Kathmandu, Aug. 13 -- Former Nepalese Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, who was beaten during the Gen-Z protests last September, returned to Kathmandu on Thursday after nearly six months abroad for medical treatment, receiving a grand welcome from party leaders and cadres.

Deuba, 80, had flown to Singapore on February 25 along with his wife and former minister Arzu Rana Deuba for medical treatment. He returned to Nepal alone on Thursday.

On his arrival, Deuba was welcomed at the airport with musical bands and cultural pageants. Party cadres from across the country, who had arrived in Kathmandu to attend the national gathering of the non-establishment faction of the Nepali Congress, also gathered at the air...