Gorkha earthquake: Trauma lingers on seven years after In depth On 25 April 2015, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. The epicentre was Barpak in the historic district of Gorkha. The disaster affected 37 out of 77 districts. Fourteen severely damaged districts were declared as “crisis-hit”, which meant they were prioritised for relief and rescue activities. Opinion 26 Aug, 2022
EDITORIAL: Land to the landless The government is all set to distribute land to the landless by prioritising the Dalits, with the National Land Commission (NLC) calling for applications beginning February 1. Opinion 11 Jan, 2022
Govt decision to scrap LPRC protested Landless people and many others living inside squatter settlements took out a protest rally in Koteshwor on Sunday against the government’s recent decision to scrap the Land-related Problems Resolution Commission. Kathmandu 09 Aug, 2021
'Govt ready to give land to landless squatters' The government said that it was seriously working to transfer land ownership to landless people by removing procedural, legal and technical shortcomings that had surfaced in the dissolved Land Related Problem-Solving Commission. Nepal 08 Aug, 2021
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
Decades of apathy results in landlessness Kailali, February 22 More than 200 families of two villages in Hashliya VDC, Kailai, have been without land ownership certificates for three decades. Residents of Shivratnapur in Hashliya Ward No 5 and Mohanpur in Ward No 4 that share the border... Travel 23 Feb, 2017
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
�Green revolutions� may harm the poorest in Africa LONDON: Far from helping alleviate poverty, the so called “green revolutions” aimed at increasing and modernising agricultural production could be making things worse for the poorest in African nations, suggests new research. In the 1960s... Art & Culture 12 Feb, 2016
Madhesi women and political mainstream: Emphasise inclusion base Gender discrimination is common in the Nepalese society. The Nepalese women are discriminated in economic, socio-cultural, political and legal spheres. According to the Census 2001, women comprise 50.45 per cent of total population of Nepal. It is not... 10 Dec, 2009
Right to live An international fact-finding mission that arrived here on April 8 and submitted its report ten days later has made shocking revelations. It said food insecurity is most ‘pervasive across the country’ and is primarily affecting women and children... 24 Apr, 2007
Food insecurity pervasive here, says int’l mission Kathmandu, April 19:An international fact-finding mission on right to food today said that hunger and food insecurity “is pervasive across the country”.Preliminary findings of the international mission suggested that food insecurity is pervasive in... Travel 20 Apr, 2007
‘Lost’ GDP growth to be 1.7 per cent Kathmandu, October 10:A study has shown that ‘lost’ GDP growth will be about 1.7 per cent annually during the period between 2005 to 2009 if development expenditure declines at the rate of 4.2 per cent.A latest assessment by the National Planning... 10 Oct, 2006
