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Betrayed by Blood: How Relatives Lure Teens into Trafficking
Dixya was taken across the border through the Tanakpur border crossing between Nepal and India. Being only 14 years old, Dixya was underage, and Saraswati presented someone else's birth certificate to facilitate their crossing. "The police asked me my name. But before I could answer, Saraswati produced another person's birth certificate and stated that individual's name. She also gave a false name for my father, and I was transported to India," Dixya recounted.
| May 07, 2025
Investigations Nepali

बर्सेनि बढ्दै चट्याङ: ग्रामीण क्षेत्रमा नसोचेको क्षति
चट्याङ लागेका सबै घाइते मात्र हुन्छन् भन्ने छैन । राष्ट्रिय विपद् जोखिम न्यूनीकरण तथा व्यवस्थापन प्राधिकरणका अनुसार पछिल्लो १४ वर्षमा देशभर १ हजार २ सय ६२ जनाले चट्याङमा परेर ज्यान नै गुमाएका छन् । वैशाख, २०६८ देखि चैत, २०८१ सम्ममा चट्याङबाट ३ हजार ५ सय ५६ जना घाइते भएका छन् ।
| May 20, 2025
Features English

How Poverty Becomes a Pathway to Trafficking
Sunita, Rita, and Punam have one thing in common. They come from poor families and were going to India in search of employment. Thanks to the efforts of Maiti Nepal and Shanti Punasthapana Griha, the agencies that monitor people at risk of human trafficking, they were rescued. Numerous organizations are actively working to rescue girls vulnerable to trafficking from the southern border regions of Nepal. According to Keshav Koirala, the Banke district coordinator for Maiti Nepal, girls similar to Sunita and Rita are rescued from the Nepalgunj border area daily.
| May 13, 2025
Features Nepali

सरकारले २६ वर्षपछि लागू गर्दै आयोडिनयुक्त नुन सम्बन्धी कानुन
सरकारले आयोडिनयुक्त नुनका सम्बन्धमा व्यवस्था गर्न २०५५ सालमा बनेको ऐन आउँदो साउन १ गतेदेखि लागू गर्ने भएको छ । वैशाख २, २०८२ का दिन बसेको मन्त्रिपरिषद्को बैठकले आयोडिनयुक्त नुन (उत्पादन तथा बिक्रीवितरण) ऐन २०५५ लाई साउन १, २०८२ देखि नेपाल राज्यभर प्रारम्भ गर्ने सूचना नेपाल राजपत्रमा प्रकाशन गर्ने निर्णय गरेको सरकारका प्रवक्ता पृथ्वीसुब्बा गुरुङले जानकारी दिए ।
| Apr 16, 2025