DAOs instructed to place facilitation desk to hear usury victims' problems The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the district administration officers across the country to set up facilitation desk to promptly receive and address the complaints, petitions and grievances of usury victims. Nepal 20 Mar, 2024
Agreement with usury victims will be fully enforced: DPM Lamichhane Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has vowed full implementation of the agreement government made with usury victims. Kathmandu 12 Mar, 2024
Govt serious about addressing usury victims' problems: PM Dahal PM Dahal has assured that the government is seriously working to address the problems of victims of usury, microfinance, and cooperatives. Nepal 28 Feb, 2024
Microfinance victims' barges into the Parliament premises More than thirty victims of microfinance broke into the Federal Parliament on Monday, despite heavy security, and staged protests and chanted slogans on the House of Representatives premises. Kathmandu 27 Feb, 2024
Parliamentarians press for expediting post-quake reconstruction process National Assembly (NA) members have demanded earliest acceleration of post-quake reconstruction works in the quake-affected districts. Kathmandu 26 Feb, 2024
Govt urges usury victims to sit for talks Victims claim that the legislation fell short of addressing their demands. Nepal 25 Feb, 2024
HoR session begins A session of the House of Representatives has commenced. Once the meeting convened, the main opposition party, CPN (UML), again drew the government attention towards the issues it raised earlier. Kathmandu 25 Feb, 2024
Balkumari incident: CPN (US) asks govt to make report of probe commission public The secretariat meeting of the CPN (Unified Socialist) has asked the government to immediately release the report of the probe commission formed by the government in relation to Balkumari incident. Kathmandu 23 Feb, 2024
Anti-republic forces are conspiring to mislead the people: PM Dahal Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has alleged that forces opposed to the federal democratic republic are scheming to mislead the people. Nepal 27 Dec, 2023
Issues of squatters will be addressed within a few days, PM Dahal says Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stated that the government is actively working to address the issues faced by landless squatters within the next few days. Nepal 27 Nov, 2023
Dahal predicts big comeback for CPN-MC Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has assured his party’s supporters that his party would again emerge as a powerful force in the country. Nepal 27 Oct, 2023
EDITORIAL: Usury criminalised Despite some uncertainty, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the anti-usury ordinance replacement bill on Sunday, raising hopes that the usury victims would find justice as loan-sharking has now been criminalised. Opinion 18 Jul, 2023
