'33pc of Nepal's under 18s have a prevailing mental health issue' Dr. Arun Raj Kuwar is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Nepal. He is the first child psychiatrist in the country and heads the Child and Adolescence Psychiatry Unit at Kanti Children’s Hospital in Maharajgunj. Nepal 28 Jan, 2024
104 child workers engaged in rug-making As many as 104 child workers were found at Wards 7 and 8 of Melamchi Municipality alone. Nepal 18 Feb, 2022
Master training of trainers on Child and Adolescent Mental Health concludes in Chitwan A special training programme for medical professionals to help them understand child and adolescent mental health, to further train others, has concluded in Chitwan, on Friday. Nepal 05 Mar, 2021
Children becoming victims of sexual exploitation due to internet misuse A growing number of children are falling prey to sexual exploitation with the misuse of internet in recent days, according to a study conducted by the Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre. Kathmandu 11 Feb, 2021
The invisible kids: Daunting consequences in front of them Kathmandu The sight of youngsters sniffing glue on the streets of the Capital has become a thing of the past, thanks to the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB) and National Child Rights Council (NCRC), who have rescued several such children. The... Art & Culture 26 Apr, 2020
Children at high risk of sexual exploitation in Nepal: Report Kathmandu, February 1 Painting a gloomy picture of children’s condition in Nepal, a study report published by Bangkok-based ECPAT International last week has revealed that the children in the country are at high risk of sexual exploitation. The... Travel 02 Feb, 2020
The changing form of child labour POKHARA: Authorities managed to rescue six children employed in hotels and restaurants of Pokhara in mid-2019. They were rescued and handed over to their relatives. Curtailed childhood continues for many as they work hard in exchange of very low... Travel 21 Jan, 2020
Talk to me: counsellors help child workers win justice in India JAIPUR, INDIA: When counsellor Arti Sharma met a 10-year-old boy, whose father sold him for 500 Indian rupees ($7) to work in a bangle factory, she expected tears - not a stony silence. It took her more than a week to get the child, who had run... Women 28 Nov, 2019
Govt takes big stride to abolish child labour in local levels Each local level shall conduct programmes to eliminate child labour Kathmandu, November 26 The government has issued procedure for ‘Declaration of Local Levels as Child Labour Free Zone’ in a bid to make municipalities and rural... Travel 27 Nov, 2019
NCRC expedites children rescue operation Kathmandu, September 28 National Child Rights Council has intensified its rescue operation in Kathmandu. According to NCRC, 98 street children were rescued from various places of Kathmandu in the last nine days. The NCRC has stepped up... Horoscopes 29 Sep, 2019
Violence against children on the rise Kathmandu, September 15 Government today celebrated National Children’s Day, claiming that it had rescued 111 street children, who were prone to violence, from various places of Kathmandu Valley, in the past one year. Studies showed that... Horoscopes 16 Sep, 2019
Nine children rescued from illegally operated child centre in Bafal Kathmandu, August 21 Officials of Central Child Welfare Board, with the help of Nepal Police, rescued nine children from an illegally operated child care centre here today. Police have arrested three persons who were working for the child care... Horoscopes 22 Aug, 2019
