KATHMANDU, May 18: Late Friday evening, Kritu Bhandari, an activist spearheading the 'Campaign to Save the Lives of Nepali Citizens' in the Russian Army, joined a WhatsApp group where an audio conversation was ongoing among a few participants.
KATHMANDU, May 7: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has assured the family members and relatives of those recruited in the Russian army of safe repatriation of their loved ones from Russia.
KATHMANDU, May 6: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to make arrangement for bringing back the dead bodies of those who died in war abroad and cremate them according to their religion and rituals.
Some were aware of the risks and joined voluntarily, but others said they were tricked into going to the frontline after being promised cooking and cleaning jobs.