KATHMANDU, Jan 23: House of Representatives Speaker Devraj Ghimire has expressed concerns regarding the independent coordination and meetings between the thematic committees and MPs of the House of Representatives with non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

KALIKOT, June 16: In recent years, there has been an increasing attraction among students towards community schools. The attraction of students has increased after non-governmental organizations (NGOs) started conducting various awareness campaigns.

Nepal's Overcrowded NGOs

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The organization of civil society in Nepal began with the Arya Samaj in 1909 to awaken the people from blind faith, prejudice and conservative thinking as well as to abolish child marriage, promote widow remarriage and initiate social reforms.

Anti-trafficking community has failed to truly empower young girls and women and has instead added to their insecurity by holding them responsible for a situation which is out of their control.

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KATHMANDU, May 15: The government plans to ban the sale of land belonging to national and international NGOs, consumer committees and private and community organizations until the bodies that have been probing various land scams complete their investigations.

SAANA, Nov 8: Thirty-five Yemeni and international NGOs on Wednesday called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Yemen, where they warned the Saudi-led coalition’s war has put 14 million people on the brink of famine.

RASUWA, June 30: There are a toal of 418 registered organizations in Rasuwa as per the Associations Registration Act, 1977. But very few of them renew their registration every year.

NGOs threaten nationwide protests

June 15, 2018 06:41 am

KATHMANDU, June 15: Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) have urged the government to withdraw its decision to seek the property details of non-governmental organization office bearers and employees, saying that the move would largely discourage the work of civil society organizations.

KATHMANDU, June 15: Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) have urged the government to withdraw its decision to seek the property details of non-governmental organization office bearers and employees, saying that the move would largely discourage the work of civil society organizations.

Monitor, not control NGOs

May 25, 2018 14:24 pm

KATHMANDU, May 25: Speakers at a program on ‘Legal structure related to non government organizations in Nepal’ opined that rather than setting up measures to control NGOs, the government must regulate its activities.

KATHMANDU, August 14: Fearing possible uneven distribution of relief materials to the flood-affected people, the government on Monday introduced one-window policy to distribute all relief materials to the victims only through government channel.

KATHMANDU, March 3: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is preparing to make it mandatory for NGOs working in the field of reconstruction to focus their activities on certain areas instead of working at multiple locations.

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: The parliament on Friday endorsed the Election Offence and Punishment Bill which bars political parties from accepting financial assistance or donation from the governmental and non-governmental agencies. They will however be allowed to accept donations offered by private individuals and the private sector.

RAUTAHAT, Dec 6: A UNICEF-funded project in Rautahat district has come under scrutiny with some NGOs complaining of irregularities in the selection criteria.

KATHMANDU, Aug 15: The government has made profit earned by firms and non-government organizations by selling land and buildings taxable income, requiring them to pay 10 percent as advance tax while transferring ownership.

KATHMANDU, June 30: The government is all set to investigate NGOs working on HIV/AIDS prevention, care of drug abusers and prevention of HIV/AIDS among homosexual persons for allegedly misusing millions of rupees.

KATHMANDU, April 25: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has criticized the government and the political parties for unnecessary delay in relief distribution, reconstruction and rehabilitation for earthquake victims, and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for lack of transparency and publicity stunts.