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Government
shifts senior citizen care burden to families as
Nepal ages : The draft National Senior Citizen
Policy 2026 makes families legally and socially
responsible for elderly care, even as migration,
smaller families and rising demand for care
services expose gaps in Nepal’s state support
system, by Bidhya Rai (nn 09/08/2026)
A
lifetime of contribution, a struggle for dignity
in old age : From public spaces to their own
homes, many senior citizens are finding respect,
care, and support increasingly hard to come by,
by Aarati Paudel (kp 06/08/2026)
Aging
alone, living longer: The rise of Nepal’s care
market : Government negligent in promoting the
rising potential of the ‘care economy’, by
Bidhya Rai (nn 17/06/2026)
Health
service to senior citizens and people living with
disabilities at doorsteps (nn 04/04/2026)
Health
Inequalities Among Nepal’s Elderly, by Naba
Raj Thapa (rn 27/02/2026)
Senior
Citizens Deserve Respect, by Lok Nath Bhusal
(rn 02/01/2026)
NHRC
urges government to protect senior citizens’
rights (rn 26/12/2025)
Senior
citizens, disabled bear brunt as national ID made
mandatory for social security allowance : The
beneficiaries remain anxious while officials
expect even larger crowds in the coming weeks with
Dashain approaching, by Santosh Mahatara (kp
07/09/2025)
Enhance
Services For Senior Citizens, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 07/08/2025)
The
Ageing Population of Nepal, by Bhim Prasad
Subedi and Pitamber Sharma (Commons 25/07/2025)
Elderly
still deprived of fundamental rights despite legal
safeguards :_ Many elderly Nepalis are excluded
from state benefits and essential services, a new
report points out, by Manya Humagain (kp
17/07/2025)
Children
Uphold Parental Care Traditions, by Michael
Chand (rn 27/06/2025)
Preparations
underway to launch senior citizen school in
Ramghat (kh 26/06/2025)
Butwal
launches free door-to-door health check-ups for
senior citizens (kh 26/06/2025)
Beyond
Rituals: Confronting the Hidden Abuse of Elders in
Nepali Society, by Poonam Pant (rep
15/06/2025)
Govt
to raise elderly allowance age to 70 (rep
23/05/2025), Govt
set to raise senior citizen allowance age back to
70 amid fiscal pressures (kh 26/05/2025), ‘Raising
senior citizen allowance age to 70 will save Rs
10bn annually’ (ae 06/06/2025)
Senior
citizens allowance will be provided to people
above 68 years: Minister Sudi (rn 19/05/2025)
Elderly
Citizens Deserve Care And Dignity, by Tara
Dahal (rn 01/05/2025)
Aged
Workforce On Rise, by Namrata Sharma (rn
23/04/2025)
‘Raise
elderly allowance eligibility age to 70’, by
Dilip Paudel (14/04/2025)
Challenges
for older adults in Nepal : Social security
programs like ‘old age allowance’ reach only a
fraction of those in need, by Shanker Man
Singh (ae 14/11/2024)
Saipal
gets its first bank branch. But locals are
not happy : Everest Bank’s branch opens in
Dhuli, but for the elderly and
differently-abled people, it still takes
days to reach the bank for the social
security allowance, by Basant Pratap
Singh (kp 29/09/2024)
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