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Bhutanese refugee scam victims awarded Rs 153.8 million, but 53 complainants get no compensation

Kathmandu, Oct. 12 -- On February 5, 2021, Tejina Lamsal of Tulsipur in Dang went to her neighbour Gajendra Budhathoki's house with Rs500,000 cash. Budhathoki had promised to arrange documents and sen... Read More


For 26 years, India has searched passengers at Kathmandu airport. Nepal can't say why

Kathmandu, Sept. 26 -- Anyone flying out of Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on an Indian-registered aircraft undergoes an additional security screening just before boarding. At a screening... Read More


Five days, five questions: How Army Headquarters became Nepal's political centre

Nepal, Sept. 10 -- The September 2025 Gen Z uprising did more than bring down the KP Sharma Oli government. For five extraordinary days, as Parliament, Singha Durbar, the Supreme Court, the President'... Read More


Inside the five days when Army headquarters became Nepal's political centre

Kathmandu, Sept. 7 -- It was past 11 pm on September 11 last year. President Ram Chandra Paudel sat on a sofa at Sheetal Niwas, both hands pressed against his cheeks. This was not the usual room wher... Read More


500 documents vanished from the foreign ministry. Nepal never followed the trail

Kathmandu, Aug. 21 -- Fifteen years after 500 blank travel documents disappeared from the Foreign Ministry's store section, a chargesheet filed at the Kathmandu District Court has forced investigators... Read More


Police raid journalist Kishor Shrestha's office after arrest

Kathmandu, Aug. 13 -- Police raided the office of journalist Kishor Shrestha on Wednesday night, hours after arresting him at his home. Shrestha is being held at the Kathmandu District Police Range a... Read More


Deuba set to return after five months abroad amid questions over his family's financing

Nepal, Aug. 12 -- Former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is returning to Nepal on Thursday, five months after leaving for Singapore, with his faction of the Nepali Congress preparing a rousing welco... Read More


Joint secretary arrested over fake travel documents issued to Tibetans

Kathmandu, Aug. 3 -- The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police on Monday arrested Pushpa Raj Bhattarai, a joint secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in connection with an alleged... Read More


17 years later, senior foreign ministry official charged over alleged misuse of travel documents

Kathmandu, July 30 -- In 2009, five Tibetans arrived at the German Embassy in Kathmandu carrying Nepal-issued travel documents and seeking visas to join relatives who had been granted asylum in German... Read More