Dom community hit hard due to excessive cold Excessive cold has adversely affected the lives of the landless Dom community living at Malleth in Rajbiraj Municipality, Saptari. Nepal 24 Jan, 2022
Dom community bearing the brunt of severe cold As many as 60 members from the Dom community are facing a hard time due to cold-induced problems in Rajdevi Municipality, Rautahat. Nepal 04 Jan, 2022
EDITORIAL - Stop interfering The suggestion by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to the Ministry of Home Affairs to end political interference in the security agencies does not raise many eyebrows. Opinion 03 Jan, 2022
Newly-wed couple celebrates Holi with Dalits Rajbiraj, March 8 The Dom community in Saptari are considered as ‘untouchables’ by so-called upper caste people. But a newly-wed couple from a ‘high caste’ went to their village to celebrate Holi with them yesterday. Famous Maithili... Travel 09 Mar, 2020
Extreme cold hits Dom community hard Rajbiraj, January 12 People of the Dom (Marik) community look dejected as they have been suffering due to extreme cold at Chhinamasta Rural Municipality in Saptari. People from the community lack good settlement and nutritious food due to... Travel 13 Jan, 2020
Bone-chilling cold hits Dom community hard Rajbiraj, December 30 The Dom community has been facing a tough time after the bone-chilling weather following the cold wave increased in the past one week at Chhinamasta Rural Municipality-based Marik (Dom) settlements in Saptari. The locals in... Travel 31 Dec, 2019
Bone-chilling cold hits Dom community hard Rajbiraj, December 20 Locals of Saptari district are facing a hard time with the bone-chilling cold hitting locals hard. Seventy-year-old Ratilal Marik (Dom) of Bodebarsain Municipality has no idea how he and his grand children can be... Travel 21 Dec, 2018
Biratnagar Metropolitan City streets littered with garbage Biratnagar, November 12 Garbage has been piling up in the streets of Biratnagar Metropolitan City after staffers of the Waste Management Group, assigned with the contract for the waste management, launched an agitation demanding Dashain bonus. As... Travel 13 Nov, 2018
Marik first Dom student to bag MBBS scholarship Rajbiraj, November 3 It is almost unimaginable for anyone from the Dom Community, which is victimised by extreme poverty and discrimination, to pursue MBBS. However, a youth from the Dom community of Rampura at Chhinamasta Rural... Travel 04 Nov, 2018
EDITORIAL: Crime and punishment While human resources and other issues may be posing challenges, political protection also makes verdict execution difficult In democratic and civilised societies, courts are regarded very highly. And rightly so, for when people have nowhere to turn... 05 Oct, 2018
Dom families rendered homeless in Siraha Siraha, October 3 Dom families residing at Choharba of Naraha Rural Municipality, Siraha, for ages have been left in the lurch after their houses were demolished on Saturday. According to Bechu Marik’s wife Hariyadevi, they have been... Travel 04 Oct, 2018
EDITORIAL: Shameful act That caste-based discrimination and untouchability still continue in the country in this day and age is but a national shame The late King Mahendra had criminalised caste-based discrimination and untouchability some 55 years ago through Muluki Ain... 15 Jun, 2018
