| Jul 17, 2025
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Investigations English
Salt in the Wound: How Dithering on Implementation of Salt Act is Taking Toll on Health of Nepalis
Following the publication of this investigation, the Nepal government has decided to implement the 1998 Act (2055 BS) to regulate iodized salt, effective from July 17, 2025. The Industry, Commerce, Labour, and Consumer Welfare Committee of the House of Representatives has called for the formation of a task force to determine the amount of iodine in salt, citing the high iodine content.
| Jul 14, 2025
Investigations Nepali
अर्बौँ खर्चिएको मेलम्चीको पानी काठमाडौंमा आउँदैन नियमित
मेलम्चीको पानी ल्याएर काठमाडौंका बासिन्दालाई स्वच्छ पानी खुवाउने सपना बाँडेको ३ दशकमा पनि यो आयोजना अधुरो छ । महालेखा परीक्षकको वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन २०८१ अनुसार मेलम्चीको पानी काठमाडौं ल्याउनका लागि मेलम्ची खानेपानी विकास समितिले ३१ अर्ब, ३४ करोड ९ लाख रुपैयाँ खर्च गरेको छ । यस्तै, त्यो पानी वितरणका लागि काठमाडौं उपत्यका खानेपानी लिमिटेडअन्तर्गतको आयोजना कार्यान्वयन निर्देशनालयमार्फत ३६ अर्ब २८ करोड ५४ लाख ३० हजार रुपैयाँ खर्च भएको छ । सरकारले अर्बौँ रुपैयाँ खर्च गरे पनि मेलम्ची खानेपानी आयोजनाले काठमाडौंका बासिन्दालाई नियमित रुपमा पानी खुवाउन सकेको छैन । काठमाडौंमा पानी झरेको ५२ महिनामा मेलम्चीबाट जम्मा २१ महिना मात्रै पानी ल्याइएको छ ।
| Jul 09, 2025
Features English
Aesthetic Deception: Human Smuggling in the Guise of Art in Nepal
Ashok Pyasi Rai, a former General Manager of the Cultural Corporation (also known as The National Theater), agrees that human smuggling happens when people pretend to be artists and use fake documents. He stated that he discovered people being sent abroad with false papers. "I knew about this even before I became General Manager of the Cultural Corporation, or while I was there," he said. "I also found that artists themselves create fake documents." Rai recalled being shocked when he discovered that his signature had been forged and his office's official letterhead used wrongly many times. He mentioned that there's a group of people who create these fake documents. He said, "The entire Singha Durbar, Nepal's main government complex, is controlled by Bagbazar, a known market for fake goods and documents. Many people have become victims because of this."
| Jun 16, 2025
Features Nepali
खोइ मेरो पहिचानसहितको नागरिकता ?
काठमाडौं छिर्दासम्म उनको नागरिकता बनेको थिएन । सहर आएपछि उनले पहिचानसहितको नागरिकताबारे थाहा पाइन् । यति बेला परिवारले उनको पहिचानलाई स्वीकार गरिसकेको थिएन । जेनतेन हिम्मत जुटाएर आमासामु नागरिकताको कुरा राखिन् । आमाको कमलो मन । आमा साथ दिन तयार भइन् । “सहर आएपछि मात्र हो मलाई पहिचानसहितको नागरिकताबारे थाहा भएको,” उनी भन्छिन्, “आमाले पनि मिलेसम्म बनाउँला भन्नुभयो ।” वडा कार्यालय पुगेपछि त नयाँ नाम, नयाँ पहिचानसहितको नागरिकता बनाउने उनको सपनामा तुषारपात भयो । “नागरिकताको सिफारिस बनाइदिन भनेर वडा कार्यालय पुगें, त्यहाँका कर्मचारीलाई भेटें,” उनी सुनाउँछिन्, “नागरिकता पुरुषकै नाममा सिफारिस भयो ।”
| Jul 17, 2025
