Birth registration laws need amendment Nepal has pledged to secure 100 per cent birth and death registration by 2024, but it is unlikely to meet this target. Nepal 21 Apr, 2023
Youths facing hard time due to delay in citizenship bill becoming law Engineer Indrajit Saphi, who has not been able to obtain his citizenship, said that people like him were enduring unspeakable difficulties for lack of citizenship but the government is oblivious to their miseries. Saphi’s mother and father are both Nepali citizens yet the youth has not been able to obtain citizenship in the absence of a new federal citizenship law. Nepal 06 Aug, 2022
Upper House passes Citizenship Bill The National Assembly on Thursday passed the Citizenship Bill, which will become a law when President Bidhya Devi Bhandari certifies it. The bill was sent to the Upper House after the House of Representatives passed it on July 23 through a fast-track process. Nepal 29 Jul, 2022
Approach Department of National ID and Vital Registration: Director Director of Department of National Identity Card and Vital Registration Binita Bhattarai said that the people facing problems in securing vital registration should first approach her department rather than seeking legal remedies. Nepal 16 Mar, 2022
EDITORIAL: Efficacy of ordinance President Bidhya Devi Bhandari issued an ordinance to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act on May 23 so as to enable two categories of people – children born to citizens by birth and children of Nepali mothers whose fathers cannot be traced – to obtain Nepali Citizenship Certificates from the district administration offices (DAOs) without bureaucratic hassles Opinion 11 Jun, 2021
Lawyers express doubt over implementation of citizenship ordinance The government brought a new ordinance to amend Nepal Citizenship Act to enable two categories of people — children of citizens by birth and children of Nepali mothers, whose fathers cannot be traced — to obtain Nepali citizenship certificates, but lawyers helping eligible citizens obtain their citizenship express doubt regarding implementation of the ordinance. Kathmandu 10 Jun, 2021
Government urged to guarantee citizenship rights of minorities KATHMANDU, AUGUST 7 Nepal’s denial of human rights protection and government service to non-citizens makes the establishment of citizenship particularly important, especially for marginalised and disadvantaged people, reads a report released by... Travel 08 Aug, 2020
Two minor girls left in lurch as parents relish second marriages BAJURA: Seven-year-old Asmita Baduwal and her five-year-old sister Roshni of Badimalika Municipality-9 are helpless after their parents abandoned them and tied the knots separately, in Bajura district. Dev Baduwal, father of the two girls,... Travel 01 Mar, 2019
Youth arrested for forging government documents RAJBIRAJ: Police on Tuesday has made public a youth who was arrested on the charge of forging government documents in Saptari district. The arrestee has been identified as 31-year-old Md Sallam Sheikh of Gorpar, Kanchanroop Municipality-11 in... Travel 02 Oct, 2018
Ilam jailbirds' kids deprived of education ILAM: Children in the District Jail have been barred from school education as they lack birth registration certificates. As most of the women doing their time in the jail do not hold citizenship certificates, education of their children is at... Travel 15 Oct, 2016
New statute must ensure linguistic rights of minorities KATHMANDU: One of the main reasons that Vice-President Paramananda Jha cited for not abiding by the Supreme Court verdict to take oath in Nepali was the linguistic rights of Madhesi people. He claimed that if he took fresh oath in Nepali, it would... 06 Aug, 2009
Street kids waging uphill struggle for citizenship Kathmandu, November 4:Street children have realised the need for having valid citizenship papers and have also started striving for these. But the bureacratic red tape, excruciating administrative hassles and the need to trace their father and family... Horoscopes 04 Nov, 2005
