courts try cases It took six years to draft the new constitution while the peace process has still remained elusive even though it has been 15 years since the signing of the CPA. Opinion 01 Sep, 2021
'Allow regular courts to try conflict era cases' International human rights organisations have urged the Nepali government to promptly enforce Supreme Court rulings and permit the regular courts to try cases of enforced disappearance and other grave international crimes during the conflict-era. Nepal 31 Aug, 2021
Taliban guard airport as most NATO troops leave Afghanistan Taliban forces sealed off Kabul's airport Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the U.S. and its allies were ending a chaotic airlift that will end their troops' two decades in Afghanistan. World 29 Aug, 2021
'Failure to probe migrant workers' deaths leaves families in despair' ​​​​​​​Qatari authorities have failed to investigate the deaths of thousands of migrant workers over the past decade despite the evidence of links between unsafe working conditions and premature deaths, Amnesty International said on Thursday Nepal 27 Aug, 2021
NATO pledges to speed evacuations from Afghanistan as criticism mounts More than 18,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since the Taliban took over Afghanistan's capital, a NATO official said on Friday, pledging to redouble evacuation efforts as criticism of the West's handling of the crisis mounted. World 20 Aug, 2021
Taliban vow to respect women, despite history of oppression The Taliban vowed Tuesday to respect women's rights, forgive those who fought them and ensure Afghanistan does not become a haven for terrorists as part of a publicity blitz aimed at reassuring world powers and a fearful population. World 18 Aug, 2021
EDITORIAL - Cost of conservation Nepal’s wildlife conservation is a success story, with its national parks and other protected areas now teeming with the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, Royal Bengal tiger, Asiatic elephant, red panda and the gaur. Opinion 11 Aug, 2021
