| Mar 03, 2026
NIMJN Shorts
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Investigations
NIMJN Investigation Reveals: Political Parties Systematically Flout Donation Disclosure Laws
The Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network (NIMJN) revealed last August that political parties had evaded taxes and disclosed statements of income and expenditure that were lower than the actual figures.
| Dec 26, 2025
Features
Written Into the Manifesto, Never Put Into Practice: The Failure of Transitional Justice
We previously reported on how the government’s repeated appointment of officials to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons based on political quotas – rather than competence, merit, and impartiality – has left conflict victims without justice or reparations even two decades after the peace agreement. In this story, we focus on the necessary steps to resolve the grievances of conflict victims and the specific plans political parties have outlined in their election manifestos.
| Mar 03, 2026
Human Trafficking
Ghyangphedi-Kolkata Connection: Sisters Lost from a Village Found in the Same Brothel
Rimaya is not the only one trafficked from Nepal to India for the purpose of sexual exploitation. According to the Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau, a total of 149 women and 20 girls and adolescents from Nuwakot were rescued from India during the five-year period from the fiscal year 2075/076 to 2081/082 (mid-2018 to mid-2025).
| Oct 30, 2025
Disasters
Earthquake Victims Dying in Temporary Shelters
Earthquake victims affected by the 2023 Jajarkot earthquake have not yet received government grants to build their houses. Because of this, they are still living under tarpaulins and tin roofs. Forced to spend winters and monsoons in temporary shelters, new mothers, the elderly, girls, and those with chronic illnesses are dying prematurely.
| Aug 25, 2025
Climate Justice
Political Parties Contradict Their Own Environmental Pledges
In every election, political parties raise environmental protection issues. However, after reaching power, they protect and encourage activities against the environment that contradict the very issues they raised. Challenges in environmental conservation are evident because, on one hand, parties raise weak environmental issues to begin with, and on the other, they limit those issues to mere election slogans.
| Feb 24, 2026
Accountability
Written Into the Manifesto, Never Put Into Practice: The Failure of Transitional Justice
We previously reported on how the government’s repeated appointment of officials to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons based on political quotas – rather than competence, merit, and impartiality – has left conflict victims without justice or reparations even two decades after the peace agreement. In this story, we focus on the necessary steps to resolve the grievances of conflict victims and the specific plans political parties have outlined in their election manifestos.
| Mar 03, 2026
