By-Election: Voting Begins for National Assembly Members

Voting has started at Bhutan Devi Secondary School in Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati Province, on the morning of May 20 in the by-election for the vacant National Assembly member. According to the Election Commission, the polling program will continue till 3 pm. Provision has been made for voting in…

May 20, 2021  
National Assembly By-Election: Separate Polling Booth for COVID Infected

A separate polling booth has been provided for Covid infected voters in the by-election to the vacant post of National Assembly member from Bagmati. According to the Election Commission's Bagmati Provincial Office, three separate polling booths have been set up for the election to be held at Bhutan Devi Secondary…

May 20, 2021  
Role of Organizations is Important to Achieve the Goals of the Province: Minister Mahato

Minister for Women, Children, and Senior Citizens Julee Kumari Mahato said that the role of the organization would be important for achieving the development goals set by the state. Speaking at a dialogue program organized by the Social Welfare Council and NGO Federation of Nepal Bagmati Province in Hetauda on…

April 20, 2021  
Use of Force by Security Personnel in Peaceful Demonstrations: Amnesty International

Amnesty International has released a report on the use of force by Nepal's security personnel in peaceful demonstrations. Amnesty International has released a report on April 7, 2021, stating that security forces have used force to disperse and detain protesters and human rights activists during peaceful protests. Amnesty also said…

April 8, 2021  
Domestic Killing Accused Arrested

Police have arrested Dev Raj Gole, 46, of Makwanpurgadhi Rural Municipality-2 on January 18 on charges of killing his wife Shrimaya Gole, 46. According to DSP Indra Bahadur Rana of the District Police Office, Shrimaya Gole was found dead at home and in the initial investigation, it was found that…

January 19, 2021  
Government Should be Fully Responsible for Human Rights Issues: Sigdel

Speaking at a program organized by the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) Bagmati Provincial Office, Hetauda on December 5, Munu Sigdel, the Bagmati Provincial Assembly member said the government should be fully responsible for human rights issues. Nepal was weakening in its human rights campaign as the government did not…

December 6, 2020  
Court Declares 37 Years of Imprisonment to Rape Accused

Makwanpur District Court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to 37 years' imprisonment for raping his 14-year-old daughter. A single bench of Judge Sita Sharma Adhikari declared the 42-year-old father of being guilty and charged him with 12 years' sentence for rape and life imprisonment for rape by a family member,…

November 27, 2020  
Rape Accused Arrested

Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy from Hetauda on October 8 on the charge of raping a 6-year-old girl. DSP Indra Bahadur Rana of the District Police Office told INSEC District Representative that the accused boy took the girl to his house and raped her while she was playing. The girl…

October 9, 2020  
The Policies Adopted By The State During The Pandemic Wasn’t Effective

Yagya Prasad Adhikari, Chief of the National Human Rights Commission, Bagmati Province has said that the policies adopted by the state during the breakout of coronavirus (COVID19) were not effective. Speaking at a discussion program on the human rights situation in Bagmati Province organized by Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC)…

August 6, 2020  
Domestic Killing Accused Arrested 

Sushmita Thapa (22) of Hetauda Sub-metropolitan-4, Gardoi was found dead on 16 June and her father-in-law Prakash Thapa (58) and sister-in-law Sita Thapa (23) were arrested on 18 June. Her dead body was found in the kitchen.  According to the information given by the police to INSEC’s representative, the dead body had an injured head. The accused have been arrested and…

June 19, 2020