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Government considers new bills as ordinances face uncertainty

Kathmandu, June 8 -- Four weeks after the government tabled eight ordinances in the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, it has yet to initiate the process required for their approval, ... Read More


Probe finds nothing unusual in Sudan Gurung's landholdings

Kathmandu, June 6 -- The committee formed to investigate the property of former home minister and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Sudan Gurung has concluded that nothing unusual was found in h... Read More


Probe finds nothing unusual in Sudun Gurung's landholdings

Kathmandu, June 6 -- The committee formed to investigate the property of former home minister and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Sudan Gurung has concluded that nothing unusual was found in h... Read More


Supreme Court rules in favour of Upendra Yadav in JSP-N split case

Kathmandu, June 4 -- The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Upendra Yadav in the dispute over the split of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP)-Nepal, declaring the Election Commission's decision to reg... Read More


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