Suicide is a big problem in Nepal but not many are talking about mental health
The government needs to invest in operating 24-hour suicide prevention helplines across the country, say mental health practitioners.
The government needs to invest in operating 24-hour suicide prevention helplines across the country, say mental health practitioners.
The director of the organisation has been accused of abetting a British national in unlawfully procuring a Nepali child and assisting in obtaining fraudulent documents to claim the baby.
The law on child marriage is so vague, it often ends up criminalising victims rather than perpetrators.
At a residential home in Kathmandu, 28 people from different families are living together. What do they have in common? Majority of them are elderly women suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Although the number of people who show signs of Alzheimer’s disease is growing, the majority of the cases remain undiagnosed.
The women say they are hopeful that the employment agency that cheated them will return their money.
Monetary policy says Nepalis going abroad for travel and study will get less in international currency.
The empty, eerie housing project in Ichangu Narayan is a symptom of a haphazard, rushed decision-making.
Thirty-three out of the 44 women want to return to Nepal, but their company has demanded that the Nepali employment agency pay them upwards of $600 per woman.
Nepal’s law itself favours mediation over prosecution, as domestic violence is regarded to be a family affair, lawyers say.
The women were promised $400 a month in a packing job at a garment factory, but were instead put into stitching and paid $50.
Tsering D Gurung and Chandan Kumar Mandal recently sat down with Suraj Yengde—a scholar and Dalit rights activist who has studied casteism, racism, institutionalised discrimination, diversity and inclusion—to talk about the need for affirmative action and why caste still matters.
The primary bone of contention remains the provision related to obtaining naturalised citizenship through marriage.
City residents say they regularly get stopped by police, particularly at night, asking why they’re out until late.
Home Ministry officials said the Chinese side directly communicates with the Department of Immigration, whose top official has sole authority to make decisions.