EDITORIAL: Elusive justice It's been a very long wait for the victims of the decade-long Maoist insurgency, but justice for them remains elusive even after 17 years of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) in 2006. Opinion 31 Aug, 2023
Soldiers in Gabon say they've seized power and detained a president whose family ruled for 55 years The coup leaders have said the president was under house arrest, surrounded by family and doctors. World 30 Aug, 2023
Victims of Doramba incident still deprived of justice ​​​​​​​Advocacy Forum has issued a press release demanding justice for those Maoist cadres and civilians who were brutally killed 20 years ago at Doramba in Ramechhap by the then Royal Nepali Army while the state and the Maoists were observing a ceasefire. Nepal 18 Aug, 2023
EDITORIAL: JSP-N's rebuff Just a day after the government agreed to probe the Gaur massacre that took place 17 years ago, Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-N), whose leader Upendra Yadav is alleged to have masterminded the carnage, has dismissed the deal as nothing more than a stunt. Opinion 11 Aug, 2023
UN special rapporteurs drill holes into TRC amendment bill ​​​​​​​Three UN special rapporteurs and a Working Group have pointed out problems in the latest Truth and Reconciliation Act (Amendment) bill and requested Nepal government to furnish a reply. Nepal 11 Aug, 2023
Return investigation agencies to ministries: Koirala ​​​​​​​Nepali Congress leader Shekhar Koirala stressed the need to remove the Central Investigation Bureau and Department of Revenue Investigation from the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and keep both the agencies under the ministries as in the past. Kathmandu 04 Aug, 2023
TI Nepal draws Parliament's attention Transparency International (TI) Nepal has again called attention of the Parliament on the two amended bills registered by the government in the Parliament-- Anti-Money Laundering and Corruption Control Bill as well as the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority Bill. Kathmandu 01 Aug, 2023
Straw-legged bureaucracy: Mere shadow of the politics During the nail-biting climax of the U.S. presidential election held in November 2020, an hourlong telephone call excerpt between then president Donald Trump and Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger was leaked. Opinion 29 Jun, 2023
Torture laws need to be amended ​​​​​​​Rights activists have demanded that the government amend torture laws, set up an independent mechanism to investigate torture cases and create a national fund for awarding compensation to torture victims. Nepal 27 Jun, 2023
Guatemalans vote for a new president after a tumultuous electoral season Guatemalans vote for a new president after a tumultuous electoral season World 25 Jun, 2023
Amendment giving impunity to political criminals registered A bill has been registered in the Parliament to give impunity to political perpetrators of criminal offence. Kathmandu 12 May, 2023
Provision to protect the corrupt, say critics Voices against the five year-statute of limitation proposed in the two anti-corruption bills passed by the National Assembly recently has been growing, with Nepali Congress General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma joining the opponents of the bill’s provision. Nepal 29 Apr, 2023
