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Kathmandu, March 31 Former Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Chhabi Rijal, was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in the crackdown on the Gen Z movement in September last year.Rijal, who was named in the list of high-ranking officials responsible for suppressing the Gen Z movement, in...

New Delhi, March 30 Since the arrest of former Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and his then colleague, ex-Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, for their reported role in the September 2025 firing that left many dead in Kathmandu, mixed reactions have been coming from the Himalayan nation regarding...

In Nepal, a clash broke out between police and UML supporters in Maitighar, near Baneshwor in Kathmandu, today. One protester was injured during the clash when UML supporters were staging protests against the arrest of party chairman and former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, and demanding his...

Kathmandu, March 29 A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Sindhupalchowk district of Nepal on Saturday night, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.There were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties.The epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred around...

Kathmandu, March 29 – Police arrested Nepali Congress leader and former Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation, Deepak Khadka, on Sunday in a money laundering case, a senior police officer said.A day after former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak...

March 28, New Delhi: Former Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli, was taken into custody on Saturday morning as police investigate allegations of negligence in failing to prevent dozens of deaths during youth-led protests last September. The arrest took place at Oli's residence on the...

New Delhi, March 28 The Congress congratulated Balendra Shah on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal on Saturday, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying he was confident that the India-Nepal partnership would be further strengthened."On behalf of the Indian National Congress, I...

Kathmandu, March 28 Former Prime Minister of Nepal, K.P. Oli, was arrested on Saturday, a day after the newly formed government of Balendra Shah implemented the report of the investigation commission on the Gen Z protest that shook the nation last year.Oli, also the chairman of CPN-UML, was...

Kathmandu, March 27 Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, popularly known as 'Balen', was sworn in as Nepal's new prime minister on Thursday, about six months after the dramatic collapse of the KP Sharma Oli government in an unprecedented youth movement.The 35-year-old leader of the Rastriya...

Kathmandu, March 27 A rapper, a structural engineer, and a figure popular with Gen Z, Balen Shan, the youngest democratically elected prime minister of Nepal, created history on Friday after taking oath to serve as the nation's top executive.The 35-year-old is also the first person from the...

Kathmandu, March 27 Balendra Shah 'Balen' was appointed as the Prime Minister of Nepal on Friday, making him the youngest elected leader to hold the top executive position in the Himalayan nation.President Ramchandra Paudel appointed Balen, the parliamentary leader of the Rastriya Swatantra...

Kathmandu, March 24 Nepal police have arrested an Indian and a Thai national in two separate cases on charges of drug trafficking.The Thai national, Yongyut Thuion, 39, was arrested along with 3 kg and 345 grams of marijuana from the entrance of the Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday...

New Delhi, March 24 – The Central Committee of Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which won the general election on March 5, is scheduled to meet on Thursday afternoon to elect its Parliamentary Party leader, according to reports from Kathmandu.The party is likely to nominate the...

Kathmandu, March 21 Two Indian nationals died on Saturday after being hit by a local bus in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.Padam Upadhyay and Satish Kumar Kushwaha, both Indian nationals working in Kathmandu, sustained serious injuries after being hit by a private bus in the Bhotebahal area...

New Delhi/Kathmandu, March 18 – While the Gen-Z movement has emerged worldwide, Nepal is the only country to have undergone rapid political transformation. The recent election results in Nepal have defied expectations, leaving observers questioning whether they underestimated the rise of...

President of Nepal, Ramchandra Paudel, attended a special Ghode Jatra ceremony organized by the Nepal Army at Sainik Manch in Tundikhel ground today. On this occasion, a contingent of the Nepal Army presented a salute in his honor. The ceremony is held annually on the new moon day of the Chaitra...

Kathmandu, March 15 Outgoing interim government head Sushila Karki said on Sunday that she never expected four-time prime minister K P Sharma Oli to lose the general elections.The election results reflect the influence of young voters and the demand for change, as a result of the Gen-Z...

Kathmandu, March 13 The father of former Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, Mohan Prasad Oli, passed away after a prolonged illness on Friday.He was 97 years old.According to sources from the CPN-UML, Mohan Prasad Oli died in the morning at the Nepal-Korea Friendship Hospital in Bhaktapur...

Kathmandu, March 8 – Nepal’s investigation panel, which was looking into the September protests by Gen Z and its aftermath, in which over 70 people were reportedly killed and led to the fall of the K. P. Sharma Oli government, finally submitted its report to interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki...

Kathmandu, March 8 – Balendra Shah, a rapper turned politician, and his Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are set to form the next government in Nepal after securing a decisive victory in the general elections on Saturday, effectively ending the dominance of established parties in the politically...