Kathmandu, April 15 (IANS) The Nepal government on Wednesday announced the formation of a commission to investigate the assets of key political office holders and senior bureaucratic officials who have held public office over the past two decades, amid allegations of rampant corruption involving such individuals. A Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided to form a body that will probe the properties of those who have been at the helm of the state since 2006, the year when the second people’s…
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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, March 2 (IANS) The arrest of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak over the suppression of Gen-Z protests in September last year was hotly debated during the first meeting of the federal parliament held on Thursday, following the March 5 parliamentary elections. Oli, chairperson of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist, CPN-UML), and Lekhak, a leader of the Nepali Congress, were arrested on March 28 in connection with a culpable…
Kathmandu, March 28 (IANS) According to former Nepal Minister, Madhav Prasad Chaulagain, the arrest of former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli by the newly-elected government “should not be viewed as retaliation”. Speaking to IANS, Chaulagain called the Prime Minister Balendra Shah-led new government, “young and inclusive”.Former Nepal PM Oli and ex-Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on Saturday in connection with a culpable homicide-related case linked to the forceful suppression of Gen Z …
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Nepal’s former Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, was arrested early on Saturday in connection with a culpable homicide case stemming from the violent suppression of anti-corruption protests in September 2025, which ultimately led to his removal from office.The crackdown, widely referred to as the “Gen Z protests,” claimed the lives of more than 70 people, many of whom were shot by police during mass demonstrations triggered initially by a social media ban and fuel…
Kathmandu, March 8 (IANS) Nepal’s probe panel investigating September’s Gen Z protests and its aftermath, which had reportedly left over 70 people dead and led to the fall of the K. P. Sharma Oli government, finally submitted its report to interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Sunday. There was some reluctance earlier in certain quarters within the current administration in accepting the report running into 1,000 pages, drafted by the three-member committee, headed by a retired judge of Ne…
Kathmandu, March 6 (IANS) Prime Ministerial candidate from the Rastriya Swatantra Party, Balendra Shah, is leading against former PM K.P. Sharma Oli in Jhapa-5 in eastern Nepal, as the RSP takes a sweeping early lead in the country’s parliamentary elections.Shah, the former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, is locked in a contest with Oli in the latter’s traditional political stronghold in a battle between two prime ministerial aspirants.According to the early vote count on the online po…
Kathmandu, March 5 (IANS) As Nepal goes through a hi-stake mid-term poll process on Thursday, following the Gen Z protests of 2025 that led to the fall of the-then K.P. Sharma Oli government last September, the spotlight remains on the protagonists who forced the change – on their present role now, and the future.“The polling is on; there’ll be a new government that’ll assume office soon; but our movement is not over yet. Because, the agenda of the movement was to seek accountability, go…
Kathmandu, March 4 (IANS) The Nepali Congress, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN-UML), and the erstwhile CPN (Maoist Centre) have ruled the country turn by turn over the last two decades. Their respective leaders — Sher Bahadur Deuba, KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal — have been at the helm of power for the last decade or so.A growing impression among the Nepali public that the country is lagging because of these leaders and that corruption is rife trig…
Jhapa (Nepal), March 2 (IANS) From the Bronx in the US to Nepal’s streets, rap has been a musical form that has served as a vehicle for social change. In Nepal, last year’s Gen Z protests featured a large number of rappers who mobilised the masses, fuelled by their enthusiasm. In Nepal, demonstrations began last year to protest against the then-government led by K. P. Sharma Oli for its ban on social media platforms. The outburst was against the alleged muting of voices, using it to s…