Kathmandu, June 9 (IANS) Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Tuesday expanded his Cabinet, reappointing Sudhan Gurung as Home Minister and appointing Mahabir Pun as Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation. President Ram Chandra Poudel administered the oath of office at a ceremony held at the presidential office on Tuesday. Gurung, who stepped down as Home Minister on April 22 following controversy over his financial dealings, returned to the post after an inquiry committee found no i…
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Kathmandu, June 9 (IANS) Sudhan Gurung, who stepped down as Nepal’s Home Minister on April 22 following controversy over his financial dealings, is set to return to the post. He is likely to take the oath of office later on Tuesday after Prime Minister Balendra Shah recommended President Ram Chandra Poudel to appoint Gurung as Home Minister. The recommendation comes after the Cabinet decided to receive the report submitted by the committee formed to study and investigate matters relating to Guru…
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Nepal’s Home Minister, Sudan Gurung, who was also one of the prominent faces of the Gen-Z movement in last September, announced his resignation from the post on Wednesday following a controversy over his financial dealings. In recent days, Gurung has been in the spotlight over his alleged business links with controversial businessman Deepak Bhatta, who is in police custody in connection with money laundering charges.Gurung announced his resignation via a social media…
Kathmandu, April 9 (IANS) Nepal’s former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, on Thursday, were released from judicial custody following an order from the Supreme Court, after spending 13 days in jail.The two were arrested on March 28 in connection with a culpable homicide-related case linked to the suppression of Gen Z protests in September last year that left several protesters dead.Hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by the families of Oli and Lekhak, the …
Kathmandu, April 8 (IANS) Nepal’s economic growth is projected to slow significantly in the current fiscal year 2025–26, weighed down by the over-a-month-long US-Iran war and the lingering effects of the Gen Z movement in September last year, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to moderate to 2.3 per cent in fiscal year 2025–26, which ends in mid-July, according to the World Bank’s biannual flagship report, Nepal Development Upda…
Kathmandu, April 8 (IANS) The Kathmandu District Court has reportedly issued an arrest warrant against former Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, former Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, in connection with a money-laundering investigation. The Kathmandu Post reported that the arrest warrants were issued on Tuesday following approval from the bench of Judge Mahendra Khadka, based on a request from the Department of Money Laundering Investigation.The department has been investig…
Kathmandu, March 29 (IANS) Police on Sunday arrested Nepali Congress leader and former Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Deepak Khadka, in a money laundering case, a senior police officer said.A day after former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested in homicide-related cases linked to the suppression of the Gen Z movement in September last year, Khadka is the third person from the Oli-led government’s cabinet to be arrested.Senior …
Kathmandu, March 28 (IANS) The new government of Nepal on Saturday announced that it will set up a committee to investigate the assets of political leaders and high-ranking officials who have held public office from 1990 to 2026. The government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, said in a 100-point governance reform agenda unveiled on Saturday that a powerful asset investigation committee will be formed within 15 days. The decision comes at a time when several politicians who have led t…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s cabinet reflects a mix of youth, gender, and personal experience that was finalised after prolonged discussions that had begun even before the final results of the March 5 national election were announced. Many of the cabinet members are new, some even first-time MPs, say reports from Kathmandu, which added that several are considered “experts in their fields”. The main names in contention between Balen – as he is popularly …
Kathmandu, March 25 (IANS) A high-level inquiry commission formed to investigate incidents during last year’s Gen-Z movement in Nepal has recommended a criminal investigation and prosecution of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, and then Police Chief Chandra Kuber Khapung. The commission, led by Gauribahadur Karki, pointed to recklessness and negligence by Oli and Lekhak in connection with the deaths of protesters on September 8, and recommended action ag…