Earthquakes in Taiwan and Nepal: Commonality and Contrast Taiwan was struck by an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 on the Ritcher scale last Wednesday morning, March 3, 2023 that led to the demise of 10 people and the injury of more than 700 persons. Many multi-storeyed buildings have tilted to a precarious position warranting for their immediate demolition. The damage has been noticed mostly in the city of Hualiyen. Opinion 10 Apr, 2024
Programme on securing land rights held The programme on securing land rights of women and indigenous peoples in the face of climate change in South Asia has been completed. Nepal 08 Apr, 2023
Programme on securing land rights held The programme on securing land rights of women and indigenous peoples in the face of climate change in South Asia has been completed. Nepal 06 Apr, 2023
NLC dialogue on land rights for women, indigenous today The National Land Coalition Nepal, in collaboration with the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Community Self-Reliance Centre and International Land Coalition Asia, is all set to have a regional policy dialogue on ‘Securing land rights of women and indigenous peoples in the face of climate change in South Asia.’ Nepal 04 Apr, 2023
World Day of Social Justice marked Amnesty International Nepal celebrated International Social Justice Day here today by organising a programme. Nepal 21 Feb, 2023
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
Indigenous people are victims of conservation 'success story' Nepal’s Indigenous peoples have suffered a litany of human rights violations over the past five decades as a result of abusive conservation policies, said Amnesty International and the Community Self-Reliance Centre in a new report published on Monday. Nepal 10 Aug, 2021
�Keep rights at centre during emergency measures� Kathmandu, April 7 The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development along with 21 of its member organisations have called upon countries in South Asia to ensure that human rights are at the centre of their emergency response to the COVID-19... Horoscopes 08 Apr, 2020
Call to ensure rights, welfare of toiling people Kathmandu, March 29 With governments around the world rushing to contain the further spread of COVID-19, often with restrictive lockdown measures, 119 organisations from 30 countries, including Nepal and five global regions, today called for... Travel 30 Mar, 2020
Comprehensive legislation on land reform sought Kathmandu, October 2 Amnesty International Nepal, Community Self-Reliance Centre and Justice and Rights Institute-Nepal today said the recent Land (Eighth Amendment) bill was not enough to bring desired reform in the land management... Horoscopes 03 Oct, 2019
Tenant farmers find hope as they claim land of their own Kathmandu, August 11 Gyalgen Lama was a third-generation tenant farmer in Sindhupalchowk district, eking out a living from growing millet on a small piece of land that he could only dream of owning until a land rights group helped to make his dream... Travel 12 Aug, 2016
Call to rebuild fairer, more equal country Kathmandu, May 17 An extensive survey ‘Building Back Right: Ensuring Equality in Land Rights and Reconstruction in Nepal’ that focuses on the need for fair and equitable post-earthquake reconstruction was released amid a special function... Horoscopes 18 May, 2016
