Articles

• Inside the Rs 3.73 billion fraud investigation shaking Nepal’s business elite : How an informal alliance between a well-connected fixer and one of Nepal's oldest business families unravelled into a Rs 3.73 billion fraud investigation, by Yagya Banjade (kp 10/04/2026)

• Anti-graft body files corruption charges against former Speaker Mahara, others in gold smuggling case : The former Maoist leader and others are accused of causing losses totalling Rs77.86 million in the smuggling case from 2022, by Matrika Dahal (kp 010/04/2026)

• 2082 BS: The courts in the crosshairs, by Bhasha Sharma (nn 06/04/2026)

• Nepal struggles as FATF grey list begins to hit investment, banking, and remittances : One year after Nepal was placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, negative impacts have begun to appear in foreign investment, banking transactions, remittances, and trade, by Uddab Thapa (nn 03/04/2026)

• When home turns deadly: Surge in family killings shakes Koshi Province, by Anil Shrestha (nn 03/04/2026)

• Gangrape charges for all four in Inisha case, but three likely absent during assault, by Tufan Neupane and Jyotee Katuwal (kp 01/04/2026)

• Money laundering probe into Deuba, Dahal, Oli intensifies, former minister Khadka arrested : Department of Money Laundering Investigation pursues case after six months of preliminary enquiries, with CIB support, as probe covers top political leaders and past corruption cases, by Matrika Dahal (kp 30/03/2026)

• Rising female participation in Nepal’s legal field : Female advocates and judges are redefining the legal landscape while pursuing respect, growth, and empowerment, by Prabhakar Gautam (nn 30/03/2026)

• Domestic violence cases raise questions over local governments’ role in crime prevention, by Sita Neupane (kh 30/03/2026)

• Third graft case filed over China-funded Pokhara airport, 21 charged : Former civil aviation bosses, Chinese officials and others accused of embezzling Rs461.5 million through contract manipulation, by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/03/2026)

• Woman found dead in Dhanusha after alleged domestic abuse over childlessness, by Sita Neupane (kh 21/03/2026)

• Failure to enforce verdicts deepens Nepal’s Grey List challenge, by Bhasha Sharma (nn 20/03/2026)

• Rethinking Constitutional Amendment – The Why and the How, by Ram Sharan Sedhai (rep 26/02/2026)

• Is ‘socialism-oriented economy’ holding Nepal back? Business leaders say the phrase in the preamble of the Constitution scares away investors. Some disagree, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 05/02/2026)

Links

Daily updated link collection (Nepal Research)

World Report 2022 - Nepal chapter, by Human Rights Watch, January 2022

Texts

The Constitution of Nepal (2015)

Indigenous Peoples Discontent with the Constitution of
Nepal, by Tahal Thami. Academia Letters (2022)

Customary governance and state legal system in Nepal, by Tahal Thami. Tri-Chandra Journal of Anthropology 1:131-157 (2024)

The Level of Corruption in Democratic Republic of Nepal: An In-depth Analysis of Root Causes, Governance Impact, and Potential Solutions, by Mukti Suvedi. Contemporary Research: An Interdisciplinary Academic Journal 7:1,39-58 (2024)

Presentations

Law (Introduction)

Videos

The burning sensation (acid attack survivor) (2:47)

Rapists go unpunished, by HRW (4:25)