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Women suffered more violence at home than outside last year: Worec report
By Pratichya Dulal Women suffered more violence in their homes than at public places last year, according to Anbeshi, a report on violence against women published by Women Rehabilitation Centre (Worec).
Disgruntled ex-Maoist child soldiers padlock party office
By Pratichya Dulal Former Maoist child soldiers, discontent with the party for discarding them unceremoniously during the peace process, padlocked the CPN (Maoist Centre) office on Monday demanding their proper rehabilitation. Seven Maoist leaders were still trapped in the office as the Post went to press.
Bhaktapur’s pottery makers struggling to keep trade alive
By Pratichya Dulal Ram Bahadur Prajapati has been making potterywares for more than six decades.
‘Witch’ accused tortured, fears filing complaint
By Pratichya Dulal On September 4, as most women in Dada Gaun of Salyan district were celebrating Teej festival, one particular woman was suffering a horrific incident. Bound to a post, Sabitri Chand (name changed) was being tortured by her aunt-in-law and cousins-in-law.
‘Witch’ accused tortured, fears filing complaint
By Pratichya Dulal On September 4, as most women in Dada Gaun of Salyan district were celebrating Teej festival, one particular woman was suffering a horrific incident. Bound to a post, Sabitri Chand (name changed) was being tortured by her aunt-in-law and cousins-in-law.
International Day of PeaceL Conflict victims demand justice
By Pratichya Dulal Even a decade after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, those who were subjected to sexual violence during the decade-long armed conflict are still yet to get justice.
Blasts outside schools cause panic
By Pratichya Dulal & Manish Gautam Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) went off outside two schools in the Capital on Tuesday morning, triggering panic.
A year on, provision of 33pc unimplemented
By Pratichya Dulal As the country celebrates the Constitution Day, the government itself has not been able to implement a constitutional provision that one-third representation of women in all forms of state mechanism.
From the pan, into the fire
By Pratichya Dulal For the teens employed in the Capital’s ‘entertainment’ industry, getting in is easy, but getting out next to impossible
A house of cards
By Pratichya Dulal Nepal’s citizenship laws, on paper, provide a Nepali mother the same ‘privilege’ as a father when passing on citizenship to their children. But ground realities say otherwise
Chamar receives Darnal Award
By Pratichya Dulal Raksha Ram Chamar (Harijan) was awarded the first Darnal International Award for Social Justice on Monday for his endeavour to seek justice for Dalits and marginalised community.
Last women first
By Pratichya Dulal Widowed by the war, rendered homeless by the earthquakes, Nepal’s conflict widows have drawn the shortest straws and are grappling to stay afloat
Commission unlikely to finish task on time
By Pratichya Dulal The Local Body Restructuring Commission (LBRC), which was formed in March to determine the number of village and municipal councils, has hinted that it might not be able to complete its task by August—the time by which the Election Commission (EC) will need its report if local body elections were to be conducted in December.
Government doesn’t walk the election talk
By Pratichya Dulal Almost a month after making an announcement to hold three elections within a year and a half, the government has done little to show that it is actually ready to conduct the polls on the specified dates.
Laws must be in place first to hold polls: EC
By Pratichya Dulal The Election Commission (EC) has told the government that it will be able to hold the local body elections in November/ December provided that the government amends election laws in line with the constitutional provisions.