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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