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Police hunt Nepali links to 21.75 kg gold smuggling racket

Kathmandu, Oct. 19 -- Police are searching for Nepali accomplices in a suspected gold smuggling network after recovering 21.75 kg of gold earlier this month from a house in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, ... Read More


Audio attributed to fugitive GB Rai says he is ready to face authorities

Kathmandu, Oct. 17 -- An audio recording and a statement attributed to GB Rai, a fugitive accused of cooperatives fraud and organised crime, have surfaced publicly, with Rai purportedly expressing a w... Read More


Beijing's security concerns cloud Nepal's push to reopen Tatopani

Kathmandu, Oct. 17 -- Nepal has intensified diplomatic efforts to reopen the Tatopani border crossing with China after floods and landslides disrupted alternative trade routes, but Beijing has yet to ... Read More


Police await complaint to investigate audio clip linked to RSP lawmaker

Kathmandu, Oct. 13 -- Police have yet to launch a formal investigation into an audio recording allegedly featuring Khagendra Sunar, a lawmaker from the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party, despite mountin... Read More


Nabin Raj Basnet arrested in 13-year-old sandalwood smuggling case

Kathmandu, Oct. 10 -- Police have arrested businessman Nabin Raj Basnet in connection with a red sandalwood smuggling case dating back 13 years. A team from the Central Investigation Bureau took Basn... Read More


Nepal's gold-smuggling networks survive crackdown after crackdown

Kathmandu, Oct. 10 -- Over the past decade, authorities have seized 579kg and 219 grams of gold smuggled into Nepal by air and land, collected Rs5.62 billion in revenue and arrested 768 people. Inves... Read More


Who is Inam Sapkota, the man linked to Cholendra Rana and top police officials?

Kathmandu, Oct. 10 -- Until September 27, Inam Sapkota had little public profile. His name had never surfaced among those suspected of fixing policy decisions, appointments, or government contracts. ... Read More


Probe recommends action against suspended APF chief Dahal

Kathmandu, Oct. 9 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs has received an investigation report on suspended Armed Police Force Additional Inspector General Banshiraj Dahal. Anjani Kumar Pokharel, another add... Read More


Three Chinese nationals linked to 21-kg gold seized in Budhanilkantha

Nepal, Oct. 8 -- Police have found the alleged involvement of three Chinese nationals in the 21 kilograms of gold seized from Budhanilkantha in Kathmandu on Thursday, according to investigators. An o... Read More


Money laundering probe widens around ex-chief justice Rana

Kathmandu, Oct. 8 -- The Department of Money Laundering Investigation raided the houses of Prabhu Shumsher Rana, brother of former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana, and associates on Wednesday, w... Read More