Nepal Bar Association criticises PM Shah's remarks on border issue

Kathmandu, June 2 -- The Nepal Bar Association (NBA) has criticised Prime Minister Balendra Shah's remarks that Nepal has also encroached on Indian territory, saying the statement weakens the country'... Read More

Special Court seeks Rs100,000 bail from former Speaker Mahara in gold smuggling case

Kathmandu, June 1 -- The Special Court on Monday ordered former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara to furnish bail of Rs100,000 in a corruption case linked to the high-profile vape gold smuggling scandal.... Read More

From investigator to investigated: Gauri Karki commission report faces questions

Kathmandu, June 1 -- Gauri Bahadur Karki led a government-constituted commission to investigate the incidents of last year's Gen Z protests - on September 8-9. The commission submitted a report recomm... Read More

Judiciary gets 0.45 percent of national budget despite calls for higher share

Kathmandu, May 30 -- The government has allocated only 0.45 percent of the total national budget to the judiciary for the upcoming fiscal year, despite repeated demands from the sector for at least on... Read More

Why Nepal cannot easily ignore NHRC's Gen Z crackdown recommendations

Kathmandu, May 29 -- The recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the September 8-9 Gen Z protest crackdown have triggered intense debate over how the government will implemen... Read More

Nepal rights commission holds Oli, his ministers responsible for September violence

Kathmandu, May 28 -- The National Human Rights Commission has implicated then-prime minister KP Sharma Oli, the erstwhile home minister Ramesh Lekhak, then-minister for communications and information ... Read More

Supreme Court annuls arrest warrant against Deuba couple, bars detention

Kathmadnu, May 25 -- The Supreme Court on Monday invalidated the arrest warrant issued against former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife Arzu Rana Deuba, ruling that they cannot be arreste... Read More

Taskforce floats directly elected president, overseas voting in constitutional reform push

Kathmandu, May 25 -- A government taskforce preparing a working paper on constitutional amendment has floated proposals ranging from a directly elected executive president and voting rights for Nepali... Read More

Lalitpur court issues 21-day notice to Jyoti Gurung in cooperative fraud case

Kathmandu, May 25 -- The Lalitpur District Court has issued a 21-day public notice in the name of Jyoti Gurung, former wife of Nepali Congress leader Dhanraj Gurung, in connection with an alleged misa... Read More

Supreme Court registers writ against chief justice recommendation after Sharma takes office

Kathmandu, May 20 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday registered writ petition challenging the recommendation of Manoj Kumar Sharma as chief justice, two days after officiating chief justice Sapana Prad... Read More

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