July 30, 2023 20:45 pm
KATHMANDU, July 30: Dalit community leaders have demanded stern action against the culprits in a case of caste-based discrimination in Bajhang.
March 22, 2023 07:45 am
Nepal is a country with a rich history and culture. But unfortunately, it is also one that has been plagued by the evils of caste-based discrimination for centuries. Even today the caste system finds continuity in a strong way.
June 16, 2020 17:41 pm
KATHMANDU: A committee formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs to probe the Soti incident of West Rukum has concluded that the six Dalit youths who lost their lives in the incident had been stoned to death.
May 30, 2020 12:17 pm
RUKUM, May 30: Police have said that the youths, who were killed in violence resulting from caste-based discrimination in West Rukum last Saturday, had sustained serious head injuries.
May 29, 2020 21:40 pm
KATHMANDU, May 29: While expressing shock over the killing of five men by opponents of an inter-caste relationship in Nepal last weekend, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Friday called for an independent probe into the gruesome incident.
May 26, 2020 13:47 pm
KATHMANDU, May 26: The government has formed a five-member probe committee to investigate the Chaurajahari incident.
January 29, 2020 09:34 am
KATHMANDU, Jan 29: An overwhelming majority of customary practices in Nepal cause harm to some groups and people, a study report launched on Tuesday said.
June 24, 2019 10:45 am
POKHARA, June 24: Shanti Pariyar, a health worker at the Department of Gynecology and Child Care of Fewa City Hospital, has accused her co-workers of caste-based discrimination at a press meet held on Sunday.
June 13, 2019 05:30 am
ROLPA, June 13: Rolpa district's Warchawang-4 in Madi Rural Municipality has been declared free from caste-based discrimination.
May 2, 2019 11:40 am
DOLPA, May 2: As non-Dalits make a majority of the population of Dolpa district, it is a challenge for a Dalit member to grab a position of chairperson of a school management committee (SMC).