‘Justice,
justice, justice’ : Fed up with inaction, women march
to demand end to impunity, by Samiksha Baral (kp
13/02/2021)
Contractors
negligent in supply and sale of rice in remote Karnali
districts : People say contractors don’t transport
rice in time and when they do, the grains are of
inferior quality, by Chandani Kathayat and Raj
Bahadur Shahi (kp 11/02/2021) [Disinterest
of the Oli government to control this and ensure
supply to the people! This is one of the supreme
duties of a head of government!]
Smash
rape culture : Impunity is one of the reasons why
sexual violence continues to thrive (kp
11/02/2021) [The Oli
government and political parties care more about their
sympathisers, even if they are perpetrators! They also
regard women as inferior creatures, subordinate to men
in every way!]
Children
becoming victims of sexual exploitation due to
internet misuse (ht 11/02/2021) [No
care from the Oli government!]
Malnutrition
in children serious health challenge in several
Karnali districts : Poverty, food shortage and lack of
awareness behind existing malnutrition crisis, say
experts, by Tularam Pandey and Raj Bahadur Shahi
(kp 10/02/2021)
Lactating
mothers, newborns in the far-west forced to stay in
cowsheds after childbirth, by Prakash Singh (ht
10/02/2021) [This crime
requires immediate action by the Oli government!]
Government
has not procured essential drugs for over 18 months :
The essential drugs provided for free are key to
preventing deaths by non-communicable diseases,
doctors say, by Arjun Poudel (kp 06/02/2021)
Flood,
landslide-displaced Baglung villagers still wait for
new houses : The displaced families say government
authorities and the people’s representatives are
indifferent towards their problems, months after they
were forced to abandon their homes, by Prakash
Baral (kp 03/02/2021)
Flood
survivors continue to spend nights under open sky in
Kalikot (rep 31/01/2021)
Landslide
victims await relocation : Almost 700 houses were
destroyed and 1,771 partially damaged by landslides
triggered by heavy rainfall in Kalikot last year,
by Tularam Pandey (kp 14/01/2021)
Students
study in roofless classrooms at this Salyan school : A
strong wind had blown away the roof of the school
building some eight months ago, by Biplab Maharjan
(kp 11/01/2021)
Bardibas
villagers grapple with drinking water shortage :
Around 400 families have been facing water shortages
for the last five decades, by Sunita Baral (kp
07/01/2021)
Families
of flood victims still living in tents (ht
06/01/2021)
Incidents
of sexual assault rampant in camps for flood displaced
in Surkhet : A few cases get reported but a majority
of them are settled within camps, families displaced
by the 2014 floods say, by Chandani Kathayat (kp
04/01/2021) [Further proof of
the Oli government's lack of sense of responsibility!
Oli always speaks only of his rights, not of his
duties!]
As
winter bites, hardship of Lidi landslide survivors in
Sindhupalchok worsens, by Anish Tiwari (kp
24/12/2020), It’s
cold outside : It is time we asked ourselves whether
we are prepared enough to deal with this annual hazard
(kp 25/12/2020)
Kailali
landslide survivors say government left them high and
dry : Around 100 families have moved to the Tarai
plains and set up a camp inside a community
forest, by Mohan Budhaair (kp 21/12/2020)
Covid-19
affected businesses to protest demanding relief and
rehabilitation package : Entrepreneurs say that the
refinance facility has not been available to the small
and medium scale enterprises, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/12/2020)
Women
Alliance Calls For Stern Action Against Guilty Of VAW
(rn 07/10/2020)
Given
its failure, Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre’s
relevance in question : The deputy prime minister-led
centre’s role is limited to making recommendations to
the Cabinet but they are often shot down by the prime
minister, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 07/10/2020) [This has to do with the
authoritarian basic attitude of KP Oli, who likes to
play the little Trump, with similar incompetence!]
Dr
KC’s health deteriorates on his 24th day of
fast-unto-death (kh 07/10/2020),
A
state of status quo : After immense pressure, the
government has formed a panel to hold talks with KC,
but the way it ignored him for 24 days and has failed
on various fronts including the fight against
the pandemic shows the Oli administration is losing
its grip on governance, analysts say, by Anil Giri
(kp 08/10/2020)
Recollecting
post-earthquake reconstruction : The credit for the
success of reconstruction process solely goes to the
earthquake survivors themselves who managed the money
by borrowing loans from various sources, by Gaurab
KC (rep 05/10/2020)
People
rendered homeless await resettlement in
MusikotFollowing the July 2 landslide, residents of
Musikot in Gulmi have been demanding that the
municipal office move them to a safer location, by
Birendra KC (29/09/2020)
Flood
victims in Surkhet await resettlement for past six
years : Only a few families have received half the
grant announced by the provincial government while the
rest have received none, by Chandani Kathayat (kp
26/09/2020)
For
Nepali workers abroad, wait to return home gets longer
and tiring : Nepali missions in labour destinations
struggle to send Nepalis back as price of air tickets
skyrocket due to government-imposed cap on the
frequency of international flights, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 26/09/2020),
76,967
Nepalis Returned Home (rn 26/09/2020)
507
Inmates Contract COVID-19 At Siraha Prison (rn
23/09/2020)
Constitution
Day is like any other for city’s poor : Official
celebrations take place barely a hundred metres from
the people queuing up for free meals, by Anup Ojha
(kp 20/09/2020)
Our
most vulnerable need protection during the pandemic.
We can then celebrate the constitution : First thing
first, by Shreejana Pokhrel (rep 19/09/2020)
Around
750 quake displaced families live in landslide-prone
settlements in Rasuwa : While some families have taken
grants from the government to buy a plot of land, most
are awaiting relocation to integrated settlements
built by the government, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
19/09/2020)
Resettlement
plans still to be readied, landslide survivors live in
leaking tents : Not only immediate relief, survivors
also need means to start their lives anew, experts say,
by Anish Tiwari and Timothy Aryal (kp 18/09/2020), Resettle
The Disaster-Hit, by Bini Dahal (rn 18/09/2020)
By
extending restrictions, government is barking up the
wrong tree, experts say : Authorities are still not
following the basics—doing effective contact tracing,
isolating the infected, listening to experts and
ensuring that there are sufficient dedicated Covid-19
health facilities, by Arjun Poudel (kp 27/08/2020)
Landslide-displaced
people worry about their future : Many families who
were driven by the landslide in Lidi are not assured
by the government’s plan to resettle them, by
Anish Tiwari (kp 24/08/2020)
The
cost of stigma : The government must run a campaign to
counter the infodemic surrounding Covid-19 (kp
24/08/2020)
Flood-displaced
families from Bhajani seek refuge in forest: More than
550 families who were displaced by the July flood have
moved to a community forest after living on the
Postal Highway for eight days, by Mohan Budhaair
(kp 21/08/2020)
Integrated
settlement plan in Karnali fails to move beyond paper,
by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 21/08/2020)
‘We
had long been asking the authorities to move us to
safer locations’: Lidi villagers say they knew a
disaster was coming as the area weakened by the 2015
earthquakes was experiencing landslides since the
start of the monsoon season, by Anish Tiwari (kp
15/08/2020), 44
feared dead in Sindhupalchowk landslide (ht ht
15/08/2020)
Young
woman dies for want of treatment (ht 09/08/2020)
Monsoon-induced
disasters occur every year but authorities
ill-prepared to handle them: Hundreds of people are
displaced by the monsoon disasters in Sudurpaschim
Province year after year but the authorities rarely
make disaster preparedness plan (kp 11/07/2029)
Conflict
victims lament govt’s apathy in their joint submission
(ht 11/07/2020)
Exploitation
risk for women migrant workers has increased during
pandemic, labour migration experts and rights
activists say: They have urged the government to
protect vulnerable women migrant workers and ensure
their wages and other legal rights, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 05/07/2020)
Seven
years since the Mahakali floods, victims await
compensation: Residents of Khalanga fear possible
floods every monsoon, as the embankments that were
damaged seven years ago are yet to be reconstructed,
by Manoj Badu (kp 21/06/2020)
Lawmakers
demand govt bring home Nepalis abroad at the
earliest, by Kamal Subedi (rep
17/05/2020), International
Committee seeks prompt rescue of Nepalis in
crisis (kh 17/05/2020)
Over
400,000 Nepalis stranded abroad appeal for rescue
(kh 15/05/2020)
Structures
destroyed by floods in the Mahakali river in 2013 are
yet to be reconstructed: Only the damaged embankment
and two government office buildings have been
reconstructed in the last seven years, by Manoj
Badu (kp 24/01/2020)
Children
deprived of vaccination in Bajura, by Krishna Oli
(rep 02/01/2020)
NHRC
demands justice for farmers: Says state should not
deviate from its duty to protect its citizens (ht
01/01/2020), Arrest
absconding mill operator: Govt (ht 01/01/2020)
Without
proper sanitation facilities, girls keep missing
school during menstruation: While menstrual taboos
already lead girls to miss school, a lack of water and
sanitation at schools only pushes them to stay away,
by Elisha Shrestha (kp 31/12/2019)
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