Red Passport Scam
Red passport scam remains as one of the biggest corruption scandals in Nepal in 2011. After the story appeared in the media […]
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Youth Unemployment a Global Crisis
By Rajneesh Bhandari As I am reporting the ILO’s first ever Youth Employment Forum at their headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland, the statistics […]
Silent sufferers
MAR 30 – Four-year-old Binu Dangol enters the room with her mother and father, dressed daintily in a blue t-shirt and trousers, […]
Nepal to integrate 6,500 Maoist ex-rebels into army
November 03, 2011|Rajneesh Bhandari and Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Katmandu, Nepal, and New Delhi — Nepal took a step […]
Nepal plane crash kills 19 after Mt. Everest flight
By Rajneesh Bhandari and Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Katmandu, Nepal, and New Delhi — Two Americans were among 19 […]
Hoping for the return: Nepal’s IDPs
Hope: Internally displaced persons of Nepal from Rajneesh Bhandari on Vimeo. By Rajneesh Bhandari Kathmandu, Sept 16: One day in 1999, Kalyan […]
Nepal names its prime minister
By Rajneesh Bhandari and Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Katmandu, Nepal, and New Delhi — Nepal on Sunday named a […]
Nepal’s prime minister resigns
Jhala Nath Khanal steps down after six months, leaving the nation bracing for another political crisis. August 15, 2011|By Rajneesh Bhandari and […]
The Never-Ending Election
It has been more than seven weeks that Nepal is without a prime minister. For the fifth consecutive time, none of the […]
Nepal Denies Serpent Honeymoon
Twenty-two year old Nihita Biswas was hoping for a honeymoon at last with her 66-year-old husband. But the Supreme Court of Nepal […]
Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright
Tigers amaze tourists and scare villagers in Nepal, but maybe the incense burned and the diyos lit for the tiger god Bag […]
Buddha Boy Not So Zen
The 20-year-old “Buddha Boy” of Nepal, who is famous for meditating in the dense forest of Ratanpur village since 2005 and whose […]