Housing inmates beyond capacity has caused health issues among the inmates in Kapilvastu District Jail. The jail which has a capacity of 352, is currently accommodating 469 inmates. Of them,
The hospital building at the Annapurna Rural Municipality, constructed under the Government of Nepal’s “One Municipality, One Hospital” policy, has not come into operation even two years after its completion.
Prabin Tamang, 54, a detainee from Doramba-Sailung Rural Municipality-2, Ramechhap, who was in custody at the District Jail, died during treatment at Koshi Hospital on May 4. Jailer Gaurav Dhungel
Police arrested 16-year-old boy of Laliguras Municipality-2 on May 4 for raping a 15-year-old girl. The aggrieved party filed a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office on
The District Court sentenced 26-year-old Shravan Kumar Rana of Sitaganga Municipality-6 to 14 years in prison for the crime of raping a 17-year-old girl. District Court Information Officer Tekraj Gaire
In the joint session of the Federal Parliament held on May 2, 2025, President Ramchandra Paudel presented the annual policies and programs of the Government of Nepal for the upcoming
Police arrested a 50-year-old man on May 1 for the charge of raping his 16-year-old niece. According to DSP Umashankar Yadav of the District Police Office, the girl filed a
Malikarjun Rural Municipality has made it easier by distributing social security allowances directly at the ward level, ending the need for people to visit the bank every quarter. The third-quarter
Conflict victims have expressed their disagreement over the shortlist of officials for the Transitional Justice Commissions which was made public by the Recommendation Committee. On behalf of the conflict victims,
Police arrested Amit Chaudhary, 22, of Ghodaghodi Municipality-2, Sadepani on May 1 for attempting to rape a 27-year-old woman. Pal Bahadur Chaudhary, a local resident of Sadhepani, informed that a
Rawabesi Rural Municipality has been declared a fully vaccinated and sustainable Rural Municipality. This declaration, made on April 30 was followed by the completion of the indicators outlined in the
While the 136th International Labour Day is being celebrated across the country, 41-year-old Dil Bahadur Thapa has been waiting in the hope of getting porter work. It has been over
The District Court sentenced 45-year-old Somnath Gharti of Runtigadhi Rural Municipality–6 to six months in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. District Court Registrar Damodar Ghimire informed that the
The police arrested Resham Chaudhary, the patron of the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NAUPA), on April 30 from the Pragya Pratishthan in Kamaladi, Kathmandu. He was arrested while attending the
Koshi Province Chief Parshuram Khapung has issued the Ordinance 2025 to amend certain provincial acts. According to the Office of the Province Chief, Khapung issued the ordinance on April 29,
The High Court has upheld the Rukum West District Court’s verdict against the accused in the Soti incident in the killing case. According to Prem Prakash Thapa, Spokesperson of the
The District Court sentenced 17-year-old juvenile to nine years imprisonment foe raping a 3-year-old girl. The bench of District Court Judge Tejanarayan Paudel on April 29 sentenced the accused issued
Police arrested a 16-year-old boy, 21-year-old, and a 27-year-old man from Kawasoti on April 22 for raping a16-year-old girl. The aggrieved party filed a complaint at the District Police Office
The Secretariat of the Nepal NGO Coalition for the Universal Periodic Review Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), organized a discussion program with stakeholders on women’s rights, economic rights, and issues
Dalit rights activists and the relatives of 21-year-old Nawaraj BK and five others, who were killed on May 23, 2020, over an inter-caste love affair, staged a protest at the
