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Articles tagged with #gold smuggling
Heads Roll
From gold smuggling to land grabs and fake refugee papers, web of scandals ensnares Nepali politicians and businessmen
The Year of Scandals
Speaking at a program on the International Day against Corruption on 9 December in Kathmandu, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal admitted that…
State malfunction
It seems like just yesterday that the momentous story broke. Police started investigating the fake Bhutanese refugee scandal, and Nepalis held…
Nepal gets Gold Medal for corruption
There is national consensus among politicians only when it comes to protecting each other from prosecution
Try Visiting Nepal
Photo: KUNDA DIXITCharles Shobhraj once claimed that he could pass an elephant through Nepal’s customs, and that is still true at Kathmandu…
A year wasted
After ten years of blood and 12 years of trying to come to terms with why it was shed, Nepalis had great hopes for 2018.Last year this time,…
Muddling along
Bikram RaiDespite its two-thirds majority, and after getting off to a flying start, the government is digging itself into an ever deeper hole.In…