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VVIPs wiping coffers clean, by Anil Giri (kp 02/09/2010)
Home ministry pays bills of chopper services used for UML general convention (nn 01/09/2010)
Local bodies under NVC scanner over fund misuse (kp 01/09/2010)
CA member arrested while taking bribe (nn 31/08/2010), UML lawmaker in
judicial custody: Nembang seeks Karki’s resignation, by Baburam Kharel (kp 01/09/2010), 20-day remand for graft-tainted MP: Nembang wants Karki expelled from CA; Arrest fuels fission in CPN-UML (ht 01/09/2010), Unprecedented lead (ht 02/09/2010), UML must suspend Karki (rep 02/09/2010)
NGN contract under CIAA scanner, by Bhadra Sharma and Ramesh Shrestha (kp 30/08/2010)
Foreign junkets bleeding state dry: Only 2 of 110 jaunts reported, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 29/08/2010)
Experiencing corruption: How the pervasive culture of corruption affects ordinary Nepalis on a day-to-day basis, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 25/08/2010)
Govt bodies under NVC scanner (ht 24/08/2010)
Urgency for NIS reforms, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep 23/08/2010)
CIAA seeks ‘midnight’ deal details, by Ishwori Neupane (kp 18/08/2010), Land transaction spurs CIAA action: Kaski DAO to explain what went on in LRO after office hrs (ht 18/08/2010)
Upper Tamakosi under siege: Mockery of PPP model, by Ajit N.S. Thapa (ht 18/08/2010)
CIAA officials to probe deforestation claims, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 14/08/2010), Book shady forest officials, PM told (kp 17/08/2010)
Brokers rule passport roost at MoFA (kp 11/08/2010)
CIAA scanning aircraft purchase papers: Nepal Airlines Corporation claims it followed due procurement process, by Kuvera Chalise (ht 11/08/2010)
Dream on: People should be wary of the digital dreams the government is selling (kp 08/08/2010)
Local bodies pull wool over govt eyes, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 05/08/2010), Local bodies transfer funds illegally: NVC (ht 05/08/2010), Scrap pre-audit system: KMC staff (ht 05/08/2010), Bid to scrap pre-audit system foiled (ht 11/08/2010)
Hush-hush advert deal kicks up noise: Allegation of bribery at KMC becomes rife (ht 04/08/2010)
Corruption in courts? (rep 28/07/2010)
CIAA just a toothless tiger? Political intervention taking a toll on constitutional bodies (ht 24/07/2010)
Grafting away: Corruption doesn’t always have to do with money, harming an innocent person or institution is also corruption, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 23/07/2010)
PAC directs govt to take action against HSEB officials on charges of irregularities in answer sheet printing (nn 22/07/2010)
Controversial judge suspended: Tej Bahadur Karki had freed notorious abductor trio on bail (kp 16/07/2010), JC disbars Hetauda Appellate Court judge: Forms SC Justice-led panel with authority to probe others, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 16/07/2010)
Fight against corruption: Advocacy of zero tolerance, by Keshav Prasad Bhattarai (ht 13/07/2010)
PAC locks on flood relief denial (kp 08/07/2010)
Khimti, Bhotekoshi PPAs flawed: PAC (kp 06/07/2010)
Curbing procurement corruption, by Dhruba Nepal (rep 05/07/2010)
Resource misuse: Nation held hostage, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht 02/07/2010)
PAC digs into budget misuse (kp 29/06/2010), Pandey admits funds misused: ‘Hard to stop these shenanigans’ (kp 30/06/2010) [Oh,
that's very easy: Ministers must resign or be dismissed immediately,
officials must be suspended from their jobs, and all of them must be
brought to court! Corruption is a crime!!], PAC instructs Finance Ministry to furnish details of non-budgetary expenses (nn 30/06/2010)
PM Nepal spends hundreds of thousands from government coffer for personal publicity (nn 29/06/2010)
Middlemen
bring in development projects with an eye to swindle: Most applications
are bids to make a neat pile from state coffers, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 29/06/2010)
CIAA lets law-breakers loose, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Bhadra Sharma (kp 28/06/2010)
Call to book tainted DFOs (kp 28/06/2010)
CIAA cans budgets for new projects, by Prithviman Shrestha (kp 27/06/2010)
Anti-graft bodies’ help sought (ht 25/06/2010)
PAC grills Minister Gachhadhar for irregularities seen in his ministry's spending (nn 22/06/2010), PAC corners Gachhadar: Alleges foul play in dev projects (kp 23/06/2010), Porling it out: PAC’s efforts, while commendable, are not enough to stem systemic rot (kp 24/06/2010)
Vigilance centre recommends CIAA to probe corruption charges on six ministers (nn 21/06/2010), Action needed (ht 22/06/2010)
Vigilance centre draws govt attention to massive deforestation in Chure, Terai regions (nn 21/06/2010)
CIAA in federalism, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep 20/06/2010)
VIPs go over budget on foreign travel (kp 18/06/2010)
CIAA sniffs irregularities in Banke forest handover (ht 16/06/2010)
Fighting Corruption, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn 15/06/2010)
Nepal most corrupt in South Asia: Transparency (rn 12/06/2010)
CIAA halts release of Rs. 60 million to Korean construction company (nn 11/06/2010)
CIAA tells ministry to jump (kp 10/06/2010)
Minister’s PA wants culture fund for road, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 10/06/2010)
CIAA sniffs graft at TIA (kp 09/06/2010)
CIAA for transparency in arms deals, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 07/06/2010)
CIAA peace mission graft probe begins (ht 05/06/2010)
MoF bid to slash foreign junkets (kp 04/06/2010)
Stop health aid, CIAA tells govt (kp 01/06/2010)
Media Against Corruption, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 28/05/2010)
Ministry suspends ‘corrupt’ forest officials, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 22/05/2010)
Irregularity slur on vegetable board, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 21/05/2010)
EC tender gets the CIAA axe (kp 20/05/2010)
Stop paying bribes: When companies give “donations” to political parties, it can take the form of bribes, by Shyam K.C. (kp 17/05/2010)
Outsourcer gherao DoFE: Demands to end corruption (ht 14/05/2010)
CIAA springs into action (kp 11/05/2010)
Energy minister on anti-graft body radar (kp 10/05/2010)
Urgency Of Reforms, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 04/05/2010)
Book on graft released (ht 30/04/2010)
Political leaders, not needy get health aid, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 21/04/2010)
CIAA freezes Minister Ojha’s relief fund, bank account (ht 21/04/2010), Minister Ojha in CIAA soup (kp 22/04/2010)
Deliberate deception: By changing rules of the game in the middle of the contest, the project designers favour specific firms, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 11/04/2010)
70 judges under JC scanner, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 06/04/2010), Panel to probe graft slur on judges (ht 07/04/2010), Judicial Council decides to probe 11 complaints against justices (nn 07/04/2010)
Judges
root cause of corruption, says NBA prez (ht 01/04/2010)
Property details: Anti-graft body to grill ministers, CA members, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 30/03/2010)
‘Irregularities in Kalimati vegetable market’ (kp 29/03/2010)
Irregularities under CIAA scanner (ht 28/03/2010)
Corruption: A way of life?!, by Ananda P Shrestha (rn 26/03/2010)
MoLD sitting on 18 CIAA graft verdicts, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 26/03/2010)
Joint efforts to control judiciary corruption stressed (ht 26/03/2010)
MoE begins further probe (ht 20/03/2010)
30 corrupt LDOs face MoLD wrath, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 18/03/2010)
Bhattarai returns CA perks (kp 15/03/2010)
Public
enemies: Next time you call your cuz to expedite your flight, you might
want to consider your kinship with disgraced minister Kushwaha, by Rabi Thapa (nt 12/03/2010)
SC reduces prison sentence of govt officer, four others (ht 08/03/2010)
‘Begin anti-graft drive with judges’ (kp 06/03/2010)
CIAA's curb-dole-out fiat to NOC (ht 04/03/2010)
SC stays CIAA directive on BZH (ht 03/03/2010)
Nepal one of the most corrupt countries, states US report (ht 01/03/2010), Corrupt stranglehold (ht 02/03/2010)
SC panel pins graft blame on judges, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 01/03/2010)
Staffers suspended over timber smuggling row (ht 28/02/2010), Action sought against Nawalparasi DFO over timber smuggling row (ht 01/03/2010)
License to loot: Corruption has got little to do with ethnicity or the political system, by Prashant Jha (nt 26/02/2010)
Finance ministry refuses to reimburse Koirala’s treatment bills due to lack of receipts (nn 25/02/2010)
'Anti-corruption agencies in Nepal lack clear jurisdiction' (nn 24/02/2010) [see 2009 Assessment of Global Integrity Report for Nepal]
SC slaps one-year jail term to former Director of Customs Department (nn 24/02/2010)
Fighting Corruption, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn 23/02/2010)
Rags to riches: Our political leaders arrived in Kathmandu with only the clothes on their backs, by Shyam K.C. (kp 22/02/2010)
Donors suspend aid: School reform on rough road, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 22/02/2010), Donors suspend aid in education over corruption charges on minister (nn 23/02/2010), Pushing it: SSRP funds suspension is a hard reminder of corruption in high places (kp 23/02/2010), Donors suspend school aid over graft claims (ht 23/02/2010), Panel to probe graft row (kp 24/02/2010), Education minister Kushwaha resigns; Shukla appointed new education minister (nn 24/02/2010), Tainted minister gets the boot, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht 25/02/2010)
Commerce Minister guilty of nepotism? (ht 21/02/2010)
Employees to seize NEA vehicles used by politicos, others (nn 18/02/2010), NEA vehicle misuse slur on former PMs, govt bodies (ht 19/02/2010), Verbal agreement led NEA to provide vehicles to top officials (ht 24/02/2010), Oli comes under fire for ‘loot’ (kp 25/02/2010), Govt vehicle misusers, be aware: House panel has woken up to rampant misuse (kp 25/02/2010)
Anti-graft Body In Federalism, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 18/02/2010)
KMC officials defy CIAAs directive (ht 17/02/2010)
PAC summons local development officers over alleged irregularity in Bara tender (nn 16/02/2010)
Grafting away: Lack of political will is the biggest obstacle to tackling corruption (kp 14/02/2010)
Corruption In Private Sector, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 13/02/2010)
In search of the Rupee: Nepalis are too used to corruption to even recognise it, by Artha Beed (nt 12/02/2010)
Relief fund for war victims 'misused' (ht 12/02/2010)
House panel attempts to take on graft: PAC to grill PM, Home Minister (kp 12/02/2010)
PM: Corruption up in civil service (kp 12/02/2010)
Joint-secy at finance ministry jailed on corruption charges (nn 10/02/2010), Joint secy handed jail term for graft, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 10/02/2010), Rare but encouraging (ht 11/02/2010)
Parties misappropriate dev funds: Ministry report, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 09/02/2010)
Special court slaps one-year jail term to govt employee involved in corruption (nn 06/02/2010), Govt staffer gets 1-year jail term (ht 06/02/2010)
CIAA accused of letting off 'big shots' (ht 04/02/2010)
CIAA bars KMC officials from visiting Japan (nn 03/02/2010)
Holy corruption, by Bibek Raj Adhikari (kp 03/02/2010)
PM slams misuse of funds (kp 26/01/2010)
Hearing committee nod to Baral's nomination as CIAA commissioner (nn 14/01/2010), President Yadav appoints former AIG Keshab Baral as CIAA commissioner (nn 23/01/2010)
Drive against crooked cops on, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 09/01/2010)
Outgoing CIAA commissioner questions TI index (ht 05/01/2010)
Malpractices rampant in Forest Ministry, by Ramesh Prasad Bhushal (ht 05/01/2010)
CIAA leaderless as commissioners retire (ht 04/01/2010)
CIAA seeks clarification from JEMC officials (ht 01/01/2010)
Power wielders pressure CIAA: Chief, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 30/12/2009), Stunted teeth (ht 31/12/2009)
Lawmakers charge NVC of biased report (ht 28/12/2009)
What Does CPI Indicate?, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 18/12/2009)
CIAA grills ministries over hydel licence ‘hoarders’ (kp 18/12/2009)
Eight Nepali ministers, over dozen CA members in COP 15 (nn 09/12/2009)
Will they ever? Politicians and civil servants are afraid to ratify the UN anti-corruption convention, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 09/12/2009)
CIAA probing TUTH quota irregularity (ht 08/12/2009)
Political mechanism to prevent corruption (rn 01/12/2009)
'Scrap Upper Trishuli licence': CIAA directs govt for re-bidding (ht 24/11/2009)
Second honours: Transparency International says Nepal is the most corrupt country in South Asia after Afghanistan, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 22/11/2009), TI labels Nepal as one of most corrupt nations, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 22/11/2009) [see TI report], Hard graft (kp 23/11/2009)
Give me a brake (kp 20/11/2009)
Nepal ranked 143rd in corruption index, by Liladhar Upadhyaya (rn 18/11/2009), Corruption Index (rn 19/11/2009)
Mid-Marsyangdi 'corruption' under CIAA scanner (ht 26/10/2009)
SC asks CIAA to probe property (ht 23/10/2009)
CIAA grills Health Ministry for irregularities (ht 22/10/2009)
CIAA clean chit for IGP, senior cops (ht 16/10/2009)
Tracking Money In Politics, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 15/10/2009)
Nine top cops may face departmental action, by Anil Giri (kp 07/10/2009)
Want to bag work order? Pay bribe, by Manoj Shrestha (ht 06/10/2009)
Cleanup time (ht 06/10/2009)
Opt e-tender: CIAA to bureaucrats (ht 05/10/2009)
Writ petition filed in SC against government, central bank officials (ht 05/10/2009)
Kathmandu CDO faces CIAA's music (ht 03/10/2009)
Callous users' bodies at Sisdole in a soup: CIAA to look into irregularities (ht 03/10/2009)
CIAA poser for central bank, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 25/09/2009)
Anti-graft body initiates probe into Mid-Marsyangdi `irregularities' (ht 22/09/2009)
CIAA recommends action against nine police officers including IGP over parka deal; cancels tender (nn 17/09/2009), CIAA implicates top cops (kp 17/09/2009)
CIAA submits report to President (rn 05/09/2009)
Holes in parties’ account books: TI (kp 31/08/2009)
Illegal imports of paddy, chemical worth millions, by Shankar Acharya (kp 30/08/2009)
'Irregularities rampant' in KMC projects, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (kp 28/08/2009)
SLC graduate becomes NEA engineer (kp 21/08/2009)
Sudan embezzlement case under scanner (kp 20/08/2009)
NHRC secy knocks CIAA door (ht 24/07/2009)
CIAA seeks clarification from PU (kp 22/07/2009), PU affiliation bid under CIAA scanner (ht 22/07/2009)
CIAA’s losing battle against corruption, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 22/07/2009)
Report lambasts police corruption (kp 21/07/2009)
CIAA directs hotels for clarification (ht 21/07/2009)
CIAA to monitor pocket-less trouser compliance by TIA (kp 20/07/2009)
CIAA's new strategy to curb graft (ht 20/07/2009)
CIAA fiat to army officials (kp 18/07/2009), Anti-graft body initiates probe into `defaulting' army officials, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 18/07/2009)
CIAA raids police headquarter (nn 13/07/2009)
Stop white collar crime, corruption, by Rajendra Kumar Khetan (ht 24/06/2009)
Miscellaneous budget raises spectre of rampant corruption, by Shivraj Bhatt (ht 20/06/2009)
CIAA’s tall claims fail to cut popular ice, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 12/06/2009)
NHRC, PSC officials among 1,257 law violators (rep 10/06/2009)
Cell to fight graft in courts (ht 14/05/2009)
Trucks cross border without inspection, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 30/04/2009)
CIAA seeks details of EPF investments (nn 28/04/2009)
Declare
your assets: There is no point of taking action against a civil
servant when the prime minister himself flouts the law, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 21/04/2009)
Migration certificate scam drains state coffer: Employees enjoy monthly rural area allowance; Bid to curb corruption, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 20/04/2009)
CIAA fines officials (kp 18/04/2009), Anti-graft body fines four senior officials (ht 18/04/2009)
CIAA fiat to Tourism dept (ht 18/04/2009)
Graft slur on forest minister (ht 17/04/2009)
Janak Shiksha disobeys CIAA (kp 17/04/2009)
Yet another action plan: The new anti-corruption strategy is doomed to meet the same fate as its predecessors, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 14/04/2009)
CIAA directs NVC to collect property details (ht 13/04/2009)
The missing millions: The Sudan debacle is the tip of the iceberg of the systemic corruption in law enforcement agencies (kp 31/03/2009)
Security agencies flout CIAA order (ht 30/03/2009)
Why Is No One Talking About It?, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 28/03/2009)
Bhattarai vows to check graft (rn 27/03/2009)
Nepal 121st on list of corrupt countries (ht 21/03/2009)
Don't
look at me: Donors have little interest in long-term, nearly
invisible institutional building efforts to prevent corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 14/03/2009)
Govt’s bid to check petty corruption, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 08/03/2009)
Bank defaulters, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 06/03/2009)
Hydro projects to face anti-graft body music (kp 05/03/2009)
Anti-graft body orders civic body (ht 02/03/2009)
Flaws in laws, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 25/02/2009)
Limbu lays claim to top CIAA post (ht 24/02/2009)
CIAA takes action against 16 civil servants (nn 23/02/2009)
The corruption of education, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 18/02/2009)
Humlis: NFC officials corrupt, by Jai Bahadur Rokaya (kp 12/02/2009)
Dr Yadav: Urgent need to curb graft (kp 11/02/2009), 'CIAA’s role in checking graft crucial' (rn 11/02/2009), Anti-Corruption Move (rn 12/02/2009)
CIAA to take on high and mighty (kp 09/02/2009), CIAA can indict ministers on NVC report (ht 09/02/2009)
Anti-graft body asks for more teeth to chew up ‘corrupt’ NGOs (ht 07/02/2009)
CIAA fiat to govt staffers (kp 06/02/2009), CIAA fines 16 gazetted officers (nn 06/02/2009), 16 officials under CIAA scanner (ht 06/02/2009)
Money in politics, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 04/02/2009)
CIAA urges petrol stations to issue bills to clients (nn 04/02/2009)
CIAA directive to NSC (ht 03/02/2009)
Sunsari DAO moves CIAA over ferry service graft, by Somnath Banstola (ht 28/01/2009)
CIAA to adopt measures against corruption in MoCS (nn 28/01/2009)
Anti-graft body acts tough (ht 22/01/2009)
Bid to rein in corruption in state organs, by Prakash Acharya (ht 19/01/2009)
Land revenue staffer charged with graft (ht 12/01/2009)
CIAA calls for fresh stockbrokers exam (kp 10/01/2009)
Ensuring accountability, by Mahendra Lawoti (kp 09/01/2009)
Suppliers of corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 09/01/2009)
CIAA fiat to end irregularities in TIA (ht 02/01/2009)
CIAA hauls up Survey Dept head (ht 01/01/2009)
Bribery forbidden here: Experiences in establishing corruption-free zones, by Narayan Manandhar and Shalik Ram Sharma (kp 29/12/2008)
CIAA gives clean chit to ex-army chief (ht 27/12/2008)
CIAA heat on 'errant' govt staffers (kp 24/12/2008)
Give them back! The global effort against corruption focuses on the return of stolen assets, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 20/12/2008)
Revenue offices flout CIAA orders (kp 12/12/2008)
CIAA seeks more laws to tackle graft (kp 10/12/2008)
Nepal committed to ratify UN Convention against Corruption: Minister Gurung (nn 09/12/2008), Ratify UNCAC now, by Narayan manandhar (kp 09/12/2008)
CIAA wants Udayapur Cement deal reviewed (kp 05/12/2008)
Culture Of Corruption In Nepal, by Tika Bahadur Karki (rn 28/11/2008)
Corruption of highest order (tg 26/11/2008)
CIAA fiat to govt (kp 24/11/2008), Checking Graft (rn 25/11/2008)
CIAA tells secys to help check graft (kp 20/11/2008)
New CIAA suggestions for Labour Ministry (kp 18/11/2008)
Check share allotment irregularity: CIAA (kp 18/11/2008)
Get more from land, CIAA tells SWC (kp 15/11/2008)
CIAA raps income declaration scheme (kp 13/11/2008), Nepal’s anti-graft progress not satisfactory: CIAA (rn 12/11/2008)
CIAA fiat to public bodies (kp 11/11/2008)
Govt, people fuelling corruption: FM (ht 10/11/2008)
Conflict and corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 08/11/2008)
LDO suspended on corruption charge (kp 07/11/2008)
Ratify convention on corruption: CIAA (kp 04/11/2008)
CIAA regional officials urged to contain graft (rn 03/11/2008)
Reading the mind of Surya Nath Upadhyay, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 02/11/2008)
Govt agencies blatantly disregarding CIAA directives, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 02/11/2008)
Don’t appoint ex-RCCC officials: CIAA (kp 25/10/2008)
Corruption & state, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 25/10/2008)
Corruption in local bodies Empower direct users, by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (ht 23/10/2008)
Disasters, relief works and corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 17/10/2008)
Corruption slur on Armed Police Force (ht 16/10/2008)
Donors & anti-corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 07/10/2008)
Anti-graft body trains gun on the high and mighty (ht 04/10/2008)
The Black September, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 30/09/2008)
Nepal makes minor headway in combating corruption (nn 23/09/2008), Nepal improves in TI corruption index (kp 24/09/2008)
Tatopani customs thrives on bribery, by Yuvaraj Puri and Kiran Bhandari (ht 18/09/2008)
Corruption As ‘Common Concern’, by P. Kharel (rn 08/09/2008)
CIAA to seek clarification from NOC (kp 04/09/2008)
Gurung vows to fight judicial corruption (kp 02/09/2008)
A fishy affair (ht 01/09/2008)
The Corrupt And Corruption, by Shanker KC (rn 31/08/2008)
NBA announces anti-graft drive (kp 30/08/2008)
Corruption slur on flood relief, by Somnath Banstola (ht 30/08/2008)
CIAA stalls ADBN interviews (kp 25/08/2008)
Call to curb graft in judiciary (ht 25/08/2008)
CIAA raids ADBN (ht 20/08/2008)
Corrupt VDC secys to face action (rn 20/08/2008)
Curb irregularities: CIAA to DGs (kp 15/08/2008)
Take action against DEO: CIAA (ht 11/08/2008)
Ex-minister heading Olympic team (kp 04/08/2008), Inclusion of 'non athletes' in Olympic team triggers protests (nn 05/08/2008), Olympic fiasco (kp 07/08/2008), Pursuit of convenience (ht 07/08/2008), Nepal Misses the Boat Again: President Yadav has turned down an excellent opportunity, by Bhumika Ghimire (on 10/08/2008)
CIAA finds irregularities (kp 06/08/2008), CIAA tells govt to book officials involved in driving licence scam (ht 06/08/2008)
We won't spare the corrupt: NBA tells JC (kp 02/08/2008)
CIAA to keep an eye on civil servants’ property (ht 01/08/2008)
‘Corruption has increased in judiciary’ (kp 28/07/2008)
Maoist union leaders charged with corruption (kp 21/07/2008)
Kamal Thapa owes 10 million: Recover Rs 14m from king’s ministers: CIAA tells Govt, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 16/07/2008), CIAA indicts three former ministers, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 16/07/2008), CIAA not to initiate action against ex-ministers (nn 16/07/2008), The Mallik way (ht 17/07/2008), Thapa to knock the doors of court (nn) [When
will the court knock on Thapa's door? He is definitely responsible for
the brutal procedure of the police against the people in April 2006!]
NBA for action-oriented anti-graft effort (kp 07/07/2008), Inept Judicial Council (kp 08/07/2008), SC to meet NBA officials over graft row (kp 11/07/2008)
Global corruption report, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 01/07/2008)
Water sector corruption a threat to development: TI (kp 26/06/2008), Melamchi project showcases graft in Nepal: TI report (ht 26/06/2008)
CIAA forms study panel (ht 18/06/2008)
Political will must to curb graft: CA members (ht 13/06/2008)
Forest Ministry a bastion of corruption, says Matrika (ht 07/06/2008)
Constitution and corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 21/05/2008)
Corruption in judiciary worries CJ (ht 19/05/2008)
‘DEO demands bribe for promotion’ (kp 15/05/2008)
Revenue office told to register encroached land (ht 27/04/2008)
NFDN not helping in corruption case: SWC (ht 16/04/2008), NFDN defends charges (ht 18/04/2008)
NTNC money spent lavishly by royals: Report (kp 26/03/2008), Nepal royals 'stole charity cash', by Charles Haviland (BBC News 27/03/2008), All the King’s Men (ht 28/03/2008)
Political manifestos & anti-graft agenda, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 22/03/2008)
NRB governor convicted of embezzlement, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 19/03/2008), Conveying a message (ht 20/03/2008), No need to seek approval for payment: World Bank clarification (kp 21/03/2008), NRB Guv corruption case: Confusion about whether officials have been dismissed (ht 31/03/2008)
National Integrity Reform: A Panacea For Corruption, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 18/03/2008)
Govt vehicles get dumped young, by Baburam Kharel (kp 11/03/2008), We smell a rat (kp 12/03/2008)
CIAA decides to summon RCCC members (kp 05/03/2008), CIAA grills RCCC functionaries (nn 09/03/2008), RCCC chairman defends action against leaders (ht 10/03/2008), CIAA’s credibility (kp 11/03/2008)
Nepal PEFA Assessment, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 04/03/2008)
Restructuring CIAA Urgency Of The Task, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 02/02/2008)
Curing the ills of procurement, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 19/02/2008)
Special Court gives fractured verdict on governor's case; will now be heard in the Supreme Court (nn 17/02/2008), Governor case referred to SC (kp 18/02/2008)
Bad loans put Employees Provident Fund at risk: CIAA probe underway (kp 12/02/2008)
Political will to fight corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 12/02/2008)
What’s wrong with CIAA?, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 25/01/2008)
Panel recommends severe penalty for graft in judiciary (kp 09/01/2008), Bribe and prejudice, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 15/01/2008)
Combating local-level corruptions, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 08/01/2008)
CIAA’s call to ratify anti-graft convention (ht 07/01/2008)
Everyone but I am to blame, by Shyam KC (kp 31/12/2007)
Bribe
versus gifts, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 22/12/2007)
Corruption
in wonderland, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 12/12/2007)
Poor
hit hard by palm greasing: TI (kp 07/12/2007)
CIAA probing Ameco deal (kp 01/12/2007)
22 judges under judicial council probe (kp 28/11/2007)
NGOs deep in curruption: Maoist leader (kp 23/11/2007)
CIAA boasts of high success rate (nn 17/11/2007), CIAA Retrieves Rs 40m from Graft-accused (ht 17/11/2007)
Recovering stolen assets, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 19/10/2007)
Corruption growing in Nepal: TI report (nn 26/09/2007), Corruption in Nepal still rampant: TI (kp 27/09/2007), Nepal 50th most corrupt country: TI (samn 27/09/2007), Nepal and CPI, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 27/09/2007), Vigilance Center inert as graft gets rampant, by Baburam Kharel (kp 28/09/2007)
Final hearing in governor case begins (kp 28/08/2007)
Blacklisted Chand held for fraud (kp 17/08/2007)
Clean chit to all in Lauda deal (kp 14/08/2007)
Abuse of authority? The CIAA’s hurried attempt to pounce on top Central Bank officials smacks of a gotcha attitude, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 10/08/2007)
Minister, MP to be in NT ‘blacklist’, by Bed Prakash Timilsena (kp 08/08/2007)
MoF cancels passports of 34 willful defaulters (nn 31/07/2007)
73 phone calls… was anything cooking?, by Sanjaya Neupane (kp 24/07/2007), Limbu dismisses news about his phone contacts as move to malign a "high-ranking janjati" (nn 25/07/2007), Limbu defends phone contacts (kp 25/07/2007)
CIAA Report card: Failure to nail big fish harms image, by Baburam Kharel (kp 17/07/2007)
Govt wants NRB guv case settled soon: AG (samn 14/07/2007)
Parliamentarians and corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 10/07/2007)
CIAA mess (kp 04/07/2007), CIAA vs Central Bank, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 04/07/2007), Raises A Storm, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 06/07/2007)
CIAA files case against NRB governor, executive director (nn 29/06/2007), CIAA files case in Rs 24.54m scam: NRB governor suspended (kp 30/06/2007), Central bank guv suspended for graft (samn 30/06/2007), CIAA action against governor adversely affects financial reforms, says FM (nn 30/06/2007), Governor refutes CIAA charges, by Prem Khanal (kp 01/07/2007), Governor Bhattarai refutes CIAA charges (samn 01/07/2007), WB hopes for professional investigation in NRB Governor's case (nn 01/07/2007), NRB officials protest CIAA action against Governor Bhattarai (nn 01/07/2007), WB concerned about CIAA charges (kp 02/07/2007), Court starts hearing NRB governor's case (samn 02/07/2007), CIAA's charge baseless (kp 03/07/2007), Suspended NRB Governor taken into custody (nn 05/07/2007), NRB Governor case: KPMG consultants did come to Nepal, by Krishna Regmi (kp 06/07/2007), Suspended Governor released on bail (nn 06/07/2007)
CIAA urges govt to act against NMA (kp 26/06/2007), No action on CIAA's fiat over NMA (kp 29/06/2007)
Scientist allegedly cheats 111 youths, by Pradeep Meyangbo (kp 26/06/2007)
CIAA lifts travel ban on Jyoti, Bhattarai (kp 25/06/2007)
CIAA padlocks Bir Hospital store (kp 22/06/2007)
Govt can take action against governor: CIAA (kp 20/06/2007), NRB guv, official being quizzed: CIAA (samn 20/06/2007)
The Sitaram syndrome, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 15/06/2007), 16 cases filed against Prasain (kp 21/06/2007), Prasain, 49 others brought to court (samn 21/06/2007)
Officials admit taking bribe for citizenship, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 12/06/2007)
Gupta gets clean chit from Special Court (nn 11/06/2007)
Global Corruption Report 2007, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 05/06/2007)
Maoist MP slams corruption in party (samn 05/06/2007)
SC told to fight corruption in judiciary (samn 04/06/2007)
The buck stops at Baluwatar: Our judges are perceived to be even more corrupt than cops, by CK Lal (nt 01/06/2007)
Govt officer nabbed taking bribe (kp 01/06/2007)
Govt to check labor, transport anomalies (kp 31/05/2007)
DDC officials charged of corruption, by Aman Koirala (kp 16/05/2007)
Anti-graft body stalls NAMS appointment (samn 16/05/2007)
Corruption 'free' (?) new interim regime, by Shyam KC (kp 14/05/2007)
CIAA grills NRB governor Bhattarai (nn 08/05/2007)
CIAA grills ex-minister G.C. (nn 04/05/2007)
Envisioning corruption-free Nepal, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 02/05/2007)
Forestry most corrupt sector: Yadav (samn 23/04/2007)
Bureaucracy and corruption, by Prakash Bom (kp 21/04/2007)
CIAA directs govt to check sandalwood smuggling (nn 19/04/2007)
Airport tax being siphoned off, by Krishna Regmi (kp 18/04/2007)
CIAA serves summons to royal ministers (kp 18/04/2007), CIAA interrogates Tulsi Giri, three other royal kingpins (nn 20/04/2007), Dr Giri calls Koirala a corrupt PM (kp 21/04/2007), CIAA grills ex-minister Pandey, summons four royal kingpins (nn 22/04/2007), CIAA grills more royal ministers (kp 23/04/2007), CIAA interrogates Dr Giri, Bista (nn 23/04/2007), ‘Kingpins’ grilled (samn 26/04/2007), Six royal kingpins quizzed over graft charges (nn 26/04/2007), CIAA quizzes three 'kingpins' (samn 30/04/2007)
‘Act on commitment to tackle graft’ (kp 14/04/2007)
FNCCI prez faces forgery charge, by Prem Khanal (kp 08/04/2007)
Action against corrupt during insurgency: Gurung (kp 08/04/2007)
12 veterinary officials sacked (samn 06/04/2007)
CIAA writes to SC over Joshi case (kp 05/04/2007)
Maoist ministers promise to check graft, by Kosh Raj Koirala & Sangeeta Rijal (kp 03/04/2007)
Policy induced corruption, by Bhanu Prasad Acharya (kp 31/03/2007)
Supreme corruption, by Shiva Gaunle (nt 16/03/2007, originally in Himal Khabarpatrika, 15-31 March)
Creating awareness among the masses merely does not guarantee drop in corrupt, by Krishna Bhandari (tg 31/01/2007)
Street vending in the grip of corruption, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 10/01/2007)
Sans corruption, by Lal Rapacha (kp 27/12/2006)
Former acting CJ summoned (nn 22/12/2006)
Ubiquitous corruption (kp 11/12/2006)
NA officers bribe ration suppliers, by J Pandey (kp 10/12/2006)
TI names most corrupt offices in Morang, by Binod Bhandari (kp 10/12/2006)
Anti-graft activists rue govt tardiness (samn 09/12/2006)
Say no, voluntarily: Here’s a real chance to fight graft and increase political transparency, by Artha Beed (nt 01/12/2006)
PM, Prachanda misusing govt vehicles (samn 26/11/2006)
Curbing corruption Mission impossible?, by Shekhar Ghimire (kp 18/11/2006)
Special Court acquits ex-minister Khadka of graft charges (nn 15/11/2006), Special Court gives clean chit to ex-minister Joshi (nn 16/11/2006), Govinda Raj acquitted on technicality (samn 17/11/2006), Under
Rule of Flaws: By dismissing the charges against two Congress leaders,
Special Court gives message that CIAA’s anti-corruption drive has
many flaws, by Keshab Poudel (sp 24/11/2006)
CIAA submits annual report to House (samn 07/11/2006)
Corruption level unchanged; Nepal ranked in 121st position: TI (nn 07/11/2006), Corruption level in Nepal unchanged: TI (kp 07/11/2006), Nepal ranked 121st in TI graft index (samn 07/11/2006)
CIAA files charge sheets against five persons for using fake certificates (nn 02/11/2006)
CIAA
submits report to PM
(nn 20/09/2006), CIAA
for regional offices to fight graft (samn 21/09/2006)
State,
market and corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 18/09/2006)
Special
tribunal proposed for army graft trial, by Tilak P. Pokharel (kp
18/09/2006)
Move
to let CIAA grill army men
(samn 15/09/2006)
NRCS
brass accused of corruption
(kp 15/09/2006)
Women
campaign against graft, by Binod Tripathi (kp 03/09/2006)
'Corruption
rampant', by Madhav Dhungana (kp 03/09/2006)
CIAA
charges 3 for fake certificate use
(kp 31/08/2006)
Corruption:
Market versus parochial, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 29/08/2006)
CIAA
files cases against DSP, three others
(nn 16/08/2006)
Clean
up politics: And corruption elsewhere will wither away, by Ratna S.
Shrestha (nt 11/08/2006)
Corruption
clouds Dev Anand, Manisha’s Nepal trip
(Transparency International
10/08/2006), Controversy
over Indian film stars’ Kathmandu trip (Gulf Times 12/08/2006)
Culture
of corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 09/08/2006)
'Corruption
a social problem'
(kp 07/08/2006)
Why
ratify UNCAC?
by Narayan Manandhar (kp 04/08/2006)
Depoliticizing
corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 27/07/2006)
‘CIAA
action only after Rayamajhi panel report’
(kp 22/07/2006)
CIAA
investigating distribution of state fund to journalists: Upadhyay
(nn
21/07/2006)
Salyan
LDO ‘misappropriates’ fund, by Biplav Maharjan (kp 17/07/2006)
Lawmakers
visit Pashupatinath temple, but not to offer prayers
(nn 14/07/2006), PAC
beards priest on irregularities (samn 14/07/2006), Pashupati's
qualm (kp 15/07/2006)
CIAA
asks cities to abide by LSR rules, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 21/06/2006)
CIAA
takes over excise waiver case
(kp 20/06/2006)
Intrinsic
problem with corruption studies is in dissecting cause from effect: Wages
and corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 09/06/2006)
Corruption
at Morang jail rampant: Report
(rn 08/06/2006)
MPs
seek details of CIAA probe
(samn 08/06/2006)
Whither
anti-corruption drive?
by Narayan Manandhar (kp 01/06/2006)
CIAA
files cases against RBB officials
(nn 19/04/2006)
SC
gives clean cheat to former ministers
(nn 06/04/2006)
Non-transparent
assistance of donors cause of corruption: Upadhyay
(nn 02/04/2006)
Corruption
violates human rights, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 01/04/2006)
After
rhino ruckus, Nepal prince in jumbo controversy
[corruption in highest royal circles!] [wi
29/03/2006)]
Government
issuing WPO to bring transparency in Govt. Offices
(nn 29/03/2006), Govt
to enforce whistleblower law (kp 29/03/2006)
Corruption:
Grand vs petty, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 27/03/2006)
Procurement
Ordinance to curb corruption
(kp 21/03/2006)
CIAA
chief in fake citizenship case
(kp 12/03/2006), CIAA
chief’s file was hidden for 20 days, by Kedar Ojha (kp 13/03/2006), National
shame (kp 13/03/2006), Government
attorney directs to initiate investigation against CIAA chief (nn
16/03/2006), Attorney
orders probe against CIAA Chief, by Kedar Ojha (kp 16/03/2006), Police
to summon CIAA chief (kp 19/03/2006)
Committee
to probe corruption at DoLEP
(kp 10/03/2006)
Police
defend top cop in the backdrop of a series of expose
(nn 02/03/2006)
FM's
industry gets Rs 22m
(kp 01/03/2006)
Special
Court sentences peon in charge of misappropriating funds
(nn
28/02/2006)
Over
100 orders of CIAA remain unimplemented
(nn 27/02/2006)
How
corrupt women are, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 27/02/2006)
Illegally
imported fertiliser seized
(nn 25/02/2006)
Police
chief protects corrupt officers
(samn 23/02/2006),
Dhungana
made mistakes: AIG Thapa (kp
24/02/2006), IGP's
silence (kp 24/02/2006)
CIAA
files charge sheet against five people
(nn 21/02/2006)
RCCC
debacle, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 16/02/2006)
Upadhaya
seeks support from civil society in anti-corruption drive
(nn
10/02/2006)
TI
Casts Doubts Over RCCC's Legality
(nln 02/02/2006), Transparency
intl. doubts RCCC's legality; appreciates CIAA’s anti-corruption drive
(nn 02/02/2006)
CIAA
targets Koirala kin
(kp 01/02/2006), CIAA
investigating property of Koirala's kin (nn 01/02/2006), 31
politicians, officials under scanner (samn 01/02/2006)
540
corruption cases filed in three years: CIAA
(nn 28/01/2006)
Corruption
bad for health, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 23/01/2006)
Truck
operators target of extortion, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 20/01/2006)
Corruption
is only a part of the complex pathology, though an integral part,
inflicting human society today, by Devendra Raj Panday (tg 18/01/2006)
Anti-corruption
strategy, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 16/01/2006)
Corrupt
system
(kp 14/01/2006)
DDC
officials misuse budget (kp 03/01/2006), Loyal
lords (kp 05/01/2006)
Irregularities
in RNA welfare fund: OAG (nn 31/12/2005), ‘RNA
using welfare fund haphazardly’ (kp 31/12/2005), Army
accused of misusing fund (samn 31/12/2005), Massive
scam unearthed in Nepal army welfare fund (wi 31/12/2005)
Corruption
in police, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 30/12/2005)
Corruption
levels higher this year: Biz community (kp 23/12/2005), Illegal
trade sullies business environ (samn 23/12/2005)
Seven
sins of corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 12/12/2005)
Ex–Joint
Secretary Charged with Corruption (nln 12/12/2005)
Marking
anti-corruption day, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 09/12/2005)
CIAA
Warns Royal Cabinet Minister (nln
07/12/2005), CIAA
warns minister Shrestha (kp
07/12/2005)
Politics
of corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 03/12/2005)
CIAA
arrests bank manager from Doti (nn 29/11/2005)
Special
Court sentences five persons in corruption case (nn 28/11/2005), Court
convicts five on graft charges (samn 28/11/2005)
Conflict
and corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 18/11/2005)
CIAA locks pharmacy (nn 16/11/2005)
CIAA
probing irregularities in public hospital (nn 14/11/2005)
Culture
and corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 09/11/2005)
Civil
Engineer becomes new NEA Chief (nn 01/11/2005)
NBL
staffers to serve jail terms (kp 01/11/2005)
Junior
employee embezzled Rs 45 million from HBL (nn 01/11/2005), Rs
45m embezzled from Himalayan Bank (kp 01/11/2005)
Special
Court sentences 85 persons including senior bank officials in bank scam
(nn 31/10/2005), Bank
scam brains sent to cooler (samn 31/10/2005)
Court
demands bail from senior bank official (nn 27/10/2005)
Minister
yet to furnish reasons for purchasing nationalistic cassettes (nn
26/10/2005)
CIAA
to file case against Sunkoshi bridge work delay (nn 24/10/2005)
Seven
police personnel suspended in Yarshagumba deal (nn 20/10/2005)
Corruption
has gone up in Nepal: Transparency Int’l (nn 19/10/2005), Corruption
up after royal takeover: TI (samn
19/10/2005)
CIAA
files charge-sheet against nine people (nn 30/09/2005)
Role
of media in anti-corruption drive Can media cure "corruption"?',
by R.K. Regmee (tg 14/09/2005)
SC
verdict on CIAA chief on Oct 6 (kp 13/09/2005)
Controlling
Corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (tg 07/09/2005)
CIAA
files cases against govt officials, businessmen (nn 31/08/2005)
CIAA
files case against joint secy Shrestha (22/08/2005)
'Poor
implementation obstructing CIAA's success' (kp 17/08/2005)
Corruption
Control Role Of Civil Societ, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 01/06/2005)
CIAA
files charge sheet in Rs 1.38b loan scam (kp 21/06/2005)
SC
orders govt to make law against untouchability (ht 22/04/2005)
Economics
of corruption & poverty, by Narayan manandhar (kp 19/04/2005)
Anti-money
laundering, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 28/03/2005)
2
years jail, Rs 19.7mfine for Chaturbedi (kp 22/01/2005)
Corruption
Widening Poverty, by Suraj Khatri (rn 13/01/2005)
Is
CIAA dilly dallying over tax-evading distilleries?, by Kishor KC &
Om Thapa (rn 10/10/2005)
CIAA
charges 18 of corruption (kp 08/01/2005)
CIAA
arrests former RBB official, by Binod Bhandari (kp 07/01/2005)
Is
anti-corruption body chief (ht 01/01/2005)
For older links see archive
Background
Transparency
International - Nepal (TI-N)
Commission
for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA)
HMG of Nepal, Ministry of Home: Corruption control
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