KATHMANDU, June 20: Members of the Greater Civic Movement (Brihat Nagarik Andolan) staged protests in front of the Kathmandu District Court on Tuesday, against the decision of the Council of Ministers to acquit the hooligans who had attacked Prem Chalaune, an associate professor of Sociology at Tribhuvan University, on October 6, 2020.
Without any loan options at a bank, many people in rural areas turn to independent lenders. They press their thumbprint onto the papers they cannot read. And that’s when the trouble starts.
KATHMANDU, April 19: Shanti Batika is located right next to Ranipokhari across the famous Ratnapark of Kathmandu. The Shanti Batika was established in the memory of Ganesh Man Singh, one of the leaders of the movement for political change, the martyrs, the injured and one of the leaders of the political change of 2046 BS. That peaceful place suddenly became turbulent on Monday. The peace there was disturbed. There was a clash between police and the loan shark victims with charging batons and stone pelting. The police sprayed water cannons.